How Autistic People Think #autism #actuallyautistic #asd

[otakus]

"My brain has too many tabs open"

[Sentientmatter]

Problem solving is where the dopamine and peace are at.

[Imprettyghoul]

I feel you haha. I sit on the bus everyday staring outside wondering where people are going. Imagining their lives. Or I look at things and wonder how they are made. I'm so fascinated by peoples inventions and how the world and peoples minds work.

[Greye]

Oh my, this is exactly me, Lol. Honestly, my brain never stops running. It is even processing thoughts as I sleep, to the point where my thinking actually invades my sleep/dreams and often times wakes me up. I can be dreaming deeply and yet be totally aware of random real world thoughts going through my head at the same time. I don't know how to explain it, it's just.... strange.

[ruthlesstruecrime]

Yes!! I relate to the “how it’s made”. When I’m eating snacks or doing an activity that involves an object, I tend to wonder how it’s made and have this urge to watch an episode of How It’s Made. Lol

[nathanlynch]

My brain never stops thinking about games and how I can better myself in them but with my autism I get WAY too focused on them.

[kittyhurd]

I read in a survival guide that the military find 21 uses for each item they carry. I find it fun or calming depending on the item.

[kconrad]

I relate to this soooo much. I NEED to have some kind of project or something creative to obsess over or else I just feel empty and even more depressed than I already usually am.

For example, my current obsession is figuring out a way to make realistic wigs efficiently. I’m a hairdresser and I want to start a wig business and I want to make wigs that look really realistic, but current techniques required to do that are extremely labor intensive and tedious and I have no interest in that part.

So I’m trying to figure out a way to make them by machine somehow and it’s all I think about.

By the way I love that you mentioned Tamagotchis. I love them too!

[Roriquez]

“What do autistic people think about?”
The answer is dragons

[havaranel]

Lol, yup. Was just contemplating the inner workings of a friend’s psyche while simultaneously mentally designing something I’m building in Minecraft, lol! Was pretty funny when I realized it. But hey, I figured out why my friend probably acts a certain way sometimes, AND figured out a cool thing for my Minecraft castle, win win! 😂

[Myohomoto]

Omg!!!! This is so true!!! Can't drive to work without a million thoughts about everything I see....geez!

[May.k]

The planning you’re day ahead is so me 😊

[BrazenNL]

Yeah, and always reviewing things you've done, seeing if it can be done in a better way.

[FiltyIncognito]

I'm just 24/7 trying to figure out how things work, what you can do with them, and problem solving...which is really just a 'puzzle' form of the previous two.

Also, accounting. Ethical and abstract value accounting.

Growing up I kept a mental tally of my allowance, my bank account, and any type of monetary transaction, to the penny. And I'd remember each and every transaction.

As I grew older, it grew to include ethics and other abstract metaphysical values, which turned out to be a great way to judge character.

These days, if I can't distract myself with observer/learning/problem solving tasks, I'm simulating plausible future events so I can prepare for or avoid difficult situations.

[theguy]

It depends on the person every autistic person is different It all depends on what scale and other additional needs they have I have autism so I know

[jasonsteele]

I always feel lazy if I haven't created something or at least *thought* about creating something!

[SuperGingerBickies]

Once again, Dan, you nail it. My brain does the same thing and it is hard to relax (I don't think I've ever truly relaxed in my life. I was diagnosed as being hyperactive many moons ago (nowadays called ADHD) decades before Autism. Thank you for all you do.

[TrumpEva-if]

Ur not autistic or adhd. Ur just smart and creative.

[paul_savage_cresva]

This is what a self diagnosis looks like lol

[miriamchristine]

can you make a video about how its like having both adhd and autism and how they can interact and how you've experienced them interact ig