cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/13942739
Sometimes I look back on my life and wonder exactly how much of my life and current personality is purely due to the autism.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/13942739
Sometimes I look back on my life and wonder exactly how much of my life and current personality is purely due to the autism.
I found out at 40. According to everyone in my life, they were pretty sure I was autistic within mins to hours of meeting me.
Found out at age 44 that my autistic-like behaviour is due to being born without a corpus callosum in my brain.
woahhhh, you are two!! do you have any other interesting differences due to the lack of corpus collosum, like being able to draw 2 separate things at the same time?
here’s a relevant video that describes a neat experiment: https://youtu.be/wfYbgdo8e-8?si=hmkE5MzRvjPW2fMu
learned something new… thanks, brah
I have a somewhat elevated sensitivity to interpersonal interactions that result in involuntary embarassment displays that i try to ignore but seldom succeed at. And that video is limited in accuracy as it is predicated on the idea that the split brain was originally a single organ but became divided at some point leading to more defined differences between the two sides whereas those of us born this way have had our whole lives to cope, adjust, and compensate at the conscious as well as subconcious level. Ive had 60 years for both of me to figure out the best way to function and aside from the occasional redfaced reaction to a normally undetectable stimulus i think ive done pretty well
Thanks for sharing! What would you change in the video?
That sounds interesting! Could you share some stories with us please?
Not a lot to tell. Always happier (and safer) alone so work to maintain that lifestyle as much as possible outside of having to work for a living like everyone else. Like i said the only way this condition differentiates me from “normal” people is the reflex redface that pops up at inconvenient times. Since that video is as old as it is i would add some more details of new theories that have been brought to light since then. People like me are not different enough from anyone else to be noticeable unless you spend a lot of time with us, which, as i said i work to avoid ,)
If you don’t mind my asking, what were the circumstances that led to you getting an MRI, to even notice that?
If you do mind my asking, please let me know and I will continue to wonder.
I was involved in an accident where i was knocked unconscious and as a matter of routine the er had a catscan done. It showed a larger than normal “empty” space in my head that they thought mightve been fluid buildup from a concussion. I was talking clearly despite the apparent pressure on my brain so they sent me to a neurologist at a larger facility who ran a series of mris that showed a lack of a corpus callosum as the cause of extra space.
Really interesting! It makes me want to get scanned now bc I share a number of the same character traits that you mentioned. But, who knows how much that is just looking for a pattern/explanation or whether it’s even a common thing. Having some idea of the cost and maintenance of NMR and MRI machines, I don’t imagine many places offer walk-in elective scans for bargain prices.