Wait, so you’re telling me this isn’t the “normal” experience? Personally, when I’m in nature, I feel completely comfortable and normal, it’s just when I’m in society that it’s difficult. I think people should make videos of how neurotypicals experience things so autistic people can know what it’s like, I’m very interested

@Otakupatriot117

2 жыл бұрын

I would guess just turn everything to a low volume. I'm a little on the deaf side and I can imagine how certain sounds would be much more annoying if they were loud instead of barely audible. Or if what's loud to me was physically painful and caused the sensation of hearing loss. Such a thing would be maddening enough without the added element of the brain processing everything differently.

@Nobody-cw3ri

2 жыл бұрын

liberal self diagnoses live

@progfox

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nobody-cw3ri ok nobody

@user-ue7to6sm3b

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nobody-cw3ri who was that? Huh, I guess it was *nobody* at all

@kisille

2 жыл бұрын

@@Otakupatriot117 1/16 volume on my bose quietcomfort 45 headphones and it still just hurts my hear. Especially the higher frequencies😖 I have asd

It's like we perceive the world in a raw unfiltered way constantly. Whereas most peoples' brains are able to filter out noises and almost "mix" the volumes.

@shayjaco

2 жыл бұрын

so so often i’ll be someplace like a restaurant & my boyfriend will be trying to talk about the somg that is playing over the loud speaker & i just can’t filter it out. it’s already difficult enough to pay close attention to what he is saying, but with the sounds of people walking or moving things around or anything at all it all just blurs together. it can be super super frustrating.

@Stephaniesrebornworld

Жыл бұрын

Yea

That feels pretty close, the blurred vision when there is just too much stuff to see at the same time, the feeling of all the sounds becoming a mass of white noise, and even the feeling of things slowing down too. But I think the most annoying part is how this can affect you physically too, no video can show that. I literally get dizzy and feel like I'm gonna pass out or vomit sometimes, or it feels like I have a backpack that keeps getting heavier, sometimes it feels like my legs are getting soft.

@Stephaniesrebornworld

Жыл бұрын

Yep same

@lauralockwood7051

Жыл бұрын

Thatse Exacklye Whote liefe wive Autism is lieke fore me

@XxFloofyxX

Жыл бұрын

I get a twich or a lag stamp when i get too much audio or physical input, and its really weird how life can be so different from a neutrotypical person

What do neurotypical people experience? I thought this was missing a lot, like snippets of conversation going on. What these videos don’t capture is the multiple trains of thought going on concurrently in my head the whole time, and the way any of the stimuli can cause the story line to vector into a new direction or jump the rails to a completely different story. The video was also missing the ambient music playing in the background and the stream of memories and fantasies associated with each song.

Wow. I thought this was how everone hears/experiences things. Only thing missing was people in the café and being able yo hear every word they were saying and kids in the supermarket. Thank you for this - as someone who experiences it for letting me know I'm not alinee and for giving me something to show others.

@chloe-fk1ti

10 ай бұрын

Me too

@LovedeepSengh-gm1mu

5 күн бұрын

Was this video unwatchable for u to watch at 1/16 volume? If not, then u are used to it being autistic.

I'd say everything is pretty accurate except for the grocery store. It's not really muffled like that, more like screeching. Like how a baby screams from the back of its throat.

@deviritter5232

2 жыл бұрын

I experience all the conversations, and more so - the Muzak. And the smells. Any flickering of a fluorescent light.

Its an absolute nightmare. Sensory processing disorder i have it but its life so i just keep on going as best as i can. Im grateful to Autosm Together especially Julie Anglesey she is my tutor at woodwork and ive learned a lot of amazing life skills since being there. Thankyou Autism Together staff you all deserve Medals

@cricketj467

2 жыл бұрын

you are?

This felt normal. Sometimes a bit more intense, because when my brain focuses on something it ignores all, though I can't control that so even if I focus in a conversation, it's not really working. The cafe scene was very realistic. Also, it's quite normal to hear household appliances. Usually a fridge or washing machine, it can be as loud as a drill even though it's so far away. Or just a light buzz from the lights.

