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Jacollinsver t1_iszfuty wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL Critical Periods: Periods of time where an organism's brain is extremely malleable and sensitive to stimuli. If the organism doesn't receive the appropriate stimulus during this critical period to learn a given skill- it maybe difficult or even impossible to develop certain associated functions by electroctopus

Holy shit you've just described me to a T. Shutting down when it's more than two people in the group, but being sociable one on one. The alcohol and weed dependance to be fluid in social situations, though this has opened up the door to abuse in the past.

I find it bizarre that I can walk away from a social situation knowing immediately what I should have said in that moment, and yet I always tend to say the wrong thing, almost like my shutdown brain takes over and lowers my IQ by 50 points. But then the cloud lifts as I walk away.

It's really difficult, but it really makes me happy knowing I'm not the only one it seems. Do you have ADD, by chance?

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Greene_Mr t1_it0nd98 wrote

> I find it bizarre that I can walk away from a social situation knowing immediately what I should have said in that moment, and yet I always tend to say the wrong thing, almost like my shutdown brain takes over and lowers my IQ by 50 points. But then the cloud lifts as I walk away.

...I fucking know this feeling, man. :-(

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