Hi Holly. Thank you for an excellent video. You are very informative and to the point. You have an excellent manner of presentation and are able to keep people interested in what you have to say. Top marks!! I am also autistic.
Happy to hear I'm not the only one finding comfort in having the same song on repeat for days (and nights) in a row, I have two main playlists, one with songs I like, and then one where songs I have listened to on repeat for days - apart from being nice songs that I like, it is also about the comfort of predictability as you mention.
Misophonia is usually the most problematic thing for me. I wear bone conductive earphones most of the day so that helps diminish the noise/drown it out. As a child, scents were the worst. I would be nauseous during school a lot because the music teacher's perfume was so strong that it could strip paint (or it seemed to me). I just came across your channel and had to sub. Thank you! P.S. Your hair doesn't bother you?! I'm a male with short hair and even a couple inches is too long for me to handle.
I've known i was autistic for a decade and a half. I'm just now learning what all that entails. Sad but true. I'm not very able to articulate my experience, but if I've heard someone explain the exact thing i experience, in the right words, i can then tell others what I'm experiencing. I'm grateful to every autistic creator for the words to tell others what's going on and to also better understand myself. The irony is that I'm hyperlexic. Ik all the words when i read or hear them, but can't pull them out together if i haven't heard it before. If that makes sense.
Yes that makes total sense! I am the same - I find it hard to express something or tell others what it’s like but seeing someone else talk about it makes it easy for me to relate to that. Making notes definitely helps and doing research too! I was diagnosed back in 2014 but life just sort of carried on as normal and I am myself only recently just learning more about my autism and what it’s like. Glad to have you here on my channel. 🥰
Mmm, yeah I don't drink much of anything outside of water, and milk+milo - sometimes lemonade or lemon squash on rare occasions - and that I drink very slowly with only small sips at a time. I might have hot chocolate sometimes, but I realised I don't usually enjoy it much because it is never the right amount of sweetness or temperature - I guess it could just be an inconsistency problem with me not preparing it the same every time. I don't know a lot of people who mostly only drink water. Strong smells can be be bad but even faint smells can be a problem depending on the smell - it can smell a lot worse than it seems to others or just be kind of irritating or sickening. Definitely hold my breath when there is a strong smell of perfume. I really like citrusy lemon smells though.
I do it every now and then aware that sometimes if I forget to change my bins it starts to smell but then I immideately think well that wasn’t worth it because then I feel really sick!
I don't want to be mean,but literally all of these things are in no way exclusively autistic. I'm very sensitive to noises, lights, etc and I'm not autistic. These kinds of videos make *everyone* believe they're autistic because it's almost becoming a trend now 🙄
Considering you’re saying that, have you ever thought about the fact that you might actually be autistic? But also, most people with autism will struggle with sensory sensitivities in some way, but people who have sensory sensitivities, does not automatically mean they have autism, you can have them as their own separate condition! Which I have learnt recently. If you are really interested in the matter, than you should watch my other video ‘but we’re all a little bit autistic, right?’ Because that explains in my opinion why it’s not true. And I don’t like the way people start making trends out of having a disability (this isn’t me having a go at you by the way), because it’s not something to take lightly - it’s a serious condition that affects a persons day to day life that makes it considerably harder to function in a neurotypical world. Again, my other video explains this. I’m not trying to encourage a ‘trend’ by making these videos, I’m trying to explain that not everyone has autism, and this is what it’s like for someone who does. Autistic people are humans too, of course we are! So obviously we are experiencing a lot of everyday human traits (such as finding cars loud or not liking the smell of a candle) but the difference is the intensity and frequency of these things. Along with other criteria that being autistic involves (please watch my other video to learn more). Anyway, I appreciate your comment; this is just my opinion and I hope to keep creating videos to help society more understand what it’s like living in a neurotypical world and being autistic. And hopefully work towards a more understanding and inclusive future. Thanks
It may be trendy for some young people. Some of us are old. There is a sense of disconection to the rest of the world that you feel always---. You just dont get why you cannot fit in. Everybody outside of you gets it but they wont tell you cause it would be rude. Your parents mostly wont see it cause they love you too much so you are perfect in their eyes (aspie here I guess). This sense of disconection can make you bitter. Can robe you things in life. I prefer people talking about this as a trend so people like us can at least self diagnose. I am not diagnosed. But guess what my life improved since I saw these young people talking about it. I use little barely unnoticeable headphones when Im on the street. My body feels relaxed now. Guess how many years I went avoiding going places because I was always anxious. It was the noise. I perceive noises louder. And also listen to very low frequency noises. Me wearing these barely unnoticeable headphones has make my life a lot better. I would never have thought of that ➡️Cause I was raise as NT. Now Am old. Now I am aware of this I can take what serves me and do better. ❤
Hi Holly. Thank you for an excellent video. You are very informative and to the point. You have an excellent manner of presentation and are able to keep people interested in what you have to say. Top marks!! I am also autistic.
