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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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  • I might be in the minority for someone with autism as I've always been more efficient and get more done than most, learn faster than others, walk quickly and have a reaction time that is faster than most (a measurement taken in one module of the part time human biology course I did).

    Although I can still learn more quickly than most since getting ME/CFS I've found that when learning about a new subject I'll occasionally get stuck on a word in that I cannot remember it and to get past it I'll have to keep repeating the word for hours on end to get to the point of instant recall.  For example one of the words I got stuck on was myoglobin (the stuff that leaks out of uncooked meat that is often incorrectly referred to as blood).

    I believe the abdominal pain and migraines I get are from the ME/CFS as I didn't get them before I came down with ME/CFS (they are made worse with stress/reading/exertion).  These have become worse since having the assessment and diagnosis - I'm hoping once I've mentally adjusted to the diagnosis I'll get back to my usual level of wellness.

    Although I get some anxiety with new situations I believe it is a lot less than what others have reported on this forum.

  • in reply to Trev

    I read really fast and take in and understand what I'm reading, I've been one of amazon's top 10 readers for 6 weeks on the trot, a book a day isn't unusual for me, depending on what else i have to do.

    I'm told I'm a shopping whirlwind, travelling through shops like a military raid, I rarely stop and browse just grab and go.

    I'm a hurtling hiker, I can walk really fast, whilst still taking time to enjoy whats around me.

    I tend to do many things efficiently which tends to mean I'm faster.

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  • in reply to Trev

    I read really fast and take in and understand what I'm reading, I've been one of amazon's top 10 readers for 6 weeks on the trot, a book a day isn't unusual for me, depending on what else i have to do.

    I'm told I'm a shopping whirlwind, travelling through shops like a military raid, I rarely stop and browse just grab and go.

    I'm a hurtling hiker, I can walk really fast, whilst still taking time to enjoy whats around me.

    I tend to do many things efficiently which tends to mean I'm faster.

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