New to group wanted to say hi

[Guest guest]

I normally lurk in groups for months before I get the courage to

speak up. I just joined your group last night and already I feel at

home. I've felt alone all my life, Im the only one who is weird, and

compulsive and over emotional, etc. After reading the last few posts

I feel like I've found a home full of people like me, and wow a bunch

of them are females too, a rarity im told in as.

I have a few strange questions, does anyone see colors related to

emotions, I tend to see colors or get smells from people that I am

emotionally close to that register emotions, its like my other sences

take over. I get light colors and pleasant smells for positive

emotions Like roses or baking bread. I get dark or ugly (muddy)

colors and gross smells, garbage, mold, etc. for negative emotions.

I was wondering if anyone else experienced this.

I am a 39 y old female with a 6 year old son who is just like mommy

high IQ and aspergers, any of you as moms find you have a hard time

making your child do something that you yourself have a hard time

with. With us its writing, it physically hurts my hands to write,

and Jerry hates it to, I have the worst time making him write, Im

trying to teach him to type, the easy way out.

I was reading the coments about compultions ( I hate not having spell

check) I have a bunch, I have to eat M & M's in color order, my sons

legos all have to be color and size coordinated, his poke mon cards

have to be in the right order, I love rolling change, even my hobbies

are compulsive, I love to knit and crochet, can make anything with

yarn but can't sew a button on a shirt and have it stay.

Looks like I have the case of going on forever, Im gonna go before I

get my self into trouble.

Take care and thanks for providing a home.

Beth

[Guest guest]

Hi Beth and welcome!

> I normally lurk in groups for months before I get the courage to

speak up. I just joined your group last night and already I feel at

home. I've felt alone all my life, I'm the only one who is weird, and

compulsive and over emotional, etc. After reading the last few posts

I feel like I've found a home full of people like me, and wow a bunch

of them are females too, a rarity im told in as.

It's actually not so rare at all, it's just that it took them longer to

notice us. ;-)

> I have a few strange questions, does anyone see colors related to

emotions, I tend to see colors or get smells from people that I am

emotionally close to that register emotions, its like my other sences

take over. I get light colors and pleasant smells for positive

emotions Like roses or baking bread. I get dark or ugly (muddy)

colors and gross smells, garbage, mold, etc. for negative emotions.

I was wondering if anyone else experienced this.

Yes. Sounds like synesthesia (crosswiring of senses causing subjective

impressions which vary from individual to individual), but in your case it

could be clear perception (ability to pick up an objective reality) because

positive and negative emotions actually HAVE those shades - according to

those who can see them. And they probably have those smells too - if there

was such a thing as 'clair-smelliance'. Hm.. obviously there is, since

you've got it! :-)

If you're interested, check out the Thoughtforms file I just uploaded in the

Files section, which contains images of thought forms as clairvoyants see

them. There you will see how not only their colors but also their shapes are

determined by the quality of the different types of thoughts and emotions.

Would be interesting to see if their colors coincide with how you percieve

them?

> I am a 39 y old female with a 6 year old son who is just like mommy

high IQ and aspergers, any of you as moms find you have a hard time

making your child do something that you yourself have a hard time

with. With us its writing, it physically hurts my hands to write,

and Jerry hates it to, I have the worst time making him write, Im

trying to teach him to type, the easy way out.

I personally don't have children so I couldn't say. But since AS seems to

be an inherited neurological difference, I am not at all surprised. I have

many of my grandfather's Aspie gifts and difficulties, and notice that my

aunt who is dyslexic had a son who was dyslexic too.

> I was reading the coments about compulsions ( I hate not having spell

check)

So now I did it for you. ;-)

(Correcting minor errors = favorite Aspie activity.) :-)

> I have a bunch, I have to eat M & M's in color order, my sons

legos all have to be color and size coordinated, his pokemon cards

have to be in the right order, I love rolling change, even my hobbies

are compulsive, I love to knit and crochet, can make anything with

yarn but can't sew a button on a shirt and have it stay.

