oh dear, another piece to the puzzle...have always tuned people out, and not out of boredom, just honestly don't hear what they are saying, but just thought it "was me". and i say "what?" a LOT. it's like my brain catches glimpses, if you will, of people saying something to me, but *i* am just not there to hear it . and am not hard of hearing! have to really "concentrate" when somebody is speaking to me. and forget about a crowded chat room! oiy, impossible!

and have literally quit watching movies and reading books (except at my wednesday night client's to have something to do but it takes hours to just read about 40 pages!) because i catch myself just staring at the screen/book and not knowing what i had just watched/read. and it's not recent, it's all my life. hated any type of schooling because of "attention span" as i called it.

but thank you so much pegasus, for sharing these things...no, you are not alone