If she ignores all of your texts or only gives "yes" or "no" answers, stop texting for a while and do something to take your mind off of the distracting situation.
Will had been given a diagnosis of inattentive-type A.D.H.D. It was explained to us this way: Some children who are otherwise focused (Will had been engaged during his interview), have a hard time focusing in "distracting situations" — in Will's case, school.
Animals that do not meet the requirements or that are unable to stay calm in distracting situations, such as a noisy restaurant will not qualify as service animals.
Others find this distracting.
This distracts us from the present social situation, and we lose confidence to start new conversations.
The stressful and distracting home situation came to a head, and I thought I was about to snap.
At the time, I was going through a pretty rough, stressful and distracting home situation, so because of the special training my manager had completed, I thought it would be reasonable to inform her of the temporary problems I was having, as I feared it was affecting my concentration and my work.
Perhaps we could find a better analogy that serves the situation without distracting from the situation or trivializing history.
This can help distract when situations become difficult.
Just like fidgety children, the chimps were able to hold out longer in this situation by distracting themselves with toys, the team reports online today in Biology Letters.
