Hard time staying on topic when talking to people (lemmy.one)

submitted 1 year ago by Conman_Signor@lemmy.one to c/adhd@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I get too excited when talking others and tend to chase the rabbit so to speak. I'll join a conversation and by the end I've pretty much taken over with whatever I'm talking about and I feel like it overwhelms others. Yall have this issue?

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[-] Zaleen@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I have tried FOR YEARS to make a conscious effort to stop interrupting, especially at work on conference calls, but I really haven’t found anything that works. (That don’t involve checking out / forgetting what I wanted to add) Interested to hear if others have. I WANT to be respectful but I get so excited when an idea pops in. I spend the day repeating “I’m so sorry, I thought you were finished, please continue!”