Quirks :)

Up, Down, Strange, Charmed 

Number, you are a super hero!!! (a highly caffeinated one) 

Yes, I entirely agree with the logic and validity of those statements.  Moreover, I have studied some of the studies relating to caffeine and its affects on animals and humans - spiders are completely undone by the stuff - far more so than by far more Class A concoctions.

But......nonetheless......I can only report what I experience.  Last month, I had a 10 day period where I only imbibed 6 cups of coffee.........and I was fine.  In the last couple of years, I've deliberately gone "cold turkey" for periods of weeks, and again, no evident upside nor downside of it.  Like I say, weird, I know.

Number, I always thought that caffeine had no impact on me but when I went into my first rehab it was caffeine free, just herbal teas and water. After a few months we were trusted to go into the local town and I sneaked in a coffee - just before I got back into the mini-van back to the rehab centre I vomited my guts up right on the tarmac. It's a tolerance thing, if you're used to a lot you're used to a lot - but I bet if you cut it out suddenly you'd have a reaction - ditto introducing it again!

I'm glad it's not a reaction for anxiety for you - coffee is a great drink so enjoy! Anxiety is something I struggle with on a daily basis, in my teens I was originally diagnosed with it before the ASD. I didn't used to sleep... but I do now more than I should I think.

I am in the same club - autistic and weird. I'm glad I stumbled across this site it's nice knowing I'm not alone.

Yea - the coffee is a weird one for me.  It is excessive - undoubtedly - but I am not an overtly anxious person and generally it "appears" to have very little impact on me either way - ie I can happily have no coffee some days - or even for a week or 10 days holiday or instance, there can be none.  I always sleep.

As I like to say these days, I am both autistic AND weird.

Hey there! 

Yes unfortunately it does interrupt much of my day. It's an impulse thing - I have to wash them no matter what! Other downside here is it's caused my hands to become cracked and dry. But I can't not wash them... terrible habit to get into.

I wonder if that man from the podcast was autistic? I find myself wondering if people have autism when I hear them doing things out of the norm.

I love chicken soup and mushroom. What's yours? 

Hello Number, I have now given myself a username - a nickname I have been blessed with in real life seemed appreciate to use on this site.

Yes sometimes it can be more but it's excessive, a reaction to anxiety I have been trying harder to ease on it.

I'm the same, my voice change bothers most but it's a natural process for me I have always done this.

That's a lot of caffeine, be careful as it can worsen anxiety - I drink only coca cola about 8 cans each day.

You can't go wrong with soup. It's my favourite meal now.

Hello 87604 - nice to meet you - I am Number.

So, on average, you wash your hands at least once every minute - sometimes twice?

I have a broad selection of normal voices - which one pops up tends to be governed by my surroundings and the person/people I am speaking with.  It worries people that it changes so much - can't seem to help it.

I drink at least 12 cups of coffee per day on average - only from one of two mugs = my profound preference.

I love soup - but generally eat most things that are in front of me.

Well, I often find a single track that suits my mood, and it will play on repeat for many, many hours.  When I've finished, it will not reverberate in my head and will be "put away" until the next time it springs to my mind.  I don't do "playlists."

Hey! 

Wow that's so interesting. 

Does washing your hands that much interfere with your regular day-to-day life? It must be very tiring. 

I heard a podcast once where a North American man spoke only with a British accent for all of his teens and then one day just went back to his normal voice. I find that fascinating. 

I love soup :) What's your favourite kind?

Interesting. I like your quirks.

Here are some of my quirks.

- I only drink from yellow cups.

- Soup is the only thing I eat. I've only eaten soup since I was 17.

- I don't talk in my normal voice, I put on a Northern American voice. 

- I wash my hands between 30-50 times every half hour.

I do Anne Halprin dance which is any movement is dance.

I absolutely get it! 

There are some songs I have to consider listening to, because however amazing it's going to be to listen to, it's going to haunt me for days... 

YES I listened to this podcast recently, where the same melody is repeated over and over - and it's just got melded with my brain and I can't shake it! It's kind of comforting, but also I'd like to think about something different :) hahah 

Yes! And then you can't get rid of the bloomin thing! Drives you crazy, because it absolutely will not stop! 

It can happen with any tune, but music in a minor key, or that spans more than an octave is the very worst! 

I find that sort of music euphoric too, it's amazing to hear, but then I can't get rid of it! 

Does anyone else get phrases or tunes stuck in their head for days and days? I've had one popular Christmas song (I won't say wich just so you don't get it too!) in my head for days, it just goes round and round and round in the background of my mind.. 

I have to have things symmetrical, so if there is no equal space between cutlery and a mat either side I have to move them and straighten them if at an angle.

If I turn a music CD off in the middle the tune has to end on a tonic note.

Tins have to be organized in types and sweet and savory.

I like to do things in a set order every time and sometimes re do things that are not quite right. I have been known to move things that someone else has placed if not quite a way I feel comfortable with.

I prefer TV volume at even numbers and particularly avoid 13. On the theme of numbers I prefer those divisible by something, so don't like prime numbers. The best numbers are those that are divisible by lots of numbers. Now I am wondering if people think I am odd if I say that is a good number.

I am quite particular about matching clothes. I can reject a top or socks if they don't look good together. I notice that on TV too and have been known to miss something I was waiting for because I was looking at what the person was wearing.

I make sounds like a car moving when I walk and run, and then braking with a sssss like a bus when I stop.

This started when I was a kid and I still do it now. I love imagination, it is undeniably awesome

I like all my tins or jars to have the labels to the front and kept in their groups. I put all cutlery in separate sections of the dishwasher cutlery tray, all forks in one section and so on. It makes sense when putting them in their section in the drawer, you don’t have to sort them. People wearing odd socks is freaky and I never walk in bare feet, if it’s unavoidable then on tiptoes.