Buffering

Buffering

Buffering is this wonderful trait where you can speak directly to me, and I won't hear a word.

Then you might call me out by name, and I'll say "What?", and then the contents of what you just said will start loading in my brain.

Then I will interrupt you and answer the question you asked just as you begun to repeat it.

– romankogan.net/adhd/#Buffering

This happens to me. I am aware that you said something, but it's like the language centers of my brain are temporarily offline. Then they gets plugged in and suddenly it makes sense all at once.

It's one part of why conversations can be exhausting… this can happen in the middle, then I try to pretend that I am still listening but I have to keep in my memory your last sentence while I wait for it to make sense, and then catch up remembering what you said since.

Alternatively, I may have Cognitive disengagement syndrome (CDS). Then it may not be an issue with language processing itself, just that doing it under time pressure, such that I feel compelled to respond promptly, is one of the times I'm most likely to "log out" mentally for no reason.

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Created (3 years ago)