To those of you with sensory issues (I believe this is pretty common, right?) have you noticed them changing as you grow older? Have they gotten easier to handle, harder, or stayed the same? In fact, if you feel like “going there” and sharing - please feel free to even express what they feel like.

No need to share what they are, if you don’t feel like it. Share what you’d like.

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    I think I’ve mostly gotten to understand them better, and put more meaning to them.

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      a) Super cool, really dig that.

      b) By meaning do you mean like…the source or perhaps like…how to mitigate them or just that they exist and will always exist so it’s best to just accept them? If you feel like explaining, I am interested.

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        4 months ago

        For example, I’ve come to understand that my hypervigilance isn’t a deficit, but in fact provides me with valuable information about details, that other people just completely or mostly miss out entirely on.

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          Trusting yourself is such a big one in a world that keeps telling you you’re wrong one away or another.

          I feel that. I actually talked about it up there. We just see things differently than most people, so we pick up on a lot of details that would otherwise go unnoticed. I will say it’s a double-edged sword (why is that light bulb humming?), but it’s still been a blessing in my own life. So I’m not knocking it =)!

          I bet you know too, who’s your actual ally and who’s just going through the motions through that as well.

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            Yeah, what sources of information do you believe in? I believe in my own instincts. When my intuition tells me something, it’s likely true; no matter what other people say.

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              I had this conversation with my girlfriend earlier cause like - okay let me explain. She was doing this whole thing talking about the difference between fetisizing people and having a kink. And talking about how she learned it in school, saying fetishes are exclusively towards objects. And I was like, that’s bullshit because people get fetishized all the damn time. And she said well that’s the classic definition. And I said, yeah well fags are a bundle of sticks and a dyke is a thing on the side of the road. And I said I know this sounds super woo-woo but science has to be definitive in nature in order to be expressed. Otherwise you’re just speculating. And that there are things that I believe that we intrinsically know as human beings that even if the science hasn’t caught up yet is still true. And if what’s in the DSM-5 says something (which I just looked into and it’s not explicitly objects - so she might have some misinformation there) that I don’t explicitly believe in it’ll take some heavy evidence to lead me in a different way.

              But I will say that I am open to suggestion, but I also trust in my gut. Especially on personal matters. Because people can be cruel, and if they figure out you’re “different” than them some will mess with you. This was some real brain-soup so apologies if it was all wobbly. I am gunna go take my buns outside and chill. Hahaha!