Are you actually/literally able to ignore people/stop listening?

[TimeAsylums]

This is regarding person to person to person (in person) interaction?
(Im speaking of, when they talk)
Can you? Or do you just focus extremely hard on something else to zone out? Or can/do you "tone" down your hearing?

It's been on my mind for a little bit, I was tryig to explain it to myself in types but it was too much bs because I don't know what people actually do in this situation.

Seemimgly people are able to do one of the actions I mentioned, or something related.

I can't ignore people when they're talking. I can pretend to zone out and not pay attention, but I'm focusong on every little thing they say, I can multitask my thoughts, say think or watch about something, however no matter how hard I try, I cant shift a portion of my attention that is devoted to "listening." (Not just the physical sensation/act of hearing, but active listening)

You know I love my nuances, tomorrow ill be asking about how many times you guys blink in a number of random seconds,

Anyway, anyone? Do you feel the same as me, or different, if so, how so?

 

[Ex-User (5841)]

When I'm able to focus on a single thing, it's so easy to break my concentration and beyond a certain point actually triggers flashbacks. For that matter, if you ever want to drive me to murder, make sudden loud noises for a sustained period of time.

 

[Cherry Cola]

Yes, but only if my conversant is socially oblivious enough. Else I need to maintain some sort of focus or it will show.

 

[TimeAsylums]

When I'm able to focus on a single thing

No way, im serious. In even my most serious of tisi or ne moments, pondering and thinkimg hard, I can not stop analyzing auditory (and others) stimulation/input (listening)
IMPOSSIBLE.

, it's so easy to break my concentration and beyond a certain point actually triggers flashbacks. For that matter, if you ever want to drive me to murder, make sudden loud noises for a sustained period of time.

But that would be the ptsd

 

[Duxwing]

Provided a sufficiently interesting stimulus, like a book, and the willingness to fully enthrall myself with it, I can ignore the movement of crowds of people with whom I am to walk.

-Duxwing

 

[Brontosaurie]

i usually forget what people say. i notice the way they say it, which is usually more revealing and informative, or the "gist" if there is one.

 

[TimeAsylums]

Provided a sufficiently interesting stimulus, like a book, and the willingness to fully enthrall myself with it, I can ignore the movement of crowds of people with whom I am to walk.

-Duxwing

Dux, im assuming by walk through the crowd you mean, avoid people, yes? But thwn youre not ignor8ng hem because you have to have recognized their presen e to avoid them in the first place.

Assuming you literally mean thru the crowd, igjorimg everyone you bump shouders or head o with rofl

Assuming ou mean a group youre walking with, I can see this if you entirely envelope yourself...hmmI guess I have done this once or twice...

 

[TimeAsylums]

i usually forget what people say. i notice the way they say it, which is usually more revealing and informative, or the "gist" if there is one.

Ah, this is close to me, except I remember the feelin, gist, AND nearly verbatim what they say (for like fivd minutes afterword, anyway)

For example, if im readig a book in class, one of my own books, im multitasking listening to the teacher as well (which they dont think so), it would be stupid not to, yet ive been called ourpt various times, "oh, you claim you were listening, well what exactly did I say?" Or some variation of that, then Irespond with the exact answer, I could do this pretending or snarkily, but I ddon't, even though they think I do.

I was reading Nardi's neurpscience of personality, explains quite a bit.

 

[DelusiveNinja]

I can do it when i'm interested in something else other than that conversation. I don't like doing important task in loud places because I can't concentrate but I successfully avoid those types of situations. My mom seems to do the opposite of what I do. She is an ISFP. When I talk to her about anything she tunes me out due to the fact that I like to draw out conversations, and explanations (sorta similar to what I do when talking to myself except slower and with increased caution). Noticing that her attention is elsewhere, I quietly end the conversation and move on. Now that I think about it my whole family does this to me. Assholes.

 

[doncarlzone]

I can do it when i'm interested in something else other than that conversation. I don't like doing important task in loud places because I can't concentrate but I successfully avoid those types of situations. My mom seems to do the opposite of what I do. She is an ISFP. When I talk to her about anything she tunes me out due to the fact that I like to draw out conversations, and explanations (sorta similar to what I do when talking to myself except slower and with increased caution). Noticing that her attention is elsewhere, I quietly end the conversation and move on. Now that I think about it my whole family does this to me. Assholes.

Argh : /... I actually think I was the one doing that to my mother when I lived at home. But isn't that just a teenage thing? To have an off button?

In group conversations I quite frequently drift away into my own thoughts, only to wake up at a point where everybody is laughing and I'm completely oblivious as to why. I am not very good at hiding it either, especially if I am forced into a social situation while already being overstimulated socially.

I try to avoid these social situations as much as possible as I am not very nice to be around when I am anti-social. However, it is possible for me to get out of that mood if the conversation gets interesting.

I am working on this as it really confuses people. It's like I am two different people to them depending on my social mood.