Damn, I didn’t know this had a name! My wife and I do this all the time. Our computers are right next to each other’s, and we play our own games for hours at a time. It’s glorious.
Yeah, I think it’s something people have been doing for eons and that only recently has a name. It’s really no different than when my wife and I would read separate things next to each other.
For all of my life most of my closer circle has been neurodiverse because we tend to get along via tolerating or even enjoying each other’s particularities. For instance, enjoying frequent infodumps rather than being annoyed.
I read that as “two diagnosed insects” and now I’m disappointed.
It’s funny because while my boyfriend and I aren’t into gaming and neither of us are diagnosed officially, we have always enjoyed this phenomena of doing our own thing while being close to one another. When we were younger, our friends thought we were weird for being this way, but they didn’t mind it. They just didn’t get it because they liked doing activities with their partners. We do that too, a little bit, but we mostly prefer to be on our own in each other’s presence.
I don’t think he has anything, but we are both sure I have ADHD. He grew up in an ADHD family and while he has some of the traits - mainly all the fun ones - he’s lucky to have avoided all the negative traits of ADHD. I’m not as lucky, to say the least, but also not unfortunate enough that I can’t function. It’s like a grey zone. We manage, but we are a bit odd compared to the norm.
What is parallel play?
We hang out together, you play your game and I play mine.
Damn, I didn’t know this had a name! My wife and I do this all the time. Our computers are right next to each other’s, and we play our own games for hours at a time. It’s glorious.
Yeah, I think it’s something people have been doing for eons and that only recently has a name. It’s really no different than when my wife and I would read separate things next to each other.
Wait this is a ADHD thing? Ive always wanted to do this witg friends.
Indeed it is! It also comes up under autism too… the way these two diagnoses intersect is evolving in real time.
It also applies to chores and overcoming the dreaded “wall of awful”. It’s called “parallel work” or “body doubling.”
Makes me think either everyone has ADHD/autism, or every single person I know and myself has it 😅😅 this just seems like a “regular people” thing.
For me, being around “normal” people is just not that comfortable so naturally all my friends tend to be some kind of neurodivergent
Another meme here said it best: “Yes, urinating is something we all do but if you’re doing it 60 times a day, you may have a problem.”
For sure
For all of my life most of my closer circle has been neurodiverse because we tend to get along via tolerating or even enjoying each other’s particularities. For instance, enjoying frequent infodumps rather than being annoyed.
I read that as “two diagnosed insects” and now I’m disappointed.
It’s funny because while my boyfriend and I aren’t into gaming and neither of us are diagnosed officially, we have always enjoyed this phenomena of doing our own thing while being close to one another. When we were younger, our friends thought we were weird for being this way, but they didn’t mind it. They just didn’t get it because they liked doing activities with their partners. We do that too, a little bit, but we mostly prefer to be on our own in each other’s presence.
I don’t think he has anything, but we are both sure I have ADHD. He grew up in an ADHD family and while he has some of the traits - mainly all the fun ones - he’s lucky to have avoided all the negative traits of ADHD. I’m not as lucky, to say the least, but also not unfortunate enough that I can’t function. It’s like a grey zone. We manage, but we are a bit odd compared to the norm.