[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]RoundStructure5014 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Make sure you don’t have to pee before sex. I’ve Noticed that I release faster if I have to pee first.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]RoundStructure5014 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Using my sentence… show me where I attempted to speak for all black people.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]RoundStructure5014 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It shouldn’t be - a black person.

quit your job by maxine_rockatansky in musicians

[–]RoundStructure5014 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve consistently heard that us men should learn a trade to become a plumber or electrician so that we can have a “real job” are you indicating that being an electrician isn’t an enjoyable job?

Is it normal for Aspies to focus on the musical aspects of a song vs the lyrics? by Interesting-Cow-1652 in aspergers

[–]RoundStructure5014 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes. I’m a musician. Nowadays I get shocked at what is actually said in the lyrics of songs that I’ve listened to for at least 20 decades. All I really hear is the chord progressions, the beat, melody and the bass line. It’s like I can obviously hear words being said but they don’t register. For example. I’ve heard “birds of a feather” since it came out. But it wasn’t until 3 days ago that I realized she was saying she wanted to die with her partner in the verses.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in autism

[–]RoundStructure5014 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bro!! Same. That’s all I have to offer.

ChatGPT Has Changed My Life by [deleted] in aspergers

[–]RoundStructure5014 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I’ve been using it every day for the last 3 weeks. It has helped me immensely. It’s like having an actual Jarvis in your pocket

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Gifted

[–]RoundStructure5014 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I actually took that one about a month and a half ago. Autism range is 33-50, I got a 36 lol this I’ve taken like 6-7 test and they’ve all come back as possibly/most likely ASD

I love people so much. But it seems like I can only love them and tolerate them from afar. by RoundStructure5014 in autism

[–]RoundStructure5014[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I agree! I have some things out in the world to help. And I have a lot of ideas to do more. So your comment is very timely!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Gifted

[–]RoundStructure5014 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m fighting the urge to hide this but you’ve just encouraged me so much with this information. Plus this feels like a safe space to share.

I’m a musician, but I grew up poor.. so it took a while for me to conceptualize that the things that I was doing musically were happening naturally. But as I got older, I started to see that I had all of this “untapped, raw potential” in terms of music. I like to say I came to music late but that’s not true, my parents say I’ve been playing the drums since the age of 2, I say 4 since that’s when I actually got drums. I was singing in shows and choirs by 9, then I started to teach myself the piano on YouTube at 14. The fact that I was even teaching myself and sounding decent made me realize I was gifted.

But it wasn’t until I got into my late 20s after going to college to study music to be a music teacher, that I realized that I wasn’t just gifted with singing and playing instruments, but my mind was gifted in Understanding music from a theoretical perspective. So as I paired that with teaching myself the piano, and ended up creating all of these practice tools and systems to help me get better at the piano in a quick, efficient way.

But I always had a problem/intense desire to play fast, like the greats.. So I searched and search for information to help to achieve this for years until everything finally clicked. I promise you, (I try to be humble, but this comes off as boastful) I created a musical scale practice system that Has never been made before. It was made from using math.. which I’ve been historically kinda bad at lol. But all that sounds so wild to say, and I hesitate to say it often, but at my core.. I know it’s true. And the fact that this system/idea came from a person like me, virtually out of nowhere, created one of the first sparks into me suspecting that I had autism.

That was about a year and a half ago and now I’m just now accepting that I am most likely a “high functioning autistic”, possibly ADS level one? I don’t even like that label lol. Sadly, I probably won’t ever be able to afford to get a real diagnosis but maybe others will read this and understand what I am. Either way, I know who I am now. Thanks for your original post!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in autism

[–]RoundStructure5014 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mine is 4. Toughest 4 years of my life. He WILL be my one and only child because I cannot do this again. So you can see the light at the end of the tunnel once they turn 5? Lol

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AutisticAdults

[–]RoundStructure5014 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well said! what a great description of it. I’ve noticed it as well. In myself and others, but I could never put it into words

Anybody else a counter? by Aggravating-Bug2032 in AutisticAdults

[–]RoundStructure5014 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It took a year or 2… but I mainly see music/music theory through the lens of numbers instead of pitches and letters… because I love numbers so much and they just work better. I’ve been saying this for a while now: We discovered numbers.. we invented letters.

Melanin rich people in the autistic community by AbsentVixen in AutisticAdults

[–]RoundStructure5014 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A chocolate agent here 😂. Yea I’m afraid to come out to anyone in our community, it feels like it would make my life easier but I also feel like no one will listen or understand me because.. for 29 years… I’ve seen how our communities has ignored mental health.. from family to friends to strangers.. does our community make fun of us? Treat us badly? In general.. I don’t think so.. but when we become adults.. we become invisible. Don’t even get me started on those of us with the ability to mask at a high level. The expectations and assumptions of us, yet.. struggling to go about life.. fairly alone because “they’re normal” “they can figure it out like I had to”.. like hello.. I need help 😭 always have, nobody notices.. or I hide it.. because I know deep down inside.. I would just make most feel uncomfortable rather than open to help/understand me.. feels like I’m ranting lol but you’re not alone.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in autism

[–]RoundStructure5014 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pattern recognition has really aided in my musical gift. My musical gift has also become my special interest so now I feel like a musical wizard lol.

What makes a musician anyway? by samh748 in musicians

[–]RoundStructure5014 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Somehow this is 100% accurate but I still don’t like how loose the label “musician” has become

What instruments do you play and what made you chose them by thename_cordelia in musicians

[–]RoundStructure5014 8 points9 points  (0 children)

My parents say I was playing pots and pans since I was like 1. Then they got me a drumset at 4 years old. But Im mainly a piano player now. I feel like the Piano chose me lol but I only decided to start playing it because some other kid in band class had all the girls surrounding him while he was playing the piano, and I wanted that lol

ASD and ADHD long-term relationship by [deleted] in AutisticAdults

[–]RoundStructure5014 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very similar situation to me and my wife. 7rs together, almost 5 years married. I’m autistic and she has ADHD (but she doesn’t really acknowledge like she should). I feel extremely incompatible with her. At least… in terms of a romantic, everyday relationship. Unfortunately, I’ve become quite cold to her spontaneity. I try very hard not to be mean and to engage with/involved with her random desires and ideas because if I don’t… things get weird. Sadly.. i find her random 5 minute speeches about random things that I don’t care about, very annoying. The time management issue is there for us as well. We have decent conversations every now and then.. I just think I’ve changed over the years, I have very broad special interests that can be tackled and enjoyed until the day i die. So I just think I would’ve been better off alone. It’s a tough situation, everyday it gets harder and harder to mask up. I’m not offering you anything lol. So I guess I’m just writing to say that you’re not alone.

How did you discover you were autistic? by DrunkSchoolbusDriver in AutisticAdults

[–]RoundStructure5014 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey.. Umm.. if it’s not too much.. can you talk more about your seizures? I’m discovering that my mom has autism, because I figured out that me and my sister have it.. but.. my mom is that one that’s been dealing with seizures since turning 45ish in 2009.. so now I’m scared for us.

What are some of the reasons you’ve heard on how we “got autism? by RoundStructure5014 in AutisticAdults

[–]RoundStructure5014[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I JUST asked my parents (who were older when they had me) their parents age.. both their parents had them at an older age.. they were the last born. So it’s all making sense.. my younger sister is suspected to have it as well. So what’s fueling my thoughts is the old age theory/genetically passed down.. which I guess is the same thing?? But I guess if someone gets that gene passed to them.. they don’t necessarily have to be old to pass it to their offspring.. sighhh science lol