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Proximity Awareness, Alertness, Reaction cycle.

autismtwo

Had an interesting experience this morning, having breakfast in a cafe,, it was that early, there was no one in. Eating away,, two old woman came in and sat down. I was relaxed beforehand,, then I get ANXIOUS ? what was the key to the anxiety, the womans voices were drifting in and out of volume in my mind. The proximity awareness was alerting me into reaction cycle, I had no control of the stimulas and the effects. But once I looked at the old woman and listened fully to what the were saying, the anxiety stopped as there conversation noise became blurred out. I feel my sub-conscious is wired to proximity awareness so this brings a high state of alertness and reaction cycle. I am like a deer or a spooked horse.

It seems, if I know or see the proximity of the stimulas by my senses(mind) making sense of the sensory stimulas, I calm down more.

Can being aware of the proximity help anxiety levels lower.

I think my senses are not aligned hear, touch, see, smell, taste. Sound, see and touch are too fast to reaction.

  • quote "Does that make sense? I'm trying to respond to the awareness of proximity question in that I have experience, from familiarising myself with difficult environments, of getting comfortable with them with persistence".

    Makes sense,, go into the lions den. Thank you.

  • I have trouble with complex noise and movement. Sudden loud noise or movement particularly. But predictable noise is OK. I used to go to clubs/discos (OK I know that's an old hat term), places with loud music because this drowned out all the other noise.

    I make a point of going to places where I would be uncomfortable and studying them. I sit down somewhere and listen to see what different things are going on. I find it helps to analyse environments to see whatr is or isn't an issue.

    Cafe environments are a particularly good case - I will go to quite crowded, noisy, busy cafes deliberately and just work out what is happening around me. If the noises are what fits in with a busy cafe I'm quite happy, even plates being dropped, or music, or raised voices. I have found I prefer noisy cafes where there is a lot going on because I expect it.

    But the unexpected, people being too close, or things I don't relate to a cafe, can make me uncomfortable.

    Does that make sense?  I'm trying to respond to the awareness of proximity question in that I have experience, from familiarising myself with difficult environments, of getting comfortable with them with persistence.