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[-] LongRedCoat@kbin.social 41 points 8 months ago

I sometimes finish the sentence for them to speed things along. It's a bad habit of mine and I try not to be rude about it. Hopefully it just comes across as understanding and supportive rather than usurping the conversation.

[-] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 28 points 8 months ago

It's the second one, definitely the second one. I do it to though, so don't feel bad. We just have to try to catch ourselves when we do it, and apologies and let them finish.

[-] itsnicodegallo@lemm.ee 24 points 8 months ago

Surprise! My mom does this too, and the frustrating part is that she's wrong about the second half of my sentence a LOT of the time. It ends up being rude and makes the conversation even longer because I have to waste additional time going, "No, I was going to say..." instead of simply finishing the sentence and continuing on.

So congratulations. You're playing yourself. (I also have ADHD.)

[-] zout@kbin.social 3 points 8 months ago

So you have ADHD, but when you start a sentence you already know how it's going to end? How do you do that?

[-] itsnicodegallo@lemm.ee 5 points 8 months ago

Honestly, there are times after my meds wear off that I have literally forgotten what I was going to say halfway through the sentence. Lol

[-] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Same, if I'm really tired, sometimes my thought will trail off, and I'm like, what was I about to say?

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago

Personally I do it by my brain always being like thirty seconds in front of my mouth. Sometimes I wish I could open my mouth and just yell in white noise that somehow conveys the totality of what I'm thinking.

[-] xor@sh.itjust.works 22 points 8 months ago

everyone hates it, and no, you don't know what people are about to say all the time.

[-] xintrik@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

I'm usually right about 60% of the time with strangers, though I'm intentionally not finishing the sentence aloud.
With friends and coworkers it's usually that we've forgotten a common word somehow and just appreciate the other person remembering it for us.

[-] xor@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago

forgetting a word is totally different

[-] xintrik@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

It prevents the sentence from continuing which makes everyone want to either leave the conversation or try to "help out". Same principle.

[-] Caesium@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

it's literal torture working in retail and having this happen. I just have to sit there with a fake smile plastered on my face, mind running a mile a minute and watching the line behind this person grow as they explain to me what I already figured out. On the plus side, outwardly I appear really patient to others!

[-] Jorgelino@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

I really hate when people interrupt what i'm saying before i finish my train of thought, so i try not to do that to others. Instead i just suffer in silence as they meander for what feels like forever and get increasingly annoyed at them

This only makes it a million times more frustrating when i wait for them to completely finish their points, and then get interrupted as soon as i start speaking.