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Perception of "internal speed"

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I've normally felt "slow" not just mentally but in a broader sense. Here are some examples:

  • Doing less tasks / day than most people
  • Strongly attach to my interests and span for a long hours, 
  • Learn slower than others, sometimes due to obsession at details other times due to my own inability to do it fast,
  • Walk slower, and feel quite inadequate in large cities, or busy streets.

In a way, brightness and loud noises feel a bit like "fast" to me as well, maybe it is somehow connecting noises to large cities and to "fast". I'd say even shyness and anxiety relate to this idea of speed: anxiety is sometimes my resistance to move faster; shyness too.

I wonder how it is for you.

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  • This text prompted ChatGPT to tell me about https://hsperson.com/, sharing in case you find it useful. I've never heard of it before, and I don't know whether it is "serious" research.

    I'd say the main issue shifting me more towards ASD (imho) is how inadequate I've felt in society to the point of giving up to it, and also having difficulties communicating (although sometimes I think this is because I see more than others, not less, but who knows.)

    Plus because of repetitive movements, routine, sensory stimulation (chewing things, rocking etc.) low expressivity and potentially low cognitive empathy, im unsure.

    I think my question of the day is: "Am I an autistic adult, or just a highly sensitive person (HSP)?"

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  • This text prompted ChatGPT to tell me about https://hsperson.com/, sharing in case you find it useful. I've never heard of it before, and I don't know whether it is "serious" research.

    I'd say the main issue shifting me more towards ASD (imho) is how inadequate I've felt in society to the point of giving up to it, and also having difficulties communicating (although sometimes I think this is because I see more than others, not less, but who knows.)

    Plus because of repetitive movements, routine, sensory stimulation (chewing things, rocking etc.) low expressivity and potentially low cognitive empathy, im unsure.

    I think my question of the day is: "Am I an autistic adult, or just a highly sensitive person (HSP)?"

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