I have headphones on 90% of the day.

Thank you for making this effort to create extremely informative videos for us. It helps me to understand my son who is autistic.

@i.am.mindblind

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching, it means a lot.

Thanks for your incite, I am looking forward to your next video.

have a little trouble catching up with watching all the new videos of my subscripted channels as I add more, so just saw part two. Very good "autism in a nutshell" compilation🙂 Thanks Amanda🤗

Omg, so I've been having trouble with house cleaning as well! When I was younger, I didn't have this problem. But now that I have huge responsibilities on my plate, I just can't handle it. I am currently looking into getting a house cleaner for some occasional general cleaning, but I'm trying to figure out how to budget for it. I think it will really help me be more regulated.

Thank you, Amanda! I have really enjoyed both Part One and also this Part Two. It's been very informative, and I relate so much to almost every thing that you discussed. All very important discussion points on aspects of autism!

@i.am.mindblind

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

so many good ones but I think window of tolerance is my fav

Y - Yearning for connection: Yes, yes I do crave connection! I connect so well with other autistic people. Being surrounded by neurotypicals felt so alienating, but meeting so many autistics online, I feel connection. Parallel play, I like so much more than face-to-face back and forth interaction.

That was a great, helpful, and fun 2 part videos. I really love how well you explained the differences between Neurodiverse and Neurodivergent. You explained it amazingly. I do got two updated takeaways I like to share based of the topic of the video. 1.) The part where you mention the Autism and ADHD parts of the brain being on disagreement was something that was huge on my uncontrolled state. Including the brain. They both can almost never agree and normally "keep fighting". It's like a war in there. Not just from interests but traits too that can be turned into harm like uncontrolled stims that can hurt myself and others (like head banging on a wall and desk, or accidently hitting someone and myself with a stim and having 0 realizations and control like hand slapping myself) After finding out from a little bit of control on what caused me to lose control (mostly food/ingredient related and soon gotten rid of bad stuff that externally went internally into myself that wasn't me like ablism, self hatred enforcing me being easily prone to meltdowns and shutdowns, and other bad stuff). Even since that and throughout my first month of recovering. Both my Autistic and ADHD part while still having different opinions are in a much controlled state. To the point that it's more like them communicating and can agree and disagree in a way where it can be a smoother transition and not a painful one when needed. It's like babysitting/raising someone but with great understanding and control. While the responsibilities is high. It's more easier and amazing when every part has autonomy including the rest of the body internally and externally. 2.) The Visual Stimming one. While most likely different depending on the individual whether they are Neurodivergent or not is indeed one of the more underappreciated types of stims. Any type. Especially sounds, touch, and visual sense for me is very impactfully helpful and works effectively to regulate and process better. Especially when not in emotion dysregulation or a meltdown or shutdown. The one you explained to the human body is spot on my controlled state. On my uncontrolled state I had. I would have uncontrolled sexual and romantic biases towards when the person either doesn't fit there at all and is more worse when they have some. Especially in looks but the personality is the opposite. Vise Versa. It was unhealthy, though thankfully. Not to the point of harassment that could of gotten me into big trouble. On my controlled state. While the romantic and sexual attraction part of me is still here. It's in much more toned down and in a controlled state to the point that I don't really care at all and view each as way more of an individual and not more of an object. Even those that fit in there. The sexual attraction plays a minor role and what gets my attention more is more of the Visual stim. Whether it be the clothes they wear or even the body shape in a mostly non sexual way. I still do my best to not do it for too long, since I'm aware that the other person can interpret that as creepy and there could be some that wont be open minded at the moment to understand someone else internal perspective of why they stared.

Cool video! Autistic inertia is so true. After meals I also often just sit at the table for minutes. When my family is watching a movie in the living room I tend to just keep watching it too, even if the movie sucks or if I'm too tired and then I might just linger on the couch for half an hour after the movie is over and all are gone. I too like to spend time around other people, like being in the same room even if there's nothing to say or do. It's just a subtle pleasure. Once we were talking about how the day went and I just dropped a bunch of facts about salamanders in the conversation because that was what I had done that day. I pretty much had read about salamanders.

@i.am.mindblind

2 ай бұрын

Autistic people info dumping their special interests is one of my favorite things. 😊

Thanks, I’ve always wondered why I don’t always walk in a straight line! Another V could be the vestibular sense. E.g. some people love spinning round and others are over sensitive in this area

@i.am.mindblind

2 ай бұрын

Oh yeah that's a good V!

Totally relate to so much of this! 💚

Thanks so much, Amanda. Very important, very helpful.

@i.am.mindblind

2 ай бұрын

😊

Twice a month, I have a friend whom comes to my home to clean. I strongly agree to having someone to clean like this, really helps keep things in the home clean. I dont have the energy or function to keep my house clean on my own. Like you said, I can clean one room but then the other things get dirty and neglected. I could not keep up.

I wish I could get people in charge of the environment outside my home to better understand how their noises cause me to have meltdowns.

😊 thanks Amanda for this excellent part 2

@i.am.mindblind

2 ай бұрын

You're so welcome! 😊

Missing social cues, in big time. Rutines and ADHD are at war within me. My dog helps me stick to " sort-of- rutine" Stimming-rocking back and forth. Have only one stimming-gadget. I panic when I misplace it. Autistic/ADHD-stuck "in the moment". If I don't get recovery time, after being in a group, I get meltdown big time. Taste, but also visual I can quickly get overwhelmed, Get a meltdown. I am a painter. Sounds can really freak me out. Navigate socially mystifies me. Wanting to share space, experiencing without ,necessarily interacting. Hurt and burned so many times. Hear you on all points, Amanda. Hope you can get anything out of this streaming along commentary.

