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

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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  • I feel exactly the same. There's a lot of people in this world who just aren't aware of what's going on around them and don't really care. It's like they walk around with their brains half switched on, only able to carry out basic functions. I put it down to intelligence and a lower level of brain activity.

    I've thought for a long time ASD, particularly the social aspect, isn't down to a mental health condition, it's a response to this unnatural way of life most of us have been born into. Even though we live in a modern 'evolving' society we're still just human beings, with the same basic needs as humans 1000 years ago would've had (if humans have been around that long). I think deep down we know there's something very wrong with this world.

    I'm not convinced we have a mental health condition which improves the way we think, see, hear and perceive the world, rather this has been gradually reduced from others if anything, but again it could just be down to intelligence and lower brain activity.

    I don't think it's dangerous to them because to them it doesn't pose any immediate threat. It seems most people I've met are happy to get on with their lives without questioning anything, detached from the real world, because that's what they've been trained to do.

    It's hard to know if we're hypersensitive or normal because we don't come with a manual. In a way it would be like saying a computer was manufactured with a virus which improved it's memory, processing speed etc which wasn't there in the first place, which I'm sure would be virus we'd all want our computers to have, lol.

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  • I feel exactly the same. There's a lot of people in this world who just aren't aware of what's going on around them and don't really care. It's like they walk around with their brains half switched on, only able to carry out basic functions. I put it down to intelligence and a lower level of brain activity.

    I've thought for a long time ASD, particularly the social aspect, isn't down to a mental health condition, it's a response to this unnatural way of life most of us have been born into. Even though we live in a modern 'evolving' society we're still just human beings, with the same basic needs as humans 1000 years ago would've had (if humans have been around that long). I think deep down we know there's something very wrong with this world.

    I'm not convinced we have a mental health condition which improves the way we think, see, hear and perceive the world, rather this has been gradually reduced from others if anything, but again it could just be down to intelligence and lower brain activity.

    I don't think it's dangerous to them because to them it doesn't pose any immediate threat. It seems most people I've met are happy to get on with their lives without questioning anything, detached from the real world, because that's what they've been trained to do.

    It's hard to know if we're hypersensitive or normal because we don't come with a manual. In a way it would be like saying a computer was manufactured with a virus which improved it's memory, processing speed etc which wasn't there in the first place, which I'm sure would be virus we'd all want our computers to have, lol.

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