It drives me nuts when someone talks so much I swear they don't breathe. I'm a person who just wants to hear the facts or whatever, and get on with it. I don't have the patience for long, drawn out one-sided conversations! (their side, of course)

My MIL and a co-worker in particular make me crazy. I feel an intense need to escape when their gums start a-flappin. If I manage to escape the MIL, she will pick up where she left off when I return!

Geez I sound like a b**ch but I really can't stand it!!

Hey, sometimes you get annoyed and need to vent about it...doesn't make you a b**ch.

Of course, I'm one of those people that can be annoying. I hit a manic state with my bipolar and I'm off like a shot! People take visible/literal steps back. Knowing my own weakness in this area I have some patience for others who do this. I rarely get annoyed, I just say I need to stop the conversation and will be happy to talk about later. I learned this while being a nursing assistant...those blue hairs can go on and on; they really need someone who will listen. Some have no one else to talk to.

See? I did it again. Sorry. lol

Ahem
Yes
People who ramble on annoy me
&yet I'm a right hypocrit
because I can talk so fast
&I can go on
&on&on&on
& I stutter&get stuck too
cause I'm that fast

so... yeah...
bit of a weird brain I gots.

well Ive heard that "empty barrels" make the most noise

gee. thanks. lol

i'm constantly stuttering and getting stuck in figuring out what I'm trying to say, I talk a lot when I'm getting stressed out or when i've hit the right spot of my memory in a subject, other than that, I'm told I don't talk at all.


Yea I hate it, my roomate did it, and my mom did it. No one realizes that I'm DEFINITELY not paying attention if I'm doing something else. I have a feeling I'm their little dog or cat or journal that they complain their problems to, but doesn't respond. Somehow I remember something important for them that they don't most of the time, but I can't remember anything for myself. Not only do I hate that, but I hate really loud annoying voices. I get used to a lisp very quickly, like I totally forget they have one, but I just can't stand loud people.

:foot:oops I meant no harm My father used to say that to diffuse sibling squabbles there were 7 kids lots of kids yelling. it made us laugh and quit yelling at each other.
but back to subject it depends on what they are talking about....say if its another long winded story about potty training or something just to flap their gums at work then I usually can zone out just enough so I have that glassy eyed stare, and periodically say uh huh,
There is one woman at work who will talk to me even if Im in the middle of responding to a stroke alert or rushing to ICU or ER for stat xrays ooops:rolleyes: now Im flapping my gums:o
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I'm sorry, would you bottom-line that for me? ;)



*Disclaimer. Not directed at any poster, that's just my own personal catch-phrase people know I will say, because I get lost in the details on the way to the finale. :p

:oyes they do drive me nuts:osorry for driving you guys nuts:o
Big thanks to FrazzelDazzel for reeling me back in:)

Lol Paddy! That's what the forum is for, for venting, sharing, encouraging, which can take words, lots of them. I have a few here myself! :-)

It is easier to stay on track when writing or reading (just go to the bottom heehee), but verbal conversation are hard when there seems no purpose in the talk and it goes on endless rabbit trails. Or, my fav annoyance. I have something I really need to talk through myself, share, and troubleshoot, and all I get is somebody else's endless somewhat old similar stories, leaving mine and my current issues far in the dust. :-(

I don't mind talkers if they've got interesting things to say, otherwise I start looking at the exit, looking at my watch, and edging away....they never get the hint oddly enough.

ALOT especially when its that time of month.

It really depends for me, is it the daily babble? children/clothes/work/omg did you see how she looked in that dress/etc? I want to bail, and if I can't think of a way to I start to panic. If the conversation interests me, I'll join in and be talking extra fast. Needless to say this doesn't happen nearly as often as I'd like it to.

gee. thanks. lolYeah, that particular comment might not have been the best of ideas on this particular forum...

Tee hee.

I can't stand it when people endlessly repeat themselves. Like they say something once, then they reiterate. They said it fine the first time, then they say it again. They just keep repeating the original point, like it is significant. I can't stand it when people endlessly repeat themselves.

I can't stand it when people endlessly repeat themselves. Like they say something once, then they reiterate. They said it fine the first time, then they say it again. They just keep repeating the original point, like it is significant. I can't stand it when people endlessly repeat themselves.

point well made heh

Are these boring people we're talking about, or interesting ones?

Seriously, for me, that makes all the difference. Unfortunately, most people who talk too much seem to fall into the first category. And yes, in that case it drives me INSANE.

I get people like that at work sometimes. The waiting area is right next to my desk, so I'm kind of a captive audience. I've actually gone and hid in the bathroom or the back office to get away from some of our clients.

I'm not trying to be rude, but I sometimes end up wondering why they even need me there. These people just start talking about a subject they have no reason whatsoever to believe I'm interested in. I try my best to do nothing to encourage them, and yet they can go for 10 or 15 or 20 minutes straight. If I were on the phone with them instead, I could just put it down and come back 10 minutes later and they wouldn't have missed a beat.

Now if I've bored y'all to tears, I apologize.

Yes, oh yes! My mother, I love her, but the woman never stops talking. She drove me crazy growing up. Now I try to be polite, I really do :rolleyes: The repeating themselves is also a pet peeve of mine.

