10 Dec 2016, 7:54 pm
I am hypervigilant
hypersensitive to everything
sound, movement, people looking, mechanical noise etc.
i have read that generalised anxiety is caused by the parasympathetic nervous system stuck in the fight and flight
in many cases, i believe that most people choose flight out of the two choices
i figure that this is why some Asperger's don't like looking in people's eyes, because it causes them stress and a flight reaction.
i however stare people in the eye, which i usually do so in a focussed and perhaps forced manner.
I was thinking that perhaps this is because I am stuck in Fight mode rather than flight.
I grew up from age 11 doing karate, fighting. at the age of 8, i also started 100cc go kart racing, where again
you need to keep your eyes open and on the action.
Even if it did overwhelm me. I think that i am now stuck in fight and flight mode permanently so much that i am hypervigilant and stare people in the eye. which i think makes most people uncomfortable, as if i am a serial killer or something...
(i trained myself to stare straight into the eyes of my opponent. This is done partly so i can get full view of all my opponents limbs etc. This is also done so as to intimidate my opponent. Psyche him out so to speak. Which i think probably works quiet well considering i am an aspo, so probably makes them worry that i look a bit nuts.. sometimes nuts works in your favour)...
10 Dec 2016, 8:13 pm
10 Dec 2016, 8:18 pm
10 Dec 2016, 8:27 pm
hypersensitive to everything
sound, movement, people looking, mechanical noise etc.
i have read that generalised anxiety is caused by the parasympathetic nervous system stuck in the fight and flight
in many cases, i believe that most people choose flight out of the two choices
i figure that this is why some Asperger's don't like looking in people's eyes, because it causes them stress and a flight reaction.
i however stare people in the eye, which i usually do so in a focussed and perhaps forced manner.
I was thinking that perhaps this is because I am stuck in Fight mode rather than flight.
I grew up from age 11 doing karate, fighting. at the age of 8, i also started 100cc go kart racing, where again
you need to keep your eyes open and on the action.
Even if it did overwhelm me. I think that i am now stuck in fight and flight mode permanently so much that i am hypervigilant and stare people in the eye. which i think makes most people uncomfortable, as if i am a serial killer or something...
(i trained myself to stare straight into the eyes of my opponent. This is done partly so i can get full view of all my opponents limbs etc. This is also done so as to intimidate my opponent. Psyche him out so to speak. Which i think probably works quiet well considering i am an aspo, so probably makes them worry that i look a bit nuts.. sometimes nuts works in your favour)...
This is inaccurate--the anxiety response is actually "fight, flight, or freeze." Many people (and animals) freeze in response to threat in the hopes that lack of movement will deter a predator and make them lose interest. People talk about the "fight or flight" response but always leave out the third common reaction which is to freeze.
11 Dec 2016, 7:38 am
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11 Dec 2016, 1:11 pm
11 Dec 2016, 1:29 pm
I like the slogan from the "Survivor" TV show:
Outwit, Outplay, Outlast 
... and
"Smile. It makes people wonder what you're up to."
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