@deviritter5232

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. And every car outside, despite the double pane glass. Friends have said for 18 years they don’t hear the road and I thought they were kidding. I can hear cars a mile away. That isn’t normal?

@DinosaurNick

3 ай бұрын

I hear my fridge humming and it sounds SO LOUD but my bro goes "I don't hear anything"

Im on the spectrum and I'm sitting here watching thinking Everything just sounds normal And them I realized Oh Yeah

@Eegsxz

5 ай бұрын

FR

@DinosaurNick

3 ай бұрын

same!

@PuppetzCreations

21 күн бұрын

same 😅

Oh boy, that's me on a really good day, it's usually way worse than that. I guess I do have a genuine problem and I'm not just 'too sensitive'.

You forgot the constant bass tones from a neighbor's or motorist's music

@SrBeeano

2 жыл бұрын

I live by a busy road and I hear that on a daily basis and it annoys me. Especially at night when they think they own the road.

@shayjaco

2 жыл бұрын

i hate it so so much when im just trying to drive down the road & someone has their bass boosted to the max or their engine is absurdly loud. the pumping sounds in my eardrums feel horrible, & the feeling of the ground shaking is super frightening to me. i understand that there’s not a lot that can be done about a noisy engine, but i do wish that people wouldn’t play their music so loudly that people outside of the car can hear & feel the rumblings :/

@carnivorousentity

3 ай бұрын

Late to the party but this all resonated with me. I think my heart has thumped and it's a lorry outside the house or car door slamming

@DinosaurNick

3 ай бұрын

omg I thought only I heard that!

This is wot it's like for me, sensory hell

I’m in my 30’s and was recently diagnosed with autism with hypersensitivity and got depressed (still depressed 5 months later), because now I understand why I see the world the way I do and where all the pain and struggles comes from. The depression is a normal process, because I’ve been reflecting on my entire life, reviving and understanding the struggles since I was a child. All this years I’ve been lost my entire life, but finally I’m coming together with myself. I do wish I knew it when I was a kid. So much potential and curiosity all this years, but instead I just tried to live a normal life. My brain coming with so much problem solving ideas, designs, buildings, business, devices and weird stuff that are getting made nowadays. I feel this is a second chance for me, but I don’t know how to structure myself 😪

People eating and drinking takes the cake for me. I can hear everything even them swallowing. It repulses me. ESP if it’s someone who inhales their food like their never going to eat again. I’ve gotten pretty good at waiting until their done eating to eat. It doesn’t bother me in public when you’re in a loud place, but at a table…nah, I’m out. Lolz

I wanna see a night version with the BRIGHT LIGHTS...

Every day I have to resist the temptation to fantasize about breaking noisy machines over the heads of their operators. Too bad video can't depict SMELL TRIGGERS.

@withgoddess8029

2 жыл бұрын

I DO fantasize about it. I cant help it.

@ROTALOT

2 жыл бұрын

@@withgoddess8029 Have you reached the point it is any machine noise? My level since 2019. People going into trances with very loud disruptive equipment.

@rebeccamay6420

2 жыл бұрын

I'm the only one at home or at work who can pick up the scent of moldy citrus from the other end of a building. Anyone else i know can't detect it unless it's directly under their nose. The acrid air following asphalt paving trucks burns into my nose.

@ROTALOT

2 жыл бұрын

Wow. I keep coming back to read new comments on the vid. Isn't it gratifying to know others around us understand.

I never leave home without earplugs.

@turtleanton6539

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@Torby4096

2 жыл бұрын

But I HATE things stuck in me ears! Ear covers to the rescue. Mine are red.

@Torby4096

4 ай бұрын

@@sjuk. I try not to throw myself on the floor crying. It has been more than 50 years since I last did that, but that is still an option😉

@gigahorse1475

3 ай бұрын

Smart smart. It took me way too long to do that for myself. I thought I was just too sensitive. Not until I started losing functioning did I start bringing them.

