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!

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 6 points 1 week ago

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'.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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.

Maybe if all the context could be recreated or described back to me, then I probably could... but, not if some bit of context that was really important to me, but totally unimportant to the other person, ended up getting left out.

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 3 points 1 week ago

If you don't know this sketch by Key&Peele already, you'll have a laugh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0FMk2zUHA0