I’ve always been this way, there are reasons for that.
It is sometimes frustrating when my companions aren’t, or take ages (really probably seconds) to respond when I’m trying to wake them up to something that’s happening around us.
One that is safe to relate: Took my ex to the Highland Games one year. She’s recovering from some really awful physical trauma, so I’m in bodyguard-mode.
We’re watching the caber-toss. One of the ‘tossers’ had his caber getting away from him, and coming right for her. I’m telling her ‘up-up-up-move-move-move’ and tugging at her arm. She can’t see it coming. How can she not see this happening? She didn’t budge and slowly looked at me with puzzlement. I gave up, stood, turned and arched my body over hers with my hands clasped behind my skull to protect it from the impact.
It missed us thankfully, but not by much. The tosser saw it happening too, and worked to deflect it from us I think.
The episode took *forever*. It was really only a matter of a few seconds. Time gets all weird at times like that.
It’s something that’s ingrained in you....it’s learned over years.