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Age1600
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23 Jul 2008, 4:49 pm

Autisvic wrote:
I've been doing that for as long as I can remember.
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Age1600 wrote:
and not really understand and comprehend or care about whats going else around you?[/b]


How extreme can one interpret this ?
Do you mean that if the room caught on fire
you would remain oblivious to it? Or is it just
limited to ignoring someone calling your name
out or dropping a tambourine on the floor?

My friends joke that my "Indian name" is
"Doesn't know what's going on" because
I space out so much...even during spaces
in between our conversations and before
I can finish saying what I started to say.


I mean, you just walk without looking both ways as you cross the street, something along the lines of doing that?


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23 Jul 2008, 5:09 pm

2ukenkerl wrote:
Sedaka wrote:
Angnix wrote:
I am constantly in both worlds somehow, I only slighly move more into reality or out as situation dictates, thaugh I've been told I have zoned out to the point where people have called my name and I don't respond.


i hate it when i get the hand-waving in front of my face to bring me back...... that works more than calling my name.



JOIN THE CLUB! My mother used to ALWAYS do that. :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:


thing is... im usually thinking about something when i'm spaced out... i can manipulate my movies and change them as i think and since i don't use a lot of verbal/written cues to keep track of my lines of thought... when someone snaps me out of it... i have to start rewinding and re-cuing my thoughts... and they never seem to develop along the same lines exactly... it's like never getting to see the end of a movie.

bah


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