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Superpowers

Samuel50

The media gives the idea that autism imparts with it some list of special creative or analytical skills unavailable to those without the condition.

I thought I'd like to share mine with the group.

I have a photographic, detailed and precise memory.

This special power seems to be limited to those occasions where I've screwed up, felt embarrassed, shamed or insulted or slighted. For these I have full 20-20 HD photorealistic clarity. I can literally re-live events and conversations from decades ago and feel the raw shame as if it was today. For most other practical purposes, my memory is abysmal.

Anyone else have special skills they can attribute to autism?

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  • I can definitely relive events from decades ago, most of them are the negative events from school, and they too cause me intense shame. I remember a few words and a few short sentences from the conversations during these events but not prolonged conversations or crystal clear imagery of the setting, just a few things like the colour of the wall, or if I was sitting or standing, so unlike your memory, it wouldn’t be a superpower. I would attribute my intense ability to focus on autism. It makes study and research easy and highly pleasurable. Although I’m not particularly mathematical, I’m numerate and have been told I’m very quick performing mental calculations. This is probably due to a life of repetitive counting which again is attributed to autism.

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  • I can definitely relive events from decades ago, most of them are the negative events from school, and they too cause me intense shame. I remember a few words and a few short sentences from the conversations during these events but not prolonged conversations or crystal clear imagery of the setting, just a few things like the colour of the wall, or if I was sitting or standing, so unlike your memory, it wouldn’t be a superpower. I would attribute my intense ability to focus on autism. It makes study and research easy and highly pleasurable. Although I’m not particularly mathematical, I’m numerate and have been told I’m very quick performing mental calculations. This is probably due to a life of repetitive counting which again is attributed to autism.

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