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23 Dec 2009, 8:41 am

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Often times I'll get stuck inside my own head. Everyone around me will be conversating, and I'll join in the conversation as well. The trouble is that they don't hear me because I'm only thinking my responses. You know what I mean? Sometimes it becomes extremely difficult to articulate my thoughts into words, but if everyone could hear what goes on in this mind they'd be amazed. It's like nobody around me could even begin to comprehend the things I think about, but they may never find out because I get stuck. Is this what you mean in the slightest?


Yes I know what you mean, this is how I feel alot. Out of curiosity, do you ever feel like your thoughts are going very fast and you think of associated thoughts that seem to branch off in all different directions? I hope I described that properly.


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23 Dec 2009, 8:49 am

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I'm getting a sense of mind/body disconnect here--like people feel like they are living in their bodies like their brains are their real selves and the body is just a sort of mechanism they're controlling. I wonder if that has to do with the sensory weirdness often associated with autism?


I have always had a profound sense that my brain is my real self. Although I can communicate with the outside world, I mostly feel that I am translating a thought(s). It is like I need to stop my brain and make an effort to say or write something, and this is not particularly enjoyable.

I doubt this has anything directly to do with sensory issues. My main sensory issue is noise, and it is perfectly quiet as I type this and my brain is still the same! I am intrigued by the possibility that Markram's Intense World theory might lead to an understanding of this question. He suggests that excessive neuronal processing leads to hyper-perception, hyper-attention, and hyper-memory, which may lie at the heart of most autistic symptoms.

http://frontiersin.org/neuroscience/pap ... 2007/html/



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23 Dec 2009, 8:58 am

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I also want to thank you so much for your long post. I know it takes a big effort on your part, but your contribution was truly insightful, and very much appreciated.



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23 Dec 2009, 3:35 pm

I Feel just the opposite


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23 Dec 2009, 5:35 pm

I find myself slipping in and out of this isolated feeling. Trapped in my brain almost, if you will. It seems there is a world in there that I wish to show people, but people only get to see about 20% of it. Sometimes though, people surprise me, and often express a genuine amount of care for me.