@Torby4096

3 ай бұрын

@@gigahorse1475 I keep a pair in the car so they are close if I need them.

Wew, it's so stressful, seeing this video I feel like I want to cry or run away. I guess it must be a very good sensory experience for non-autistic people.

@giovannamoro8564

2 жыл бұрын

No it's not, for many neurotypical it is exactly the same as for autistics. People that are under stress and older people detest these type of situations . I found them unbearable that's why i don't go to the movie , the mall,to the stadium, in very crowded, loud places . Train stations of very big cities, airports and airplanes and so on . Not to mention very crowded restaurants like hard rock cafe'. My ideal world will be autistic friendly even if i'm not autistic

@shadowfoot2486

2 жыл бұрын

@@giovannamoro8564 Are you saying that neurotypicals and neurodivergent people feel the world in the same way. Because if so, you are wrong. For people with Autism everything is hightened and so is more stressful.

@giovannamoro8564

2 жыл бұрын

@@shadowfoot2486 i'm not saying they're the same .i'm referring to my experience . I'm not autistic but loud ,noisy ,visually busy places cause me to experience meltdowns.

@shadowfoot2486

2 жыл бұрын

@@giovannamoro8564 Ok, thank you for clarifying

@elisec.2494

Жыл бұрын

@@giovannamoro8564 I doubt it is the experience of most neurotypical people though : sensory issues aren't something you can meet only in autism, as you said many other situations or conditions can induce it (depression, burn out, other specific sensory disorders). What I mean is, I'm a student and the other students of my school doesn't seem like they want to run away after a class in a big amphitheater, or after an exam when everyone talk and ask "how did you do". They can have a conversation normally in front of a frequented crossroad, when I will just seem deaf, trying to put my left ear in front of the mouth of my interlocutor...

So I have adhd and I have a hard time filtering what comes through my senses is funny but sometimes I can feel the drops of rain like needles in my skin or the noises very fucking loud to the point of driving me crazy. Very ocd with certain things like when I am painting and it kind of hurts when my wife tells me to stop because is time to eat. I hate to stop doing what I am doing. I don't know man, whatever.

@rebeccamay6420

2 жыл бұрын

Hypersensitivity to Touch: In your experience, rain drops feel like pins and needles. In my experience, forced air makes me feel as though my skin has been sandblasted, and the aftereffect continues to linger for a while, sometimes even leading to migraine. I can't stand having a fan blowing a constant barrage of air movement at me. It feels intensely abrasive to put my hand out the car window and "air surf." When I try it and bring my hand back inside the car, my skin is buzzing, and not in a good way. It has been only a month since I discovered that I have Autism. The more I learn about it, the more it explains why my entire life has been "weird."

@1223santigato

2 жыл бұрын

@@rebeccamay6420 that sounds like a taugh thing to deal with.

This is the first time someone told me that regular people don't hear all of this What???

@FootballEric926

2 жыл бұрын

I don't have a sensory disorder. In my experience, sounds in my daily life aren't as annoying as this video makes it seem. I can tune out a lot of sounds.

@FootballEric926

2 жыл бұрын

Sometimes I may not even notice these sounds.

@raeryuko

2 жыл бұрын

@@FootballEric926 someone should make a video on how neurotypical sees and hear things

@rebeccamay6420

2 жыл бұрын

On the thought of making a neurotypical experience video: I can imagine presenting it as a scene by scene comparison. Neurotypical view, then Autistic view -- In the Neurotypical views, all the ambient distracting noises would be muffled to near silence. The florescent ceiling lights would be barely there, perhaps less intense than white copy-paper next to off-white copy-paper. The blur of grocery shelf items would instead be only one of each item with large gaps between the different things, and checkout at the register would be a calm, almost slow pace and actually happen, rather than feeling a racing sensation of "Get Me Outta Here! NOW!" The cashier at the coffee shop would become the only clear piece of the scenery, and we'd see her eyes instead of avoiding eye contact, while everything else goes dim and blurry and nearly silent. The man on the street would have softer facial features and not even acknowledge the viewer...

