Comments on: Little phrases.

By: The Integral

The Integral — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 19:37:44 +0000

Update to my last post: Dad told me not to worry too much. I just won’t feed him any of the other cans I have. I was just silly not to think about the recall stuff before buying those cans……..it had been quite a while since I’d heard anything about that.

So all is okay for now……

By: The Integral

The Integral — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 21:48:19 +0000

happens here too……especially if I am not fully attentive to a conversation…….words just come out and I might not hear myself until 10 seconds later, or someone looks at me….and I’ll be like……huh? what did I just say? No I didn’t mean THAT, or something along those lines……….

I’m freaking out a bit because I might have fed my cat something I shouldn’t have. When I was out shopping I temporarily forgot about all the foods on the recall list……fortunately I only fed one can of it. I’m gonna ask my dad what to do……….

By: Melody

Melody — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 08:32:59 +0000

I do this all the time. I am famous among family and friends for saying “last year” when I meant “last week” or “yesterday”. Partly I think it is because much of my speech is derived from patterns I have observed in the language, and so substitutions do not always make sense. In fact, what drew me to creative writing was the structuring of sentences so that they would sound nice, have an appropriate “ring” to them; it was not until I was perhaps 13 that I became interested in conveying meaningfully within the text itself.

By: Kevathens

Kevathens — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:58:37 +0000

…I’ve never dabbled in conspiracy theories, though, so maybe that’s the ‘conspiracy theory’ part of my brain. Very psychedelic.

By: Kevathens

Kevathens — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:56:35 +0000

Amanda: About that last paragraph again. I hope you read this. I definitely know what you’re talking about, but I never get this in person with anyone else. I only hear that disconnect when I’m watching television. I have no idea why, and at this point I’m not sure it’s wise for me to guess.

It’s a very real phenomenon though, for me. For others watching TV, I wonder if they just think the audio has dropped out, or if they experience that at all.

Perhaps it’s because I only have AS that I only hear it from the television. Dunno. Interesting nonetheless.

By: elfed

elfed — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:39:34 +0000

oh yeah. My speech is alot like that, generally. And I find it very frustrating most of the time, because I rarely am able to say what I really mean, at least not when I’m trying to use verbal speech.

By: Justthisguy

Justthisguy — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 07:01:02 +0000

What Christine said. Weirdness comes in degrees. So does the understanding of weirdness.

By: Christine

Christine — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:11:45 +0000

Until then, I’m likely to conclude that this is yet another instance of what Lady Bracknell was talking about when she pointed out that all the things disabled people experience (in terms of what our bodies experience) are exaggerated versions of things that non-disabled people experience from time to time, and thus non-disabled people can fool themselves into thinking they know what we’re talking about.

I think that’s very true, but I also think that’s how those of us without the particular disability try to gain understanding of what it’s like to have that condition. I realize I probably do that a lot, and hope it doesn’t come across as patronizing or dismissive.

I have a friend with fairly severe schizophrenia, and when he’s in a bad state, most people would consider a lot of what he says to be pure paranoid gibberish. I find I can see a distinct pattern in what he says in those states, it makes sense metaphorically, and it’s often a very exaggurated version of the mental processes we all go through. I wouldn’t for a moment claim that I know what he is experiencing, or what it’s like to have his thoughts and his condition, but seeing those common threads is probably part of why I can relate to him even when he’s being “crazy”, in a way many other people can’t.

By: Evonne

Evonne — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:09:56 +0000

Ah! So it is. Thanks.

By: ballastexistenz

ballastexistenz — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:56:23 +0000

Evonne: The post is here, and the search box is on the right sidebar just under the latest comments.