Thank you for telling us this, Dan. I have moderate autism and I’m visually impaired. My special interest is Disney and I use it to chill out all the time. Hearing from you makes me less alone. Thank you. 🙂
When I'm on my long walks and I haven't touched anything in a while I guess he's really strong urges to touch a tree, or a bush. When you mentioned the sensory exercises that was the first thing to pop up in my mind. And I do feel more secure with my surroundings when I touch those things on my walk.
As a Aspie I would like to know how to stop thinking that people in public notice im from another planet, I feel so awkward and embarrassed, it makes me avoid social situations,,
@@milkshakeflake this What helped me with it was listening to angry music (listening to it when I go grocery shopping) I discovered this when I started listening to king von.
I find lock sport (picking locks) helps with fine motor skills. It helps me relax as well, and no light is required if you need little to no light for your relaxation time.
I (obviously)like youtube-videos to my special interests. And simple computer -games with no time-limits help me to calm down and relax after a long day. And knitting helps as a stimming-tool.
I thought my daughter a toy for her birthday that I didn't realize would be very relaxing for me from a sensory perspective. I just saw that little rainbow slug and knew my daughter would love it. After opening it up and playing with it a bit, the way you can move it, the sound it makes. It's so soothing and I plan on buying myself one to
i think it is interesting that virtually all of these can be addressed through mindfulness meditation and martial arts. for me, literally all four of them are fulfilled more specifically by taiji and qigong, alongside the chinese philosophy that tends to provide a context for them; fulfilling, 1) a special interest, 2) working with proprioception and developing sensory enhancing/refining abilities, as well as 3) working with fine motor skills in terms of either empty hand, or better, weapons styles in marital arts, and the weapons usage itself being 4) a form of sensory stimulation (e.g. nunchucks or staff work; butterfly knives are also good for fine motor skill development). the video is great in its ability to reach a wide range of interests, but it is also interesting to find activities that are a sort of "ikigai" (capturing all the factors involved) in a single practice.
I just turned 30 today and for my birthday I just realized that I most likely have asbergers. I am having a lot of different emotions and am very overwhelmed. It’s like I am rewatching every event of my life and realizing how much sense it now makes. I guess the part the gives me the most anxiety is what people think of me. Does everyone know? Do they think I’m weird? Have my friends and family been hiding it from me? I just don’t know what to think and it’s tough. I would consider myself successful and I live a happy life for the most part. My whole life I have just been under the impression that I just have social anxiety, so figuring this out is a lot to take in.
Most likely they never thought you're on the spectrum. And when you tell people you're close to, they still might not believe you and it hurts. So just be careful to share only with people you can trust 💯 for support. That's just been my experience. Best wishes that you'll find peace with the diagnosis, and support!
Thanks for these suggestions Dan! I’ve been using the Wakeout app for little exercises throughout the day. It has helped me focus and feel more in my own body. Thank you for all you do!
Very cool. I find knitting a simple project to be very calming. I exercise regularly & that really helps. Question: would a Twiddlemuff like what is used for dementia patients work for the sensory exercise?
These things make my child so relax Writing reading books Stacking things like conis blocks Draw funny face Make circle or square (shapes) with beans or pasta etc
My kids special interests: Spiderman, then Michael Jackson, then Beethoven, went nxt to Writing Japanese, Maths problems, now we're on Anime, Pokemon and gaming, oh and anything Penguins!!
Since I have a hard time relaxing so I can go to sleep at night, I decided to try your tip, I watched some Hello Kitty episodes. I feel super calm now! Thanks, Dan! -G
My special interests are the ones that are making me feel bad these days, they make me realize i can't connect with people through interests, i can't find myself socializing bc i don't have nothing in common with anyone, or if i do, they wouldn't like to talk only about them always. I don't know what to do.
You’d be surprised at how many may share your same interests. Maybe make some art using your special interest as the subject. That way you have expanded the narrow interest you have into art which is something that more people have an interest in.
@@jinglebell61 I understand... The thing is there's people who likes my special interests but not in my every day life, agh, idk how to explain haha, but all the small talk is awful for me, it is like "let's talk about something actually fun please" and yeah, that. Thank you for replaying to me :D
Always been shamed for losing myself in my special interests. (Mostly tv series and movies, rewatching them to the point that i know the dialogue by heart) Writing stories,only talking about the series, pretending to be a part of it, but mother thought it wasn't healthy to have an obsession. It been punished and now, once in a while i lay crying in my bed for being an obsessed freak. Coming out of my fantasy world isn't easy when you live with MCDD, Autism. And i just wish that someday my mom will deepen herself in what my diagnose means, instead of shaming me and refusing to believe that her daughter has a mental condition. It sucks if you got a family who is more concerned about appearance than about how you are.
hello dearie - am very glad I've found you, you do good work! Have a ? though - the placement of your ring light next to your face is incredibly annoying, almost painful! to me, is there any way you could, or might change the position? 💕ya. [um, unless it's deliberate, so as to move viewers' point of view away from your face - if so, then I do understand, not wanting to be stared at is a biggie for me too.]
Kinda did it all subconsciously already. I always have my... wrist spring expanders? I don't how do you call these things, they are designed to train your wrists. But quite often I like to just have them in my hands and fidget around. And special interests, oh man. Mine is conlangs (constructed languages). When I tell people I make a language and study a lot of linguistics for that purpose, they ask 'why'. And I don't know why😐
Hi @Dan on Thursday I found I've been diagnosed as having Asperger's since last October. Useless GP surgery(I'm at a better one). Any idea where I go for help in general?
I'm a clutz. I'm also very clumsy and I drop, spill lose (and other things I'm forgetting) every single day, it's tiresome, irritating and could that be part of my autistic makeup?
Hi Dan my name is William my girlfriend recently has been told she might be on the spectrum and I just have so many questions as to how do I get as much time with her while filling her needs and I was hoping to get a 1 on 1 conversation
Such a shame you’ve gone from exploring autism to full on ‘influencer’ mode, insta, links, sales, “Hacks’, must do’s - I used to be informed but now it’s just overwhelming hype
