Partial "cure" for asperger's.

[Mordecai]

This is not a miracle cure or a treatment.
It is just me doing what I always do ... put together ideas of others in a
new way, try it ... and see the outcomes.

Forgive the long winded and complex post but it is a long winded and
complex problem.
The start was a friend of mine who told me about a case of some few people
with epilepsy.
These individuals required surgical intervention in the brain. Brain
surgery is one of the last options ...

In order to find the specific part of the brain required for the brain
surgery, the technicians had to monitor the brains of the individuals and
wait for a seizure in order to find the specific and exact part of the
brian to be operated upon. It is different for each individual.

The individuals were given "puzzles" to do to occupy themselves as they
waited for a seizure.
And they found ... quite by accident ... that if the person was a given a
mathematical puzzle rather than ... say crossword, certain parts of the
brain were shut down and the mathematical part of the brain fired up.
It was like "One or the other." An internal brain switch.

I thought about this and it happened to fit what I live. It seemed
everything I did was channelled through logic. Emotions and feelings - all
processed by logic.
I spent some time thinking of myself in terms of "the mathematical part of
my brain is permanently turned on ..." and I had a rather complete set of
ideas of the way I thought - a "model" of myself so to speak.

** This is important ... for later. **

The second part of the process was something I was doing elsewhere ... to
retrain the brain in order to recover from back problems.
Retraining the brain is as important as training the body and the process
is to change the way we relate to the body.
The methodology is to introduce a new process, in this case relax when the
body is hurt instead of tightening up in order to prevent further injury.

To apply the new process.
To wait for the outcomes to appear ...
To realize the new process is something with a reward ... in this case, a
positive change to the body.
And thus to train ourselves to do something different to what we did
before. We do "this " instead of "that" and we do it because we realize it
is good.

The process was to do a physical exercise once or twice, every two or three
days ... rather than endlessly repeating the same exercise. It is only when
you realize the exercise is to train the brain and not the body that this
makes sense.

The third part was someone else who does brain training, the term being
"neuroplasticity" and the person (and author) is barbara Arrowsmith-Young.
I read her book on "the woman who changed her brain" for personal reasons.
And by chance, she was on tour in my city and I went to see her.

There was little extra in her tour except ... she mentioned autism and
asperger's. They do not know the cause and the only treatment for
asperger's is to encourage the way we are to look into the eyes of others -
the social cues ... treating the symptoms and not the cause.


But I put this together as a theory. There is a hardware switch in the
brain which is stuck "on" and the goal is to turn it off.
Because of my skills, I added in "retraining" which is the process above.

Normally I have a specific "do not do this, do that instead" as a
retraining tool.
Unfortunately, I have no idea of "do that instead" as I had never
experienced normality.
So I devised the process.

1) Picture my "logical only approach."
2) Picture in my mind a switch - and that I turn it off ... a choice to do
something different.
3) Picture the eyes of another and the eyes of another is not something
that can be analysed mathematically.

I had very little expectation of success - a hardware problem ... an
undisclosed new way of doing something with only "don't do what you are
currently doing" and a place where the strengths of mathematics do not
apply.

I also had (without realizing it) quite a few skills in allowing change,
permitting new things to occur, and trusting myself to permit change.
Changing your entire personality is quite frightening. Even if it is good.
But I had the training already.

Despite my low expectations, I tried it.
And I was surprised when it worked.
What was more surprising it was permanent. One ten minute exercise ...
It took me a few weeks to believe it and I am still in shock over the
changes.

I can tell you some of the differences.
As I am driving, the goals of driving are ... and I have many specific and
exact mathematically perfect solutions for reaching the destination in the
least possible time and the safest possible manner.
But now, they are not "imperatives."

I look at people's eyes. It is not always automatic because it is not
something I have trained myself to do all my life as a normal person would
have done. But it is easy and natural. It has never been easy or natural
before.

