Interupting people

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Has anyone else ever been told that they tend to interrupt others?

I've been told that I tend to interrupt someone when they're asking me a long question. I don't mean to be rude. I just don't need to hear the whole question to give an answer. It just seems to me that people tend to go on and on and getting way more specific than they need to be.

I've also noticed that sometimes I'll start talking about something else a few seconds into the other persons sentence.

I try not to do it and I have improved. Because I was made to be scared of interrupting other people.

I reduce my speaking time, usually. So I interrupt people less and can still talk.

Sometimes I will not react to what another person has said at all because I don't know what they expect me to answer. I think about a possible answer, but then think that they will not want to hear it. I interrupt myself in my head before I can say anything.

This is not a satisfactory solution, but I do not know an alternative. ^^

Comments on your school report can make you feel really bad about yourself. Or people who tell you to shut up. ^^ "OK then, I will try to speak as little as possible". That is my strategy, but sometimes I can't help but interrupt people.


This is why you retreat and refuse to join in conversations unless it is really necessary. You are afraid of saying the wrong thing, saying too much and saying something irrelevant.

There are lots of overlaps between ADHD and the autism spectrum: many Aspies would meet the criteria for ADHD-Inattentive, at the very least.

One of the impulsive aspects of ADHD is butting in before other people finish speaking.

Look here {http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhd#DSM-IV} at items 1. and 3. under "Impulsiveness".

I think I do that a bit. I can't hold back!

That is why Asperger's gets mistaken as ADHD quite often.

Makes sense. My second grade teacher apparently thought I had ADD.

I also have been told I interrupt people. If I ever do it, it's because I feel like I've already worked out what they're going to say.

It generally only happens with my mum because I know her well, but it really annoys her! Frequently want to interrupt other people, but experience makes me repress the urge and 'bite my tongue'

I am guilty of this as well. I have recognized the problem, and now I try to give others their full say before I cut in and finish their sentence or blurt out what I think.

Me too - I am getting better as I get older and am more conscious of it. I am not an aspie but the more I read the more certain I am that I have ADHD and dyslexia.

I never, ever interrupt people. In fact, I find NTs interrupt me.

Excuse me, but - no, I'm kidding.

And yes, I've been told that.