>grew up with a mom that's a hyper nag
>nagged me constantly, about everything, usually about my dad
>as a coping mechanism, my brain trained itself not to listen to her
>whenever a woman is talking for any extended period of time, beyond say 10 seconds
>my brain shuts down, the words go through my ears and out the other, but my brain doesn't register anything that's being said
>I hear what's being said but there's no processing of those sounds happening
>do poorly in school from a young age, get diagnosed with ADHD
I wasn't aware of it when I was a kid, but as I became older, I became aware of it. I had to read the textbooks in most of my classes to learn, and by the time I was in college I was fully aware of it and having female lecturers were rough.
Thing is, not all women trigger my brain to shutdown. I can listen to a woman with a foreign accent no problem. It's generic American accented women that trigger it. I have an easier time listening to people with foreign accents than I do Americans, even though I'm an American myself. Also, a man with an effeminate voice will trigger my brain to shutdown.
Not sure how I should deal with this. If I go to a psychiatrist they'll just put me on stimulants again which do nothing, and maybe put me on a list for sexism.
>nagged me constantly, about everything, usually about my dad
>as a coping mechanism, my brain trained itself not to listen to her
>whenever a woman is talking for any extended period of time, beyond say 10 seconds
>my brain shuts down, the words go through my ears and out the other, but my brain doesn't register anything that's being said
>I hear what's being said but there's no processing of those sounds happening
>do poorly in school from a young age, get diagnosed with ADHD
I wasn't aware of it when I was a kid, but as I became older, I became aware of it. I had to read the textbooks in most of my classes to learn, and by the time I was in college I was fully aware of it and having female lecturers were rough.
Thing is, not all women trigger my brain to shutdown. I can listen to a woman with a foreign accent no problem. It's generic American accented women that trigger it. I have an easier time listening to people with foreign accents than I do Americans, even though I'm an American myself. Also, a man with an effeminate voice will trigger my brain to shutdown.
Not sure how I should deal with this. If I go to a psychiatrist they'll just put me on stimulants again which do nothing, and maybe put me on a list for sexism.
