Reminds me of the scene in Parks and Rec where they take Ron to a meditation place and he's just like "what's the big deal? I just sat there and thought about nothing for 2 hours."
So, just to ignore your budget, I have the Sony XM4 headphones (over ear), and... they are okay. In the heat, they get very sweaty, and there are annoying sounds you can't turn off (on/off beep, and a voice which tells you when it has connected). The noise cancellation is good for constant noises but not sudden ones. Overall, I wouldn't recommend/buy them again, as they are just fine.
I have tried some in ear ones from Xiaomi (not sure which exactly) which I bought for my partner, and they are, in my limited experience, just fine too, especially for the price (<$50). I don't know about any long-term idiosyncrasies though, so take that with a pinch of salt. These ones look a bit better: Redmi Buds 5 Pro. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Xiaomi-Redmi-Buds-Black-BHR7660GL/dp/B0CQKHK626/
The noise cancellation is good for constant noises but not sudden ones.
This is kinda the nature of active noise cancellation, unfortunately. Blocking out sudden noise is just technically very challenging. Works great for airplane noise, not so much for crying babies.
Sony's XM line is in my opinion just about the best ANC headphones money can buy, in terms of noise cancelling and sound quality combo. I can understand your point about them getting sweaty. Part one of blocking noise is good sound insulation, which tends to hold in heat as well. I live in a colder climate so that works out well for me. You could get in-ear ones, although obviously they don't block out noise as well.
Active hearing protection is better for sudden noises and some of them have connections for aux cables but the speakers are low quality and they're designed only to understand someone talking and that's it.
@Aurenkin oof that's life, yep.
at some point I realized I'll "make it" but it doesn't get better, so …
so nothing, I guess.
I've been through every selective neurotransmitter reuptake inhibitor, and they pull off the amazing feat of being habit-forming drugs that do not actually help one feel better.
This was pretty much me in university and during the first years of my work.
It just feels like endless postponing of actually doing the things you want. But it never comes.
I'm starting to wonder if I just have much less capacity (in terms of energy) than other people.
This is partially correct. An actress with ASD joins in the last season.
They also have had ASD consultants (medical people, not people with ASD themselves) for their entire run and emphasize that ASD people are unique. They repeatedly reiterate that the main character is not representative of all people with ASD but they do have quite a few cringe-inducing scenes throughout most of the run.
It's a soap opera, man. It's not a great representation of anyone but I give them points for trying.
Is that so? I don't watch the series, also, soap operas as far as i know are usually a latin american thing (Mostly on countries like Venezuela and México)
Technically I believe they call it a medical drama but it's quite "soapy" one could say based on the repetition and quality of plot lines. I think you're thinking of telenovelas for Spanish speaking countries. Soap operas are basically the same thing as telenovelas with some regional cultural variation.
Oh yeah I've been there before, I want to disseminate as much details as possible in case it changes the dr's outcome. But in my experience they're probably tuning me out because they already got a diagnosis and treatment from the first few things I described to them. They're professionals and good Drs will also know every permutation of what you're describing and so it kinda comes off as not paying attention.
Although I do agree better bedside manners could help. But I also think there's probably a lot of Drs on the spectrum too and I know of I was a doctor I'd probably come off as tuning out people like all the time, despite actually listening intently. Dunno if any of this helped just my exp.
You're setting yourself up for an extremely sad life if you are content with being isolated and "weird." It might be fun right now for a few months where you take time for yourself and go home and take home fast food and watch Netflix, but that expires very fast. You don't want to be a creepy, aloof 80 year old man who everyone assumes is a virgin. My sister was diagnosed with autism and used to be a creepy male virgin and she can't stand people like that.
Took me 48 years to figure out how to like myself and not rely on others for validation. You don't need the shield if you don't care what other people think. Easier said than done to get to that point!
Regarding the edited version specifically, if the person isn't willing to try to understand you, they were a shitty friend anyway. Still hurts to have to find that out, of course.
i only found out they had a smell a couple years ago, and i'm in my 30s. not because i can't smell them though, but just because i hadn't noticed it before.
Every time you're asked to repeat yourself, use different words which mean the same thing. Saying the same thing over and over and expecting to get a different response is useless and frustrating.
Yes, I did a full assessment (not just autism) and I kind of gave up by the end. I panicked a bit but I've also had really bad brain fog lately. The room I was in had very bright lights, the HVAC was buzzing and humming and I was in a chair without a headrest...it felt like literal torture. I had to skip an entire visual processing section and passed on several of the intellectual questions because my brain simply could not work.
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