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oboejive
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 Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 10:24 am Post subject: Senses and being aware of surroundings |
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I'm curious if others have the issue where either a. You are hyper-aware of your surroundings and all of your senses are amplified (like sound, taste, smell, etc.) or b. You are focused so narrowly on a subject or idea that you are not at all aware of your surroundings and end up being very clumsy. I'm wondering if this is an Aspie trait.  |
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Sopho
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| Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 10:25 am Post subject: |
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| I walk into things/knock things over because I'm not aware of my surroundings. I'm not sure if it's when I'm thinking about history or not though. |
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Tim_Tex
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| Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 10:26 am Post subject: |
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I don't have that issue.
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jnet
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| Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 10:39 am Post subject: |
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I've been told that I need to be more aware of my surroundings. Some people think I am rude bc I do not say hi to them as they walk by, but that is bc I do not see them nor hear them say hey to me. But it is not that I am unaware, it is that I am not aware of the same things others are aware of. I've always felt that I just see the world differently from others.
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unnamed
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| Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 10:47 am Post subject: |
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| jnet wrote: | | I've been told that I need to be more aware of my surroundings. Some people think I am rude bc I do not say hi to them as they walk by, but that is bc I do not see them nor hear them say hey to me. But it is not that I am unaware, it is that I am not aware of the same things others are aware of. I've always felt that I just see the world differently from others. |
I've always done that, and it really used to anger people at work when I'd pass them in the hall and not say hi. I just didn't really "see" them, because I was thinking of other things. I think what I've really always done in public is dissociate, due to the sensory overload. I think I started doing that around 2nd grade at school to survive the sensory chaos in the hallways, and the habit just stuck. I only recently stopping doing this in the past couple of years. Once I even walked right past my husband in Starbucks, and he was just staring at me and laughing! Because I didn't expect to see him there at that time, I actually "couldn't" see him, if that makes any sense. But I'm getting a little better about being aware of my surroundings without shutting down or going into overload. Ritalin has been the biggest help with this, in my case. |
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| Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 11:10 am Post subject: |
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| I am almost never aware of my surroundings, and is because I have my mind in something else always, I drop things most of the time, or I knock over things and people sometimes, I did with my dad a few days ago, and he almost felt on the floor, when I was here in WP and then I ran to go get something to drink. |
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nobodyzdream
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| Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 11:18 am Post subject: |
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| I walk into people and things a lot-usually because I'm deep in thought and cannot be bothered with "paying attention to where I'm going" at the moment-at least that's what I think, lol. I have quite a few sensory issues, but I can push them to the back of my mind if I'm really focused on something, then after I finish what I'm doing, I'm incredibly stressed out because of all of the noises, movement around me, etc.-I instantly get overloaded when I'm no longer focused, lol. Sometimes I can go for hours with things like this being in the background before I realize I'm overloaded by it... Is that weird? |
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Vegasadelphia
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| Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 11:30 am Post subject: |
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| Yeah, both happen to me on a regular basis. |
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Laureolus
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| Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 11:49 am Post subject: |
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I tend to clip cornors everytime I turn, or get my pocket caught on a desk knob when I walk past one. I mean, how do you get your pocket caught on something?
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nitro2k01
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| Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:12 pm Post subject: Re: Senses and being aware of surroundings |
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| oboejive wrote: | | I'm curious if others have the issue where either a. You are hyper-aware of your surroundings and all of your senses are amplified (like sound, taste, smell, etc.) or b. You are focused so narrowly on a subject or idea that you are not at all aware of your surroundings and end up being very clumsy. I'm wondering if this is an Aspie trait. |
I'm not sure how you meant that question, but for me it alternates from time to time. Sometimes my senses are excellent, and I can notice even very slight things, like silent sounds, and or small visual details. Other times I tend to walk into things, and be very clumsy. (In the latter case I usually have a slight attention deficit and anxiety problems) |
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cecilfienkelstien
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| Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:49 pm Post subject: |
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| I can answer yes for both A and B. I do both those things depending on the day and where I am. In a sensory overloaded state I am just so focused on everything around me I get even more overloaded. But when I am thinking of something-anything I will definitly run intoeverything and anything. |
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Claradoon
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| Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:50 pm Post subject: |
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I do both of those things.
When I concentrate, I forget every social skill I ever learned, so if somebody tries to talk to me, I'm on another planet (the right one). And if people ask me whether it's raining out, I have to look at my coat to see.
But sensory overload is also a huge problem. When I am aware of sensory input, it's magnified, distressing, and distracting. I've read that the distress can be so high as to trigger the adrenals, creating anger, rage, and/or meltdown. It does that in me - I need to get away to be alone and quiet for a while.
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GeomAsp
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| Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:59 pm Post subject: |
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Now that you talk about that,
Last sunday i was with a friend on a train. I tried to talk to her during all the trip but she seemed to refuse to talk about anything. We got to certain stop and the two people beside us got off. We were supposed to get off at that stop but she said she wasn´t going to do it cause the two people were SKINHEADS and that they could attack us because she is white and i am black. She is a teacher and has some students who belong to those groups, and they have told her that they usually would attack the white person if they see him/her hanging out with black people.
She spent half an hour complaining that i didn´t realize anything because i live inside my own world and i don´t care about what sorrounds me. "You were foating inside your bubble, etc..."
Well she is completely right so i will try to be more careful and get out of my bubble more frequently  |
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Location: South Carolina, US
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| Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 2:10 pm Post subject: surroundings |
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I am usually very aware of my surroundings. I notice slight sounds, smells, and I have really good periphial (sp?) vision. I also tend to be the only one that notices slight flickering in a light or that irritating noise that a floursecent light makes  I rarely miss much of what is going on in my surroundings. Although, I also have moments when I become completely unaware...I'm assuming due to sensory overload. Sometimes I am not aware of it, but I have noticed certain places where it seems to happen more often. I tend to feel zoned, almost like being on drugs, when I go certain places, such as a gorcery store or a gym. I think sensory overloads are very similar to being on drugs...it almost gives the feeling of depersonalization...which causes me to be very unaware.
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tomamil
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Location: currently Paris, France, but originally Asteroid B612
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| Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 2:36 pm Post subject: Re: surroundings |
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| x_amount_of_words wrote: | | I am usually very aware of my surroundings. I notice slight sounds, smells, and I have really good periphial (sp?) vision. I also tend to be the only one that notices slight flickering in a light or that irritating noise that a floursecent light makes I rarely miss much of what is going on in my surroundings. Although, I also have moments when I become completely unaware...I'm assuming due to sensory overload. Sometimes I am not aware of it, but I have noticed certain places where it seems to happen more often. I tend to feel zoned, almost like being on drugs, when I go certain places, such as a gorcery store or a gym. I think sensory overloads are very similar to being on drugs...it almost gives the feeling of depersonalization...which causes me to be very unaware. |
ditto, i noticed that often i see, hear, smell details that others don't. (but they are there, it's not just in my head hehe.) i am actually proud of it. it gives me advantages i used before. sometimes, however rarely, it happens that i bump into some things not noticing them at all. |
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