And I just made up a recipe for meatballs. Before, I had to find "the
recipe and follow it." Now I can "play with the recipe to fit what I have
and what I want." Something I had never been able to do.

I have not lost my mathematical ability, but oh - the changes in my
personality are fantastic.

What is NOT fixed is my hypersensitivity to sounds. That is a different
part of the brain and I will eventually find a way to turn off some
specific functionality there.

For those who are interested, you can play with these ideas.
Nothing is new.
All I have done is put together what already exists in a new way.

Please note, in the one case of "me," the "switch" existed and only need to
be turned off by training.
In some the training might take longer.
And for some, it is going to be a hardware problem in the brain.
Fortunately, neuroplasticity implies we can actually BUILD the neural
network to turn the "mathematical part of the brain off."

I do not expect everyone to get a "One ten minute fix."

Have a play. You have nothing to lose.

And I have nothing to gain if you try it or not, succeed or fail.
It worked for me ... I already have what I need.

When a person succeeds, it is only for that person. If a thousand succeed -
then in the thousand answers, and researchers will find answers for
everyone.

Those who try - write up your experiences. Good, bad or indifferent.
Research requires not just what succeeds but also what fails.

I doubt I will come back to this board.
I have no desire to be pushed and prodded by some researcher.

But if I cannot help another in need when I have a solution ... so I
present what happened.
You are then free to do as you will.

And succeed or fail ... it is something new that has not been tried before
... and a 100% report of one that it worked. One time anyway.

[Autindividual]

I'm not sure exactly what it that you actually do to 'change' yourself.
And as for making eye contact, if you personally actually wish to do it,
then certainly a method to make it easier would be in order, but I've
gone through over 57 years without doing it, execpt in Very Rare, and
Intimate situations. I personally prefer not to make eye contact,
particularly since I don't really need to - I can easily 'lock' onto
someone without having to look into their eyes.

And I too, am hypersensitive, in all 'channels' or 'environments', as I
like to call senses, but the 2 really big ones for me are auditory and
tactile, and since I'm also synesthetic to boot, the combination of
merged auditory and tactile stimuli is truly amazing. But I see
hypersensitivity as a blessing, which like autism, is only disguised as a
curse, thanks to the narrow minded unaccepting types. I've learned to
deal with hypersentitivity through hypersensuality - it tends to
compensate for the negative aspects very well, because just as there is a
horrific dimension of hypersensitivity, there's an awesome dimension of
it too, and I've learned to thoroughly enjoy it as
musician/singer/songwriter...plus having real time control over the
sensations works wonders in practically eliminating the helpless feeling
that might be there otherwise.

[Mordecai]

Post by Autindividual
I'm not sure exactly what it that you actually do to 'change' yourself.
And as for making eye contact, if you personally actually wish to do it,
then certainly a method to make it easier would be in order, but I've
gone through over 57 years without doing it, execpt in Very Rare, and
Intimate situations. I personally prefer not to make eye contact,
particularly since I don't really need to - I can easily 'lock' onto
someone without having to look into their eyes.
And I too, am hypersensitive, in all 'channels' or 'environments', as I
like to call senses, but the 2 really big ones for me are auditory and
tactile, and since I'm also synesthetic to boot, the combination of
merged auditory and tactile stimuli is truly amazing. But I see
hypersensitivity as a blessing, which like autism, is only disguised as a
curse, thanks to the narrow minded unaccepting types. I've learned to
deal with hypersentitivity through hypersensuality - it tends to
compensate for the negative aspects very well, because just as there is a
horrific dimension of hypersensitivity, there's an awesome dimension of
it too, and I've learned to thoroughly enjoy it as
musician/singer/songwriter...plus having real time control over the
sensations works wonders in practically eliminating the helpless feeling
that might be there otherwise.

