Distance, Time and Money

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I am really bad with all of these things.
I have no 'sense' of any of them.

For instance I cannot judge distance, when I was driving for a year I was always stopping because I thought I couldn't get through gaps, in my mums car im always trying to put on the emergency break with my foot.
Small distances seem huge, when im trying to jump to things I can't because the distance seems huge yet when there is one big space I jump and end up falling. Thats just one sort of example.

With time I have no sense, people say that time goes fast when you're having fun well that doesn't work for me. Time goes at a normal pace when im not having to do anything special, but when people say 20 minutes, 5 minutes, 2 hours etc time becomes so slow, even if im having a good time, I just have no sense of time whatever. I can't wear a watch because I obsess about the time and look at it every minute or so, if its taken away I ask other people all the time...I do anyway but not too much. I will ask once, then again in 5 minutes, then again in 1 minute but it will seem like a twice as long. No sense of time what so ever.

As for money...I can just about handle my bank account, I don't allow it to go under £200 but every single thing I buy has to be calculated it can take from 20 minutes to 2 weeks to work out whether I should buy something. I could not handle bills, I was meant to pay £10 a month to my dad but I got so worked up that he just does it without me knowing which is fine, I don't really care about money, I always want to give money to all the buskers I see but im not allowed. I am really not sure I could ever handle a household. Im 20 already and I can just about handle deciding whether its ok to buy a new film.


Does anyone else struggle with their sense of any of these things?
Or anything similar?

Im kind of worried this is a lone quirk and no one will understand.

From what I've read, this is very common.

I can't completely relate...I do suffer some of those things, but obviously I'm much milder than you. For instance, while driving, if I'm turning left (American left), I can never judge when there's a big enough gap in the traffic for me to turn.

I'm kind of okay with money, but I think that has to do with my Dutch sensibilities...if I'm eating somewhere, or something like that, I'll always look for whatever's cheapest. This doesn't work for everything, though...sometimes when I'm shopping, I'll do a lot of impulse shopping just because something's on sale...even if it's not that cheap. I'll think in my head "$12, that's almost $10...that's not bad. That's a lot less than $14, which is almost $15." Somehow, that makes less sense on paper than it does in my mind

Time is one thing I'm okay with...people will ask me what time it is, and usually I'm pretty good at estimating...whether it's guessing based on the position of the sun, or just guessing based on how much time has passed since the last time I knew what the time was.

Reading analogue clocks is the only thing I've always had trouble with

I've always been sensitive about money. I'm always afraid that I won't have enough to cover what I need to pay my bills. This has made me more apt to do more with what I already have. I never believed I ever had enough in the bank.

As for time, I always wear my watch, which I guess can be considered an obsession of mine. I can't go anywhere without it. I felt lost a few times when it malfunctioned on me. I always need to know what time it is.

I have a very hate hate relationship with money. I hate it and apparently it hates to hang out with me very long. I've never been good with money. Thank Gabriel, I married an NT who is excellent with money and who pays all the bills. Apparently my cue to pay a bill is when they put the big red disconnect sign on the door. All my bills like cell phone, credit cards...I have them send me text messages when it's time to pay. He pays all the household bills because I obviously can't be held responsible for those kinds of things. He has this weird idea that they should be paid on time. Weird, huh?

I've never been able to keep track of money. Time is a little different. I mean, I get absorbed in stuff and lose it just like the rest of us, but I can actually make it to stuff on time. Distance it just depends. My husband says that he can tell I have trouble with distances, but that's mostly because my eye sight is bad. I'm almost legally blind without my glasses. Oh well.

I have trouble judging distances and depth to things. I also have a hard time making decisions about purchases or spending money. I calculate, recalculate, then calculate again. Its a big issue with me. I'm good at paying the bills. As long as they stay the same every single month. So this month, because we moved.. the electric bill was higher. And I messed up because I didn't pay enough. So we got disconnected. I had to have help to cover the amount I didn't pay to get it turned back on.

Thats NEVER happened before because I always pay the same. *sigh*

I am usually either JUST on time, or a few minutes late to things. And I don't see why I am because I'm rushing and I swear I always leave enough time, but I never do. And if I'm somewhere and can only stay, say an hour.. I either compulsively check the time, or I end up staying too long. Its crazy. When I have something planned for the day that has a time to it, say.. an appointment at 4pm. I am nuts all day, checking the clock. Worried that I missed it. That I won't be ready in time. I can't do anything that would cause me to relax or zone off, because I'm quite sure I'd totally forget my appointment. And I would. Its happened.

So ya. I have a lot of the same issues.

Craola,

Apparently, I am ALMOST normal with these things!!

Time -- In the US there is an expression "A watched pot never boils"! MANY have different ideas about what that means, but they cluster around my basic understanding.

Basically, the more you watch the time, the slower the time passes. It is the same for me, and many.

Money -- I used to be FANTASTIC about managing it, and could tell you the amount to a DOLLAR! NOW, with about a dozen companies debiting, etc.... That is difficult. I don't care much. It is the same for many.

Distance -- I don't know! Maybe it is because I CARE! I have seen MANY make MAJOR mistakes. Just today, a car almost hit me at high speed. If I stopped, or turned left, I could have been in the hospital now! Maybe I really AM worse than most. I have to give myself a LOT of room.

Anyway, I don't think you are as bad as you think.

I can't judge distance-either when standing still or in motion, coming up with a value/measurement & the speed at which I need to travel. It's okay "up close" & on foot, I can function fine on that level-but can't drive-feels like we're gonna' crash every time I ride in a car. Have no sense of how far it is from here to there (by viewing landscape or traveling as passenger)-I rely on maps to prop up my weak ability to guess locations.

Am "average" (?) as far as handling money & the passage of time. I have difficulty imagining the future & get stuck in present (can't see light at end of tunnel when in distress, so I panic).