Yeah, I think so. It sounds like stuff I do. I thought I was ADD or something, but was tested and they said no. I set timers when I cook, because otherwise I'd forget I have something on the stove or in the oven and set the house on fire. Or I have to stand there till it's finished. I can't leave one task to do another or I'll forget the original, and I'm always going off on tangents as I recall things I've forgotten, leaving prior things uncompleted.

I can't process a lot of things at once. If I'm in a room with many people, my mind jumps from conversation to conversation and I can't keep track of any of them, so I shut down and people think I'm bored. I actually am a little, but more frustrated that I can't follow what's going on.

At work though I have had the ability to superfocus and shut everything out but the task at hand, sometimes to the point that I'm completely unaware of any noise around me. It takes a lot of energy to do, so I'm unwilling to try unless I have a large block of time, and interruptions really irritate me because I have to transition to the person interrupting me, then reload everything back into my head and shut everything out again after each interruption, which takes time. I don't know if this is also typical.

I think I've managed to adapt how to handle most tasks around the house, it's really more the intellectual stuff I have trouble with. I have trouble planning, prioritizing, and organizing information. That means if left to my own devices I have no idea how to handle a project unless I'm following someone's lead, and learning anything from work skills, education, research, whatever seems to be overwhelming. Anything I try to learn about whether how to improve my job skills, or a hobby, usually is a mess.

What do you do to study and learn new skills efficiently?