@DinosaurNick

3 ай бұрын

@@FootballEric926 I wish I had that super power!

I'm impressed. The louds are loud in an the mind. People appear suspicious- ("why are you looking at me? What do u know about me!?"). Good job

omg those vehicles are just like when I was out with my bro yesterday ... motorcycles went by and was so loud I instantly covered my ears And beeps and hums are soooo much for me! And people talking to me while there's a lot going on in the background makes it hard for me to think straight and the sound of chairs dragging is UGH

This was painfull to watch, but necessary for others to understand what people with sensory issues go through. I've had headphones in my ears as soon as I could due to the soundscape around me. Now I have NC headphones and I can't go out without them. My son is autistic and complains about noise but he also hates having something pressing on his ears.

@elan007

8 ай бұрын

LOOP makes a noise-cancelling earplug that blocks a lot of background noise, but you can hear what you need to hear to stay safe, etc.

I have autism but yeah this is pretty much what it looks like but I'm pretty used to it

omg. Being sensory hypersensitive and watching this feels like HELL. 😱 Had to stop the sound at the coffee shop 😭 But this "simulator" is *so accurate*

I think I discovered a glitch in my autism. With one ear playing music I like from headphones and another to listen to people, I feel completely fine! Up, down, up, down, left, right, start, select!

@stephanieb2484

4 ай бұрын

Wow that's so interesting.

So this isn't normal? That's what I hear every fucking day of my life since the past 30 years. This exact high crazy pitch og constant noise

Oh The chaos! Oh The anxiety inducing sights and sounds! Must wear sound cancellation headphones or constant tones.

My son was recently diagnosed with autism and I was researching into it to better understand what it is and how it's experienced. I learned it's most likely genetic. Watching and learning about it gave me insight into my own life and how "normal" the experience feels for me as well. I believe I am as well and also believe that I have the unique skill set to help guide him through life since we experience life very similarly. Makes me happy that he is my son.

@elan007

8 ай бұрын

I disagree that autism is genetic. Being a highly sensitive person (HSP) is genetic, as it is a super finely tuned nervous system, but autism is caused by heavy metal toxicity.

@cosmicshadow305

8 ай бұрын

@@elan007 dont think thats the end all be all. Maybe its genetic but manipulated by toxins to either increase or decrease how it affects people. I could tell my son was from infancy and he had nothing but homemade pureed fruits and veggies

Its true. Its horrific. Thank goddess Walmart started delivering groceries a couple of years ago.

i say this out of a life experience, "no country for autistics" not at least in my life as one

@ROTALOT

2 жыл бұрын

I am looking for land here in FL for Autists to enjoy nature camping without the triggers but location is a CHALLENGE. The triggers are EVERYWHERE!

@TTV_TOMTISM

2 жыл бұрын

@@ROTALOT keep me posted i'd love to visit your safe haven

@ROTALOT

2 жыл бұрын

@@TTV_TOMTISM I am serious, so I will. :)

I don't have autism but my dad sais when I was a kid the dr told him that what I deal with & how I respond to people is very similar. I have epilepsy and a heterotopia in my frontal lobe. Stuff is overwhelming alot. I tend to go to the hallway at work even just for the last 15 minutes of my lunch so I can get some peace & not have to deal with as much noise.

I think the screeching chair takes the cake

Its hell, I have it, I Autism AD HD OCD PDA

I mean. What is the nerotypical way then? Thats just environmental noise. What don't others hear?

