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I identify with a lot of what is being said here. I have a friend that leaves the TV on all the time and it drives me crazy. I can't find anything in big stor

I identify with a lot of what is being said here. I have a friend that leaves the TV on all the time and it drives me crazy. I can't find anything in big stores, I don't see how people do it. I sleep a lot. 10 or 12 hours regularly. I find myself recently being drawn toward meditation. Strangely I have always thought that I was not intuitive. I make less eye contact than most people but I am noticing that I notice stuff about people that most people don't. I make so little eye contact, I have thought I have face blindness. This story reminds of the one about the Maine hermit a few days ago. He claims to avoid looking a people's face because there is "so much information there." He was also very creative.

serf 12y ago
the Maine hermit was also diagnosed with Asperger's during his confinement, and wasn't at all surprised at the diagnosis. With the hermit it was a really difficult task,while reading the article, to determine how much of his persona was created by the introversion of forest dwelling, and how much of it was perhaps created by his mental traits (which, actually, may have been the initiating cause for his walking away from society in the first place).
atmosx 12y ago
Jesus, that's my mirror image. + My girlfriend makes me watch movies that she never watches. When the movie starts I get sucked in (a movie which I didn't wanna see in first place) and then she starts talking about something else. Trying to keep up both with the movie and her conversations drives me crazy. I talked about this with another two guys, which I like and respect because of their knowledge depth, both came up with same answer: Women (usually) do many things at the same time without paying attention to any of those things. They are able to watch a movie, talk to the phone, listen to the radio... All together. I feel seriously deprived when I realise I can't do any of those things combined (without getting really, really angry).
- andrewtbham 12y ago
  I had the same experience once. I decided that it's more important to pay attention to the girl, just ignore the movie and watch it later. When Tivo came out it was like a life saver cuz I could pause live tv and focus on whatever interrupted me.

serf 12y ago

the Maine hermit was also diagnosed with Asperger's during his confinement, and wasn't at all surprised at the diagnosis. With the hermit it was a really difficult task,while reading the article, to determine how much of his persona was created by the introversion of forest dwelling, and how much of it was perhaps created by his mental traits (which, actually, may have been the initiating cause for his walking away from society in the first place).

atmosx 12y ago

Jesus, that's my mirror image. + My girlfriend makes me watch movies that she never watches. When the movie starts I get sucked in (a movie which I didn't wanna see in first place) and then she starts talking about something else. Trying to keep up both with the movie and her conversations drives me crazy. I talked about this with another two guys, which I like and respect because of their knowledge depth, both came up with same answer: Women (usually) do many things at the same time without paying attention to any of those things. They are able to watch a movie, talk to the phone, listen to the radio... All together. I feel seriously deprived when I realise I can't do any of those things combined (without getting really, really angry).

andrewtbham 12y ago
I had the same experience once. I decided that it's more important to pay attention to the girl, just ignore the movie and watch it later. When Tivo came out it was like a life saver cuz I could pause live tv and focus on whatever interrupted me.