Wolfpup wrote:
Is that considered a sensory issue connected to AS? That sounds like me, except I wonder if it's for the same reasons (and I just try to move away from the sound or shut one source off, I don't usually get mad).
tbh I don't know I would think so. It is sort on in the middle of AS and ADD I think. I'm not sure if I'd get mad either. What I meant is more like when a real fuse goes I would become dysfunctional. I have cognitive dysfunction anyway. If was forced to listen to that I would be in a state of confusion. Probably go into my 'null' state. Sort of not there everything is garbled.
Wolfpup wrote:
I get distracted if there's more than one conversation going on at once (and to a lessor degree if it's a conversation + music). Like if I'm giving instructions to a student at work, and then another two people start talking right next to me, I almost completely lose track of what I was saying. Same deal with a conversation when a TV is on, or having a radio and TV on. I can't fall asleep if a TV is on-the high pitched sound it makes bothers me, and even more, my brain won't "shut off" if it hears the voices. I also can't read if a TV is on (or people are talking). I didn't have my PSP with me while I was waiting for an oil change, and just had a book to entertain myself with. Because they have a TV on in there, I think I got through 4-6 pages (if that) in 30 minutes. I keep having to reread things, because it's like I don't understand them...have to manually go through each word almost. (I don't have any problem with reading, believe me! It's just the second sound that screws me up.)
In fourth grade a teacher always put on a radio with music during class. It was supposed to be a "reward", and EVERYONE except me LOVED it. I couldn't concentrate with it, and it drove me nuts. People were ticked at me when I complained, and the teacher tried to move me to the opposite side of the classroom from the radio (which was better than nothing...)
I'm the same
Wolfpup wrote:
Me either. If people say a whole bunch of steps at once I start getting confused, and kind of miss the whole thing. If it's with my mom, I just ask her to tell me ONE THING AT A TIME, or else write it all down. At work, I try to write it down (I always have my Palm or a pad of paper with me), and/or I repeat stuff back to make sure I got it.
This stuff isn't related to AS, is it?
I think it possibly is. There is a lot of stuff I took for granted. It is impossible to compare yourself to another person when you don't know what it is like fore other people. I some how worked some of it out and asked questions.
29 Apr 2007, 4:57 am
What I did hear sounded good, I would love to see a transcript. (Don't take it too personally, I have a lot of problems following many movies too).
