Thoughts on this good people? :-)
Thoughts on this good people? :-)
My fascination with elegance, the relentless desire to understand and the sometimes purity of thought are good things.
The mental sensation when things click into place and I realise something new, is also a positive. But I don't know if this is an autistic feature.
Yes, sorry. This Samsung is terrible, it writes what it wants
Our special interests can be powerful in allowing us to persue a career that really interests us.
That’s only if you’re lucky enough to have a special interest that is a career. …I mean probably anything can technically be a career, but someone whose SpIn is technology is more likely to get a job in tech than someone whose SpIn is the color blue. And even then there’s a fine line between being able to hyperfocus on it to be a good employee vs only hyperfixating on certain aspects which makes you not getting the right tasks done on time and thus being a bad employee.
Our heightened senses can allow us to spot things that elude most NTs, whether it is pattern recognition, smells etc, making us good in some detectiving (is that even a word?) situations.
One time I kept complaining that the carpet felt different (even while always wearing socks, it felt kind of warm and different way it felt while walking on it), nobody else could feel a difference. 2 months later and it turned out there was a leak and a bunch of water gathered under the carpets. There have been other times where I noticed issues way before other people did because I could hear/smell/see/feel some difference, but I’ve had so many times where people dismissed my observations that most of the time I don’t bring it up because I assume I’m just being sensitive. So that could be helpful sometimes I suppose but mostly it’s just being overstimulated constantly.
I reckon the extra T in stuns might be a typo Alien0n3arth ?
I love my inner world and being curious and creative and my details, which often stunts others.
Because I enjoy weirding people out.
It can be a sort of shorthand for not having to explain at great length why I don't do certain things and enjoy others.
I think it can be great, for me it certainly is now I'm retired as I have time to get involved in whatever interests me and don't have to deal with small talk at work. I wrote a poem about the good things recently which I posted on my poetry thread, but I'll put it here too.
It's called "Autistic Joy"
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Absorbed in interests
Immersed in their enjoyment
The world fades away
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Enjoying colours
Textures, shapes, movement and form
Sensory pleasures
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Enjoying patterns
Language, numbers, dance, music
Deep satisfaction
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Nature, animals,
Creative activities,
Deep knowledge diving
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Structure and order
Quiet, calm environments
Peace in safe spaces
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Accepting oneself
Not social expectation
Brings autistic joy
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Living as autistic isn’t exactly great
I agree with this - the majority of our autistic traits lead to a net defecit in quality of life but some can be turned to our advantage.
Our special interests can be powerful in allowing us to persue a career that really interests us.
Our hyperfocus can allow us to run rings round out NT counterparts in certain specific situations.
Our heightened senses can allow us to spot things that elude most NTs, whether it is pattern recognition, smells etc, making us good in some detectiving (is that even a word?) situations.
These have quite narrow applications and often require us to endure a lot from out other autistic traits so we don't always get the joy from them that we could.
On balance I would say it isn't so great - I think I would happily swap a few of my "superpowers" for much less mental stress in life.
It’s great because I’m normal! I mean that I don’t have to ruminate on my behaviour and mental state. That’s not to say that certain things aren’t difficult for me, but diagnosis has explained why, and I don’t need to beat myself up any more.
It’s great because I can focus intensely on my interests.
It’s great because I see details that others miss.
It’s great because it caused me to come to this forum and engage with you Phased , and all the other people I have interacted with.
It’s great because it is likely responsible for my intense emotional connection with my beloved dogs. When I was growing up, dogs and horses were my soulmates. I used to spend hours with them and nobody else every day.
Living as autistic isn’t exactly great (it’s a disability after all). But I know plenty of autistic people who are great, and autism probably contributed to their personality in some way
