They did two simulations of sensory sensitivity. I thought it was going to be bs, but when they did the park and mall videos, I laughed because I found it to be so true for me. Then, I realized that NTs live like they’re in a movie: they can focus only on what they intend to focus by tuning everything else out. Wowwwww.
Anyone feel similar or disagree? Have you seen video that you think are better representations?
High functioning autist here:
Yeah actually thats pretty accurate. I was expecting this to be bullshit.
Apparently most people are not aware of every little sound and light, so emphasizing those seems like a good way to convey the difference.
Now in the demo it includes hyperventilating sounds and the screen blacking out to simulate basically being overstimulated, as the term has come to be.
I would say the screen should not black out, but maybe increase the sharpening and contrast of the image, and also somehow double the framerate.
Thatd be closer then whats presented. The more and more you have to pay attention to, the more you get overwhelmed, the more intense and vivid everything becomes.
Also: The best way to trigger an autistic person is to start saying a lot of obviously false bullshit and then ask them ‘isnt that right’ or ‘does that sound good to you?’
Basicslly causes a short circuit, because what I just heard was a gish gallop of nonsense that I cannot logically respond to all of it + now i know that if i do not agree, i will lose social standing with the person i ostensibly care about, but i also know if i do agree now and disagree later this person will be angry at me.
And even if i can somehow explain everything logically wrong with what was just said, i will lose social status anyway because i will either be mocked for caring too much or as some kind of weird.
And you instantly become aware of all of that and then the panic compounds.
Took me a loooong time to be able to handle meetings at work without constantly having panic attacks.
People doing things like tongue clicking or creaking in chairs feels kind of like lightning bolts hitting you when youre in an extremely important meeting and your bosses boss just said a whole bunch of nonsense that reveals he doesnt actually understand anything about the project youve been working on with everyone else in the room.
Also: The best way to trigger an autistic person is to start saying a lot of obviously false bullshit and then ask them ‘isnt that right’ or ‘does that sound good to you?’
Basicslly causes a short circuit, because what I just heard was a gish gallop of nonsense that I cannot logically respond to all of it + now i know that if i do not agree, i will lose social standing with the person i ostensibly care about, but i also know if i do agree now and disagree later this person will be angry at me.
And even if i can somehow explain everything logically wrong with what was just said, i will lose social status anyway because i will either be mocked for caring too much or as some kind of weird.
I really needed to hear that someone else has had that experience. I’m learning that there are people that know to do this on purpose to build a trap. It’s quite selfish because you spent all that energy paying attention and addressing the illogicality of their statement, but when you go to respond, you are attacked for it.
When I witness it now, my plan is to just leave. I’m not dealing with that nonsense.
Yes, there are absolutely people that do that on purpose, problem is they are more or less everywhere.
At least in my experience, neurotypicals often do this without even realizing it, and then get angry with you if you attempt to talk with them about it.
And, yeah, if you run into someone who does this /intentionally/? Just run, basically.
pretty sure if there was a very accurate simulation of autism, an average human would get traumatized lol