Description of a common experience in which NTs successfully "ignore" the stimuli that overwhelm, 6:21. This vid is so relatable. Thank you.
You’re so welcome!! 🥰💛
Happy to hear I'm not the only one finding comfort in having the same song on repeat for days (and nights) in a row, I have two main playlists, one with songs I like, and then one where songs I have listened to on repeat for days - apart from being nice songs that I like, it is also about the comfort of predictability as you mention.
I’m glad I found your channel!
I’m so glad you’re here 😄
Misophonia is usually the most problematic thing for me. I wear bone conductive earphones most of the day so that helps diminish the noise/drown it out. As a child, scents were the worst. I would be nauseous during school a lot because the music teacher's perfume was so strong that it could strip paint (or it seemed to me).
I just came across your channel and had to sub. Thank you!
P.S. Your hair doesn't bother you?! I'm a male with short hair and even a couple inches is too long for me to handle.
I've known i was autistic for a decade and a half. I'm just now learning what all that entails. Sad but true. I'm not very able to articulate my experience, but if I've heard someone explain the exact thing i experience, in the right words, i can then tell others what I'm experiencing. I'm grateful to every autistic creator for the words to tell others what's going on and to also better understand myself. The irony is that I'm hyperlexic. Ik all the words when i read or hear them, but can't pull them out together if i haven't heard it before. If that makes sense.
Yes that makes total sense! I am the same - I find it hard to express something or tell others what it’s like but seeing someone else talk about it makes it easy for me to relate to that. Making notes definitely helps and doing research too! I was diagnosed back in 2014 but life just sort of carried on as normal and I am myself only recently just learning more about my autism and what it’s like. Glad to have you here on my channel. 🥰
@@HollywoodHRA thank you
Mmm, yeah I don't drink much of anything outside of water, and milk+milo - sometimes lemonade or lemon squash on rare occasions - and that I drink very slowly with only small sips at a time. I might have hot chocolate sometimes, but I realised I don't usually enjoy it much because it is never the right amount of sweetness or temperature - I guess it could just be an inconsistency problem with me not preparing it the same every time.
I don't know a lot of people who mostly only drink water.
Strong smells can be be bad but even faint smells can be a problem depending on the smell - it can smell a lot worse than it seems to others or just be kind of irritating or sickening. Definitely hold my breath when there is a strong smell of perfume. I really like citrusy lemon smells though.
Yes, smells.
Nts spray "air freshener" in the room so I have to ask them to 'please don't spray that stink.'
I do it every now and then aware that sometimes if I forget to change my bins it starts to smell but then I immideately think well that wasn’t worth it because then I feel really sick!
I don't want to be mean,but literally all of these things are in no way exclusively autistic. I'm very sensitive to noises, lights, etc and I'm not autistic. These kinds of videos make *everyone* believe they're autistic because it's almost becoming a trend now 🙄
Considering you’re saying that, have you ever thought about the fact that you might actually be autistic? But also, most people with autism will struggle with sensory sensitivities in some way, but people who have sensory sensitivities, does not automatically mean they have autism, you can have them as their own separate condition! Which I have learnt recently. If you are really interested in the matter, than you should watch my other video ‘but we’re all a little bit autistic, right?’ Because that explains in my opinion why it’s not true. And I don’t like the way people start making trends out of having a disability (this isn’t me having a go at you by the way), because it’s not something to take lightly - it’s a serious condition that affects a persons day to day life that makes it considerably harder to function in a neurotypical world. Again, my other video explains this. I’m not trying to encourage a ‘trend’ by making these videos, I’m trying to explain that not everyone has autism, and this is what it’s like for someone who does. Autistic people are humans too, of course we are! So obviously we are experiencing a lot of everyday human traits (such as finding cars loud or not liking the smell of a candle) but the difference is the intensity and frequency of these things. Along with other criteria that being autistic involves (please watch my other video to learn more). Anyway, I appreciate your comment; this is just my opinion and I hope to keep creating videos to help society more understand what it’s like living in a neurotypical world and being autistic. And hopefully work towards a more understanding and inclusive future. Thanks
It may be trendy for some young people. Some of us are old. There is a sense of disconection to the rest of the world that you feel always---. You just dont get why you cannot fit in. Everybody outside of you gets it but they wont tell you cause it would be rude. Your parents mostly wont see it cause they love you too much so you are perfect in their eyes (aspie here I guess). This sense of disconection can make you bitter. Can robe you things in life. I prefer people talking about this as a trend so people like us can at least self diagnose. I am not diagnosed. But guess what my life improved since I saw these young people talking about it. I use little barely unnoticeable headphones when Im on the street. My body feels relaxed now. Guess how many years I went avoiding going places because I was always anxious. It was the noise. I perceive noises louder. And also listen to very low frequency noises. Me wearing these barely unnoticeable headphones has make my life a lot better. I would never have thought of that ➡️Cause I was raise as NT. Now Am old. Now I am aware of this I can take what serves me and do better. ❤