Flashing Lights

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Is this a normal thing or something but I am attracted to flashing lights if I'm in a party and there are disco lights or a place where there are different coloured lights I tend to stair at them the whole time I'm there I went bowling once and they had lights there and I lost the game cause I was stairring at them.

Is this a trait of some kind

I enjoy flashing lights, but I don't know if this fascination has anything to do with AS.

Tim

It depends on what I'm trying to do. If I'm at a party or something, yeah, I'll totally zone on the lights. (The clapping trick, where your hands look like they're not moving, is pretty cool too.) But if I'm trying to do something that requires concentration, like writing this post, and there's anything moving or flashing in my peripheral vision, like the 'emoticons' next to the text box right now, I get stressed or even pissed off. (As an aside, I particularly hate the emoticon that grins with its upper lip flapping. What the heck is that supposed to be?)

Thats what happens I go into a trance

Flashing lights can cause seizures. Autistic people are more prone to seizures than the general public. So its entirely possible you are having a mild seizure when you stare at lights.