When you look up "turning off parts of the brain" you find problems.
It is not researched much.
Scientists who try it use outside controls such as magnetic fields.
People who succeed do things like meditation, and then only in specific
areas. It is usually a comment like "they succeeded" rather than "this is
the process ..."
Or you hear comments like "he had an accident and now the smell centres of
the brain is working to the extent of a dog's sense of smell."

The answer is "No answer - do it yourself ..." which is not much of an
answer.

People who try have to use "think about your brain and respond" which is
the essence of meditation. I cannot meditate for nuts ... I problem solve.
So "how to do it" when not even normal people know is especially hard.


What I do personally is predicated upon my work on the back.

I visualize ...
I determine a goal I want to achieve.
I give myself permission to try to change.
I try ... random things in the brain ...
And look at the outcomes until I am happy.

With the back, it is rather simple.
I picture the problem and devise a change I want to do. ** that is very
complex and beside the point as we are into the process itself **
I use biofeedback to permit changes in the body...
I get outcomes - usually pain in unrelated places and changes to posture
which are unforeseen. I deal with these as secondary problems.
I wait out the inevitable time it takes for the change to the back to occur
(immediate changes are a couple of days, process changes about 6 weeks)...
and then evaluate what has happened. And afterwards, I choose the next
step.

It trains both the body and the mind.

I used the same overall approach when it came to internal switches in the
brain.

What did I actually do? No bloody idea.
How did I do it? No bloody idea.
Can anyone else do it? Sure because we have documentation that people
succeed but they also have no idea on how to do it.
An I very good at it? ROTFLOL ... I am a novice, self taught with little
experience. And cannot even describe what I have done.

This is subtle, gentle, and rather different to forcing a nail into wood
with a hammer.

Everything I am doing is "allow change" rather than "do this ..."
To persuade rather than to force.

My picture is a process like fuzzy logic ... try until we succeed. Random
neurons firing with a reinforcement (reward) when you succeed.

Heck - my entire attempts at conscious control of the brain is six weeks
old.
And I have not put much effort into it as I have been dealing with a severe
back crisis. Not being able to walk at random times, and severe pain has
priority. I only care to deal with "the switch" outside my "place of safety
where I can function" and if I do not leave my house ...
Yeah ... Not much effort at all.

Talk about the blind leading the blind.

As with the back, the process is going to be like training a person to
climb a mountain. There can be formal training, and exercises but the
actual climbing of the mountain is what a person learns, not what the
teacher teaches.
The "doing" of it is the real training.

And because it is so new - there is ** as yet ** neither guides nor
teachers.
Only the fact others have climbed the mountains before us.

Sorry I cannot be of more help.

One further point. If you learn a new skill, ** you do not lose your old
skills."
You have found advantages to Autism? So did I. It has a great price and a
great reward.
If you look above and see "Give myself permission ..." I considered the
outcome if I succeeded and I was worried about it.

I was worried I would lose the ability to think logically.
I haven't.

I wanted the ability to both turn off and also to turn back on the logical
part of my brain BECAUSE the advantages are high. At this stage, I do not
need to concern myself with it.

As for the sound, I want to be able to walk into a store where there is two
different songs competing for my ears and not be forced to leave the store
... or to sit in a noisy restaurant and not leave feeling that someone has
beaten me up.
"Temporarily turning off the hearing response of my skin and only using my
ears ..."

I figure I am able to learn and will learn what I need. It will happen. But
as I tend to avoid the places where I need to learn, learning will take a
bit longer.

[Mouse]

On 9/22/2013 8:35 PM, Autindividual wrote:> I've learned to

Post by Autindividual
deal with hypersentitivity through hypersensuality - it tends to
compensate for the negative aspects very well, because just as there is a
horrific dimension of hypersensitivity, there's an awesome dimension of
it too, and I've learned to thoroughly enjoy it as
musician/singer/songwriter...plus having real time control over the
sensations works wonders in practically eliminating the helpless feeling
that might be there otherwise.
As for the sound, I want to be able to walk into a store where there is two
different songs competing for my ears and not be forced to leave the store
... or to sit in a noisy restaurant and not leave feeling that someone has
beaten me up.
"Temporarily turning off the hearing response of my skin and only using my
ears ..."
I figure I am able to learn and will learn what I need. It will happen. But
as I tend to avoid the places where I need to learn, learning will take a
bit longer.

