do you have 'too many things' in head and the get confused

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Yes ! I do !

You should hear me go on a phone call

It's like some one opened the floodgates

I have like a million things I want to say and I end up saying them all mashed in together. Gotta say I do feel for the people who speak to me, I must give them a right headache.

Do you guys have trouble saying exactly what you need to say? kinda like, saying a bit of everything else and then feeling that you didn't get to say what it was you wanted to ?

Awfully frustrating for me to try and communicate with people. I end up rambling on and saying a load of nonsense, then being mad at myself afterwards because I didn't say what I wanted to

Yes, sometimes I can have too many things on my mind and it can cause me to have trouble with the most simple and obvious task. Then sometimes I think about a mistake I made and keep thinking about what caused me to make that mistake and what I could have done differently and then I get distracted even more. It can also take me a while to make a decision on something because sometimes I think about all the details for why one choice would be better than the other.

Sometimes I become extremely focused on completing certain tasks though like at work or something.

Me too.

Very much so. The multitasking society of today is not good for many on the spectrum.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110815143942.htm

http://www.examiner.com/article/the-myth-of-multi-tasking-and-how-it-hurts-autistic-employees

A.L.L. T.H.E. T.I.M.E.

And thus I'm a master of procrastination (see, what's going on now? sitting on WP because I got confused about what I was supposed to be doing … )


That helped a bit, some time ago: http://waitbutwhy.com/2013/11/how-to-be ... ation.html

But maybe not enough, need to log out here!

Me too. I've got lots of things I want / need to get done, and they're not properly organised in my brain.

I either have too many things on my mind or...nothing. More often it's a blank feeling.

I had that problem when my OCD & anxiety were bad.

I get overwhelmed easily. I lose things constantly. Get into a meltdown when I can't find them. In this information age, it is a struggle to keep up with everything. You can't get someone on the phone immediately, whether it is help for a technical issue - everything is DIY. Home appliances sold in stores often have to be assembled, which is a nightmare for someone with no transportation. And on top of it, I'm a worrywart and can't even begin to sort through the muck of mundane details until the bigger problem is resolved.

I'm also undergoing mental health treatment and find the same difficulty. Advice, as good as it is, doesn't stick because it is hard to remember. I can only keep about one thing in my head at a time....