Unsettling, said the settler who had to move…
Cocktail Parxshrorichhheeeeiii – Or, what did you say?
Something very strange is going on when I hear several people talk at the same time.
I think the best way to describe it would be to say that I get a few tenth of a second of one conversation, then a few of the other, and then back to the first. It becomes a completely unintelligible noise. I don’t hear words… I guess doing it with text would be like:
John (whom I am talking to) and Peter (who’s talking to Bob on the other side of the 2×2-table island) at the same time: sdoi dwhyaotu’sk ntohwe tvheerysihoanv?e a new web site?
Me: what did you say?
John, a bit impatient, apparently not having any problem whatsoever that Peter and Bob are talking at the same time we are: what’s the version?
I’ve tested my hearing – it was perfect. Or at least good enough not to warrant any form of action.
My problem isn’t my hearing. I just can’t separate people’s voices.
At a cocktail party, this becomes an explosive and rather fantastic wall of incoherent sounds… almost like music.
That’s all fine, but when someone tries to talk to me… I am not able to say more than, “aha”, “okay” etc – I have no clue what they are talking about… I guess lip reading would be a way to go.
It does take small talk to a completely new level, though.
The thing is the thing
The thing is the thing… as they say in horror movies…
Inspiration expiration
Most results are achieved rather by expiration than inspiration…
I hear everything the guys in the other end of the room are saying…
Before I started medicating my ADHD I was unable to work or concentrate with other people around unless I wore headphones. The problem was two fold. I was unable to filter out sounds in my surrounding, and I kept wanting to answer people’s questions, even if they were having a conversation in the other end of the room.
The first one was a problem for me which I solved with an iPod before I started medicating. After that, I was soon able to get work done even without my iPod.
Continue reading I hear everything the guys in the other end of the room are saying…
rip you apart with my bear hands
Bastardization of an exchange from Witches of East End:
When I see you, it’s all I can do, not to rip you apart with my bear hands.
(I just had to add that bear! Grrrowl! :D)
Court of Laughs…
Every comedian is convicted in the Court of Laughs…
Getting Organized
If you are an Aspie you probably have a lot of things. Old stuff you cannot throw away.
Perhaps you collect things? I’ve heard examples of anything and everything from model airplanes, to plastic buckets, to rubber boots, to pictures of horses. Aspies seem to have the collector gene in spades!
As a consequence, you probably have a rather messy home. I know I used to. I had piles of things covering the floor, only leaving small “paths” snaking through the mess and connecting my bed, my computer, the kitchen and the hallway.
Given that an Aspie can get rather stressed out by a too cluttered surrounding or by not being able to find stuff, this is usually a problem that needs to be solved.
Hard to explain…
Things worth explaining are seldom that easy to explain.
Splitting up Talkwards
I’m at it again!
After having installed WordPress Multisite I am able to run several blogs without the hassle of having to keep them all up to date!
So now I have moved, or am in the process of moving, some of my posts to other sites:
- aspiemind.com – for the Asperger and ADHD related posts.
- transverbal.com – for the channeling, religion etc related posts.
- mindfulfillment.com (also under construction) – for posts relating to mindfulness and similar.
I hope you’ll enjoy the new blog just as much as the old! 😀
Talkwards 