I had much the same results when I learned to mirror people's stance, or
at least be aware of their stance. In the process I discovered that a
large portion of the population was excessively self-conscious. So,
thanks for sharing. Although I see this as learning to cope more than
cure, it has had curative effects for me. Gone is some of the paranoia I
carried, gone is much of the effects of the ptsd from growing up
'different'. It reminds me of the cliche "if you can't change your mind
are you sure you've got one?". So, yeah, it is possible if one wishes to
do it, with the caveat that some things that are physically
neurologically set won't move, no matter how hard you push.

[Mouse]

Covert Operations: Your Brain Digitally Remastered for Clarity of
Thought
Sep. 21, 2013 — The sweep of a needle across the grooves of a worn
vinyl record carries distinct sounds: hisses, scratches, even the
echo of skips. For many years, though, those yearning to hear Frank
Sinatra sing "Fly Me to the Moon" have been able to listen to his
light baritone with technical clarity, courtesy of the increased
signal-to-noise ratio of digital remasterings. Share This: Tweet 4
Now, with advances in neurofeedback techniques, the signal-to-noise
ratio of the brain activity underlying our thoughts can be remastered
as well, according to a recent discovery in the Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences by a research team led by Stephen
LaConte, an assistant professor at the Virginia Tech Carilion
Research Institute.
LaConte and his colleagues specialize in real-time functional
magnetic resonance imaging, a relatively new technology that can
convert thought into action by transferring noninvasive measurements
of human brain activity into control signals that drive physical
devices and computer displays in real time. Crucially, for the
ultimate goal of treating disorders of the brain, this rudimentary
form of mind reading enables neurofeedback.
"Our brains control overt actions that allow us to interact directly
with our environments, whether by swinging an arm or singing an
aria," LaConte said. "Covert mental activities, on the other hand --
such as visual imagery, inner language, or recollections of the past
-- can't be observed by others and don't necessarily translate into
action in the outside world."
But, LaConte added, brain-computer interfaces now enable us to
eavesdrop on previously undetectable mental activities.
In the recent study, the scientists used whole-brain,
classifier-based real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging to
understand the neural underpinnings of brain-computer interface
control. The research team asked two dozen subjects to control a
visual interface by silently counting numbers at fast and slow rates.
For half the tasks, the subjects were told to use their thoughts to
control the movement of the needle on the device they were observing;
for the other tasks, they simply watched the needle.
The scientists discovered a feedback effect that LaConte said he had
long suspected existed but had found elusive: the subjects who were
in control of the needle achieved a better whole-brain
signal-to-noise ratio than those who simply watched the needle move.
"When the subjects were performing the counting task without
feedback, they did a pretty good job," LaConte said. "But when they
were doing it with feedback, we saw increases in the signal-to-noise
ratio of the entire brain. This improved clarity could mean that the
signal was sharpening, the noise was dropping, or both. I suspect the
brain was becoming less noisy, allowing the subject to concentrate on
the task at hand."
The scientists also found that the act of controlling the
computer-brain interface led to an increased classification accuracy,
which corresponded with improvements in the whole-brain
signal-to-noise ratio.
This enhanced signal-to-noise ratio, LaConte added, carries
implications for brain rehabilitation.
"When people undergoing real-time brain scans get feedback on their
own brain activity patterns, they can devise ways to exert greater
control of their mental processes," LaConte said. "This, in turn,
gives them the opportunity to aid in their own healing. Ultimately,
we want to use this effect to find better ways to treat brain
injuries and psychiatric and neurological disorders."
"Dr. LaConte's discovery represents a milestone in the development of
noninvasive brain imaging approaches with potential for
neurorehabilitation," said Michael Friedlander, executive director of
the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute and a neuroscientist
who specializes in brain plasticity. "This research carries
implications for people whose brains have been damaged, such as
through traumatic injury or stroke, in ways that affect the motor
system -- how they walk, move an arm, or speak, for example. Dr.
LaConte's innovations with real-time functional brain imaging are
helping to set the stage for the future, for capturing covert brain
activity and creating better computer interfaces that can help people
retrain their own brains."
The above story is based on materials provided by Virginia Tech.
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information, please contact the source cited above.
T. D. Papageorgiou, J. M. Lisinski, M. A. McHenry, J. P. White, S. M.
LaConte. Brain-computer interfaces increase whole-brain signal to
noise. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2013; 110
(33): 13630 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1210738110

