Shelby wrote:
I found this on an Aspergers website and it absolutely captivated me
I showed it to my Aspie dad and he said his mind does look like that but more complicated. I think mine would have Star Wars characters pushing the balls around, but close enough
I could watch this all day...who else relates to it?
That is beautiful!
But I'm not sure that I have a visual representation of how my brain works. Hmmm...thinking....
I think I visualize the network of neurons like a huge mass of tangled spiderwebs, with electrical blips flying around everywhere along the lines. (so pretty realistic for how the brain actually works) But I see my differences like I have all these compartments where different memories are stored, and memories of all my thoughts because I am such a thinker. When I have a new experience, or a new problem come up, or a new thought (let's call this new thing a template). My brain takes this template and tries putting it into every available memory compartment to see if it fits anywhere. It will fit into some compartments perfectly and have a strong connection and I figure out the problem. It will fit into some compartments only a little, so I might make a wrong connection, but sometimes when this happens, I actually form an extremely profound insight and a new and excellent solution to an old problem.