You can file my response in the "Everyone is different bin", but here is my situation:
> Note, distraction specifically refers to a thing that 'divides your attention' in other words a 'distraction catches your attention'.
Almost everything catches my attention.
> If you surround yourself with 100 people doing things no way connected to you- and are pretty busy and loud, you are essentially isolating yourself!
No, I will have 100 extra things to try and pay attention to. That what everyone else is not connected to me is irrelevant. Think of it as subconscious people watching on steroids.
> Have you ever had that 'I feel lonely in the crowd' feeling?
No, actually I find crowds to be disorienting. The louder and denser the crowd, the more severe my disorientation. I can also get tense, dizzy, and nauseous.
> Walk into a hall full of accountants and tax consultants, and then try to code. Tax laws will seem so alien to you, and those guys will be so busy talking and chatting aloud. You will essentially be isolated and that will help you focus. On the other hand, walking into a room full of programmers or some topic in which you like. You will never be able to give your full, and will always have a tendency to eavesdrop on some ones conversation and that will tapping into your mental bandwidth.
I cannot selectively ignore conversation based on the subject. Any signal I can separate from the background takes bandwidth, because I can't resist paying attention. Additionally, "uncooperative" sounds make me tense, if for no other reason than I have no control over them.
> Note, distraction specifically refers to a thing that 'divides your attention' in other words a 'distraction catches your attention'.
Almost everything catches my attention.
> If you surround yourself with 100 people doing things no way connected to you- and are pretty busy and loud, you are essentially isolating yourself!
No, I will have 100 extra things to try and pay attention to. That what everyone else is not connected to me is irrelevant. Think of it as subconscious people watching on steroids.
> Have you ever had that 'I feel lonely in the crowd' feeling?
No, actually I find crowds to be disorienting. The louder and denser the crowd, the more severe my disorientation. I can also get tense, dizzy, and nauseous.
> Walk into a hall full of accountants and tax consultants, and then try to code. Tax laws will seem so alien to you, and those guys will be so busy talking and chatting aloud. You will essentially be isolated and that will help you focus. On the other hand, walking into a room full of programmers or some topic in which you like. You will never be able to give your full, and will always have a tendency to eavesdrop on some ones conversation and that will tapping into your mental bandwidth.
I cannot selectively ignore conversation based on the subject. Any signal I can separate from the background takes bandwidth, because I can't resist paying attention. Additionally, "uncooperative" sounds make me tense, if for no other reason than I have no control over them.