Struggling to Focus During Conversations

Yes I always have to have people repeat themselves so I can get what they are saying

Yeees. And the harder you try to focus the less you retain like they may as well be speaking another language. But you're to nervous to ask them to repeat themselves so you struggle even harder to catch up to what they're saying....

I dealt with this a lot in high school. My anxiety was so high that I was consistently dissociated because my brain didn't know how else to cope. I barely graduated because I couldn't pay attention in classes.

Yep almost as if it goes through one ear and out the other..

All the time. I am constantly asked "are you listening to me?" And I have to tell them "I am, but my brain isn't". People who know me accept this answer, people who don't usually go on the defensive.

This happens to me from anxiety and also my cancer meds.

Yes! I always seem to look at them and nod, but end up looking past them and not paying attention. It's usually when I'm stressed and have alot on my mind.

Yes, I have experienced that before. I had severe anxiety for years. Panic attacks 4-5 times a day. I figured out the underlying illness that was causing these feelings. It was my hormones, a b vitamin deficiency and a condition called POTS. I got off birth control, balanced my hormones naturally and I am doing a POTS protocol and haven’t had that feeling in a while. I’m not saying that is your issue, however, it wouldn’t hurt to see a functional doctor to rule anything out. Because I was always so anti psychiatric medicine and wanted to figure out the root cause and heal myself naturally.

Yes sometimes when anxeity is real high