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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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  • Somebody once told me that you can see your nose every single minute you have your eyes open but your brain filters it out…. Take a minute and look at your nose and then tell me how long it takes yOu to stop seeing it fully again it strains your eyes when you look at it. I’m not sure the eye contact thing is about always looking in the eyes it’s just weird to look someone one in the eyes but I  don’t think about it any more I just look around like at hair or ears or anything else near by … but maybe you’re right because sometimes I look someone in the eyes and then start thinking wow I bet they don’t think I’m autistic doing this omg how am I doing this for so long haha 

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  • Somebody once told me that you can see your nose every single minute you have your eyes open but your brain filters it out…. Take a minute and look at your nose and then tell me how long it takes yOu to stop seeing it fully again it strains your eyes when you look at it. I’m not sure the eye contact thing is about always looking in the eyes it’s just weird to look someone one in the eyes but I  don’t think about it any more I just look around like at hair or ears or anything else near by … but maybe you’re right because sometimes I look someone in the eyes and then start thinking wow I bet they don’t think I’m autistic doing this omg how am I doing this for so long haha 

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