Ayna
Hummingbird
Joined: Dec 27, 2011
Posts: 19
|
 Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 1:27 pm Post subject: do you have 'too many things' in head and the get confused |
 |
|
I'm wondering to hear similiar stories from people if they have problems with 'too many things' which is when you have lots of different things such as keeping clean, doing maths homework, doing chore, eating, doing hobby, doing geography homework. And those many things all mix around your head till you get so confused and I thinks it is a really big task and won't start doing the things and can't see the solution because it is all muddled and as big as a mountain?
I am wondering if anybody elses experiences?
And how they help to stop those many things and worrying about those many things when you are confused? |
|
| Back to top |
|
KittyCommand0r
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker
Joined: Jan 20, 2012
Posts: 64
|
| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 1:31 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Yes, it all becomes very overwhelming and usually won't get done until the last second or not at all. |
|
| Back to top |
|
League_Girl
Proud mamma
Joined: Feb 05, 2010
Posts: 13504
Location: My house
|
| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 2:14 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| I used to have this problem but I learned to break it up into smaller pieces. I just have to pick a task and do that. |
|
| Back to top |
|
Jory
Always in the wrong place at the wrong time
Joined: Jun 03, 2011
Age: 29
Posts: 6306
Location: Tornado Alley
|
| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 2:27 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| My psychologist calls it the "50 TVs" because it's like watching 50 TV sets at once, whereas most NTs are usually just watching one. (Or none, if you ask me.) |
|
| Back to top |
|
Radiofixr
Punished daily for being me and different
Joined: May 31, 2010
Posts: 1436
Location: PA
|
| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 2:53 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Yes it happens to me all the time and can be very overwhelming.
_________________
No Pain.-No Pain!!!! |
|
| Back to top |
|
the_beautiful_mess
Snowy Owl
Joined: Feb 15, 2012
Posts: 149
Location: UK
|
| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 2:58 pm Post subject: |
|
|
That sounds like me. I have too many things in my head. Not just stuff I have to do, but ideas and creative and technical things too. So along with the necessary, mundane things, there's the things that make my life worth living. I've had to get used to being a bit rubbish at 'normal' stuff, and knowing that I'm kind of cr@p at being a person, but that the potential I have in my head is amazing.
So yeah, that's familiar, in a big way.
_________________
'I may not amount to much, but at least I am unique.' ~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau
'I sometimes go to my own little world, but that's okay, they know me there.' ~ Joel Hodgson |
|
| Back to top |
|
Aharon
Phoenix
Joined: Dec 27, 2011
Posts: 632
Location: Kansas
|
| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 5:11 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Me too. Best description I've heard is someone said their thoughts were like confetti in a wind tunnel.
_________________
If aliens come to get me, it won't be an abduction, but a rescue operation. |
|
| Back to top |
|
rabbitears
BLUE PARASAUROLOPHUS WHISPERER
Joined: Jan 19, 2011
Age: 21
Posts: 6398
Location: In a box of chocolate milk mix.
|
| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 7:45 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Waaaay too often.
_________________
 THINGS I LIKE
Parasaurolophus, Plesiosaurs, Dinosaurs, Pterosaurs, Music, Tuna, Chocolate milk, Oreos, Blue things
Parasaurolophuscolobus. Parasaurcolobus. Colobusaurolophus.
....And Nunchucks are my friends.
|
|
| Back to top |
|
Mdyar
emuegg
Joined: May 29, 2009
Posts: 2514
|
| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 8:40 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Jory wrote: | | My psychologist calls it the "50 TVs" because it's like watching 50 TV sets at once, whereas most NTs are usually just watching one. (Or none, if you ask me.) |
yep.
It's a pain. And that is an understatement . It's a 'whirl' strongly vying for attention. Anxiety heightens. I find it valuable to take a break and do something completely different. I've noticed that someone may happen come around at the time, and the distraction breaks the spell. This re-centers my mind and I gain a balance. The mountain is reduced.
_________________
Last edited by Mdyar on Sat Apr 14, 2012 3:58 pm; edited 1 time in total |
|
| Back to top |
|
Cryforthemoon
Snowy Owl
Joined: Apr 21, 2010
Age: 32
Posts: 153
|
| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 8:46 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| I have this happen alot. When at work I have to tell people to stop and let me think and try to break it up. I have so much going on inside of my head that it is hard to break it up when people are coming at me with other things. |
|
| Back to top |
|
DVCal
Velociraptor
Joined: Apr 05, 2012
Posts: 451
|
| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 8:50 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| No I don't this problem. Generally when I do a task all of my thinking and focus is on that task, not to say I cannot change focus when needed. I have no problem switching task and focus quickly. I often have multiple work assignments that must be done the same time, so I will switch back and forth between them. At any one moment though, the only thing on my mind is the task I am working on. So this must not be something that affects all ASD people. |
|
| Back to top |
|
Tuttle
Not a bird, a turtle.
Joined: Mar 27, 2006
Age: 24
Posts: 2593
Location: Massachusetts
|
| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 10:33 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Yeah. This is why I have so much difficulty cleaning, and one of the things that makes decisions hard. I can't filter out what's relevant and what isn't. |
|
| Back to top |
|
Max000
Toucan
Joined: Apr 07, 2012
Age: 52
Posts: 272
Location: My world
|
| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 11:20 pm Post subject: Re: do you have 'too many things' in head and the get confus |
|
|
| Ayna wrote: | I'm wondering to hear similiar stories from people if they have problems with 'too many things' which is when you have lots of different things such as keeping clean, doing maths homework, doing chore, eating, doing hobby, doing geography homework. And those many things all mix around your head till you get so confused and I thinks it is a really big task and won't start doing the things and can't see the solution because it is all muddled and as big as a mountain?
I am wondering if anybody elses experiences?
And how they help to stop those many things and worrying about those many things when you are confused? |
I focus on the single most important thing, and forget about the others. Otherwise I'd never get even one thing done. |
|
| Back to top |
|
idlewild
Pileated woodpecker
Joined: Nov 22, 2011
Posts: 176
Location: WI, USA
|
| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 11:31 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Yes, this is a huge problem for me. I find it easier if I can develop rituals and schedules, but when every day is different I struggle with this.
_________________
"My personal tragedy will not interfere with my ability to do good hair." - Steel Magnolias |
|
| Back to top |
|
FishStickNick
Phoenix
Joined: Apr 05, 2012
Posts: 957
Location: My own head
|
| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 12:58 am Post subject: |
|
|
| I can start getting a little freaked out when stuff begins to pile up. At work, whatever people bug me about becomes my priority, so that's how I manage; if people don't need something from me, I won't work on it until they do. I've had a couple mini meltdowns at work, though, because I had too much going on. |
|
| Back to top |
|
