AM I A BRAIN DEAD ROBOT?

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I am hypersensitive to certain stimuli, low ability to filter things out because of the ADHD, I guess, but I am more often hyposensitive. Hyposensitive to weather, certain noises ( My friend laughed at me once when I didn't flinch at the tv being turned on with the volume all the way up, but he also looked a little creeped out xD) less bothered than I should be by tags on my clothing, and I usually don't have much of a reaction pain or injury, even when it's serious.

are Aspies always supposed to be HYPERsensitive? I'm not very easy to scare, either. Very little reaction to stimuli.

I am the same, only bothered by certain things insistently. I don't flinch a lot. I doubt you are a brain dead robot though.

I'm like that, as well. Before having children, it was nearly impossible to scare me. I had a co-worker that used to jump out of hiding spaces and scream when I was concentrating on my tasks because she was so shocked I never responded.

Once I got pregnant, I became jumpy. Even before I knew I was pregnant. Ever since, that sh*t really gets to me. I'm not sure why, but pregnancy seems to have rewired me in some ways.

Whether I am bothered by random stimuli depends on how interested I am in the current situation. For example, my mom is constantly fretting over every little sound a car makes. As for me, I don't even notice them unless it's a sound that very obviously means something is wrong with the car. I'm not in the car to enjoy the perfect driving/riding experience. On the other hand, I'm insistent on the sound, lighting, and everything being just right if I'm going to watch a movie. I give it my full attention and never pause unless I need to. If say, someone is mowing the lawn, or I KNOW I'm going to get a phone call before it's over, I wouldn't even start the movie because it would dilute the purity of the experience.

Oh yeah, and speaking of pain, I got pretty good at weathering punches on the back and arm in middle school and high school. On the other hand, a little cut on my finger is likely to make me stiffen up my entire body.

So yeah, it really just depends.

I'm a little bit of the same way. For example, I kind of LIKE reading in a noisy, crowded airport (a lot of stimulation, it kind of becomes white space, the airport is a safe place, I can zone in on my book). the familiar book, familiar enough, I kind of know where the author is going, and the unfamiliar people watching, taken at times of my own choosing and durations of my own choosing, makes for a very good mix, somehow it all works

I'm a bit of an artificial man, myself. 35 years on Earth has taken its toll on me. That's for sure. Sometimes, it's a wonder, that I can think at all.

When I think of it I'm not particularly hypersensitive. I just assumed I should be because people tell me so. I guess I can be about a few things. I'm not very sensitive to cold, used to enjoy loud music and I don't even hear when my friends very loud dog barks constantly and she has a really high pitched bark.