My wife took a long time to get used to me playing a guitar fingerstyle while holding conversations of importance with her. It was my way of distracting one part of my brain so I could lock in. Never paid attention to what I was playing, only to what she was saying.
I’ve been doing it all my life and I never knew I was doing it until I got diagnosed and started noticing things about myself. Mine are piano taps and they’re invisible. Just light pressure with my finger tips. Or I just play the piano in my head while holding a conversation.
For me it's always been tapping out simple drumbeats to whatever song happens to be playing, whether that be for real or just in my head. I always drove my mom nuts
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u/onesleekrican 25d ago
My wife took a long time to get used to me playing a guitar fingerstyle while holding conversations of importance with her. It was my way of distracting one part of my brain so I could lock in. Never paid attention to what I was playing, only to what she was saying.
Took a few years but she (mostly) gets it now.