@FrenkTheJoy

2 жыл бұрын

Neurotypical people can filter out this kind of stuff as background noise. They can obviously still hear everything, but it's not nearly as intense and they can filter it out. Like with the coffee shop example, a neurotypical person might be able to focus on just what the barista is saying and barely hear the stuff like the chair scraping or the machine going. Autistic people would typically hear all of it at the same volume and have trouble focusing on one thing. Everybody in the comments also seems to have missed the visual stuff, like the flourescent lights having that bright spot. Again, of course neurotypical people are aware of how bright lights are, but it's like the brightness is stronger, sharper, more focused for people on the spectrum and it's hard to filter out the light to just be part of the environment. It's like neurotypical people can focus on certain aspects of the environment to filter the rest out into just being part of the background, but people on the spectrum experience all the noise at the same intensity so it's more work to filter things out so it's just "regular environmental noise". It's all the noises, at once, all together, unfiltered, same volume, same intensity, same sharpness.

@M.Shepardbee

2 жыл бұрын

@@FrenkTheJoy hmmmm, thanks for that.

I’d rather be overstimulated out in nature than in the busy cities.

I identify as a highly sensitive person (HSP), and empath, so I sense all the sounds and lights and motion as this film shows, PLUS all the odors and smells of everything, exhaust and energy of cars/trucks, PLUS temperatures, A/C blowing down my neck, , PLUS emotional and physical energy of people and animals and plants. It's not all negative, but it's all A LOT and it's easy to get overwhelmed, overstimulated and full of anxiety.

I do not know if I am autistic, although there are indicators I might be, but this video is very relatable. However I someone learned to at least block out sounds, for the most part. But it won't always work.

It's really difficult to explain what we feel and each autistic person have a different perception and that perception can change with our state of mind and tiredness, some senses are also block when we're saturated, so we act like a blind or deaf sometimes too. A video can only convey sound and view issue, not touch, temperature, odor, balance etc If you want a better idea : It's a bit like if each information that your body can tell you is on a mixing table, but you can't choose what level each information come to you and some are crazily high or low. That's why it can be hard to hear a person that speak to you, we can't choose what's matter and ignore what's not matter if the background sound, odor or light... is so high that it's too inconfortable or even hurt. We can have a sense saturated by another one, then it's the wrong one that stop working. Like if you're become deaf cause you're blinded by light 🙄 It's affect us in various way... : I struggle to speak on a correct volume, my phone is not bright enough for others since the world is too bright for me so I tend to spend a lot of time in dark. I often watch video in mute with subtitle when I'm tired cause I overload by sounds all day. I struggle a lot to recognised peoples, and finding things I search arround me, I can't tell if I'm feeling cold or hot before it's too late, and can't do 2 things at the same time without messing up, even talking while walking is difficult so I often hurt myself a little by accident, then again, my sense of pain is too weird so I never know if it's really bad or not, it's quite tiring. All that leads to a lot of stress, frustration and it's really exhausting. Life feel like it's too tiring to be live sometimes so we shut down, and others time we just snap suddenly, it's a meltdown. Then we feel really bad and sorry about our behaviour afterwards. I hurt my mother just cause she touched me when I was tired, I just react like an abuse wild animal that attack out of fear. Another time my cousin stole my sunglasses that was on my face just to play, I felt like he was trying to kill me and attack him like a tiger who want to retrieve a stolen prey. I'm ashamed just after but too overload to explain myself or say "sorry". I'm just in shock and feel completely lost 😢

Just looking at and hearing 0:44 already makes me feel fatigued 🤧 every damn time I go to the supermarket...

I always thought this was normal...

I liked the drink part

It is way worse for me. I cannot go to most places. I have hypersensory perception in all eight of my senses. Anything above 60 Db is going to cause me a seizure.

At what volume is this supposed to be played? I had it on a medium volume on my phone and none of those stand out as abnormal to me. How do those sound to neurotypical persons? The same but at a lower volume?

This is completely normal to me. It's really not like this for neurotypical people?? The world must be so quiet to them. Maybe I should give myself more of a break for getting tired so easily.

@wickedtomahawk9091

9 ай бұрын

This is what I am going to try and do. I'm going to try and set an appointment to get tested tomorrow. This video is my everyday life and I feel the pressure in my chest and I just want to isolate myself.

