Published on 12, July, 2020
I'm a 32yo guy with Asperger's, I've always picked up on things more than I think "normal" people do but recently I've become even more aware of this. This could be a tap dripping in another room, the smell of burning that everyone else has totally missed, the werid noise coming from their car engine, the text that's out of alignment in a presentation by a pixel from one page to the next, the bad calculation on a page etc. These things stand out to me like a foghorn, the smell of an open sewer or a big flashing light and bug the hell out of me, I want to fix them even though to everyone else they don't even register. If I'm not careful these things can annoy me until I can fix them.
Does anyone else suffer with the same thing and have you found any suitable coping mechanisms to stop caring about fixing these things if it's not really within your remit?
You have a superpower!
I have A.S.C. and notice visual discrepances. My family always turn to me when they have lost things about the house, as I am able to find stuff really easily. I survey the room and the small plastic toy my son lost leaps out at me. I also seam to have an encylopedic vissual map stuff and notice when things are moved or appeared or disapeared. its also incredibly frustrating when stuff is out of place
There must be other ways it can be useful. good at spot the difference puzzles?
I know it can be anoying sometimes too, not sure what to suggest. have breaks? Visuals - close your eyes. Noise - ear plugs. unpleasant Smell - replace with nice one?
Best of luck
p.s, I cant spell, so I hope I havent made any annoying mistakes, if I have try to see them as a game/puzzle maybe?