Interesting, seems to make more sense to me too. Largely because i have anxiety issues, and it feels more fight or flight (mostly flight) as opposed to the above.

Came to say ADHD. Maybe the neurotypicals just misread anything “different” and lump it together?

Brooo same! I went out with friends last friday and we hung out at walmart. And i was thinking about what bag of chips i wanted and a family freind came over and said hi and i zoned back in. And my friends asked what happend you took like 20 seconds to realize what was going on around you. The anwer was ruffles :D and i explained to my friends that i just kinda zone out in tought lmao.