Gonna sound like a jerk here, but I feel like the idea that autistic people ‘overthink’ things is the wrong war around. No, neurotypical folks don’t think about things enough. Half the issues society suffers from come because the natural human mindset seems to be “YOLO let’s make this massive change to how things work without thinking about the consequences or details whatsoever!”
@CM30 Thank you!
this is close to how i feel but there is a little more: others don’t consider information that is signal for me. my rationalisation—for me, not proselytising—is not that my brain perceives more but that other brains—usually labeled neurotypical—anesthesise* more signal as background, hence the difference in information management.
*commonly called sensory gating: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory_gating
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also, it’s usually response time, specifically what is considered “correct” what bothers me. i could think about something for hours that for others—as dutifully informed to me—is correct to think for only minutes. 🫠
/fin