[Autindividual]

Post by Mordecai
When you look up "turning off parts of the brain" you find problems.
It is not researched much.

I'm sure it is researched quite extensively, it's just that most of us
don't get to know about it because the primary motive for such research is
more effective Mind Control...on a large scale, to accomplish political
objectives. But if it's done deliberately by a specific individual for the
purpose of in some way improving the life of that individual, is a
Wonderful thing. It might be used to better remember something, perhaps to
pass a test, or to stop a habit of potentially dangerous behavior, or even
just to feel better, but when others Use it Against their Targets to more
effectively Control and Manipulate them, that's another matter entirely, a
very Evil one.

Post by Mordecai
Scientists who try it use outside controls such as magnetic fields.

That's a big one - the use of EMF in various forms of modulation involving
brainwave frequencies, to Affect many persons at once. Another more obvious
example is using stimulation via the optic 'channel' to induce seizures.
There are no doubt many other means as well.

Post by Mordecai
People who succeed do things like meditation, and then only in
specific areas. It is usually a comment like "they succeeded" rather
than "this is the process ..."
Or you hear comments like "he had an accident and now the smell
centres of the brain is working to the extent of a dog's sense of
smell."

And aroma therapy is another example. Being hypersensitive, I've
considered, and for the most part tend to believe that at least in my case,
it's not so much a matter of hypersensitive sensory neurons, that cause the
condition, but rather that the condition is in how the sensory information
is processed in the associative part(s) of the brain...like having a
microphone with a 'normal' sensitivity but cranking up the gain on the
amplifier to make it more sensitive...which means that it's the processing
of signals i.e. stimuli, that makes the most profound difference.

Post by Mordecai
The answer is "No answer - do it yourself ..." which is not much of an
answer.

That in itself involves a sort of biofeedback, which is as unique as each
individual exploring the technique(s).

Post by Mordecai
People who try have to use "think about your brain and respond" which
is the essence of meditation. I cannot meditate for nuts ... I problem
solve. So "how to do it" when not even normal people know is
especially hard.

Just have to try the options and pick the one(s) best conducive to success.

Post by Mordecai
What I do personally is predicated upon my work on the back.
I visualize ...
I determine a goal I want to achieve.
I give myself permission to try to change.
I try ... random things in the brain ...
And look at the outcomes until I am happy.
With the back, it is rather simple.
I picture the problem and devise a change I want to do. ** that is
very complex and beside the point as we are into the process itself **
I use biofeedback to permit changes in the body...
I get outcomes - usually pain in unrelated places and changes to
posture which are unforeseen. I deal with these as secondary
problems. I wait out the inevitable time it takes for the change to
the back to occur (immediate changes are a couple of days, process
changes about 6 weeks)... and then evaluate what has happened. And
afterwards, I choose the next step.
It trains both the body and the mind.
I used the same overall approach when it came to internal switches in
the brain.

