For me its when someone tells me to bring them something. If i try to find something that i need, i will find it really quickly. If someone is asking me to find something for them in a room, it is like i become blind and even if its in front of me, it is really hard to find it.
I’ve got a good memory, but talking with my partner he will often say “I told you this before” and it’s just completely gone over my head cause I’ve been slightly distracted. I’ll be listening but things don’t seem to register and it’s worse when I’m distracted by the fact that I am having to put so much effort into listening. Edit: typo
Talking over people and interrupting them. I try to be aware of it and just listen more and talk less, but it’s REALLY HARD. My train of thought just moves way faster than the conversation.
Not being able to retain basic information for more than a few seconds.
Oh, your name is [name] and you need [item]? Too bad, I’ll forget both of those things as soon as I turn around
For me, it’s a tie between having no object permanence and waiting mode. My lack of object permanence really shows in my kitchen, because I will keep everything I commonly use on the counter. If Idon’t, I forget I have it. Waiting mode really speaks for itself. If I have an appointment, I can’t do anything else til I’m done with it. I’m also compulsively early to every appointment because of how angry my parents would get if we were even a minute late to anything.
Even things I enjoy doing, my brain will register as “tasks” and therefore decide they’re icky and not to do them.