Hammer, meet nail.

eu achei que fosse só eu que sentisse tudo isso

Is it possible to suffer the opposite of autism; where a person is so focused on one thing that everything else is oblivious?

@rebeccamay6420

2 жыл бұрын

"Hyperfocus" is a thing. Your (my) mind gets so keenly focused on the one stimulus (TV, movie, book, data crunching at work, art hobbies, any "special focused interest") that everything else, including the passing of time itself, are on indefinite pause or silenced. It sometimes takes a physical interruption to pull you (me) out of The Zone.

1:20 The horror of being a British autistic person and having to look at other people's teeth. I'm so sorry people have to live with that.

I don't get it? I mean respectfully how that's different.

I don't have the blurry visual tunnel vision stuff, The audio stuff is like 85-90% of what i experice. But what the hell is even supposed to be exagerated in anything from 1:02 to 1:08? This is perfectly normal to me.

@rebeccamay6420

2 жыл бұрын

The scene starts as tolerable, perhaps giving the viewer a moment to recognize the scenario, then quickly escalates into Sensory Overload.

Pues si

should have (NOT FOR AUTISTIC VIEWERS) in the title because yikes

This is me

Normal person has no idea

Euw!

Wait ! Isnt this normal for everyone . :/

I hate having autism to the point I wish for death I want to die I'm tired of living I'm tired of life. And all the isolation oppression discrimination I'm tired of being unloved unwanted but saying anything doesn't matter noone cares I don't matter my life don't matter.

@JTansleyandFluffyBug

2 жыл бұрын

Please don’t give up! Can you find an autism support group in your town? I understand what you are going through. ❤

@autismunknown4227

2 жыл бұрын

@@JTansleyandFluffyBug I've already given up on life. I'm already dead on the inside. I'm just waiting for the rest of me to die off. I have nothing to live for. Noone loves me. I get bullied By everyone. noone helps me. I don't matter my life don't matter. People are always cruel heartless evil to me and all the world is fine with how ppl treat me. Noone cares ever

@autismunknown4227

2 жыл бұрын

Noone understand what I'm going thru. Noone cares either. Everyone is always evil heartless cruel to me. To the point I've given up. I can't even drive down a public street without neighbors bullying me. Noones ever a friend. All I get is hate and noone cares how that affects me. I hate the world I hate everyone because everyone treats me like crap for no reason

@louellasnugglebunny

2 жыл бұрын

I care. I'm here for you if you need to talk. I understand what you are going through.

@autismunknown4227

2 жыл бұрын

@@louellasnugglebunny I wish I could believe you. But it's been proven to me over and over again ppl only care enough to leave a comment saying they care and that's all the further their cares go. I tried to start an autism vlog. But then this channel clean urine stash went spreading lies about me. And in this day and age ppl will believe losers like them and not even talk to me and actually get the truth. Because anyone with a brain know autistic ppl are very honest. Unlike everyone else who lie lie lie and lie some more. So I wish I could believe you when you or anyone says they care when actually that's all a lie. Noone cares about me I don't matter to anyone noone cares how miserable IAM.

this isn't how it's supposed to be? 💀

I'm neurotypical and dislike too what i saw in this video.

@Max-ww6uj

2 жыл бұрын

So, how exactly would you experience caffe, for example? It's difficult for me to imagine what does it feel like when you don't have spd

@giovannamoro8564

2 жыл бұрын

@@Max-ww6uj i answered to you but i've made the mistake and wrote below your comment

@FrenkTheJoy

2 жыл бұрын

That's the POINT, the video is mimicking what it's like for people on the spectrum, so it's SUPPOSED to be annoying to neurotypical people. It's to show neurotypical people what things are like for people on the autism spectrum.

Wait is this not normal? This is how I experience life. 1:20 HOLY MOTHER OF GOD A BRITISH PERSON! Worst jumpscare since Exorcist III. Please put a trigger warning on that next time.