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Anyone Like Me Here ?

Paull

I want to talk to someone like me - maybe it will be a good kind of therapy or help, I'm not sure, but I feel a bit alone in that I think nobody can really understand whats going on in my mind unless the same thing is going on in theirs !!

Firstly -and probably the main thing is noise - I wish people would try to be quieter, stop banging, shouting, screaming, playing music especially with bass, also sudden noise or repetitive noise I just want to get away from. I have diagnosed severe hyperacusis.

Next is hygiene - but only obsessively when it comes to food preparation and eating. Before using any dish, cup or crockery item I rinse them in boiling hot water and I am always washing my hands and conscious of touching things which means that I can not touch any food unless I wash my hands again. (you should see me make a sandwich !!!) If I go out to eat then there will probably be some ridiculous scenario regarding something not being cooked or dirty crockery - I often order a cup of tea just to dip the crockery in to make sure its got no germs on !

Also I will only eat hot cooked food unless prepared by myself. I worry about catching something because I know the person who has prepared the food might not care about hygiene so much, I would never eat anything like a salad outside, some of these kitchens use the same chopping board for everything etc...

Also I am so aware of catching a bug or flu - I hate it when I get on a bus/tube etc and someone is coughing and sneezing, I have to get off. If someone I know (and thats only a handful of people) has got flu or a cold or even a slight sniffle I don't want to see them or be in the same room as them.

Also I cannot stand people who live with pets - like a cat or dog, I can't understand how these people allow pets to walk outside then inside and all over the carpet an furniture, slobber, hairs etc...I love animals but they belong in the wild.

Another thing is morals and ethics, mine are very strong, I cannot stand any kind of injustice or wrongdoing and I am always quick to spot it.

I am also a genius, but very flawed. I can write beautiful words but find them hard to speak if I am not relaxed in the company.

I also have a thing about fat people, although I wouldnt say I was skinny myself. I just get irritated when I see a fat person because I really for the life of me don't understand how they could allow their body to get into that state. Despite all the excuses they make it's a simple mathematical equation of too much intake of calories.

And finally I can't stand foreign accents or language, I have to get away from anyone speaking them, I don't know exactly why, I think it's because my brain can't deciper it yet when it's in front of me I feel like I am being forced to listen to it so I have to get away.

Anyone else here have any similar thinking or behaviours ???

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  • wow, its good to know other people have similar behaviour, yes Autismtwo, I also can analyse things too much as well, in fact I even have worked out how the universe recycles itself or as others wrongly call it - the big bang, as for likes then its probably anything factual such as science, history and I like quiz shows but also like anything that needs to be solved, I know the fat thing may be judgemental in other peoples eyes, but yes its more to do with logic because to me physical appearance is a reflection of ones mind - it's just how I interpret it - therefore by this logic a very fat person must be lazy, greedy and does not want to look after themselves. I smoke and drink alcohol sometimes maybe once to twice a month, and you have your reasons to dislike them, yes they are flaws, and no doubt if I was perfect I would not partake in those, no doubt if I did not smoke then I would probably think bad of others that did also. I guess as both my parents smoked, even my mother while pregnant - maybe I was born addicted to nicotine, as I started smoking at a very young age of about 10 years old. Ideally I would stop, in reality I don't because I don't have the will power, probably in the same way as a fat person does not have the will power to stop eating cakes so in that manner your judgement is correct !

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  • wow, its good to know other people have similar behaviour, yes Autismtwo, I also can analyse things too much as well, in fact I even have worked out how the universe recycles itself or as others wrongly call it - the big bang, as for likes then its probably anything factual such as science, history and I like quiz shows but also like anything that needs to be solved, I know the fat thing may be judgemental in other peoples eyes, but yes its more to do with logic because to me physical appearance is a reflection of ones mind - it's just how I interpret it - therefore by this logic a very fat person must be lazy, greedy and does not want to look after themselves. I smoke and drink alcohol sometimes maybe once to twice a month, and you have your reasons to dislike them, yes they are flaws, and no doubt if I was perfect I would not partake in those, no doubt if I did not smoke then I would probably think bad of others that did also. I guess as both my parents smoked, even my mother while pregnant - maybe I was born addicted to nicotine, as I started smoking at a very young age of about 10 years old. Ideally I would stop, in reality I don't because I don't have the will power, probably in the same way as a fat person does not have the will power to stop eating cakes so in that manner your judgement is correct !

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