Sounds lovely! I can't hang my laundry without making sure they hang

symmetrically and so that colors match. :-) (I like that compulsion much

better than the kicking-white-stones-off-the-road one.) If I ate M & Ms they

would naturally have to be sorted in color first. (And certain colors taste

better than others of course!) And lego... goes without saying that it has

to be sorted! That's half the fun, isn't it? Loving color, I often cannot

resist the temptation of bying various little hobby paints, aquarelle

pencils, but I've notice that I rarely actually use them. I just have such

fun putting them in order in my drawer.

Oh this reminds me of the greatest job I ever had. I had this friend who

owned a little shop selling non-precious retro jewlery (don't know the

correct English word for it - I'm a Swede). As rehabilitation after I had

been ill, I got to sort out her enormous collection of assorted pearls and

cabuchons in every thinkable shade. That was so fun that I could hardly

sleep at night becasue I so longed to wake up again and continue! Sorting

screws was fun enough, but sorting things in COLOR was total extacy!

And on my Aspie cousin's 30'th birthday last year we went into his room to

listen to his great psychedelic/heavy metal collection and watch Led

Zeppelin on DVD. I'm sure you can guess what I did when I found his 100+ CDs

thrown in a big basket in no order whatsoever. Best birtday party EVER! :-)

> Looks like I have the case of going on forever, Im gonna go before I get

my self into trouble.

Many of us have the same tendency when we start talking about our favorite

subjects... But no worries. It's allowed here! :-)

> Take care and thanks for providing a home.

And thank you for adding to it.

Inger

[Guest guest]

Hi Beth, and welcome to the group.

I'd like to think that ours is slightly different from others.

Sometimes we can get into very deep conversations which I get so

fascinated with that I cannot take my eyes away from the screen or

my body away from the computer. More and more I am feeling a close

attachment to the folks here and I always look forward to coming

here to see if my internet friends have posted anything.

Regarding emotions and smells, that's rather interesting. I tend to

associate department stores with smells, and was bothered when

Montgomery Ward went out of business. They always reminded me of

wax crayons.

I am compulsive like Greebo, in that once I start a book, I have to

finish it, even if it's terrible, and I have a variation on your M &

M's thing. I have to eat two at a time so that I can find out in the

end if the bag has and odd number or even number of M & Ms in them,

and I like to eat the green ones last. I don't know why.

Please stay around and feel free to contribute. The more the

merrier as far as we are concerned. It's always a good feeling when

someone else comes into the group because it helps us learn more

about ourselves, and about AS in general and we always like to meet

new people who might have AS.

You are very welcome here.

Tom

> I normally lurk in groups for months before I get the courage to

> speak up. I just joined your group last night and already I feel

at

> home. I've felt alone all my life, Im the only one who is weird,

and

> compulsive and over emotional, etc. After reading the last few

posts

> I feel like I've found a home full of people like me, and wow a

bunch

> of them are females too, a rarity im told in as.

>

>

> I have a few strange questions, does anyone see colors related to

> emotions, I tend to see colors or get smells from people that I am

> emotionally close to that register emotions, its like my other

sences

> take over. I get light colors and pleasant smells for positive

> emotions Like roses or baking bread. I get dark or ugly (muddy)

> colors and gross smells, garbage, mold, etc. for negative

emotions.

> I was wondering if anyone else experienced this.

>

> I am a 39 y old female with a 6 year old son who is just like

mommy

> high IQ and aspergers, any of you as moms find you have a hard

time

> making your child do something that you yourself have a hard time

> with. With us its writing, it physically hurts my hands to write,

> and Jerry hates it to, I have the worst time making him write, Im

> trying to teach him to type, the easy way out.

>

> I was reading the coments about compultions ( I hate not having

spell

> check) I have a bunch, I have to eat M & M's in color order, my

sons

> legos all have to be color and size coordinated, his poke mon

cards

> have to be in the right order, I love rolling change, even my

hobbies

> are compulsive, I love to knit and crochet, can make anything with

> yarn but can't sew a button on a shirt and have it stay.

>

> Looks like I have the case of going on forever, Im gonna go before

I

> get my self into trouble.

>

> Take care and thanks for providing a home.

