Published on 12, July, 2020
What so called "childish" or innocent pursuits does anyone have?
Myself, I like blowing bubbles. I always have a pot of them in the car, and often take them out when I go on a walk and sit down and blow them and watch them float gently over the landscape or historic site. I do find it very therapeutic and suppose it is a sort of stimming although it is usually done when I am calm, although sometimes I must say when I have had a difficult few minutes I get the urge to blow them.
I also love watching old children's television programmes from when I was young. Catweazel, the Gerry Anderson puppet series (Supercar, Fireball XL5, Stingray, Thunderbirds and even Four Feather Falls), Follyfoot (I fell in love with Dora as a teenager!).
And I am never far from my recorder. Although I stopped being taught at the age of 11, I carried on with playing it and even though my music reading is below very basic I can pick out a tune and change the key to suit very easily.
So does anyone else have these sort of so called childish pursuits and what are they?
Martian Tom said:Makes me wonder whether Aspies, among others, have a singular ability for mystical experience. Maybe, possessing a brain that is differently wired, they can somehow sense aspects of nature others cannot; a kind of 'sixth sense', if you will.
Makes me wonder whether Aspies, among others, have a singular ability for mystical experience. Maybe, possessing a brain that is differently wired, they can somehow sense aspects of nature others cannot; a kind of 'sixth sense', if you will.
Yes. I think they just naturally see the truth behind the lies. They filter out all the bulls**t. They stand back and observe. They're often hailed as mystics and seers, as if that's almost a supernatural attribute. But really it's just about being 'apart', observing, understanding.... and exposing.
Maybe there is some credence in the school of thought that autism is the next step on the human evolutionary scale.
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Interesting video, Tom and yes, human beings are evolving all the time and I'm wondering if there is something in 'modern life' that has provoked what could be a significant increase in autistic brains. It may be that the way the world operates today is precipitating some diastrous event that those who think in a 'non NT way' would be better adapted to.
After all, as you've noted in another post, in many cases people on the AS have no problem themselves if left to be what they are - it is the social norms established by other people that cause the trouble and without these, autistic people would function very well if left to cope with the natural world - a world that does not judge what people are.