Feeling like a fraud...

[Judge]

Interesting. Haven't given it any thought to it in years...but it made me think of language versus singing...wondering if language was related to mimicry.

So is there another more concise neurological explanation for those with speech issues who can professionally sing? Just wondering...if left/right brain lateralization is off the medical table so to speak.

 

[ladykayak]

....am not sure that singing can be reduced to neurological factors to be honest!

 

[ladykayak]

I speak as an aspie and a singer.....work in psychiatry and just aware of neuro-myths...

 

[Judge]

....am not sure that singing can be reduced to neurological factors to be honest!

Listen to vocalist Mel Tillis speak. Then listen to him sing.

There's an enormous disconnect between the two for him- and others. Probably the one time I recall hearing about brain lateralization concerns that peaked my interest. Of course that was long ago...

But I have witnessed competent vocalists who had no problem mimicking others, who couldn't seem to confidently produce their own unique sound. Just wondering what and where such a disconnect may be.

 

[ladykayak]

No idea to be honest. I do think we're all so much more than brain-data so I'm always dissatisfied by those kind of explanations...

 

[wyverary]

This article by a prominent neurologist addresses the left-brain/right-brain issue (and could also apply to the "learning styles" thread) -

NeuroLogica Blog » More Left Brain / Right Brain Nonsense

(You can ignore the strong wording in the title; the article itself is actually quite reasonable.)

 

[May Black]

So I was diagnosed aspie a couple of months ago, and it makes perfect sense (to me), but I have this horrible feeling stalking me that I can't seem to shake.

I often feel like I'm stuck in the middle of NT-land and Aspie-ville, like I don't fit in either place, and that perhaps I'm suddenly going to be outed on either side as some kind of pretender. It's like I'm not NT enough or Aspie enough. Rational huh?

It's probably just my anxiety, and the result of spending many years before my diagnosis trying to behave in the 'right' way in order to not be 'found out' (for what I don't know, but that's what it always felt like).

Anyone else feel this way?

I had this toy when I was a child, with differently shaped holes and pieces you were supposed to fit in those holes. If life was that toy, and we were the pieces to be fit into it, I've always been that one piece that's shaped slightly off, no matter what hole you try to push it through, it's moldable enough to fit in, but the edges will always get scratched a bit.

 

[Peace]

There is no smoking gun, PERIOD! That is why I do not feel the need to get an official diagnosis. I believe that if you have it, you will know. I think we all suspect that we are different in some way from most people, and once we start learning about Autism we realize how. To be "Just A Little Autistic" is to be Autistic. There is no "How Much" scale. So stay here with us, delight in your differences and be confident that they help make you the person we all love.
Finding out that I had Aspergers was scary and difficult at first. But after joining here and learning what wonderful people I shared with, I am now proud to be included.

 

[May Black]

To be "Just A Little Autistic" is to be Autistic. There is no "How Much" scale.

This really made me smile.
It's a valid argument and one I cannot deny. I shall eat my rice in a square tonight and know why.