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I snapped today. I had to apologise afterwards. Explain that I get frustrated sometimes.

Frustrated that I frequently get cut off before I’ve even expressed myself.

Frustrated that whatever I try to say is immediately dismissed or discounted.

There is a counterargument, always the same: “We thought you’d finished.”

And so here I must acknowledge that the problem is me.

I can only surmise that cognitively, I operate in slow motion, with different perceptions of space and time.

For while I believe I am midway through a sentence, others report that I pause, at which point they jump in.

Daily, I am reminded that something is not right with me. No, I haven’t finished yet. I haven’t even started.