me talking to a neurotypical: sorry to switch topics again… this is sort of related, but only kind of…. i know its kind of random, but…..
me talking to someone else with adhd:
Like, you still have to specify you’re starting something new, but it’s like “OH SPEAKING OF [either the unrelated thing or something that doesn’t even seem related to the new topic]” and they understand.
We don’t need to explain to our siblings that our brains went down a rabbit trail and now we’re talking about 18th century underwear instead of the rise of communism in south america.
We just move on together.
I have a couple of very dear ADHD friends, and I can say “OH SPEAKING OF [tangentially related to a thing we were talking about three days ago/thing that is Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon from current topic/etc]” and they just … get it?
Like, I’ll start to explain “That probably seems unrelated, but-” and the thought process, and they’ll be like “No, I totally saw where you were going with that”.
It’s such a RELIEF talking with people who get it.
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