ADoyle90815 wrote:
I actually lost an internship because of hyperfocusing too much on my job that I didn't acknowledge enough people or make enough small talk. It was the thing that led me to finally get a diagnosis since not only did I lose the internship, the program kicked me out because to get other internships, you had to be interviewed first. Let's just say that it wasn't an aspie friendly program as they had you interview before being able to intern.
I've hyperfocused in meetings before--I bring my laptop into them usually, and I've gotten so engrossed with what I'm doing on my computer that I'll have no idea what everyone else is talking about around me. When I do hyperfocus, calling out my name usually snaps me out of it.
That said, I tend to be more distracted than anything when I'm at work.
06 Jul 2012, 12:24 am
