I wonder whether this has happened to anyone else. When my wife was alive and well she would sometimes say I’d ignored her . The truth was I had genuinely not heard her. This invariably happened if I was really into something online. It was as though everything else got blotted out.
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Is it hard to multi task
I’m pretty good at it
But I raised two babies at the same time
I wouldn’t say I’m good at it, but then again I wouldn’t say I’m terrible at it.
Yeah
What about a ball game
Is that easy or hard to tune out the noise
I don’t even notice it
It’s like the ocean or something
If I watch a game of soccer,for example, I don’t tend to get wholly engrossed in it.
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I have the opposite problem, have a hard time giving all of my attention to one thing at a time. I wouldn’t say I’m very good at multitasking, though; my problem is constantly distracting myself. This becomes a bigger problem as I become more sick. Perhaps it’s an element of the manic side of my sza, though I haven’t been truly manic (or even truly hypomanic) in years, not since getting back on a mood stabilizer. I suppose it could also have to do with always needing to know what’s going on around me, even in the safety of my apartment.
I feel like I cant pay attention to anything I’m zoned out 24/7. apparently thats part of it 
I tune a lot out when I am focused on something, but for whatever reason never someone’s voice, my brain focuses very sharply on the sound of someone talking. It actually makes me feel very agitated if I am trying to talk with someone, and there are other conversations happening around us. My brain can’t focus on just the one conversation and it’s overwhelming.
Someone on Wrong planet suggested that it’s pretty typical for most on the spectrum.
I had a pal who I was sure was on the spectrum. He was kinda selective about his hearing and certainly selective about what he would respond to. He is a doctor.
My focus is very narrow. I tend to become oblivious to everything around me.
Other times I have hypersensitivity to sights and sounds and feel like I’m hearing and seeing everything at once
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