Do you ever just have NO idea what people are talking about?

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I can usually feign interest in people, sometimes I actually am interested in what's going on around me but other times...forget it. I definitely have times where I just have NO idea WHAT people are talking about. There's this huge invisible barrier between me and the rest of the world, even understanding online conversations is hard. What is this? Overload? I'm more focused on my interests during ghese times,, I just can't be bothered but it makes it almost impossible to do anything. I can't focus enough to do anything else and I want NOTHING to do with public. I'm prone to turning any conversation into an altercation and them I might not even know what I've done, lol. I don't argue, I just say something that seems rude and then ignore the person because I'm not sure what happened.

What is this? overload? Just AS traits sometimes being stronger than other times? I'm like this about half of the time.

I know, same thing happens to me

It might be an overload. It's hard to concentrate when there's lots of people talking around me. I tend to focus inwardly and shut down. Usually, when I am with several people I don't know well, I just stay silent, but am a real chatterbox with people I know really well, sometimes to my own detriment.

I tend to tune out what they are saying and focus on my own thought processes. Later, I am not even aware of what was being said.

This happens to me if I come in the middle of a discussion and lack the basic context.

ruveyn

I am the same way, and I always hesitate to ask anyone to repeat what was just said so I don't sound like an idiot. Mainly because when people are asked to repeat things the first immpression they are going to get is that the person that is asking did not pay any attention, and I do not want to disrespect them.

Do you ever ask people to put things in Laymans terms for you, I sometimes do!

I feel this way sometimes. My biggest issue is not knowing whether I'm supposed to understand something or not. People can be confusing with their "inside" humor and gossip. Either that or people are joking by making references to movies or television shows that I've never seen. Sometimes I feel like people are purposefully excluding me from the conversation by talking about things that I'm not "in the know" on. It gets irritating.

I hate it when I don't understand what people are talking about and then suddenly they all laugh. It makes me feel like they're laughing at me, every time.

All the time. If I walk into a room while a conversation is already underway, and I didn't hear its origin, I'm 100% lost, 100% of the time. I try to skillfully ask something that will recall the original point, without the group noticing I did it. That works sometimes, but sometimes it makes me feel/look silly.

Charles

I'm not sure, but that constantly happens to me. For example,my mother sometimes has this parties and she takes me with her. Sometimes, it's in a noisy restaurant, or someplace else, and I tend to tune everything out, and just focus in on my own thoughts, etc. Later, she may mention something like, hey what did you thought about what this person said? And I have no freaking idea about what she's talking about. I didn't heard anything that was said beyond the first 5 to 10 minutes, during which I begin to get anxious.

I just smile and nod and wait for the convo to get around to something I do understand. Or, I walk away.

Yes, frequently.