How do you act when you hide it and how do you act when not?

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I either zone out or often forget what the person just said when they are talking about stuff I care nothing about. I always thought it was ADD. I can see how they overlap. Then when I am interested, I have no problem listening or remembering.

Also another problem I have is I ask a question and instead of giving me a direct answer, the person goes into details and I am so anxious to wait for the answer I want to hear, I zone out so it's like I am not even listening. The problem is I am focusing on the answer I am waiting for so it's hard to filter out all this other information or if I am hearing all this information, I don't get my answer because it was all jumbled in there.

I consciously wear a 'mask' at work, which I am told is very blank. This puzzles NT's, but, really, why should we care? NT's will only misunderstand what facial expressions we do have. How many times have you been asked why you do not smile, or are looking serious or miserable, when you are perfectly fine?
I decided long ago that most NT's are really, really boring. I think wearing a mask helps to deflect attempts at conversation. NT's actually will talk about nothing for hours. They frequently seem to have little curiosity for anything outside of their own lives. They often seem very self-absorbed and I don't think Aspies are. Their conversations are hopelessly predictable and frequently mundane. I mean, have you ever heard of Aspie taking a 'selfie'? How self-absorbed is that?

If I have to hide, I'll go passive and no more than a simple self restraint. No pretending, no playing actress or false personas.

If I go full blown self, I'm either an annoying child who says and does nonsense, or a too serious of an adult who can't joke around. It depends on my mood.

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