Published on 12, July, 2020
What "autistic" things do you find yourselves doing? I do a lot of different things which I know a neurotypical wouldn't think twice about.
One of them is making sure everything in my house is straight, so the chairs, my books and DVDs on the shelf, pictures hanging on the wall and plenty more than that.
Recently I was doing up an MG Maestro and had noticed the offside headlight wasn't seated properly and was facing a little to the side. This bothered me so much, playing at the back of my mind until finally I went out and straightened it because I couldn't cope with it not being right.
I feel like I was actually approaching a meltdown, that's how much this sort of thing bothers me.
Am I alone in being this way?
see a sheet of paper, fold a piece of paper, origami or geometric toys.
slamming flat palm on hard surfaces when excited, surprised, If melting i do it very hard repeatedly.
Tapping tips of fingers on surfaces for punctuation, reassure, transitions.
dancing (I don't even know I'm dancing) when/wherever music is playing.
Freeze in place in cacophony, overload or too much cognitive dissonance.
mapping small and large journeys before I take them. I have to know the whole route before the first connection and sometimes
keep a list in hand and mark off the progress, like tube stops, boarding area and times etc
Noticing peoples new hair, nails, eyebrows, shoes, buttons, clothing etc hard pressed to remember their eye color.
feeling following currents of energy in the air, water witching sorts of things.
foot to foot rocking while waiting conversing
Do not like putting my back against the backs of chairs, unless I am cross legged.
etc...
Uhane said:Freeze in place in cacophony, overload or too much cognitive dissonance.
I've done this before - the freeze in place when overwhelmed. It's like there's a lag on my sensory processing.
Uhane said:Noticing peoples new hair, nails, eyebrows, shoes, buttons, clothing etc hard pressed to remember their eye color.
I don't know what colour anyone's eyes are, but I point out other details that nobody else notices.