Board index › General Discussion › General Autism Discussion

Dose anyone else ever fell overwhelmed by information?

Page 2 of 2 [ 21 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1, 2

Previous topic | Next topic

scrulie
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 30 Aug 2006
Age: 56
Gender: Female
Posts: 1,738
Location: Kent, UK

17 Sep 2006, 2:17 pm

Cherokee wrote:
scrulie wrote:
waterdogs wrote:
scrulie wrote:
yes!

It's true, I did write that..... :? :lol:


I think he was saying he felt the same way.

Sorry! Didn't mean to take the p! It just made me giggle - I do have an odd sense of humour...


_________________
*it's been lovely but I have to scream now*


Cherokee
Pileated woodpecker
Pileated woodpecker

User avatar

Joined: 16 Aug 2006
Gender: Female
Posts: 195

17 Sep 2006, 8:08 pm

Thanks for the replies. By hearing how others with AS work it helps me to understand my own brain better.



AspieGurl
Snowy Owl
Snowy Owl

User avatar

Joined: 18 Jan 2006
Gender: Female
Posts: 160

19 Sep 2006, 5:10 pm

I try to know everything and take everything in all at once. Like if I was doing a report for school on guns I would check out every book I could find on the subject take the books home and read everyone. No matter how little time I have for my assignment I just would fell compiled to read all and know all the information before me.

That's why i never get done with anything because i spend to much time on "the little things"



sociable_hermit
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 25 Aug 2006
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,609
Location: Sussex, UK

19 Sep 2006, 5:16 pm

This links into the discussion about perfectionism. I think maybe we try too hard to know everything and cover every possible option when giving an answer, and the sheer scale of it all is daunting.

I know I get overwhelmed, but I can't help wondering if maybe I bring it upon myself?


_________________
The Sociable Hermit says:
Rock'n'Roll...


fernando
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Posts: 616
Location: Mayan grounds

19 Sep 2006, 11:04 pm

It happens to me always when I get obsessed with a new subject. Last weekend I finally became obsessed with the TV show Lost, spent almost five days reading theories on the net, somehow I feel like I must read them all, I can't stand the thought that I missed some little clue in some episode of the show... but I'll never finish reading the whole web so I have to make myself stop, right. Discipline, discipline.


_________________
"Whatever you do in life will be insignificant but it's very important that you do it because no one else will."