Bona descripció de la comunicació autista

Perdoneu que us enganxi tants fragments d'aquest blog (un tant friki), però és que realment conté les millors descripcions que he trobat de l'experiència autista i les vull desar per al referència futura.

For a neurotypical brain, processing a smile, a shift in tone, or a vague request is usually “System 1” thinking—fast, instinctive, and low-energy. It’s an automatic transmission. They glide through the traffic of social cues without ever touching the clutch.

For many late-diagnosed autists, those same cues demand “System 2” thinking—slow, deliberate, and high-energy. We are driving a manual transmission in stop-and-go traffic, uphill, hauling a trailer full of anxiety. Every gear shift is a conscious decision. Every braking maneuver is a calculated risk.

Every time you pause to wonder, “Did that period at the end of the sentence mean they hate me?” or “Is ‘let’s do lunch soon’ a real plan or just polite fiction?” you are burning glucose. You are running complex, Monte Carlo-style simulations to predict safety. This hyper-vigilance isn’t a personality quirk; it’s a trauma response. It is the hum of a nervous system stuck in the “on” position, scanning for the predator in the tall grass of the breakroom.

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