Hidden Talents and Special Abilities

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Some NT also have talents . For me, i think this counts. i would like to see it , must be funny.

Most of guys try to impress girls with their “talents” and what they owe, and how great people they are. It is arrogance to my eyes. As soon as a guy does this, he loses all attractiveness to my eyes.
Those guys talk a lot but, as soon as it is about listening, helping, sharing and giving… oops, silence!

This a song for all who have talents above average, and therefore feel superior:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqFLXayD6e8

The qualities that you describe such as listening, helping, sharing and giving have very little to do with whether or not an individual is talented. For example, I spend most of my time looking after my two youngest children, which I do by myself, and so I have had to embrace these qualities as a matter of course. Looking after children is all about listening to them, helping them, sharing experiences with them, and giving of yourself in practically every conceivable way. But these qualities are of course not exclusive to parents. I am just giving an example.

As for your other point, those with the greatest talents often have to balance their gifts with a number of areas which present difficulties than can stop them in their tracks. It is not always about flexing your ego. Recognising your talents and gifts is an important part of self-acceptance. Rather than trying to make yourself feel in some way 'superior', it's more often a case of finding the silver lining in an otherwise dark cloud.

Sorry for the confusion caused.

Talent is very nice and it is good to recognize them in other people, good to work on your own talents.
I do it.

What i wanted to point out is only the "guys who try to impress girls with their “talents” and what they owe, and how great people they are".

...this type of exaggerated showing and expression of own talents with feeling of superiority, reaching a certain point, leaves sometimes few space and time for real interest in the other person.

I liked a lot how you describe what you give to your children and i praise it.

I don't think I can like someone mostly for their talent in some area, no matter how great the talent.

One talent that sometimes remains hidden is my verbal filter. Seems better at work.

When I was younger "talents" were used instead of socializing. Being comfortable off stage took me a while.

Actually still not completely comfortable on.

Exactly. Many others are so much better at "real life", empathizing, etc. that I'd never feel secure with someone who values me primarily based on my second-rate attempts at these things. Of course it's a positive thing when any effort of mine is appreciated, but it is much more in tune with my identity as a person when my unique but not-so-useful-in-real-life qualities impress someone. I think we all like people who validate who we are.

I will grant that there's an element of "privilege" involved, in the sense that I could afford to avoid much of the mundanities (is that a word?) of life because I was seen as "special" from when I was quite young (and yes, I was also considered at the same time "troubled" as well, starting at a similar age). So I relate to others who also have this "troubled genius" aspect about them.

As I've said in many other threads, I am drawn though most to people who have special talents in OTHER areas than myself, so we are bringing different "lenses" on the world to each other.

I used to be really into drawing, partly because I wanted to impress people with it. I suppose my logic at that time was people aren't happy with what comes out of my mouth, so I'll wow them with my sketching skills.

I will share another hidden talent of mine, but I may not be able to do it anymore. When I was an 8 year old kid, I used to be able to drop my heart rate if I concentrated on it enough. Basically, I depressed my breathing rate and went into a semi-catatonic state of meditation, but I was not asleep. By doing that, I was able to get it as low as 32 beats per minute from an average rate of 75. I actually scared a medical doctor doing just that during a checkup. He told me that I should never do that again as I could potentially stop my heart that way.

Along with lowering heartbeat - I have known people who can raise or lower their hand temperature. ...one hand cold the other hot.

I'm not one that can do either.

Another I do well (and much better when younger is knowing what time it is. - without clocks.

I rarely precisely know what day is today and what time it is...
But if i say to myself, before falling asleep "wake up at 6:47" , i wake up at 6:47.
How do i do that, no clue!
It is useful when i don't want to wake up with the loud frightening clock, but with songs of birds only.

I can do the same. From my experience, it seems related to the capacity to experience lucid dreaming, and in general to the capacity to keep some level of awareness and memorizing while being asleep. This and also the capacity to count mentally (not consciously, but more like semi-aware "background noise") while asleep, which also requires being asleep without losing awareness.
I think the fact that people supposedly lose awareness during sleep is actually wrong. They still perceive their environment very well, but can't remember it because their long-term memory is temporarily shut down. It also seems to be true with general anesthesia and some drug-induced states of awareness.

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I am not sure that I consider them 'special' abilities, per se, but I have been told by a professional in the field of ASD(s), that they likely have something to do with AS, or ASD aspects of my brain_

'Spacial Intelligence'
'Spacial Visualization'
'Object Visualization'
'Eidetic Memory'
'Absolute Pitch'

Mechanical Drawing
Design
Music

I would love to be able to wake up on cue without an alarm, or to experience lucid dreams. I think that both of these would actually be very useful skills to possess. Also, I agree with you about our awareness whilst sleeping, because of the way that we react to certain stimuli (such as a baby crying) even during very deep sleep.



Again, a very interesting list, especially when viewed as a whole. I wonder how many others on this forum have a similar set of skills/talents that have very obvious real-world applications such as can be seen here.

These things are more common in some types of synesthetes (absolute pitch, eidetic memory, excellent spatial visualization...), and synesthesia is positively correlated with ASD. Are you a synesthete ?

I don't know the difference between absolute and perfect pitch, but I can resolve notes down to a few cycles per second, at least at the lower frequencies below about the middle of the piano keyboard. but as I've grown older this faculty seems to have deteriorated somewhat, my sense of pitch has shifted sharp by about 3 semitones so I must compensate. I use this faculty in my avocation of audio restoration. other than that, I can-

*flap either ear or both ears
*flare one nostril or the other, or both
*make fairly expert faux-flatulent noises with my mouth and hand, with either hand
*"see" people's faces in the faces of analog dial clocks
*demonstrate a limited facility with esophageal speech

there are probably other minor talents but I can't recall them right now. mebbe later.