Awareness of aspie behaviours

Page 5 of 8 [ 122 posts ] Go to page Previous 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Next

Previous topic | Next topic

Aria
Tufted Titmouse

Joined: 26 Nov 2013
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Posts: 31

30 Nov 2013, 9:32 pm

JSBACHlover wrote:

Oh. Sorry for being so daft.

Well, I'm familiar with the entire Classical tradition, but I've gotten to the point now where I can only listen to Bach. However, right now I'm at a place in my life where I just need quiet, and I try not to listen to any music at all. Music just affects me too much, and it makes my brain lose track of reality and of myself.

I listen to cosmic background radiation when out in public. It is calming and predictable and has saved me from many meltdowns. Music is too stressful and unpredictable.

_________________
AS: 161
NT: 45
AQ: 44
EQ: 14 SQ: 83
"You [humans] find it easier to understand the death of one than the death of a million. You speak about the objective hardness of the Vulcan heart, but how little room there seems to be in yours." - Spock

dregj
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker

Joined: 20 Nov 2013
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Posts: 66

30 Nov 2013, 10:08 pm

i have a magic bag for all my crazy
i take it everywhere and never really need it
just in case

dregj
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker

Joined: 20 Nov 2013
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Posts: 66

30 Nov 2013, 10:08 pm

i have a magic bag for all my crazy
i take it everywhere and never really need it
just in case

ImAnAspie
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 15 Oct 2013
Gender: Female
Posts: 7,686
Location: Erra (RA 03 45 12.5 Dec +24 28 02)

30 Nov 2013, 10:13 pm

Aria wrote:

I listen to cosmic background radiation when out in public. It is calming and predictable and has saved me from many meltdowns. Music is too stressful and unpredictable.

WOW!! ! That sounds like something I'd like!

What exactly do you listen to? Where do you get it?

Ever since I was a kid, I've been obsessed with harmonising notes/chords and resonance.

I listen to 'Stars Of The Lid' (genre == Drone) - Songs 'The Artificial Pine Arch Song' & 'Music For Nitrous Oxide' are among my favourites.

A lot of the stuff I like contains some background radiation sounds. I also like some static.

I find it all very calming and also listen to it not just out in public but I use it to relax at home.

_________________

Your Aspie score: 151 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 60 of 200

Formally diagnosed in 2007.

Learn the simple joy of being satisfied with little, rather than always wanting more.

Last edited by ImAnAspie on 30 Nov 2013, 10:34 pm, edited 1 time in total.

JSBACHlover
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 19 Oct 2013
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Posts: 2,282

30 Nov 2013, 10:19 pm

Aria wrote:

JSBACHlover wrote:

I listen to cosmic background radiation when out in public. It is calming and predictable and has saved me from many meltdowns. Music is too stressful and unpredictable.

I can't take all that 3 degree Kelvin background radiation stuff -- sounds like really bad Yanni to me. I do appreciate the Pleiades -- they have nice cosmic voices. But I have learned to create a synesthetic vacuum around my entire body so that I can experience absolute quiet.

ImAnAspie
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 15 Oct 2013
Gender: Female
Posts: 7,686
Location: Erra (RA 03 45 12.5 Dec +24 28 02)

30 Nov 2013, 10:41 pm

JSBACHlover wrote:

Aria wrote:

JSBACHlover wrote:

I listen to cosmic background radiation when out in public. It is calming and predictable and has saved me from many meltdowns. Music is too stressful and unpredictable.

You don't suffer from tinnitus in absolute silence? I downloaded the DecibelMeter app to see how quiet an environment I could find/make around the house but then the tinnitus ruined that.

_________________

Your Aspie score: 151 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 60 of 200

Formally diagnosed in 2007.

Learn the simple joy of being satisfied with little, rather than always wanting more.

JSBACHlover
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 19 Oct 2013
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Posts: 2,282

30 Nov 2013, 10:49 pm

ImAnAspie wrote:

JSBACHlover wrote:

Aria wrote:

JSBACHlover wrote:

I listen to cosmic background radiation when out in public. It is calming and predictable and has saved me from many meltdowns. Music is too stressful and unpredictable.

You don't suffer from tinnitus in absolute silence? I downloaded the DecibelMeter app to see how quiet an environment I could find/make around the house but then the tinnitus ruined that.

In all seriousness, I can hear the high pitch of the electricity running through the house or my office all the time, so I don't experience absolute quiet. But it's good enough. And I don't have tinnitus. Do you? I hope not.

JSBACHlover
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 19 Oct 2013
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Posts: 2,282

30 Nov 2013, 11:09 pm

Back to Aspie traits:

When I was little I wouldn't eat a cookie unless it was perfectly round.
I would stare into pictures of the wall for hours.

Aria
Tufted Titmouse

Joined: 26 Nov 2013
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Posts: 31

30 Nov 2013, 11:27 pm

ImAnAspie wrote:

Aria wrote:

I listen to cosmic background radiation when out in public. It is calming and predictable and has saved me from many meltdowns. Music is too stressful and unpredictable.

