Image of a screenshot of Twitter of a screenshot of Facebook.

The Facebook screenshot reads:

Fun fact about me: When I’m having a conversation with you, I will periodically bring up personal experiences from my own life, interspersed withing your own stories that you’re telling me. I’m not doing this to try and make the conversation about me, or to take away from your own experience. Actually, what I’m attempting to do, is to try and show you that I do, in fact, understand what you’re trying to tell me, and that I am giving your story my full attention.

It can really be off-putting to some people, so if I’ve ever done this to you during a conversation, I just wanted to make sure you know that I wasn’t trying to take over your story, I was just doing my best to connect with you in the moment.

The screenshot of Twitter reads:

This. I am fully aware that I do this. And I feel so guilty every time, but this. Understand this.

  • @SpaceNoodle
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    881 year ago

    This isn’t normal conversation?

    • @[email protected]
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      701 year ago

      ADHD person here living with a normie girlfriend and apparently it’s not. She gets so upset when I add my own personal anecdotes to the conversation, but when I sit there in silence she accuses me of not listening.

      Guys I don’t know what to do.

      • @TwoBeeSan
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        471 year ago

        Sounds like a her problem. This is how conversations work.

      • @jimbo
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      • @CopernicusQwark
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        181 year ago

        Show her this meme and explain that you’re doing it to show that you understand and emphasis with what she is saying.

        Communication is key in a healthy relationship.

        • @[email protected]
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          1 year ago

          Communication is key in a healthy relationship

          People always tell me this and honestly I’m tired of trying. She’s not the communication type, so my attempts go nowhere.

          I’ve shown her similar memes in the past (especially ADHD memes) but she never understands them and I’m left frustrated. She still thinks the “odd” things I do are done simply to annoy her. I’m convinced that neurodivergence is just one of those things that you can never understand nor relate to unless you have it.

          • Sage the Lawyer
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            301 year ago

            I don’t mean to be a downer here but… It sounds like she’s just not right for you. To me it sounds like you’ve made efforts to try to improve and she hasn’t. It takes two people working on a relationship to make it last.

            While yes, communication is one key in a healthy and lasting relationship, the other key is mutual respect. Yes, you have to talk to each other, but just as important is having the respect to try and understand the other person’s side and find a mutually acceptable resolution. It sounds like she doesn’t respect you much, to me.

            Granted, this isn’t my relationship, and I’m sure I’m only seeing one negative aspect instead of the full picture, so don’t take my words as definitive. But, I stand by this: if you don’t feel respected, the relationship either isn’t going to last, or it will and you will be miserable.

          • Flying Squid
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            51 year ago

            I’m convinced that neurodivergence is just one of those things that you can never understand nor relate to unless you have it.

            Unless every person who works with significantly neurodivergent people who can’t live without assistance is also neurodivergent, I doubt this. And I doubt that they’re all neurodivergent. I also doubt it’s a hiring trait companies that provide such assistance consider.

            And, of course, plenty of neurotypical parents have neurodivergent children and raise them to be successful adults in a loving home that accepts their quirks.

          • @captainlezbian
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            41 year ago

            Dude, that’s not great. You just inherently think differently. She’s expecting you to do all the work for what reason? Because she’s used to not having to reach across to communicate and you are?

            Neurodivergence is part of you. Neither of you can change that. It sounds like y’all need some serious sit down of “how do you think this all plays out”

      • Dan
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        81 year ago

        You make it sound like the only alternative to telling your own story is to say nothing.

        If you are actually interested in what she’s saying, ask a question about what she just told you.

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          I’ve tried several times but it is extremely difficult to get a straight answer out of her. The conversation is always one-sided. I’ll ask her how I can make her happy and get silence as a response.

          She’s one of those people who doesn’t know what they want (but surely knows what she doesn’t want).

          • Unaware7013
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            51 year ago

            Oof, that’s rough. If it wasn’t going to bite you in the ass, I’d recommend she think on what she wants out of conversations. Or possibly more, given it sounds like she doesn’t know what she wants in general.

      • @ManosTheHandsOfFate
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        71 year ago

        Comment, nod, ask questions, laugh, exclaim - there are a ton of things you can say and do in a conversation other than interject with your own stories.

      • @captainlezbian
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        41 year ago

        Adhd with an autistic wife, and yeah she’s cool with this. Idk how neurotypical people want us to act. I have learned not to interrupt special interest info dumps though