@i.am.mindblind

2 ай бұрын

I love the comment. My daughter has a favorite stim toy that she's constantly misplacing and it's always a search to find. I bought her a back up, but she hasn't opened it because she's afraid to lose both. It's a $20 fidget so I can't just buy a ton of them!

@martiwilliams4592

2 ай бұрын

Thank you, Here I feel less alone :0)@@i.am.mindblind

Z- Zest for learning: Sharing.... I LOVE sharing what I know and enjoy. It's a pleasure, I feel, to share with you too. Your sharing is a delight for me too, thank you for sharing your knowledge!

@i.am.mindblind

29 күн бұрын

Awww! Thanks! 😊😊😊😊

@frigginsane

28 күн бұрын

@@i.am.mindblind You're welcome! Your time content and work in your KZread channel is very much appreciated! 🥰

22:22 I do whatever I can to accomidate my sensory needs... I still need more help and adjustments to eliminate the sounds of dogs barking outside from reaching my ears. I'm living in perpetual torture and bad meltdowns because I cant get those dog barks to NOT be invading my home!!!

Low proprioception, I think I have that! I can draw very well if I "see" my hand, but trying to draw without looking at my fingers, I make a mess. I could never learn to type on a keyboard without looking at my keyboard, even tho I went to three different typing classes as an adult, which required I never look at the keyboard, and I could not type well if I was not looking at my fingers. Low proprioception, I was told I have above average hand-eye coordination but below average hand coordination. A negative impact when I'm playing some video games, the delay between looking at my screen and looking at my keyboard, I end up with a dead character because I didn't see my character was standing in fire because my eyes were looking at my keyboard.

W - Window of Tolerance: I had tried Neural Feedback Therapy to increase my window of tolerance, and oh boy it was like the best help I ever got in my 47 years of life! I observed, from that treatment, that my 'window of tolerance' tripled in size! I had a lot less meltdowns after that treatment. 😌

@i.am.mindblind

29 күн бұрын

I've never heard of neural feedback therapy, I'll have to look into it

@frigginsane

28 күн бұрын

@@i.am.mindblind The neural feedback therapy I got was wonderful and FUN too. I got to play video games with my brainwaves. It's like physical therapy, but for the brain, where good brainwaves are encouraged, and bad brainwaves discouraged. What are the good and bad varies on what I wanted, and she focused on my want for less meltdowns. I dont know the special words for what she was looking for in my brainwaves, but she helped me out a lot, by the encouragement of calm, and discouragement of agitated feelings. I tried may different thoughts, and recalling the song "I will survive" in my mind (not with my mouth) seemed to give me the results I needed (I really like that song). I found the feeling of calmness, and less agitation, and her therapy has stuck with me and helps me cope with so much more than I ever dealt with before. She told me she works with alzheimers patients too, and her video games help with improving their cognitive abilities.

What do I do if I feel like I have a lot of these traits but I don’t stim or melt down. I mean if I try to tell my therapist I’m autistic but I don’t stim or melt down she’s going to not really be certain, I’m not going to be certain….but it’s just that whenever I hear autistic women speak I feel like finally I feel I could connect with them and be friends, like you said…like I don’t feel I fit in with neurotypicals… plus I feel my mother could be autistic too. I guess I’m just looking for why i feel so different from everyone else and hard to make friends all my life. I wish to be part of the autistic women community and find friends cuz it’s been so hard living life alone. How do I get help for this, I mean it seems like the only thing I can do is watch videos n join a community bcuz I don’t think a professional would take me seriously or treat me for it.

V - I am a visual seeker more than the other four senses. I crave visual pretties (things I find beautiful). I like control of these visuals, so PC games are a vital need for my personal regulation. I also like watching Shows about architecture, which seems to be inherited in my family, as multiple members of my genes are in the building construction business, carpentry, structure inspections, etc.

@i.am.mindblind

29 күн бұрын

I love HGTV, and interior design shows. I graduated with a degree in architecture

did you get round to buying a new lipstick? it looks a bit of a different colour in this video, looks nice

@i.am.mindblind

2 ай бұрын

I did! My son helped me pick it out! That's so cool you noticed. 😊

Re: Proprioception -- I have been wanting to ask for awhile now if others have this too, where if you're lying still long enough you can lose the sense of where your feet are (e.g. watching a movie on the sofa, snuggled motionless under a warm blanket). Eventually I can't tell if my ankles are crossed or whatnot until I actually shift one or both feet to restore my sense of where they are in space, relative to each other. Do allistics have this happen too? When I was 10 I remember being quite disappointed and a little upset that in gymnastics I couldn't do aerial flips after my round off because I'd lose sense of when & where to land! I seemed to be the only one so afflicted at the time and wondered what could be wrong with me.

@i.am.mindblind

2 ай бұрын

I think some Allistic people could have Proprioception issues too, but it is more common in Autistic people.

@BillieGote

2 ай бұрын

@@i.am.mindblind I guess my real question is, how common is it to lose track of one's feet like that? Would this be an example of autistic low proprioception? I've never asked anyone else. Only recently have I realized that it may not be very common after all (like a lot of things).

@i.am.mindblind

2 ай бұрын

I'm not a medical professional, but I would say this is an example of low Proprioception. I often have to move my feet or rub them together to sort of remind my brain where they are in space

@BillieGote

2 ай бұрын

@@i.am.mindblind yes! Thank you. It's kind of trippy to lie there and marvel about how you know you have feet, but notice when you don't have a clue as to how exactly they're positioned until you choose to move them.

1st view!

@i.am.mindblind

2 ай бұрын

Always fun! Glad you're here. 😁❤️