What exactly do you listen to? Where do you get it? ... I also like some static.

Go on Google and look up "cosmic white noise." The first video option that appears ("Celestial White Noise" lol) is what I listen to when I need to be able to filter out everything around me. It sounds a bit like echoey static. (Also, I understand about static: my friends make fun of me because I like to search through the radio channels for it.)

The second thing I listen to - when I just need something calming but not necessarily something to relax my senses completely - is called "Symphonies of the Planets." This one is my favorite to listen to while studying.

I hope this helps.

ImAnAspie
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 15 Oct 2013
Gender: Female
Posts: 7,686
Location: Erra (RA 03 45 12.5 Dec +24 28 02)

30 Nov 2013, 11:37 pm

Aria wrote:

ImAnAspie wrote:

Aria wrote:

I listen to cosmic background radiation when out in public. It is calming and predictable and has saved me from many meltdowns. Music is too stressful and unpredictable.

What exactly do you listen to? Where do you get it? ... I also like some static.

Thank You So Much Aria

Oh my God. That's uncanny. I have been known to listen to radio static in the past. It's GOT to be an Aspie thing.
Once again, thank you

_________________

Your Aspie score: 151 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 60 of 200

Formally diagnosed in 2007.

Learn the simple joy of being satisfied with little, rather than always wanting more.

Webalina
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 27 Jul 2012
Age: 66
Gender: Female
Posts: 787
Location: Piney Woods of East Texas

01 Dec 2013, 1:48 am

ImAnAspie wrote:

JSBACHlover wrote:

Aria wrote:

JSBACHlover wrote:

I listen to cosmic background radiation when out in public. It is calming and predictable and has saved me from many meltdowns. Music is too stressful and unpredictable.

You don't suffer from tinnitus in absolute silence? I downloaded the DecibelMeter app to see how quiet an environment I could find/make around the house but then the tinnitus ruined that.

Tinnitus drives me nuts! It's gotten so bad that nothing drowns it out. I can hear it over the TV, the ceiling fan, even the car engine. The only thing that seems to relieve it is to get involved in something that takes my mind off it.

I love most genres of music, and used to blow out the speakers in the car. But these days, I prefer to ride in silence. When I go for walks, I don't bring headphones. I want to hear the music of nature -- the birds, the wind, the water. If it wasn't for the damn tinnitus...

_________________
AS: 136/200
NT: 66/200
EQ: 45/50

Go as far as you can see. When you get there, you will see farther.

ImAnAspie
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 15 Oct 2013
Gender: Female
Posts: 7,686
Location: Erra (RA 03 45 12.5 Dec +24 28 02)

01 Dec 2013, 4:41 am

Webalina wrote:

FYI Don't know if you're aware of this or not but some medications can make it worse. Aspirin is a known antagonist of tinnitus symptoms.

_________________

Your Aspie score: 151 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 60 of 200

Formally diagnosed in 2007.

Learn the simple joy of being satisfied with little, rather than always wanting more.

micfranklin
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 23 Oct 2013
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,272
Location: Maryland

01 Dec 2013, 10:38 am

Aria wrote:

JSBACHlover wrote:

I listen to cosmic background radiation when out in public. It is calming and predictable and has saved me from many meltdowns. Music is too stressful and unpredictable.

Cosmic background radiation? Elaborate.

Nightingale121
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 2 Feb 2013
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Posts: 817

01 Dec 2013, 11:20 am

Webalina wrote:

I know several people who identify with Asperger's (and a few that should). We all sort our M&Ms by color before we eat them. I always thought it was an odd thing to do, but once I discovered "the Spectrum", I thought exactly what OP said "this is a very Aspie thing to do."

I do it too. NTs who see it find it really weird, but I think here are people who understand such things...

_________________
English is not my native language. So it is possible that there are mistakes in my posts. Please correct me, I´m still learning.

ImAnAspie
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 15 Oct 2013
Gender: Female
Posts: 7,686
Location: Erra (RA 03 45 12.5 Dec +24 28 02)

01 Dec 2013, 11:35 am

Nightingale121 wrote:

Webalina wrote:

I do it too. NTs who see it find it really weird, but I think here are people who understand such things...

Absolutely! You're not alone. We're all part of the same clan :alien:

_________________

Your Aspie score: 151 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 60 of 200

Formally diagnosed in 2007.

Learn the simple joy of being satisfied with little, rather than always wanting more.

Aria
Tufted Titmouse

Joined: 26 Nov 2013
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Posts: 31

01 Dec 2013, 2:29 pm

micfranklin wrote:

Aria wrote:

JSBACHlover wrote:

I listen to cosmic background radiation when out in public. It is calming and predictable and has saved me from many meltdowns. Music is too stressful and unpredictable.

Cosmic background radiation? Elaborate.

Yep. I like to complicate things. I could call it "static," or "microwaves from space," but "cosmic background radiation" is just so fun to say! :wink:

Page 5 of 8 [ 122 posts ] Go to page Previous 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Next

Jump to:

Awareness of aspie behaviours Post Reply New Topic

Awareness of aspie behaviours