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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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  • When it comes to sensory input-  I could never understand,  how people standing in a group/ circle, hear  understand what the other ones say,  while there are cars driving and honking in the street, music playing in a nearby club, other people chatting around, dogs barking, child crying etc. In one word - in a crowdy busy street. They hear each other, laugh, chat, they know what the other one is talking about. For me the sensory input alone is a barrier that I could never overcome, and it was frustrating and I used to punish myself fir being inferior and the outsider like always. Another thing is the topics- when I put all my efforts and managed to keep up with the topic of their chit-chat, I found it so pointless and I had nothing to say to it, no experience and no intrest in it, that I wondered why would one waste their time talking about it (last Saturdays party for example). 

    When it comes to eye contact,  one thing is doing it because you know others expect it (I was told I have to do it) other thing is doing it intuitively and pulling information out of the others face. I have an assistant for my daughter,  she comes home twice a month. She helps us. She informs me, what feels my daughter. We both look at her. I don't understand,  but she knows, what my daughter's gaze or reaction means. I can understand to some degree, but im blind to subtle signs. Exploring autism gives me a lot of answers and helps me understand the gap between me and world.

    I think I can compare the processing of information by NTs to a file compression. 

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  • When it comes to sensory input-  I could never understand,  how people standing in a group/ circle, hear  understand what the other ones say,  while there are cars driving and honking in the street, music playing in a nearby club, other people chatting around, dogs barking, child crying etc. In one word - in a crowdy busy street. They hear each other, laugh, chat, they know what the other one is talking about. For me the sensory input alone is a barrier that I could never overcome, and it was frustrating and I used to punish myself fir being inferior and the outsider like always. Another thing is the topics- when I put all my efforts and managed to keep up with the topic of their chit-chat, I found it so pointless and I had nothing to say to it, no experience and no intrest in it, that I wondered why would one waste their time talking about it (last Saturdays party for example). 

    When it comes to eye contact,  one thing is doing it because you know others expect it (I was told I have to do it) other thing is doing it intuitively and pulling information out of the others face. I have an assistant for my daughter,  she comes home twice a month. She helps us. She informs me, what feels my daughter. We both look at her. I don't understand,  but she knows, what my daughter's gaze or reaction means. I can understand to some degree, but im blind to subtle signs. Exploring autism gives me a lot of answers and helps me understand the gap between me and world.

    I think I can compare the processing of information by NTs to a file compression. 

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