I have ADHD as as long as someone asks “Wait, how did we get to this topic” while we are still going I can give a step by step string of tangents. Can’t reliably do it after the conversation ends though.
The tangents are never random, they are always connected!
I think people get lost sometimes because the thought/story that triggered the tangent can continue for a bit before the tangent is shared. The tangential moment sticks out for the one wanting to share their tangent but it otherwise is a normal moment of the thought/story for others.
It took years of practice but I always make the tangent connection clearly when I bring it up. The other person often forgets it, but when they ask for the recap they go ‘oh yeah’.
I mean, I probably would not… be able to recreate my own entire thought process like, the next day, unless I ended up getting hyperfocused on it for whatever reason lol.
I have ADHD as as long as someone asks “Wait, how did we get to this topic” while we are still going I can give a step by step string of tangents. Can’t reliably do it after the conversation ends though.
The tangents are never random, they are always connected!
I think people get lost sometimes because the thought/story that triggered the tangent can continue for a bit before the tangent is shared. The tangential moment sticks out for the one wanting to share their tangent but it otherwise is a normal moment of the thought/story for others.
It took years of practice but I always make the tangent connection clearly when I bring it up. The other person often forgets it, but when they ask for the recap they go ‘oh yeah’.
If you don’t know this sketch by Key&Peele already, you’ll have a laugh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0FMk2zUHA0
Well hey there ya go!
I mean, I probably would not… be able to recreate my own entire thought process like, the next day, unless I ended up getting hyperfocused on it for whatever reason lol.