When I use to take Adderall, people that spoke too much ticked me off. I literally would sit in class & want to throw things. Haha. That's so bad, but true. I would just want to focus & they would just talk and talk. URGH.

You hit the nail right on the head, prtsimmons. I wish people would say what they need to and be done with it. Why do they feel like they need to reiterate their point over and over and over again?! Do they feel like I don't hear them unless they do - even though it's obvious I did the first time?!

It drives me nuts when someone talks so much I swear they don't breathe. I'm a person who just wants to hear the facts or whatever, and get on with it. I don't have the patience for long, drawn out one-sided conversations! (their side, of course)

My MIL and a co-worker in particular make me crazy. I feel an intense need to escape when their gums start a-flappin. If I manage to escape the MIL, she will pick up where she left off when I return!

Geez I sound like a b**ch but I really can't stand it!!

ermm, no. People that talk a lot dont drive me nuts, because I talk alot and incessantly myself.

Yes! There was a great guy I liked who had ADHD but I soon realized there is just no way we could ever make it work. His incessant talking was just too overstimulating for me.

sorry i didnt read the thread but i'll say this.. i can be one those people. it's usually when im trying to make a point but internally i dont feel i've convinced the listener of what im trying to say.

i also work with this woman .. she's very articulate and really has a way with words in which i admire. however, she explains things in a way as if i don't understand her. often with examples. it's anoying! she's a teacher by trade so i know she can't help it .. and i guess to some degree i can relate LOL

sorry i didnt read the thread but i'll say this.. i can be one those people. it's usually when im trying to make a point but internally i dont feel i've convinced the listener of what im trying to say.

i also work with this woman .. she's very articulate and really has a way with words in which i admire. however, she explains things in a way as if i don't understand her. often with examples. it's anoying! she's a teacher by trade so i know she can't help it .. and i guess to some degree i can relate LOL

this therapist,i had like one appointment with because I was send to inpatient hospital, did that to me. I'm pretty sure it's because many of us are known to need repetition, to understand something, and fill in all those words we're missing. I could tell as I was being explained that he was looking at me like, "you understand?"

I frequently got that question at that hospital because I was impatient for meds, "do you understand what she just said?" yes I understand i'm not a ******* I just want my pills and I forget what she said soon, making what she said less important, so I'll just keep wanting my pills.

i know. people tend to think i dont understand because i have a hard time explaining things. i can go to a workshop, understand the speaker fully and implement what I've heard .. but I couldnt explain to a coworker what the workshop was about. i remember my teachers in elementary school saying A LOT: "Well if you can't explain it, then you don't understand it" If I had a nickle everytime I heard that. "Actually lady, I understand you FULLY. I'm not dumb or deaf. Communication is just not my greatest skill. Thank you." Of course, I never did have the balls to say that LOL

I feel SO guilty about this...my husband is the most wonderful and caring person in the world. But when he tells a story....he has to describe every single detail. It makes me cringe. On more than one occasion I've snapped and said okay, I get it, move on! And I feel so badly afterwards....I feel like such a horrible person but I don't know how to change it. More often than not I suffer in silence but yes, it drives me up the wall.

On more than one occasion I've snapped and said okay, I get it, move on!

heheh
>hugs<

DSM-IV Criteria for ADHD

6. Often talks excessively.

DSM-IV Criteria for ADHD

6. Often talks excessively.


:D Funny Imnapl. I was actually thinking that when I first read this post. Doesn't this apply to a lot of us here? How dare the OP post such thread?! LOL

:D Funny Imnapl. I was actually thinking that when I first read this post. Doesn't this apply to a lot of us here? How dare the OP post such thread?! LOLIt's a conundrum, isn't it, and frequently observed in the classroom. The student who is most distracted / disturbed by others often disturbs / distracts others. I guess that's why they call it a disorder.

Many years ago, a co-worker would tell me, "When I ask for the time, don't build me a clock." I used this example when being assessed for ADHD. The understanding psychiatrist put a positive spin on it that I will always be grateful for. He said, "Perhaps you just want to describe something in as much detail as possible." I loved that man and couldn't help wondering where people like him were all my life.

I can talk a lot, and it probably is my adhd, In a particularly hyper mood i can entertain people for hours, It's not really the talking that the questioner was talking about it was the repeating. When in a hyper mood, I'm usually very lively and engaging and I don't repeat myself.

Now, when I feel misunderstood, or I want some agreement, then it's quite possible I repeat myself because my anxiety would just go thru the roof.

lol, yes but when you're at an IEP meeting for your child, the team REALLY HATES YOU when you explain with great detail. trust me. i've learned this the hard way. the look that they give each other .. like, "here she goes again" .. but then, i'm easily misunderstood so i feel like i have to explain myself all the time. or, they just dont get it!

I am guilty of this at times,and I think sometimes it's b/c I get nervous, or I'm lonely.

I do this a lot, especially when I don't realize that I dont have enough interesting things to talk about, so I somehow base my thoughts on responses or ties to a subject, over and over again around the information I have been "clicking" to lately, if only I had a larger storage for short term memory hehe.