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3 things you thought were normal but weren't?

SJ7

Hello,

After learning about autism and watching a lot of videos about autism in adults and those with late diagnoses, many of what they said is that they thought they always used to do a certain thing and thought it was normal but apparently it was not!

I want to share 3 of those things and maybe you can share yours too!

3 things I thought were normal but apparently are not!

1- Asking the dentist what exactly is he/she going to do in details and what tools they're going to use! It makes me more at ease...

Bonus: They usually don't entertain my request until I finally got one that would actually tell me before hand and would also play some classical music in the background!

2- I always notice interesting car plate numbers or similar ones, i later realized that my brain actually unconsciously scan the numbers and if any triggers a special pattern then it draws attention to my brain to notice it! I can't scientifically prove it but I thought to myself why don't I notice normal/boring numbers? and came up with that conclusion. My wife always thought it's interesting how I notice these things...

3- Excel is my top used app... I analyze anything and everything. I once complained to the central bank about a $0.10 discrepancy with my bank from a transaction and they were like how the #ell did I find that! lol...

I have many more but i'll share them later! Let me here yours guys :D

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  • Only my goodness! I totally relate to the car number plates. I have such a strong recognition for number plates, especially as you said ones that seem to make an obvious pattern. I noticed the same ones either in driveways or even on the roads. This is because I walk my dog nearly the exact same route every day. 

    Also really good with birthdays. I remember birthdays even if I haven't seen someone in years. I thought this is normal but then I started to feel weird when others couldn't recollect any. 

    Other things I thought were normal...

    1. Absolutely never interrupting someone's conversation even if it's some I know. Example being going to pick my kids up from school. I never go up to anyone if they're already talking to someone...even if I know them but apparently people do this all the time. I mean school pick up and drop off is a complete nightmare full stop.

    2. Rehearsing conversations 

    3. Having to have the curtains open as soon as I get up and have to shut them as soon as it gets dark. The complete aniexty and stress if my husband has not opened the curtains immediately. There is actually internal rage.

    4. Correct lighting at the correct time of day and definitely no big lights in the evening.

    5. Overexplaining/oversharing or saying nothing at all.

    Turns out there's a pretty long list...I'm fairly sure we could all go on and on lol.

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  • Only my goodness! I totally relate to the car number plates. I have such a strong recognition for number plates, especially as you said ones that seem to make an obvious pattern. I noticed the same ones either in driveways or even on the roads. This is because I walk my dog nearly the exact same route every day. 

    Also really good with birthdays. I remember birthdays even if I haven't seen someone in years. I thought this is normal but then I started to feel weird when others couldn't recollect any. 

    Other things I thought were normal...

    1. Absolutely never interrupting someone's conversation even if it's some I know. Example being going to pick my kids up from school. I never go up to anyone if they're already talking to someone...even if I know them but apparently people do this all the time. I mean school pick up and drop off is a complete nightmare full stop.

    2. Rehearsing conversations 

    3. Having to have the curtains open as soon as I get up and have to shut them as soon as it gets dark. The complete aniexty and stress if my husband has not opened the curtains immediately. There is actually internal rage.

    4. Correct lighting at the correct time of day and definitely no big lights in the evening.

    5. Overexplaining/oversharing or saying nothing at all.

    Turns out there's a pretty long list...I'm fairly sure we could all go on and on lol.

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