A Medical Issue

[The Pandector]

Just came from an interesting thread, didn’t want to derail it with a side issue.

There’s agreement that many autistic people have greater physical sensitivity than the NT population at large. I only figured out about autism a few years ago, but have always had what my wife called ‘an unusual relationship’ with my body. I know; doesn’t sound good right off.

Suffering from back problems, I had lots of tension which felt unhealthy. I began inventing relaxation techniques, but ultimately learned that you can’t relax a muscle that you can’t tense. Over years of practice, I could focus on individual vertebrae and relax the nearby muscles. I shouldn’t have been surprised that people find that weird.

Long story long, I spent lots of lay down time practicing various moves. The most unusual, to me, is conscious control of my iris. I can’t fine control it, but when I make the connection, the iris snaps open and I’m flooded with light and it’s startling and it scares me and my concentration fails and it’s all over in a second. It doesn’t hurt, but doesn’t feel right. I quit doing it because I don’t think I could ever usefully control it.

I recently learned to dramatically drop my heart rate and blood pressure, in seconds. It seemed like a good idea, but each time I make the connection there is a big thump, a pause, then a much slower heart rate (in the 40’s) and BP drops to ‘healthy’ levels. The big thump worried me and I had intended to discuss it on a recent doctor visit, which was derailed over, incidentally, a heart block. I think I‘ll wait till my cardiologist visit before I try it again.

Since many of us have unusual nervous connections, I wonder if many of us have developed these kinds of control, or would admit it if they did.

 

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If it's cold I can make my body do a sort of shiver and shake and then all of a sudden my body temperature goes up by a few degrees. It burns a lot of my blood sugar off though and it only lasts for about 15 or 20 minutes.

Also in hospital one time one of the nurses talked to me about the way I sleep. She said that what I do is closer to hibernation than sleep, my heart rate slows and my body temperature drops. I am a very heavy sleeper, almost never remember having any dreams.

 

[SusanLR]

I've learned to control temperature of palms of hands in seconds via thought.
I can hold them apart about a foot and people can put their hands in between them
and feel the heat.

Also, I was doing the double handed Live Long and Prosper symbol with both hands at once, before Spock came along. Just came naturally. I like how it feels.
Nimoy says very few can do both hands at once.

 

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INimoy says very few can do both hands at once.

I just tried that. Maybe I'm weird.

 

[The Pandector]

I've learned to control temperature of palms of hands in seconds via thought.
I can hold them apart about a foot and people can put their hands in between them
and feel the heat.

Also, I was doing the double handed Live Long and Prosper symbol with both hands at once, before Spock came along. Just came naturally. I like how it feels.
Nimoy says very few can do both hands at once.

Interesting. Only two responses, and both relate to temperature control. I’ve never even thought of that and wouldn’t know how to begin trying. Thanks for the posts, guys.

I can do the double LLAP thing. Try keeping your hand and fingers straight and bending only the middle joint of each finger, one at a time. No other knuckles, no spreading fingers. I have to look back on a long life of too much spare time.

 

[Shevek]

When I was younger, I had a reliable built-in alarm clock that I could use occasionally, set for any time.

 

[Crossbreed]

Since many of us have unusual nervous connections, I wonder if many of us have developed these kinds of control, or would admit it if they did.

I have no such control, but I do not know why anyone would be ashamed of it if it did not hurt anything.

When I was younger, I had a reliable built-in alarm clock that I could use occasionally, set for any time.

I cannot "set" my internal clock, but the narratives of my dreams often sync up to when the alarm goes off.

A simple example: I might be falling in my dream and the alarm goes off when I land in my bed...!

 

[The Pandector]

When I was younger, I had a reliable built-in alarm clock that I could use occasionally, set for any time.

Lol. I had a girlfriend like that; we were never late for school.

 

[The Pandector]

I have no such control, but I do not know why anyone would be ashamed of it if it did not hurt anything.

I cannot "set" my internal clock, but the narratives of my dreams often sync up to when the alarm goes off.

A simple example: I might be falling in my dream and the alarm goes off when I land in my bed...!

That was tongue-in-cheek about admitting it. In my experience, these things take a lot of time to develop. I guess I’m a little embarrassed to have invested so much time in such a thing.

 

[Shevek]

I have no such control, but I do not know why anyone would be ashamed of it if it did not hurt anything.

I cannot "set" my internal clock, but the narratives of my dreams often sync up to when the alarm goes off.

A simple example: I might be falling in my dream and the alarm goes off when I land in my bed...!

There are sometimes odd time distortions around waking up. One time, I was startled awake by my host's parrot, but I thought I had fortuitously woken a split-second earlier.

 

[SusanLR]

When I was younger, I had a reliable built-in alarm clock that I could use occasionally, set for any time.

That is another. Didn't think about it.
I've never used an alarm clock and always told everyone I set my internal alarm clock when I go to sleep.

I have to look at a clock just before I go to sleep and think of the time I want to wake up. Don't ask me how it works. It just does.

 

[Shevek]

That is another. Didn't think about it.
I've never used an alarm clock and always told everyone I set my internal alarm clock when I go to sleep.

I have to look at a clock just before I go to sleep and think of the time I want to wake up. Don't ask me how it works. It just does.

That was my method, too. I'd just think "It is X now, and I want to be up at Y" three times slowly, and it worked. The first time it was my only option, and after that, it was a convenience. I could also plan to feel well-rested, although that just cut out the draggy feeling, without fully refreshing things.

 

[tazz]

I've learned to control temperature of palms of hands in seconds via thought.
I can hold them apart about a foot and people can put their hands in between them
and feel the heat.

So, you're the sun summoner?

 

[SusanLR]

So, you're the sun summoner?

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That orb looks very familiar.

 

[BreaksOver]

When I was younger, I had a reliable built-in alarm clock that I could use occasionally, set for any time.

I experience this now! Before going to sleep I'll tell myself what time I'd like to wake up at. I'll wake up either at that time or a bit earlier. It doesn't work for sleeping in, so if I want to wake up later than I usually do then it won't work. But I almost always wake up before my alarms! And I wake up at the same time every day. I use my alarms as a failsafe but I'd be fine without them too.

Just last week I needed to get up earlier than usual. I told myself before going to sleep that I wanted to wake up on or before 5:30. Woke up probably at 5:15-5:20 ish

 

[The Pandector]

Interesting how the conversation turned from body control to mind control, although I’m sure there’s a physical component to that, as well.