I do things like that all the time. For example, I have sporadic Stress-
induced hypertension...when it flares, it's not uncommon to get readings
like 220/137 but fortunately that doesn't last for more than a few minutes
and I check and record my blood pressure every day - my mother most likely
had her massive stroke in 1984 because she was not paying attention to her
blood pressure, and since herself and myself are practically 'carbon
copies', it scared me into keeping it under control, and using pleasant
scenarios played out in the mind, usually involving idyllic conditions and
situations, can really work Miracles to lower it quickly.

Post by Mordecai
What did I actually do? No bloody idea.
How did I do it? No bloody idea.
Can anyone else do it? Sure because we have documentation that people
succeed but they also have no idea on how to do it.
An I very good at it? ROTFLOL ... I am a novice, self taught with
little experience. And cannot even describe what I have done.
This is subtle, gentle, and rather different to forcing a nail into
wood with a hammer.

Yes, it's more like just easing into it, after extensive experimentation to
find not only whhich technique(s) will work, but works best.

Post by Mordecai
Everything I am doing is "allow change" rather than "do this ..."
To persuade rather than to force.

Force is what makes problems, and makes them worse in the first place ;)

Post by Mordecai
My picture is a process like fuzzy logic ... try until we succeed.
Random neurons firing with a reinforcement (reward) when you succeed.
Heck - my entire attempts at conscious control of the brain is six
weeks old.
And I have not put much effort into it as I have been dealing with a
severe back crisis. Not being able to walk at random times, and severe
pain has priority. I only care to deal with "the switch" outside my
"place of safety where I can function" and if I do not leave my house
... Yeah ... Not much effort at all.
Talk about the blind leading the blind.

It's not so much that as it is a matter of discovery, as unique as each
individual...as to how to go about doing something. But the common
denominator is the Desire, the Wish, the WILL to accomplish something and
that Always takes mental control, to bring reality into line with the
desired objective(s).

Post by Mordecai
As with the back, the process is going to be like training a person to
climb a mountain. There can be formal training, and exercises but the
actual climbing of the mountain is what a person learns, not what the
teacher teaches.
The "doing" of it is the real training.

And the Tragedy is that so many people want to be LAZY and choose the
vicarious approach, letting others do their living, and thinking 'for'
them...it's a Major reason why so much Freedom and Liberty has been Lost.
It's just not in my 'operating system' to be like that, which is why I'm a
musician/singer/songwriter - I could only listen to the music I Love for
just so long before I realized that just passively listening to others
performing what I Love so much just wasn't enough - I had to actually get
Involved and start Making the Music myself...which is why when asked if I
go to concerts, I always say that I only care to go to a concert if I can
get the best seat in the house - on stage behind the keyboards ;) because
Music is one of my Passions, the other one is Flying i.e. piloting an
aircraft, so when it comes to airshows, I say that I'd enjoy it most if I
had one of the best seats in that house - 'upstairs' in the cockpit!

In other words, for anyone planning of achieving the kind of mental control
necessary to deal with autistic, or any other kind of condition, they'll
have to first and foremost adopt a Pioneer/Explorer mentality, which is
what it takes.

Post by Mordecai
And because it is so new - there is ** as yet ** neither guides nor
teachers.
Only the fact others have climbed the mountains before us.
Sorry I cannot be of more help.

No further help is necessary, except by the terminally Lazy. Sure it takes
work, so what? It took work for me to write 25 original songs, beginning my
third album, but if it's Worth having, it's Worth Working for, and Laziness
simply won't cut it.

Post by Mordecai
One further point. If you learn a new skill, ** you do not lose your
old skills."

I'm more than profoundly aware of that from being into Music ;)

Post by Mordecai
You have found advantages to Autism? So did I. It has a great price
and a great reward.

YES INDEED!!! It's a Blessing disguised as a curse, and I wouldn't have it
any other way!

Post by Mordecai
If you look above and see "Give myself permission ..." I considered
the outcome if I succeeded and I was worried about it.
I was worried I would lose the ability to think logically.
I haven't.

It's the acquisition of knowledge, it just adds up that much more, without
subtracting.

