A while ago I was listening to the Autistic Culture Podcast and Matt (who's since left) brought up the intense world theory of #Autism, which explains a lot about our brains.

According to studies (in link below), generally, the #Autistic brain generates 42% more information at rest, over-activates upon eye contact and reading faces, and has closer synaptic firing. No wonder we get easily overwhelmed by the world! 😵‍💫

https://autism-living.fandom.com/wiki/Intense_world_theory

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Wir diskutieren über die #IntenseWorldTheory und #Autismus

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Regarding "conflict" as an element of the human social world, and the prevailing modern taste for it, even the praising of it:

All I have to do is read the daily news to see how many people there are in the world, most of whom are #neurotypical persons, who seem to like conflict.

Just read the headlines of any news journal.

Just look at what we're doing to the planet.

Just look at what humans do to other humans.

So, conflict is typical.

I'm #neurodivergent

Not typical.

Give me a quiet, peaceful #green forest, next to a flowing stream, alone or with a friend, just walking, not struggling, just strolling. #peace

Others may differ.

Oh, that doesn't mean I won't fight back when people come at me. It doesn't mean I won't defend myself.

That doesn't mean you want to deal with me once you provoke me past a certain point.

But that's not what I want for my life. I want to get my pulse rate to a calm state. I want to have a healthy life. I want to calm the agitation. I want to get my amygdala to relax.

Because I have a very reactive @actuallyautistic amygdala... and I see everything, feel everything. #intenseworldtheory #IntenseWorld

Thanks for reading.

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I studied modern dance and #ballet when I was in my teens and 20s. I was drawn to it as an abstract art form. I was quite good... alas, I moved on from it lacking support. I was #autistic... no one knew I needed encouragement, no one knew that even though I was told a thousand fucking times by accomplished dancers and teachers that I was really, really good, I didn't believe it, but said nothing. I walked away from it.

I internalized everything. Held it all silently inside. But I was focused like a laser, unrelenting, practicing, practicing, practicing, beyond everyone else in our Hollywood studio in the Los Angeles area.

I would wake up at night doing plié exercises and leg extensions. I literally did ballet in my sleep.

For me it was a world of autistic "stim" every day, all week long, all month long. Heaven. It was ritual, routine, special interest, and hyper-focus all wrapped into one activity.

I tragically and so regretfully have no photos. When my teacher offered his students photos from one of our performances, which showed me flying through the air, my #hypermobile feet perfectly pointed, legs extended, all in perfect form, I rather cryptically, stoically and autistically declined. Who needs photos? There will be more photos on another day.

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