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Originally Posted by Daktari
...deal with misophonia on a daily basis and feel like a freak because of it?
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Yes. I just learned there was a name for it the other day. I cannot
stand the sound of mouth noises. Chewing, swallowing or dogs licking their chops. Bleecchh! Sends me into extreme sensory overload. I can only block out so much of it before I start feeling like my nerves are on fire.
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On another note, I found this really great article about the innocence of autism. I really think that this can be an easily-misconstrued component of Asperger's syndrome and other developmental disorders. No matter our age, Aspies seem to tend to retain some of their childlike innocence. The things we do or the way we interact may seem socially quite immature but we're oblivious to it until we look up and see a disapproving or confused look.
Here is the article:
http://geekysciencemom.tumblr.com/po...-autism-part-1
I'll never forget the time I was out with my ex and I saw this adorable frog hopping along on the sidewalk and I went running up to it cooing and I caught it. I was so very in the moment of innocence and my ex, embarrassed, ended up going back to the car to hide. It broke my heart.
In the second half of the article, it addresses the hurt that people on the spectrum feel when their real selves are seen and then rejected. It's the hurt of a child and not that of an adult with hurt feelings. It's such a complete and whole hurt. It's like the world ended. That's how children feel and that's how adults on the spectrum feel as well.
Here is the quote: "People’s behavior didn’t match their words, so I was hurt many times. There have been many times that the hurt I felt was that of a child, not the hurt that an adult experiences."
How has your innocence/child-like tendencies affected you and your relationships whether personal or professional?