living in the past

Hi there, in regards to your 'living in the past' query. It is not uncommon for autistic people to relate to something that the individual sees as something 'special'. Also, one of the things autistic people typically find challenging is transition. Saying that, it puts things into perspective. Each person on the spectrum is varied. Someone might recall a moment in their life e.g. childhood and can't forget what happened on the day whether it was a bus route or a street address etc..

The main thing, is depending on the severity and extent of our past is how sufficient or relevant it is to us as individuals. Our deepest thoughts or our fondest memories. Those are the things we cherish and hold on to because that was the time which was considered 'happy times'. Not all past times are happy but it is worth remembering what happened then may not happen now. Or if it does it won't be exactly the same situation. After all, when we go through years growing up not everything will be as they once were (at a certain age).

Looks can be deceiving but not everything is always quite as it seems. It is at times the illusion or curiosity (need to know) that gets the better of people.

I dont really live in the past or think about it as such ... i may be brushing my teeth and a smell or a sound can trigger a memory which is random and intrusive and usually in high fidelity (remarkably so!) ..... i may ''see'' an event that i had forgotten in such vivid detail it is ... interesting.I can hear things from the past.. a wood pigeon in a graveyard in Berlin in 1975 but cannot see the grave etc..... when i was young my sensory system was all messed up ..... if my forefinger touched my thumb when i was tired i became a ''homunculus'' ( a sensory map of the body .. more nerve endings more attention so big hands etc) .. it was always pretty confusing and horrific and i never told anyone but the only way to regain sensory balance was to wrap my arms around the toilet because the cold porcelain would ''shock'' me back to normality.Sounds and colours became mixed up and i would hear things ... saying all this stuff as a kid got me locked up in frightening mental hospitals, but i was usually dischrged quickly.I now know all this has to do with Aspergers and might indicate my brain is somehow malfunctioning or performing in novel and extraordinary ways.I still see sounds as colour but not so much the homunculus now ... also i would have sleep paralysis where i would be asleep and unable to move but fully conscious ..... still i turned out ok.

I dont really live in the past or think about it as such ... i may be brushing my teeth and a smell or a sound can trigger a memory which is random and intrusive and usually in high fidelity (remarkably so!) ..... i may ''see'' an event that i had forgotten in such vivid detail it is ... interesting.I can hear things from the past.. a wood pigeon in a graveyard in Berlin in 1975 but cannot see the grave etc..... when i was young my sensory system was all messed up ..... if my forefinger touched my thumb when i was tired i became a ''homunculus'' ( a sensory map of the body .. more nerve endings more attention so big hands etc) .. it was always pretty confusing and horrific and i never told anyone but the only way to regain sensory balance was to wrap my arms around the toilet because the cold porcelain would ''shock'' me back to normality.Sounds and colours became mixed up and i would hear things ... saying all this stuff as a kid got me locked up in frightening mental hospitals, but i was usually dischrged quickly.I now know all this has to do with Aspergers and might indicate my brain is somehow malfunctioning or performing in novel and extraordinary ways.I still see sounds as colour but not so much the homunculus now ... also i would have sleep paralysis where i would be asleep and unable to move but fully conscious ..... still i turned out ok.