I have this issue too, caused by the anxiety I have knowing that the moment I have to speak publically my mind goes completely blank and the more I try to recall the worse it gets. To help overcome the issue I take a few minutes to make a brief list of notes at the end of every day that outlines what I worked on that day and where I left things.

It ends up in me mostly reading off a list but since I work remotely I just put it on another monitor and it’s not a big deal. I give it helped a ton and I feel much less put on the spot at the beginning of each work day.

Wow, great work Sherlock

Uni also gives you projects to work on where you can apply what you’ve learned within a specific context. I know if I just have a vague goal like “learn how git works”, and I read through a bunch of documentation, I will retain almost none of it.

As someone who has recently started the diagnosis journey and who is yet to be actually diagnosed, reading things like this I’m curious (and a little anxious) about how a professional is likely to interpret my experiences.

For example, I have no problem interpreting facial expressions or gauging the mood of a group of people, but I do find myself getting hung up on explicit/literal interpretation of rules, I get fixated on a single subject, and I do get overloaded as soon as I walk into a situation with more than one activity to focus on.

However, I also have issues ignoring distractions, focusing on non-stimulating tasks, forgetfulness and fidgeting.

I’m curious what peoples’ experiences are with symptoms that cross (I guess, for lack of a better phrase) “fields of diagnosis”?