Programming space

[azurelunatic]

I wrote a note to my father the other night, talking about my difficulties with being off in another world while programming.

My mother said that FatherSir had been impressed, because he'd thought that he was the only one who had that happen to him.

FatherSir's very very solitary and private. I don't think it occurred to him to ask about the phenomenon, which is very common amongst hackers.

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[chorus-of-chaos.livejournal.com]

you mean hyperfocus? Yep, I get that when I'm working on a story or a book..usually during manic episodes. I get so easily overwhelmed by activities around me, like in school or when I worked in the office that I would literally shut out the world and disappear into whatever I was concentrating on. I never even heard my phone ring, the other receptionists had to through paper clips at me many times to get my attention. Once someone threw a stapler! And of course, the boss always threw FITS. That man was the biggiest whiny tantrum throwing crybaby I've ever had the displeasure to meet, he kept everyone in that office in terror, the secretaries often had to burst into tears before he'd fuck off and leave them alone. I got in his face and yelled back, lots of aggressive body language, sharp direct eye contact..he didn't know how to handle it.

I learned how to deal with bullies a long time ago. He didn't stand a chance.

[azurelunatic]

Yep. Hyperfocus is sometimes my friend. I call it "monofocus", too, when I'm talking to myself.

I was trained to come out of it at my name.