Are You Scatterbrained?

[Pica Pica]

Simple question, would you say your brain was scattered to the four winds?

(For example, this is the second time i have written this because I pressed post too early cos I hadnt written the options so I pressed back and wrote them but it wouldn't work if I pressed post and then I saw a spider and had to help it outside, then my dog wanted a scratch then I wrote this again and here it is...)

[no_id]

Occasionally I can be; talking about one topic... Then something happens.. I talk about that or just randomly switch to another topic... Then without warning return to the initial topic. Perhaps I'm just too used at having two conversations at once. 

[Shana A]

Yes, it often manifests as what the @#$%^& did I come in this room to do? And it keeps getting worse as I get older LOL

zythyra

[Pica Pica]

do you do the scissors gesture?

[RebeccaFog]

I don't know what the scissor gesture is because I'm scatterbrained.

[Pica Pica]

I don't know what the scissor gesture is because I'm scatterbrained.

The scissors gesture is when you are looking for scissors, walking around the house aimlessly, snapping your fingers like a pair of scissors.

[Laurry]

What was this topic about again???

Yes, I do the scissor gesture...I think I'm getting carpal tunnel syndrome from it.  Also, the first 3 feet of carpet in all my rooms is worn out from walking into the room and turning around because I can't remember why I went there.

That is also why I prefer to watch TV without the commercials (movie channels, etc) because I tend to forget what show I was watching during the (what seems like) 15-minute commercial breaks.  It is not that I am ADD, it's just that I'm so dang absent-minded.  I have been told (on multiple occassions) that I would forget my head if it weren't attached.

.........Laurry

[Pica Pica]

What about new peeps? Are you scatterbrained?

[Flan]

What about new peeps? Are you scatterbrained?

can't be scattered if I don't have a brain to yjtjk..

[Crow]

Depends-- I'm SUPER scatterbrained while having conversations, because I'm a very tangential thinker. The second I catch an amusing pun or think of a fitting anecdote, I'm off and there's no catching me. x3 ("Your paper is really good, but you should work on smoothing out the transitions... hurhur, would you like me to help you find your paper a better gender counselor? OH BY THE WAY did I tell you I have a new transgender character in my plot?! His name is Raine, here let me show you a picture and tell you all about him!" ...you get the idea. XD)

However, when it comes to what I'm supposed to be doing, I organize my life into pulp and then organize it some more. I make to-do lists like they're my JOB, and even without them I'm pretty good at remembering what I'm supposed to do... not that I get many chances to test that theory, since I usually have about 3 seperate versions of a to-do list with me at all times.

(Although lately, I haven't been quite as organized as I usually am. Something about the spring semester just puts a damper on my brain functionality.)

[Luna!]

Yeah, I'm distracted fairly easily, too. Just now I went to get something to drink but forgot it existed afterwards; I left it on the counter and went back to the computer. Then I remembered: "wasn't I doing something?"

My attention tends to drift from time to time, and my short-term memory seems to be a little unreliable.
I'm the type who finds no use in writing reminder notes, because I forget to read them.

Ha, just writing this post is difficult enough with the air conditioner going and the view out my window. ^_^

[brainiac]

I say "no, only when I'm tired", but I might be biased, because I live with one of the most absentminded people I've ever met.

[Sevan]

I'm on gingko for this. No...seriously. I'm really quite pleased with myself for remembering to take it long enough and steadily enough that it IS having effect! I have a little pocket notebook that I write things down in. Shopping lists, where did I park, how much am I spending on gas per month, notes to self, errands needing ran...ect. I carry it with me everywhere (leave it in my bag with a pen for easy access) If I lose that...well then I'd be screwed.

[Nero]

I'm on gingko for this. No...seriously. I'm really quite pleased with myself for remembering to take it long enough and steadily enough that it IS having effect! I have a little pocket notebook that I write things down in. Shopping lists, where did I park, how much am I spending on gas per month, notes to self, errands needing ran...ect. I carry it with me everywhere (leave it in my bag with a pen for easy access) If I lose that...well then I'd be screwed.

Haha I do the same thing with OneNote. 

[rejennyrated]

I do tend to be. The worst is when I lose my keys or my glasses. My family knows to keep their heads down then.

I am also far too easilly interested in anything and everyone and this leads to having loads of half completed jobs and projects which I lose interest in once I get them get to the stage when I have solved all the major obstacles to completion, because it's the concept, the idea, which grabs me.

One of the things my mother said to me many years ago is "You do just have to try everything don't you?" Her theory was that whatever body I'd been born with, curiosity would have compelled me to alter it. She is probably absolutely right too.

[Silver]

Yes, but not androgynous-identifying.

That's my trouble with math, can only keep track of 2-3 things at once. It frustrates me. Also quite absentminded, oblivious and easily distracted.

[Rock_chick]

yes, very much so...I have to make notes of things to make sure i keep appointments and I'm very good at putting keys/wallet/phone in a "safe place" and forgetting where they are. I've had to go through my bins before now because I was convinced i'd thrown my wallet out.

[rejennyrated]

yes, very much so...I have to make notes of things to make sure i keep appointments and I'm very good at putting keys/wallet/phone in a "safe place" and forgetting where they are. I've had to go through my bins before now because I was convinced i'd thrown my wallet out.

That's nothing.  I HAVE thrown my entire set of keys away.

When newly postop, I also went out one night and closed a self latching door behind me late at night with my bag and keys on the other side of it.

I ended up having to break back into my own home!

[Rock_chick]

I've done the locking myself out on a number of occasions had to get a lift to the landlords to get a spare key. My g/f was not impressed. filling the sink to do the dishes and then forgetting it was on and flooding the kitchen was another favourite trick of mine. hehe

[Crow]

I am also far too easilly interested in anything and everyone and this leads to having loads of half completed jobs and projects which I lose interest in once I get them get to the stage when I have solved all the major obstacles to completion, because it's the concept, the idea, which grabs me.

One of the things my mother said to me many years ago is "You do just have to try everything don't you?" Her theory was that whatever body I'd been born with, curiosity would have compelled me to alter it. She is probably absolutely right too.

I think we may secretly be clones. If curiousity killed m->-bleeped-<-ies, I would have been dead years ago! I start so many crazy projects-- some I finish, some I don't. Better to start and not have the time and energy to finish than to never do it at all-- it gives a good taste of the world. |D