Your Aspie Moments

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I think it depends on when and how you ask. Do you have periodic meetings with your supervisor? If not, I think you could ask if they have a moment. Then if you explain calmly how difficult that switchboard task was for you, as long as you are not demanding about it, I don't think it would get you fired.

But it depends how crazy the organization is, and your NT hubby may have heard a lot more details about the place than I have, so I respect his advice too.

Noise sensitivity at a concert at my school.

when im in a rush at work i make popping and/or clicking noises and twitch my fingers... though when i get really stressed at work it turns to mild flapping.... customers sometimes ask if im ok though my extra regular regulars know that its cause im stressed and/or in a rush

This is why I am glad that I do not work with patients and their parents face-to-face. Only co-workers see me when I'm on the phone and start to get overwhelmed enough to stim. And when I'm doing my regular job with the documents and the database, the parents and patients can only see me when someone leaves my door open -_- which they do a bit too much for my tastes. And I'm used to my regular tasks so I don't stim much when I'm at my own desk.

But next summer I am supposed to train on Front Desk so I can do turns as receptionist now and then. I did a little of that last year and it's not so bad, but I don't know if I'll be able to do a whole shift of it without going all Aspie. I have to try to learn though...

Yeah my organization is kind of crazy, there are double standards and favoritism and weird rules that probably don't make sense to anyone but the person who comes up with them. But NThubby's opinion of the place is probably lower than it should be. Like many humans I tend to complain about the things I don't like a lot more than I brag about things I do like, so he hears a lot of rants from me after work. He thinks almost everyone there is the same as the handful of people I complain about regularly.

I don't get regular meetings with my super. She knows I don't like answering the Operator line all day, but she just keeps saying I'm doing a good enough job at it and am actually better at phones than a couple people whose regular position is answering phones. So unless I submit in writing that I demand no phones as an accommodation I will probably have to be the Operator at least once a month. I don't guess it will kill me but I always prefer my documents and database tasks.

I once wondered if there was ever an adamning, since there are evenings.

Pretty much anything that upsets my routine will put me into a meltdown, how bad of a meltdown depends on how bad my day has been already. When I am in a depressed mood, listening to the wrong music can enable me to shutdown. When that happens is my most dangerious(to myself) time as I can get suicidal. I am obsessed with trains, both model and real ones. When I get anxious, I will shake my legs to stim. When I am in lots of pain I will rock myself. Dodger

I always have guitar solos going in my head, and sometimes I'll randomly do air guitar. If I am using a whammy pedal, I'' even do the facial expressions and stuff. Don't know if this is Aspiness or just plain weird.

That's not weird - that's inspired!

I don't know paradigm shift as a buzzword, but if you understand what a paradigm is it makes sense to me.

A paradigm is a set of perspectives pertaining to how one understands something. For instance, someone not diagnosed who then gets diagnosed with an asd could undergo a paradigm shift as the way they perveive themselves in the world changes dramatically.

In terms of business lingo I would assume they could be misusing the term to mean any relatively minor change.

God i hate business jargon. Half of it exists purely to make people who use it sound like they know something that people they're explaining it to don't, when in reality they are just using words that when put all together are meaningless. Not joking about this either.

The most common is daily when one of my colleagues says "Morning, alright?" - it's taken me years to not respond with some lengthy, wittering pile of rubbish that I stumble over after 15 seconds when they start to look at me quizzically. Now I can say "Fine" about 90% of the time but if surprised by it the more lengthy "as well as can be expected in the circumstances" which allows escape time...

Another is working through numerical calculations when in long meetings/training - always surprises them that I am actually using it to maintain focus on what they are saying not because I am bored!

Overthinking any journey I undertake - Plan A/B/C/D + train timetable minimum...

Responding to Psychology colleagues when they tell me they are interested in ASD that I am fascinated by NT's - it takes them a couple of seconds but they get there...

-I'm watching TV, and then something in it reminds me of something else, and then I start thinking about that, and the next thing I know the show is over.

Also happens when I'm reading, shopping, or doing some other mundane task.

-Getting annoyed when every person I meet mentions the weather, as in small talk. Like for example it's cold out and everyone I see the first thing they say is "sure is cold out", and my usual response is a deadpan "yeah" although sometimes I like to be a smart alec and say in a sarcastic tone "Oh really? I hadn't noticed!"

-Getting easily distracted by background noise. When there are a lot of people in one place it is like a swarm of bees is inside my brain and the buzzing is non-stop.

wow...I thought that was only me.....
The absolute scariest is when I am walking and I go into one of my trances. I've actually come out of one and had to stop and get my bearings because I don't know where I am. What's scary, is that I am always on the path that I was originally needing to be on and I've obviously also negotiated intersections as well.

So, is there a part of my brain that is split off, handling those tasks while my mind drifts off?

But, overall, my negative aspie moments usually come once I'm overloaded or my plans/routine gets messed up. Can't stand to change plans, even when it is in my favor.

Me too - trancelike walking - or even weirder, trancelike driving. I get to my destination but sometimes I could not tell you which route I just took!

I forgot about the driving. Being in NYC, I don't really want a car and the expense. So, it's been a while, but it does happen and that is scary.

The classic: when people greet me: "How are you?" and I respond by describing it in detail. Well, I`ve become better at stopping myself in time

I hate the fact that I am aware they are only performing a social interaction and do not actually expect a narrative or informative response but have to use precious energy fighting it - however it must be said that they only ask once if they get the full reply...