Neurodiversity

Girl_On_Fire · 11-26-2012, 08:17 PM

Does anyone here sigh a lot? I do it all the time and it's a self-comfort thing but people are always mistaking it for being irritated or subtly trying to display displeasure and I don't even realize I do it until somebody points it out.

Ursy · 11-26-2012, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Girl_On_Fire

Does anyone here sigh a lot? I do it all the time and it's a self-comfort thing but people are always mistaking it for being irritated or subtly trying to display displeasure and I don't even realize I do it until somebody points it out.

I probably do. I think it's a form of stimming. I also make random noises, sometimes to ward off unpleasant thoughts, but mostly when I know nobody else is around.

Venus007 · 11-27-2012, 03:44 PM

I sigh a lot. For me it resets me, like "okay, done with this, on to the next"
it also comforts me in a way, I rub my forehead or my first 3 fingers together when I am alone but in public it is usually a sigh.

Girl_On_Fire · 11-27-2012, 08:02 PM

I rub my forehead too. Hmmmm....

Fanbutch · 12-24-2012, 09:14 PM

I have a lot of trouble telling the difference between reality and things I imagine or dream. Does anyone else have this problem?

Ursy · 12-25-2012, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Fanbutch

I have a lot of trouble telling the difference between reality and things I imagine or dream. Does anyone else have this problem?

Very occasionally I will have a dream that I thought was real until I woke up from it, and twice I had dreams that were incredibly real in that they were set in exactly the environment I was living in at the time, indistinguishable from real life. Those are freaky!

My imagination - not so much, though my imagination can affect me emotionally almost as much as if it was happening. For example, I can just imagine getting a phone call about a loved one dying and it will make me cry.

Girl_On_Fire · 12-27-2012, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Fanbutch

I have a lot of trouble telling the difference between reality and things I imagine or dream. Does anyone else have this problem?

I don't remember ever having an experience like that but I do have very intense dreams. I always have.

Girl_On_Fire · 02-21-2013, 09:30 PM

I wanted to try to bring this thread back if anyone is interested.

Are you an "emotional barometer"? I find myself reacting to people's emotions before they even realize they're feeling them, which can make for sometimes awkward social interaction. Meaning somebody may mistake my nervous response to them as being self-conscious or guilty of something when really my inner core is saying danger! I have a hair-trigger when it comes to feeling sudden negative emotion from others, even when it's not outwardly expressed right away. Anybody else feel this way?

11-26-2012, 08:17 PM	#1
Girl_On_Fire Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, Her Relationship Status: On Hiatus Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Connecticut Posts: 690 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,020 Thanked 2,685 Times in 562 Posts Rep Power: 21474850	Does anyone here sigh a lot? I do it all the time and it's a self-comfort thing but people are always mistaking it for being irritated or subtly trying to display displeasure and I don't even realize I do it until somebody points it out. __________________ "Quit trying to reason with unreasonable people. It's like trying to have a meaningful conversation with an end table." ~ Girl_On_Fire

11-27-2012, 03:44 PM	#3
Venus007 Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: Serene Highness ;} Relationship Status: Dreamily contemplating some outrage against conventional morality Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Houston area Posts: 1,362 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,417 Thanked 4,745 Times in 1,139 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	I sigh a lot. For me it resets me, like "okay, done with this, on to the next" it also comforts me in a way, I rub my forehead or my first 3 fingers together when I am alone but in public it is usually a sigh. __________________ . "I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction. " Ayn Rand, Anthem "So you'll die happily for your sins. You'd rather die in guilt then live in love?" Timothy Leary

11-27-2012, 08:02 PM	#4
Girl_On_Fire Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, Her Relationship Status: On Hiatus Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Connecticut Posts: 690 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,020 Thanked 2,685 Times in 562 Posts Rep Power: 21474850	I rub my forehead too. Hmmmm.... __________________ "Quit trying to reason with unreasonable people. It's like trying to have a meaningful conversation with an end table." ~ Girl_On_Fire

02-21-2013, 09:30 PM	#8
Girl_On_Fire Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, Her Relationship Status: On Hiatus Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Connecticut Posts: 690 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,020 Thanked 2,685 Times in 562 Posts Rep Power: 21474850	I wanted to try to bring this thread back if anyone is interested. Are you an "emotional barometer"? I find myself reacting to people's emotions before they even realize they're feeling them, which can make for sometimes awkward social interaction. Meaning somebody may mistake my nervous response to them as being self-conscious or guilty of something when really my inner core is saying *danger! I have a hair-trigger when it comes to feeling sudden negative emotion from others, even when it's not outwardly expressed right away. Anybody else feel this way? __________________ "Quit trying to reason with unreasonable people. It's like trying to have a meaningful conversation with an end table." ~ Girl_On_Fire*

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12-24-2012, 09:14 PM	#5
Fanbutch Junior Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Preferred Pronoun?: Female Relationship Status: Taken Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Canada Posts: 16 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4 Thanked 49 Times in 7 Posts Rep Power: 971735	I have a lot of trouble telling the difference between reality and things I imagine or dream. Does anyone else have this problem?