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I have weird problems.
Feb. 10th, 2008 12:18 pmI have this very peculiar problem that I've started noticing in the past few years. When I am tired and/or exhausted (usually from exercise), I find it exceedingly difficult to make eye contact with people. I don't make much eye contact to begin with, and, in fact, often have to mentally force myself to remember to when conversing with others, but it becomes much more noticeable to me when said conditions are met. I don't really know why either. It's like it takes too much energy to make that sort of connection. I don't really get that, as I have much less problem actually talking to people. It's just the eye contact that I have difficulties with. I've pondered a few possibilities, but nothing really leaps to the forefront. The most niggling thought that worries me ever so often is that people with autism exhibit the very same problem with eye contact. I know my family has bits of ADD in it, and my dad can be rather socially retarded at times, and perhaps we all exhibit little hints of the hyperfocusing thing, but I've never heard of anything definitive. Mostly, it's just aggravating to have to constantly force myself to make eye contact whenever I'm tired or worn out.
The other thing is slightly more worrisome to me, and it regards hearing. Specifically, I seem to be having problems hearing what people say. Well, I can hear fine, but I seem to have a real problem comprehending sometimes, especially if there is any kind of ambient noise about. I cannot tell you how many times I have to ask people to repeat themselves in conversation. It's like I hear it all, but my brain just doesn't want to clarify or decode, or something, I don't know. It's almost a literal in-one-ear-and-out-the-other type of thing. I can understand not really listening to things if I'm not paying attention, but this often happens when I'm paying quite a bit of attention. I do listen to quite a bit of music, but I don't like to blare it, and I don't use earbuds (which have been shown to damage hearing), so I'm fairly certain I'm not missing certain frequencies or anything. Mom said that maybe my ears work much the way my eyes do without glasses. I'm taking everything in, but it's just not focused properly. Do they make ear glasses? And don't say hearing aids, because those really just amplify, not focus.
The other thing is slightly more worrisome to me, and it regards hearing. Specifically, I seem to be having problems hearing what people say. Well, I can hear fine, but I seem to have a real problem comprehending sometimes, especially if there is any kind of ambient noise about. I cannot tell you how many times I have to ask people to repeat themselves in conversation. It's like I hear it all, but my brain just doesn't want to clarify or decode, or something, I don't know. It's almost a literal in-one-ear-and-out-the-other type of thing. I can understand not really listening to things if I'm not paying attention, but this often happens when I'm paying quite a bit of attention. I do listen to quite a bit of music, but I don't like to blare it, and I don't use earbuds (which have been shown to damage hearing), so I'm fairly certain I'm not missing certain frequencies or anything. Mom said that maybe my ears work much the way my eyes do without glasses. I'm taking everything in, but it's just not focused properly. Do they make ear glasses? And don't say hearing aids, because those really just amplify, not focus.