>

> Beth

[Guest guest]

Welcome to the group Beth, We always could use some new people on the

board to lighten our smiles and bring up some of the funniest

conversations . I hope to hear from you soon,good luck in all you

do.

Signed,

Greg

> I normally lurk in groups for months before I get the courage to

> speak up. I just joined your group last night and already I feel

at

> home. I've felt alone all my life, Im the only one who is weird,

and

> compulsive and over emotional, etc. After reading the last few

posts

> I feel like I've found a home full of people like me, and wow a

bunch

> of them are females too, a rarity im told in as.

>

>

> I have a few strange questions, does anyone see colors related to

> emotions, I tend to see colors or get smells from people that I am

> emotionally close to that register emotions, its like my other

sences

> take over. I get light colors and pleasant smells for positive

> emotions Like roses or baking bread. I get dark or ugly (muddy)

> colors and gross smells, garbage, mold, etc. for negative emotions.

> I was wondering if anyone else experienced this.

>

> I am a 39 y old female with a 6 year old son who is just like mommy

> high IQ and aspergers, any of you as moms find you have a hard

time

> making your child do something that you yourself have a hard time

> with. With us its writing, it physically hurts my hands to write,

> and Jerry hates it to, I have the worst time making him write, Im

> trying to teach him to type, the easy way out.

>

> I was reading the coments about compultions ( I hate not having

spell

> check) I have a bunch, I have to eat M & M's in color order, my

sons

> legos all have to be color and size coordinated, his poke mon cards

> have to be in the right order, I love rolling change, even my

hobbies

> are compulsive, I love to knit and crochet, can make anything with

> yarn but can't sew a button on a shirt and have it stay.

>

> Looks like I have the case of going on forever, Im gonna go before

I

> get my self into trouble.

>

> Take care and thanks for providing a home.

>

> Beth

[Guest guest]

Hi Beth and welcome,

Yes I find I have a

lot of things going on like my kids do (4 yr old triplets with autism). It is difficult to ask them to do

something that I can’t do or that I know causes me problems.

Like eye contact, now

there is a dilemma. Do I try to get

them to make eye contact when for me it causes such panic with most people –

a flight response? Especially when I

don’t know how they are reacting to it internally. But to live in the world, one does have

to make eye contact... or it makes life easier... it is so difficult a decision

to make! And there are so many

similar things...

I figure if I had

gotten help or accommodations when I was a kid, I wouldn’t still be

having some problems now. I could

have used all the therapy they are getting, that’s for sure! Like physical therapy and occupational

therapy...but nobody knew about these things back then or weren’t looking

for them anyway. And by having your

son type instead, that is a great way to help him!

Wendi

New to

group wanted to say hi

I normally lurk in groups for months before I get the

courage to

speak up. I just joined your group last

night and already I feel at

home. I've felt alone all my life, Im the

only one who is weird, and

compulsive and over emotional, etc. After

reading the last few posts

I feel like I've found a home full of people like

me, and wow a bunch

of them are females too, a rarity im told in

as.

I have a few strange questions, does anyone see

colors related to

emotions, I tend to see colors or get smells from

people that I am

emotionally close to that register emotions, its

like my other sences

take over. I get light colors and pleasant

smells for positive

emotions Like roses or baking bread. I get

dark or ugly (muddy)

colors and gross smells, garbage, mold, etc.

for negative emotions.

I was wondering if anyone else experienced this.

I am a 39 y old female with a 6 year old son who

is just like mommy

high IQ and aspergers, any of you as moms

find you have a hard time

making your child do something that you yourself

have a hard time

with. With us its writing, it physically

hurts my hands to write,

and Jerry hates it to, I have the worst time

making him write, Im

trying to teach him to type, the easy way out.

I was reading the coments about compultions ( I

hate not having spell

check) I have a bunch, I have to eat M &

M's in color order, my sons

legos all have to be color and size coordinated,

his poke mon cards

have to be in the right order, I love rolling

change, even my hobbies

are compulsive, I love to knit and crochet, can

make anything with

yarn but can't sew a button on a shirt and have it

stay.

Looks like I have the case of going on forever, Im

gonna go before I

get my self into trouble.

Take care and thanks for providing a home.

Beth

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