Slow mental processing

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I almost constantly have a foggy mind due to an underactive thyroid gland...yet even when foggy I seem to automatically be able to spew out logical conversations etc. Odd, it is almost like some sort of robotic stream of consciousness at times when I have a really bad foggy brain day. It does get frustrating though as I used to be a lot sharper.

An NT friend of mine once made analogies of the brains of various students in the room with him to computers. Of me, he said I had the most memory but the slowest processor.

I don't necessarily agree with him fully. His observation is based on my tendency to take much longer to complete tests than other students. I give very long responses to the questions to account for this. I do not think this implies that I am thinking more slowly, however. I have a good memory and an obsession to post every detail I am aware of. This has been extremely difficult for me to overcome, but I've been losing interest in some studies and I have taught myself to be a little bit more concise. Because of my success with this, I'd say my processor is more capable because I run more processes on the work, and in being more concise I take less time than a lot of other students to complete my work.

I have had slow mental processing all my life. It might be due to OCD or to a lack of self-confidence or to something else. I just know that I've always had it.

My brain goes offline during sensory overload - for instance, we had my siblings and their children visiting one weekend and were outside with all the kids running around and several conversations going on, and I sat there in the middle and didn't know what to do or where to begin with anything. If my own kids are making a ruckus and my husband asks me to make up my mind on something, my brain just doesn't respond. I might snap at him then, saying "decide for youself!" or sth. Very mature ... not.

Yes. It was worse when i was suffering from depression.

That's me allot and I hate it. I also am very self conscious about this to the point where I start noticing someone who is trying to show me something getting frustrated and it starts to piss me off. I also hate when others patronize me and think I'm stupid when my IQ is actually higher than theirs