Struggling to Listen: Feeling Like an Asshole

Anyone else feel like an asshole bc you have a really hard time listening to other people talk? Like I want to listen so badly, but my brain just wants to think about literally anything else. I forget so much about people and it makes me feel awful

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gummybearit

1y ago

Find a stim that your hands can be busy with, that's not distracting for you or the person your talking to. Sometimes that's enough to focus on what they are saying, and helps process.

RattheRemi

1y ago

YES especially because I have a tendency to ramble. I feel like such a hypocrite

NonbinaryEzra

1y ago

I know right? Like you can hear them perfectly fine but your brain refuses to process it, and it ends up sounding like simlish.

R4in3b0w

1y ago

Communicating that issue with someone youre having a hard time listening too can help them understand. You think if they write it down, reading might help you understand it?

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