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  • Thanks for sharing this!
    I’m thinking this must be one of the defining characteristics that is shared by most ND people. It’s not new to me and my self-experience but finally there i have someone who put it in clear words, and it explains a lot about ND social functioning.
    Also read that “Grand Emotions” article which is being linked to in the article, which has the underlying reason (“truth” and such as primary(!) emotions that’s an interesting take).
    I can use this well for explaining what it means, “a fundamental difference not a disability in understanding”.



  • You are damn right when you are frustrated, and you are damn right in expressing that.

    I am sad and embarassed (right word?) about all the unempathic comments you are being met with.(*) I’d say ignore them if you can – literally put them on your ignore list if you wish, and take them perhaps as your involuntary helpers who demonstrate what you are usually met with (if this is the case). So that this has a purpose and doesn’t hurt you …

    Like someone else commented, you probably do not want such people to be your “friends” – they would only be friends with that mask you present to them in order to appease. Your frustrated/lonely expression is a mask, too. But that one they don’t like and why you wear it doesn’t interest them.

    Kick that idea that you are disabled (i know, i know, but try to push it away) and it will help you to relax (that’s important). The more we train a specific thought pattern, the more that will become our only reality.

    Being on your own, or being in the position of the quiet observer for the time being could actually be a good thing to have, as it will give you inner and outer room to move (away from the rigid/unrelaxed idea which makes it seem a burden). Look for such people whose presence you would enjoy. That is, such people whith whom you would resonate, naturally. Those might be the ones who are able to observe beyond the mask and those who play alone. They might not be the most relaxed ones, initially.

    The good fruit are rare and you are young. I hope this resonates or is at least a lottle comforting. From someone who had many developments happen ten years late.
    [leaving that typo as-is because i like that word … a lottle]

    (*) I just held myself back from answering each of those comments with “this hurts” … but it would have me spam the comment tree. Leaving it up to you.




  • [x] definitely agree (i think)

    see what resonates with people, and how we approach thinking about the questions

    ^ this! i’m always happy to learn about how others actually function.

    Me:
    At first, “i have an objection …” – but what is it?
    – So, i definitely hear a lot of things which others seem to not notice. But how would i know if this happens often; what to relate that “often” to when people do not usually talk about such things. It just happened often enough when i started talking about it, that i learned to assume that most people don’t notice the fine detail.

    Then the train of thought is kicked off. I think there is a difference between general sensitivity (sensing) and sensibility (perception) which are not always at a constant level. E.g. i would put it as sensitivity when i can hear the whistling of chargers and power adaptors, a ringing of keys in the pocket or the occasional high-pitched screech of a car’s brake. It’s due to sensibility when such sounds become disturbing or uncomfortable/painful (other peoples’ chewing noises, anyone?).
    – I think this question is about sensitivity.

    Single leaves falling from a nearby tree. The sound of fine rain. A woodworm making its way through the furniture. I don’t know if others notice that.
    As a maker of drums, when a hair got caught under the skin and it makes a tiny snare … unbearable.

    Further, the sensitivity is not just about noticing small noises but it’s related to an ability to distinguish components/patterns out of a mixture of sounds as well as distinguish small nuances of sounds. I notice the different perception only when i’m avidly describing why i’m so excited about something.

    Vocalists who have several different singing voices which evoke different pictures of that person.
    A masterful piece of electronic music where i count 10+ layers, and that minimalist pkk-pkk rhythm it started with still stands out.
    I discovered they are using binaural beats on trance music dancefloors. There’s a slight difference in the bass tones when moving between the speakers. I guess it’s in the theta range, literally synchronising people’s brainwaves. …




  • Appreciate the effort. I even like that “smart” acronym. 😄 … I have some thoughts on this, and i have already made a write-up twice, but technical fuck-up 😠 made it all disappear an equal number of times. …

    Therefore i’ll make it short now because i’m too tired:

    • best approach: make a feature request to include categorisation in community settings, that would allow for automation.
    • second best: use a post (or several because of ~6500 character limit), perhaps a dedicated “community” wher you regularly update several stickied posts from the collaborative document. Both full links containing the domain http://lemmy.ca/c/bicycles and local-domain links /c/bicycles@lemmy.ca must be given because of that link bug in the system.
    • third best option: have only a web document. Local domains would not work at all from that one, therefore bad user experience despite all the hard work.

    Let me know if you have any questions. With the feature request thing i would like it if i could get some feedback, because i’m actually thinking of making it.

    And last, you want to link to the Lemmy Community-Browser (don’t ask why the hyphen, probably Germans did it) … https://browse.feddit.de/