Autism, Tourettes and: The Nervous system

Temple Grandin once said she had the nervous system of a prey animal..I couldn't agree more and here's why...

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[faeryshivers]

I get this weird feeling I call "The spines" when I'm out in public and there are threats around. I tic the worst when I am on public transportation.

[TheMainMeal]

@faeryshivers I avoid public transport like the plague, to sit in close proximity to so many people is horrendous, the smell alone is enough to make you reach for puke bag. As for the God awful sound of so many individual's 'chatting', AGHHH earplugs + ear guards NOW.

[ArgoUseful]

I was floored at the part you said "the others' bodies pump out chemicals that tell me they're not going to eat me". Is this actually what happens? (really interested in biology and chemistry)

[TheMainMeal]

@ArgoUseful I don't know what the process is exactly, but I've always been acutely aware of other folk's 'animal response, I know that sounds weird, it lies below the realm of one's usual wide awake consciouness, a very unsophisticated frame of mind, mainly picking up and reacting to other people's 'animal output' pheremone's etc, Everyone is aware of it, but the wide awake conscious mind shouts so loud its sometimes difficult to notice.

[Marteenuz]

Wow, are you sure you have autism, because you are really outgoing; I feel bad for the tics, it must be exhausting, but I am glad the world gets to know you, others with autism, their souls and minds are hidden from us.

[Marteenuz]

My nephew was diagnosed as autistic, I guess today they would say Asperger's, and it was so hard to know him; because new things or things out of routine made him so afraid. At the same time, he was like a kid at a scary movie, where he was afraid to look at life and fascinated at the same time. I hope you get to rest when you sleep. Hope they find out it's caused by some innocuous ingredient we can all live without (like cottage cheese) and it just goes away and we can know all our loved ones.

[shadowangel111]

My nervous system actually feels somewhat predatory, and I respond to people in more so of a sense that they will attack me out of self defense rather that eat me. As a result, like you said, I tend to withdraw from people I don't know. With people I do know, I'm a completely hyper and sociable person and often the life of a party. With a girlfriend I'm even better off

[ukgreaterlondon]

i have a fear of metal ,

i am okay with people but not with traffic full of cars ,

the metal from the cars react with me and i feel like panic ,

like if i walk on the pavement same with an airport full of aircraft or a sea port full of ferry and coaches , ferries are worst for me as the metal is more .

[Emmamoo]

My son has autism, but he is high functioning, like you I guess. He flaps like mad. I have a video of him on here of him flapping whilst watching a dvd. Anyone who questions whether or not you have autism is most likely going by what the media portray it as, which is completely far end spectrum, non verbal, like Rain Man. the problem is ASD is so diverse that every individual is different, and what might affect one may not affect the other.

[TheMainMeal]

@faeryshivers wow, yes, the sun sucks, I'm dark room kinda guy,

[faeryshivers]

@TheMainMeal

Well, good news as they are starting to see now that large doses of vitamin D actually has an immunosuppressing effect and is only making people feel better temporarily...in the long run too much can actually do damage.

I hate being out in the sun, it stresses me out.

[faeryshivers]

@TheMainMeal

I don't have to take it too often thankfully, my family does not like me being on it. But yeah, the inability to tune out all the people chattering and all the smells is just too much.

[faeryshivers]

@scotchirishkathy Yeah those are the worst, I used to rip my hair out and claw my face to shreds. Sensory pleasing things helped stop a lot of that.

[AutismStudy]

that makes so much sense to me. The predator thingy. I noticed that my son responded exactly like a horse (herd animal) which also thinks everything is a predator. Keep up the good work mate