vlog 38: aspergers, synesthesia, and the rhythm of stims

Synesthesia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia

Born On A Blue Day:
http://www.optimnem.co.uk/book.php

"Brainman" video:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2598363071375453449

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• vlog
• autism
• aspergers
• Daniel
• Tammet
• synesthesia
• stim
• stimming

[heidelbeermacaron]

one funny scene: few friends asked, which color their names have for me..to one I said "You're kind of fuchsia, but I really hate that color!" Well I guess that was not the nice way to say haha but I didn't realise that in the second..cause it didn't seem bad for me, it's just a weird fact out of my weird brain :D

[anamomda]

@heidelbeermacaron Thank you for your comments.

[sybeve]

Oh! And speaking of walking - I used to narrate my walking as if I was writing narration or a I was "in" a book. ie; "She walked through the park, noticing the clouds were getting darker" or "She stepped into the street hurrying as a car was coming" etc. etc.... I don't care who sees this of if they think it's weird anymore! No! We're NOT "Bizarre" - we're just US. Different than NT's maybe, but so what?! I adore my NT husband for his differences & he for mine; so what?! I loved this video.

[anamomda]

Thanks for commenting.

I understand the whole narration thing -- as a grade schooler, i used to skip around on the checkered floors of clothing stores while my mother shopped, hopping from one square to the next while narrating the dance in my head, hoping that someday a blouse-hunting talent scout would "discover" me, and whisk me away to a new life.

[MrsBambi1]

I like to walk in a steady tempo too. But if I hear music playing at the same tempo that I am walking, it drives me nuts and I have to change my tempo.

[anamomda]

Being able to easily read upside down is a very useful skill -- especially when it comes to bedtime storybooks.

[heidelbeermacaron]

for me not just numbers, letters and days have colours..they´ve also kind of feelings, tastes, whole pictures...food, parts of music pieces, instruments, names and more stuff, do the same...for example seven is a edged middle green, a bit of white..reminds me in its structure of aluminium foil...whereas a special type of orange and fuchsia makes me feeling queasy..

[heidelbeermacaron]

Always when walking stairs, I make different sounding steps, the longer the stairs, the more complex the rythm.

If the rythm does not work out at the End, it happens not rarely, that I do a few steps back and so the right end bevore going on with walking..

And in terms of rythmic moving it's the same with me...always fidgeting with legs (if I am stopped by someone nerved, feet or toes take over the job :D), fingers, teeth, pencils...

[amandajkaro]

Hate touching fabric by the way. hate.

[amandajkaro]

I can relate to this in my own way . Synaesthesia has been in me for my whole life as has rhythmic walking and i relate to the doing my thing and waiting to be discovered and whisked away to a different life as well. Also relate to being particular about the rightness of the sounds of words that I use when I 'write'. I never did see these things as disability as a child at all more as a deep commitment to innate logic balance and rhythm that comes with being human.

[Mysdir]

Wow, the part with rubbing your fingers against that type of material, is exactly what I do myself. I was recently diagnosed with high functioning autism (or asperger`s), and I just find doing this really stimulating to my brain, but I cant really explain why, and I`ve been doing it since I was very little. Very good to know its out there, and that Im not the only one:)

[PlicketyCat]

I'm a mixed-bag Aspie. I do have visual synesthesia with some things (like numbers and colors having personalities, etc) and often get cross-sensory issues like seeing noise or hearing lights; but I'm also obsessive with words, their meanings, sounds, rhythms. Even my handle "Plickety Cat" was chosen because it just feels awesome to me. I often find myself having convos with my pets in the tune of a song that's stuck in my head but replacing the lyrics -- both sides of the convo of course :)