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Noticing the smallest things

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I keep noticing the smallest things. It's part interacting part annoying. 

So today I saw that my hands and fingers look like they sparkle like they have glitter or glass on them so I've been washing them obsessively since because I'm worried there's something on them. 

I did break a glass this morning and now I'm worried I've accidentally swallowed some. 

But yesterday I noticed that the postman had changed his hat lol.  Sometimes it's fun Sometimes it's not. 

  • I noticed a change in the LV advert a few years ago which kept slightly irritating me. The had changed a small part in the tune they use over the advert and I didn't understand why. They've recently restored it to its original version and I still don't know why they've done it. It's the part where the vocal line sings "Dom-diddy dom-diddy dwee dwee doh-woah". They took out the dwee dwee part.

  • in reply to BassFace

    I'm an obsessive hand washer. But my attention to detail can also be really useful at times. I'm hoping it will get me in to a good job at some point.

  • Attention to detail is one of the most useful parts of being autistic. It makes us naturally far better than average at some jobs. But it also comes with an increased tendency towards unpleasant OCD-type experiences, (hand-washing is one example but it can be almost anything), which can be very upsetting and get in the way of your life. The one thing that helped me with this was starting to do short sessions of mindfulness every day. I didn't want to do it because I thought it was stupid, but I was wrong, it can help a lot.

  • I too notice small details and am fascinated by patterns. I can notice a small detail in something I have seen before but never noticed the detail. Unfortunately many people don't find these things fascinating. Fortunately my husband is interested in my observations but I don't think others would be.

    Sounds are a different matter though, the small details there can be annoying unless it is a pleasant sound like bird song.

  • As with so many aspects of autism, I find it can be a blessing and a curse depending on the subject of interest.