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Yes sir it was my dads horse trailer before he passed last year it has a living quarters maybe we could stay in it to night if you think that might help we haven't used it since he died so it's going to feel weird anyway

Ooh, so it will be a weird experience for you for two reasons. I am sorry about your father's absence. Still, if you can, it might help Jonathan get used to the idea.

Yes. Sir he passed 8 months ago the rodeo was something we did this will be the frist one since he has been gone i complete in i team rope maybe he feels my tenson I had have considered that.

This is a great thread, one of the best I've seen here - Wrong Planet as it should be. Made possible by Cheyenne, who started it and has the humility and maturity to learn and to care, and to all the wonderful contributions from everyone else.

Thank you

And everyone has been great

The thing that's unbearable about many sounds is the information in them more so then the volume. Distant voices can easily be more annoying then the sound of an engine. Usually human brains tend to process the heck out of human voices and not do much with other ambient sounds, and a sensory overload is something that happens in the brain due to too an overload of sensory information. This is why many autistic people including myself tend to hum a continuous tone during an overload to try to block out the information, overall it increases the amount of sound being heard but it makes it so that less of the auditory information can be properly processed and that makes it a bit better.

I have also noticed that sensory processing problems get worse with anxiety. On a good day I can stand in a crowded cafeteria no problem for as much as an hour and on a really bad day someone saying hi to me will make me flinch. School is a stressful environment so that tends to make it worse. Even on good days loud noises cause anxiety and anxiety makes it worse so it makes a feedback loop that gets worse the longer I am exposed to loud sounds, I can usually handle a single class period rather easily but if I have two loud classes in a row then it will start to get bad and if it's any longer then I will be rocking back and forth and humming with my hands over my ears, if I get a quiet class though then I will be able to recover.

That makes sense. Thanks

^^I have the same issues, but even if I get a quiet class I usually can't recover anyway because of the perfume and stuff around. The school is definitely not scent-free, regardless of how many people are pretending that it is. Plus I almost feel like I'm in a cage when I'm at school...

so smells can do it to

Yep. All five senses. Even touching can seem extreme depending on the individual.

see something new every time that explains what I see

True. But, it isn't like autists explode about every little thing. Just a few things specific to themselves. Also, the older the autist, the better they tend to accomodate their behaviors.

I get that but it explains things he does

Yeah, it is difficult. But, like I wrote earlier in this topic, some autists actually like being reminded when they are too extreme. Maybe Jonathan would appreciate your help in telling him when you think he is being too extreme. Just a thought.

I have and he does listen when I tell him but it still so new to me I think I over react some