Hi Everyone,
I have noticed over the last couple of years that my concentration and attention in social gatherings, or conversations one on one, is somewhat poor. When having conversations with friends I often find that midway through, my mind drifts off and thinks about something else or another topic or something else discussed 5 minutes beforehand. When I realise I've drifted off it's then too late and I have missed most the current conversation and I have to try rely on bits and pieces said that managed to sneak into my brain.
Another example... I often also loose track of conversations if I am at a table with a group of friends and there is a different conversation at either end of the table. I start listening to one conversation then hear snippets of the other, then get distracted and before I know it, I've lost the guts of both conversations!
My fiance has noticed I do this too...but we at least can't help but laugh as even though I have drifted off our conversation...I still manage to come back to earth and repeat back to him what he word for word
I don't know if this problem is just my personality, (I am rather reserved and not the most sociable person), or it is a result of MS Symptoms? Does anyone else do this and is it possibly MS related?
I have noticed over the last couple of years that my concentration and attention in social gatherings, or conversations one on one, is somewhat poor. When having conversations with friends I often find that midway through, my mind drifts off and thinks about something else or another topic or something else discussed 5 minutes beforehand. When I realise I've drifted off it's then too late and I have missed most the current conversation and I have to try rely on bits and pieces said that managed to sneak into my brain.
Another example... I often also loose track of conversations if I am at a table with a group of friends and there is a different conversation at either end of the table. I start listening to one conversation then hear snippets of the other, then get distracted and before I know it, I've lost the guts of both conversations!
My fiance has noticed I do this too...but we at least can't help but laugh as even though I have drifted off our conversation...I still manage to come back to earth and repeat back to him what he word for word
I don't know if this problem is just my personality, (I am rather reserved and not the most sociable person), or it is a result of MS Symptoms? Does anyone else do this and is it possibly MS related?