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I don't even think this is strictly a neurodivergent issue. Some people are just rude as fuck and will talk over you long after you've started "your turn" to talk in the conversation. I had a former coworker like that and he was so frustrating to converse with because he never let anyone get a comment in. It was like talking to a television.
It's fun to forcefully take your turn and find out how long you both keep talking, as an experiment.
It becomes pretty clear where the problem lies when this happens in all group conversations. There's no way everyone you interact with is rude like that.
ND people have an impossible time finding "my turn." We are not rude, we are just clueless. I have tried so hard in life to beat this, but it is impossible. It's like I can't find the right break that is the natural flow of a conversation where that person is actually done. Is it a timing problem? is it a subject problem? All I know is that option B is be a passive participant and I have to force myself into Option B to fit in better.