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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...)

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.  ???

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

do you do the scissors gesture?

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

Quote from: Rebis on July 16, 2007, 02:43:19 PM
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.

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

What about new peeps? Are you scatterbrained?

Quote from: Pica Pica on April 21, 2010, 06:08:40 PM
What about new peeps? Are you scatterbrained?

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

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.)

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. ^_^

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.

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.

Quote from: phx_rising on April 21, 2010, 10:28:12 PM
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.  :laugh:

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. ::)

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.

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.

Quote from: Rock_chick on April 22, 2010, 05:59:09 AM
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!

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

Quote from: rejennyrated on April 22, 2010, 01:29:18 AM
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

Locking myself out the house...yeah done that more times than i can remember and had to break back in each time cos i dont have a spare key haha. thinking ive lost things when theyre in my pocket too. Worse one ever was when i went to an ATM to get some cash. pressed the button, took the card back and the reciept and left the money! :eusa_wall: when i reaslised and drove back it was of course gone to whatever lucky person used it after me.

Keys are very problematic for me. I tend to daydream. I lose stuff. space....

Quote from: M->-bleeped-<-iesStealRainbows link=topic=16165.msg521418#msg521418 date=1271939395
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

hehe, that pretty much describes me...I've always said i have the curiosity and attention span of a cat. My life is littered with the bones of half finished projects. The ones that do get finished are usually pretty good tho.

I just fake it with a smile   :)

My wifes new nick name for me is spacy stacy.

Quote from: no_id on July 16, 2007, 01:08:28 PM
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.  ???

So, I decided to quote my reply of nearly 3 years ago. It still applies quite well apart from one difference: if something happens during a conversation I don't talk about it, I watch the 'some thing', shush and don't continue the previous conversation either. Kind of like... I go brain dead at random moments.
Oh but I still continue topics conversed hours ago like nothing happened in the meantime.  8)

do you do the whole randomly going back to a previous topic of conversation whilst in the middle of a new one to? I really confuse people with that one.

Quote from: Rock_chick on April 22, 2010, 10:43:24 AM
do you do the whole randomly going back to a previous topic of conversation whilst in the middle of a new one to? I really confuse people with that one.

Yep I tend to do that as well in a connect-the-dots kind of way. It can even be a conversation that took place days earlier. I think that has more to do with my good memory though.

I have become quite scatterbrained (to my dismay).

I now always put my keys in the same place. My work badge always goes in the laptop bag the minute i get off work. And so on. This helps me to find those things later.

One thing that i've noticed lately is that i'll suddenly remember something that i need to do, and then forget about it 5 minutes later. I missed a haircut appointment that way. This has been happening more and more.

My scatterbrainity seems to come largely from being hyperfocused on a few things at once, that it crams out all sorts of other things - there is also the fact that I tend to concentrate on connections between things, so I do jump around from one thing to another - leaving a lot of things (appear) unfinished - they are not unfinished, they are just works in progress.

My record on being locked out the house was three nights in a row - I kept getting involved in other things and forgetting I had forgot my keys.

^ I have that "problem," too.  I sometimes lock in on ideas for a while, but then I move on, like I'm traversing along a network, finding new connections, building new areas, but not necessarily in a well-organized way.

I think it is good to recognize those connections.  Find similarities, find contradictions, and reassemble reality.

I use post its and a day-planner thing, which incidentally was specially ordered for me, cause the woman who owns the shop is a friend of mine, we share some interests and I do like her, I have other friends that I have less in common with but share more time in the company of, we had a guest here this evening, we call her the pet lesbian, cause she's a lesbian and she comes over to get bacon, I really like bacon, my brother made a comment that "all men like bacon" I wonder if that was his version of accepting me as a brother, it would be really nice if it was, cause he's my brother you know, he has no body hair really, it's like he waxes his legs, he's like that naturally, while I've always had hairy man legs, even pre-T, I'm really enjoying my T, I like tea too, but I prefer coffee, coffee is the nectar of the gods and....

... wait... what are we on about?

Google Tasks is a lifesaver. Even though I can keep what I need to do in mind without it, then I'm just worrying that I'm forgetting something and things look insurmountable. But with a task list (that I can easily cross things off of) integrated with my calender, everything's easier.

I will pay 3 Euros to whomever returns the scattered pieces of my mind.

Which one of them Rebis?

Quote from: Nicky on April 22, 2010, 10:32:17 PM
Which one of them Rebis?

I need the part that will make me run off into the woods and live with the coyotes.
The part that creates, maybe.

Quote from: Miniar on April 22, 2010, 08:32:07 PM
I use post its and a day-planner thing, which incidentally was specially ordered for me, cause the woman who owns the shop is a friend of mine, we share some interests and I do like her, I have other friends that I have less in common with but share more time in the company of, we had a guest here this evening, we call her the pet lesbian, cause she's a lesbian and she comes over to get bacon, I really like bacon, my brother made a comment that "all men like bacon" I wonder if that was his version of accepting me as a brother, it would be really nice if it was, cause he's my brother you know, he has no body hair really, it's like he waxes his legs, he's like that naturally, while I've always had hairy man legs, even pre-T, I'm really enjoying my T, I like tea too, but I prefer coffee, coffee is the nectar of the gods and....

... wait... what are we on about?

You have a gift for describing things well. Why aren't you a writer?

I managed to fill my sugar bowl with cous-cous yesterday :laugh:

My mind wanders when I am performing a task and my thoughts are about my next dress and pair of sexy heels.