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I was diagnosed about 6/7 and I only learned to use subtitles in my 20's. So many movies, shows and games I didn't experience completely because it took me far too long to realize that I don't actually hear things the first time around. Many times I have to ask someone to repeat something and only when they're repeating it do I actually process what they've said the first time.
To tack on here I love having other ADHD people in my life because when they speak and I say, "huh?" And they start to repeat themselves, if I then begin answering shortly after they begin talking they don't even seem to notice, instead of being a constant fucking dick about how it takes me a couple minutes to understand English sometimes.
On the flip side what I hate is when you say, "huh?" And instead of someone repeating themselves they try and explain something you didn't even hear.
"-------?"
"Huh?"
"Like if it was blue instead?"
The above is one of the few things in life that make me experience genuine anger.
As someone who regularly interacts with people with ADHD, my go-to response to "huh?" is just to wait a few seconds in silence. It has yet to fail me.
Okay so I do have ADHD and was about to say that no I have never had an auditory thing. But never mind this happens to me in every conversation
I exclusively use "could you repeat that?" Cuz otherwise... yeah.
Rarely, even with being careful, they do still try to expound instead of repeating, which is annoying when I'm trying to accommodate them with specific directions. But it is at least done less.