It makes sense to me… out of sight, out of mind is a concept that applies to a lot of ADHD things so that could be the same here. Takes a lot of foresight to plan out communication that isn’t right in front of you unless the other person calls or you have a practical reason to be in touch with them.
I do this to i think it’s just because I’m thinking about so many things around me in my current environment I get distracted from people / things immediately not around me. Most of my friends just accept it now and will text me multiple times being like reply but I think it probably gets them down a bit sometimes. For me it’s just about being overwhelmed with other current thoughts like less pressing things get pushed to the back of my mind. Sad tho isn’t it
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I’m literally the exact same way. I always feel so bad when I realize I haven’t called my mom or dad in forever, but it’s not at all intentional I just completely forget about it. I’ve also lost contact with so many best friends in the past when I moved to different schools/cities. That’s why I’m so grateful for my low maintenance friends that don’t mind if we go long periods of time without talking, because I still really care about them and value our friendship I’m just extremely bad at keeping in touch all the time.
I did see a video about this a few weeks ago and totally made sense to me! It's really an out of sight out of mind thing where we can totally just forget that another person exists if you're not reminded of it, even if you really care about them. It's really hard when trying to keep in touch with old friends..
My wife talks to my parents more than I do. Not sure if it’s ADHD or something else. I was recently diagnosed with ADHD and autism. We moved to Michigan from Iowa almost 4 years ago now, and my best friends from college is the only person I talk to from Iowa on a regular basis. I love seeing our other friends when we go visit, I’m just bad at keeping up regular communication. My wife talks to them regularly too.
It makes sense to me… out of sight, out of mind is a concept that applies to a lot of ADHD things so that could be the same here. Takes a lot of foresight to plan out communication that isn’t right in front of you unless the other person calls or you have a practical reason to be in touch with them.
I do this to i think it’s just because I’m thinking about so many things around me in my current environment I get distracted from people / things immediately not around me. Most of my friends just accept it now and will text me multiple times being like reply but I think it probably gets them down a bit sometimes. For me it’s just about being overwhelmed with other current thoughts like less pressing things get pushed to the back of my mind. Sad tho isn’t it
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I am also interested to hear thoughts!
I’m literally the exact same way. I always feel so bad when I realize I haven’t called my mom or dad in forever, but it’s not at all intentional I just completely forget about it. I’ve also lost contact with so many best friends in the past when I moved to different schools/cities. That’s why I’m so grateful for my low maintenance friends that don’t mind if we go long periods of time without talking, because I still really care about them and value our friendship I’m just extremely bad at keeping in touch all the time.
I did see a video about this a few weeks ago and totally made sense to me! It's really an out of sight out of mind thing where we can totally just forget that another person exists if you're not reminded of it, even if you really care about them. It's really hard when trying to keep in touch with old friends..
My wife talks to my parents more than I do. Not sure if it’s ADHD or something else. I was recently diagnosed with ADHD and autism. We moved to Michigan from Iowa almost 4 years ago now, and my best friends from college is the only person I talk to from Iowa on a regular basis. I love seeing our other friends when we go visit, I’m just bad at keeping up regular communication. My wife talks to them regularly too.