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Attention to thoughts

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After a brief conversation with someone, I wanted to find out about attention to thoughts in autistic people. Quite often when faced with too many options for something, say, a task, I don't know where to start, all options are shouting just as loudly as each other. I think this is the same for thoughts. I can get fixated on something insignificant which seems to shout loudly but when this shift moves to something else such as existential matters, this shouts just as loud. It does often feel like my brain is full to the brim like a room full of people chattering away. And I don't know which conversation to join. It's like I have difficulty prioritising what's a little thought or problem to what is a big thought or problem. 

I found this link really interesting but I haven't checked the references properly yet.

https://embrace-autism.com/autism-and-disorganized-thoughts/

I just wondered if anyone can relate to it or if you had any comments.

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  • I refer to that phenomena - a closed loop - to many contradicting restrictions making all choices invalid

    but there is solution, ask to confirm if they override all previous orders/ restrictions, dressed in some nice words Stuck out tongue

    e.g. I do as I'm told, what do you want me to do?

    I have no choice about what I'm doing it's managerss who decide, ask them, unless you want to decide?

    worse if it's actually inside your head

    do you remember my post about Mr Confused, Mr Paranoid, Badger and Diplomat?

     Do you have enough time to follow up on all of them? then order doesn't matter

  • in reply to Mariusz

    The closed loop is another one I know well. I get that in the supermarket sometimes, I can stand frozen staring at an isle for ages because there seems to be a valid reason not to buy every single thing I'm trying to choose from and the same logic goes through my mind in  a loop on repeat if that makes sense

  • in reply to Billy87

    Yes I have experienced this to the point where I just walk off no choice made. Or I pick something up, carry it around with me then put it back right at the end. I do that a lot. I know some of it is probably to do with "too much choice".

    I think this is why it takes me forever to do certain tasks at work.  If I have to choose from numerous resources, it's like I don't know where to start or how to filter through.  I've seen other people spend far less time by just making a choice and going with it.

    On the other hand, if it's a decision about something big, to do with the house, and I'm with my partner, a decision can be reached fairly quickly but it's a different mindset. (Does it really matter what shade of white the wardrobes are? No, it's just practical stuff... so decision is made).

  • in reply to Deleted User

    if the probability of choice is evenly spread you can get stuck too

    I did write sometime ago here,: Autistic holygrail - the 3rd invisible choice, as a solution to that problem

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