The "aspie world"

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I'm still new to the way some of the articles explain the different Asperger's/Autistic signs. One of the more common ones is the "Autistic" world, or day dreamer gaze.

What do they mean exactly?

When I zone out, sometimes I am thinking over a technical problem, with pictures. Other times I am literally day dreaming, inventing a story arc with characters in my head with little conscious input. Normally it's nonsensical and involves zeppelins and such, but it's still enjoyable. Other times it's project ideas for animations or other things. I can get very lost and distracted doing this. But is this the "Autistic" world they speak of in articles? Or is there something more? Something else?

I believe that that qualifies as an autistic inner world, because I do the same thing as you when I zone out.

I don't know... I'm still new to all of this. I don't day dream, but I do zone out quite a bit. Usually, I am either in deep thought or not thinking at all.

"Autistic World" is pretty much a term to describe it when your pretty much oblivious to what's going on around you, but your still content in your own way.

I zone out all the time and do pretty much the same thing that's described in the OP.

IDK if I can explain an autistic world but I know that my world is probably different than most people's.

I am always very tuned into a few specific things, I feel like I have to separate myself from my body to be a part of the *real* world everyday. I go in and out, of my world and everyone else's.

I like to do things repetitively, listen to the same music all day and watch the same scenes from TV shows over and over again. I think about people and like to reflect on all their mannerisms, I think about how funny they re and how much i like some of them but it's hard to relate to them in *normal* manner, I am very offbeat with people, it comes of as me being hilarious so I guess that's OK. I know that I get a little too far "out there" sometimes, though.

Basically my world is a constant fixation on details and information, music and sound, words and speech patterns, and books and newspapers. I think this is true for a lot of people, though. I think the difference for me is that I really have to FIGHT not to get sucked in by all these things, I rarely speak when I'm absorbed in my interests and I much prefer it to socializing most of the time, but I don't want to be completely alone, so I force myself to talk to people.

My world jumps between details to flights of fancy. Like Motown, I obsess over music, things I saw in TV shows or movies and the mannerisms of other people.

Here is another question though. Do you ever go so deep into your own world that it is almost physically painful to come out of it? There has been times where I've been so focused on an interest or even an idea, that I at times forget to breath. Other times someone will drag me out of my world suddenly and I'll end up with a headache for several hours afterwards. Has anyone else experience that?

I've always been a daydreamer. It's why I loved books as kids. I did need to try to blank my parents yelling (at each other) out, I had to try to "forget" me being sad and upset and escape into the book. There I felt something different. Now I read less and daydream more. I daydream as I wait to fall asleep. I always did, since I was a preteen. When I didn't, I have a problem sleeping and it took me time figuring out what was wrong. I daydream in the day too, more like a repetition for things that I need to say, or best case things I never get to say but would want to. I like being inside my own head, and had no idea it could be seen as autistic. It used to bug me a little in the past I preferred that world, because it wasn't real, but it's somehow important to me so... The only thing really bugging me is that real life never turns out like my daydreams, and also daydreaming means I'm never in the present. In a way it's good, having a feeling I'm in the present scares me, I have presentphobia (does it have a fancy name?), but in a way it's bad also.

I definitely have an inner world. Usually I prefer it to the outside world, which tends to not make sense. I zone out a lot, especially when I'm tired or depressed. I could sit around staring into space for hours and be perfectly content. I suspect what I daydream and think when I zone out is quite different from most people's daydreams and thoughts.

Yes, exactly! I've been doing this since I was a little kid. Characters and plots just sort of appear in my mind, and the stories unfold on their own. It's like watching a movie in my head, only better. Sometimes the stories and people are completely fictional, but other times I imagine scenarios and conversations that could plausibly happen in my life.



Same here. Sometimes I'll see or hear some trivial detail, like the sound of someone's footsteps or the color of a pen, and I'll suddenly get completely absorbed in looking/listening/thinking. This usually lasts just a minute or two, but when I snap out of it I realize I've been blocking out everything else around me. This is a big deal because I can't consciously tune out anything.



Yes, and the more immersed I am the worse it is to get out. It's like I'm still partially there. I become very disoriented and withdrawn. I have trouble concentrating. My social skills deteriorate, my repetitive behaviors and compulsions become stronger, and my sensory issues get even worse. Sometimes I also get headaches or feel depressed. It's kind of like a shut-down, but different. This state can last for hours, especially if nothing in the outside world catches my interest.

I think it is just a reflection of focusing on details of your environment and not people.

Yeah, I agree with a lot of people. In undergrad/grad school, I could blow it off as, "Oh, I was just th inking about my thesis/project/essay/paper/exam." but sometimes I can zone out when I'm bored or a situation gets overwhelming. One thing, though, that I've realized now realizing that I'm on the autism spectrum, is that I finally have an explanation for why stuff that was happening in my brain was more interesting than what was on TV, and this explains why I never really got into TV hehe!

And yes, I do sometimes go so deep into my own world that I feel disoriented for a little bit after rejoining the NT world.

my world...
Izone out constantly...even in tests at school. everytime i zone out, i go into harry potter world... or my own 'aspie' world... its difficult to explain.but i live life in 'my world', so i am constantly out of tune with overyone else.

I have forgotten to breath before... and sometimes my body actually hurts when I leave my place, but I think thats just because it falls asleep.

I zone out allot. When I zone I am either thinking about something or I am counting the ceiling tiles or wall paper patterns.