I was just thinking about this last night. I can't multitask at all. If I'm watching a TV show and someone tries to talk to me, I end up not processing either and feeling angry. If I'm in the middle of something and something else suddenly needs my attention it's like my brain can't switch to the other thing fast enough. I end up feeling frustrated and needing to breathe. Then I just feel overwhelmed and exhausted. This is such a big problem it's really messing up my life. I can't hold a job for very long without getting completely overloaded. I start walking into rooms and forgetting why I went there. Or even just forgetting what I was just thinking.

Also if someone is speaking way too quickly I just can't keep up. It's like I'm processing the information too slowly. While I'm still trying to understand the first sentence they're on the third. If someone uses too many big words in a row it takes me a while to comprehend the sentence even though I know what all the words mean. I always feel amazed that people can even talk or think that fast. It makes me wonder if I'm just stupid. I can read really fast though and keep up just fine so I always use captions when I'm watching TV or something.

I think it's possibly just the effects of stress and trauma long term on our brain chemistry or something? If I meditate and focus on stress relief a lot this starts to go away. But as soon as I get stressed out it just comes back really bad