Fast thinking? When?!
If a person says something to me but doesn’t get my attention with a “hey” or similar first, queue my brain locking up and rebooting as I stammer out a response. There’s my fast thinking.
i once tried to play alias with a few people, and even if i recognized what they were describing immediately, it took me so long to get the word loaded up that they were already in the next card… i couldn’t get a word out for an hour straight.
I have the same problem. For me training took care of this temporary muteness under pressure. Unfortunately training took longer than my relationship who loved to play lasted, but hey, now I’m at least OK in it (and really good when I get to the zone).
Any specific tips on training? Is there a name for it, or is it just general practice talking to people?
I was explaining this problem to a teacher after we were supposed to discuss a book, and I didn’t get a single sentence out because it took to long to phrase it. Yeah… She had no clue what I’m talking about.
It will get better I swear.
Aphantasia doesn’t help me either, since I can’t picture their face later.
Yeah bad memory and no visuals, that’s my winning combo right there >_>
I’m hyperfocused and thinking a mile a minute, shame its not what i actually want or need to be thinking about
Redlining in neutral is how I like to describe it.
The names are there, they just aren’t linked to the memory of that persons face.
Aka “working memory”
I just wish I would actually remember names. My brain only seems to “save” the first letter of their name and then it just goes “well the rest of this name is clearly irrelevant data” and it just get tossed.
Every time a customer calls I’m just staring at the name, recognizing it, but having zero clue who they are or what job I did to them in the past.
