@actuallyautistic

I'm reflecting again about the sources of friction between my ex-wife and I.

I may have mentioned before that sometimes the friction occurred when she wanted to talk to me. I'd be deep into a task in our house, and she'd have something to tell me. She's start talking, and I had to stop what I was doing, and ask her to repeat from the start, because I do not have the capability for multitasking that she has.

I probably looked slightly annoyed when this happened, because, well, I was in the middle of a task, and that task was being interrupted. She did not like my annoyance. She also did not really understand why I had to ask her to repeat herself. I think she interpreted it very much like me ignoring her glares: I was deliberately not paying attention to her, when in fact my brain is wired in a way that *prevents* me from responding the way she wants.

Now, I've read accounts of autistic inertia that are *to me* rather intense. Issues with getting up or going to bed. People staying in their car for minutes prior to entering a grocery store. I don't experience any of these things.

However, I'm starting to think that I was experiencing a mild form of autistic inertia when my ex-wife wanted to talk to me, and I was absorbed by something.

Or is there another name for what I'm describing?

#AskingAutistics