No sense of danger?

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Is AS linked to a lack of awarness of danger? I have been told that i have no sense of danger.

Don't mean to sound bigheaded but i am so crazy and have such a distorted view of safety and danger that even if Mike Tyson was trying to threaten me i would probably lose my temper and attack him or threaten him back.

Do you think AS and not having a very good awareness of danger is linked? Much more so than normal people who have better of threat and danger? this probably the reason why autistic people can be silly and gullible.

It could be. Rough neighborhoods never scare me. As a woman who might weigh 130 in jeans and boots the day after Thanksgiving, I have no fear of being out alone at night. I have dated creeps for longer than most people would have because I missed what would have struck a neurotypical as red flags. I think I read something to that effect, too.

I have heard that some aspies have a diminished or zero sense of danger. Others, like myself, have a higher than usual sensitivity to perceived threats.



That doesn't sound like something to be big headed about. Unless he whacks you and you get a swollen brain.



Some, yes.

I know more people who have this, apart from autism also.

I just don't belive in fearing your fellow man even mike tyson.

My belief is aways stand up for yourself no matter who it is.

I had a poor sense of danger as a kid, but I'm very aware of danger as an adult.

I can be afraid of things that others aren't when it comes to doing what is right, standing up for others, then am afraid of so many things other's aren't. It's almost like fear of the irrational has given me too much courage in some situations where it would behoove me to NOT speak my mind and "get along" better with others. Or maybe it's just I don't value the concept of keeping my mouth shut to be more accepted, in fact, I believe the desire to be part of the group mentality is what leads to so many atrocities.

I'm the opposite. I have a heightened sense of danger. When I was a little kid and was on the street and saw a car coming, I'd run to the side of the road even when the car was miles away. Now, I won't cross the street if I can see cars coming unless their are cars stopped for me on both sides of the road.

Also, if I am at home alone and hear a noise, I get really scared.

I have a sense of danger.

Sometimes I do dumb things and forget danger though.

My best example: When I was younger my family and I were going down the highway in a vehicle. I seen that my car door was locked. To me locked was locked. So I opened the door and was very surprised when it opened. We had to pull over, and I got yelled at.

I assume now that I'm older that this is some type of warped safety feature that only works if one has common sense to not open a car door while going down the highway.

Then he might bite off your ear :s

I found out I have some trouble with sense of danger but I think I got over it now after my husband and I had the talk. But am I still lacking it if I don't feel scared?

I used to pull on car doors too and couldn't understand why it was such an issue if the door is locked. I still don't understand. I guess they don't want you to ruin the handle? Maybe the child can unlock the door and not even know it so when he pulls the handle, the car door opens so it's more logical why a grown up wouldn't want a small child messing with the door. But an older child would know what unlocks it and when it's unlocked and so would a teen and an adult so why the issue?

And my dad has opened his car door on the road because the light indicator said door was open so he opened it and slammed it. My mom has yelled at him for that. I am too scared to do it thinking what if I open it too hard and bam another car hits it and there goes my door. I suppose my dad has lacked sense of danger too and my mom has said he just doesn't think.

I've often been told by several people that I have no sense of danger, and my friends and family are often scared that something bad will happen to me because of it.

My theory on the matter is that regarding heightened/non-heightened sense of danger, I think aspies universally lack a traditional instinct that others have which tells them on a subconscious level when another person could be dangerous. I think this instinct actually comes from subconsciously reading very subtle social clues and body language. I think aspies could have a heightened sense of danger in that they have a heightened fear reaction to potentially threatening stimuli - I get this also, when I'm suddenly in a dangerous situation (like an impending car crash) I completely freak out in a much more extreme fashion than those around me.

I still have childhood fears. The dark, spideys, dogs that give me that look and humans.
I have literally many times been frightened by my own shadow. Thank you very much Steven Moffat! Er, Vashta Nerada...Doctor Who thing.

Well, I know antisocial personality disorder has a symptom of disregard for safety. Which I know I have. Thought I'd mention that since no one else has yet.

Or f**k you till you love him and call you a fa***t

I think this thread is pretty vague. Maybe you have no sense of danger cuz you think serious injury is only something that happens to someone else. A lot of people don't worry about cancer until it happens to them or a friend/family member. I wouldn't wanna fight Mike Tyson even though he's way past his prime these days.

It is very well documented that the young male person (NT or not) loses much of their common danger sense which is why this demographic accounts for the largest numbers of deaths by accident.