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Aren't we the normal ones for noticing everything??

SJ7

Ever since my diagnosis last month I've been researching the topic heavily and many "Asperger's" documentaries that I watch says "he has heightened level of sight/hearing", "he notices all the sounds, the wind, the flag moving, the stares, the heat of the sun, etc..."

I mean... doesn't everyone?? I feel it so weird that we notice all of these things as if others don't have a normal hearing/senses...

If that's the case, aren't we the normal ones? lol...

I told my doctor I don't have a problem with eye contact, he said it isn't about having a problem doing it, he said it's the constant thinking about it while doing it! And that struck a thought... Normal people do it without thinking?? I find it hard to grasp...

Can someone explain to me what it means to not notice everything?? or does the brain just filter them out for normal people? isn't that dangerous?

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  • in reply to Jamesmac

    I've got a double dose of it, being autistic and an only child as this is something only children do a lot too.

    I think it's not just that others are unobservant, but that they're proud of it and feel the need to ridicule those who are more observant than them. 

    One thing it's good to remember is that places like GCHQ do value our observational skills, pattern recognition and thinking outside the box, so just remember the next time someone tells you off for being to aware, that they'd never make the grade at GCHQ and other similar places vital to our national security! So there!