Adults Who Find Themselves Tuning Out in the Middle of Conversations are Frequently Misinterpreted as Detached or Impolite — When in Reality, Their Minds are Desperately Searching for a Brief Moment of Quiet Sanctuary
We were sitting across from each other at our usual corner table, the afternoon sun cutting a sharp diagonal line between us. My friend—let’s call him John—someone whose intellect I admire and whose presence usually grounds me, was listening as I retraced a story about my week. Right in the middle of a sentence, I … Read more
