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Spiky profile

Lonehare12

I’ve been thinking about spiky profiles in autism.

You can be really strong in some areas but struggle in others. I notice this a lot in myself.

For example, I can get completely absorbed in drawing or being out in nature, but social situations or work stuff can feel overwhelming.

I’m just starting to understand how my brain works and why some things come easily while others feel much harder.

I’d love to hear from anyone else who experiences this.

How do you cope or manage the differences between your strengths and the areas that are more challenging?

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  • I'm pretty spikey, have very good memory, not of all events, but many i have saved like movies even from very young age like 3-4. I was always told that im gifted in creating art but also a good analytical and good at geometry or anything related to constructing. But abstract things like fir example Algebra, using formulas and history were a disaster and my nightmare. Additionally I experience most probably synaesthesia (lexical Gustatory) so 4x^2 tastes to me like an apple with sandwich and I couldn't get what was that all about and why. I only got it as an adult when I managed to ignore those tastes of words and symbols. Maybe I just experience them less intense. I'm also good at languages and grammar. I hate literature though. I used to speak Russian so good that Russian native speakers didnt notice its not my first language. English isn't either. 

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  • I'm pretty spikey, have very good memory, not of all events, but many i have saved like movies even from very young age like 3-4. I was always told that im gifted in creating art but also a good analytical and good at geometry or anything related to constructing. But abstract things like fir example Algebra, using formulas and history were a disaster and my nightmare. Additionally I experience most probably synaesthesia (lexical Gustatory) so 4x^2 tastes to me like an apple with sandwich and I couldn't get what was that all about and why. I only got it as an adult when I managed to ignore those tastes of words and symbols. Maybe I just experience them less intense. I'm also good at languages and grammar. I hate literature though. I used to speak Russian so good that Russian native speakers didnt notice its not my first language. English isn't either. 

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