Post by Mordecai
I wanted the ability to both turn off and also to turn back on the
logical part of my brain BECAUSE the advantages are high. At this
stage, I do not need to concern myself with it.

That's all part of self-control, it's not only doable, it just gets better
and better.

Post by Mordecai
As for the sound, I want to be able to walk into a store where there
is two different songs competing for my ears and not be forced to
leave the store

Oh, how I HATE that!!! My usual response is to either just get away from
that Confusion, or block it out, which is Never easy, or to focus on only
one song, which is Never fun ;)

Post by Mordecai
... or to sit in a noisy restaurant and not leave
feeling that someone has beaten me up.
"Temporarily turning off the hearing response of my skin and only
using my ears ..."

I tend to just stay away from restaurants altogether ;)
And it sounds like you're hypersensitvity is also particularl concentrated
in the auditory and tactile. Do you also have synesthesia along with that?

Post by Mordecai
I figure I am able to learn and will learn what I need. It will
happen. But as I tend to avoid the places where I need to learn,
learning will take a bit longer.

And the internet helps...and for me, if making Music is involved, I'll
endure what it takes...now There's an example of changing too.

[Mordecai]

Mordecai wrote:
Clipped ...

Update.
I have just been walking around a shopping centre and in the areas "between
different songs" I felt no discomfort. Even with two different songs
playing clearly.

This is not definitive, but it is hopeful. As avoiding noisy places is
going to remain something I prefer, (most people prefer this) it might be a
while before I can find out my reactions to other situations.

As for the comments - I wish to point out that the great "breakthroughs" in
science have been someone who has a need and deciding to try to do
something nobody else has done. They often build upon the work of
scientists and specialists ... and the many who have gone before us.

Barbara Arrowsmith-Young had a need, and listened to the science of
neuroplasticity, made her own methodology and changed the world for people
with disabilities.

Her methodology is akin to training the body and tries to exercise a person
in a specific area of the brain ... from a 90 pound weakling through normal
right up to "super buff" level. One specific muscle at a time so to speak.

What I have done is to play with brain switches - switches which are
supposed to be on, switches which are supposed to be off, and switches
which are supposed to switch.

If we can train the brain in exercises, (I think we can say "proved" to
this) we can also train the brain with switches ... which is what I have
played with.

And on a totally different note, i have a different switch I have played
with.
It is the term "Kinesthetic" which Barbara described in herself, her
inability to know where her left hand side is. Something she trained
herself "out of."

We are supposed to walk with an internal dynamic balance. If you are
unaware of the left hand side of your body, you cannot use the left hand
muscles to balance so you will use other muscles to balance.
I could see the outcome in the posture of Barbara ... in many ways more
fascinating to me than her work with neuroplasticity and the hope for the
intellectually handicapped.

I decided try to turn off the left hand side of my body so to speak, in
order to help me change my posture.
I succeeded.
It felt as though I was aware of the left hand side but it was muted, dull,
less precise and defined.

And it gave me what I wanted - a chance to change my posture.
I only needed this off for a few minutes ... and I do not know if it turned
itself back on, or I turned it on again.
It is a switch which is supposed to be on.

So if anyone wants to play with the internal brain construction - we have
two "self taught" ways to work.
One is now documented with a guide.
One is not documented and there is no guide.

The two methodologies do not compete.
If you have the use of part of your brain and it is at the level of a 90
pound weakling ... turning switches is not enough.
If you are at the super buff level and the switch is off, the output is
muted and you are only at normal level.

And if your smell suddenly gets turned on and you have the improved
capacity similar to that of dog - you will find it hard to live in this
modern world. That is one you definitely want turned off - so that smell is
muted to that of a normal human.

Ergo, the entire thesis is "it is possible for us to train the switches in
the brain to turn on and turn off entire areas of the brain."
And it is a minor change from science which says "it is possible to turn
off and on the switches in our brain."

When I was trying to find answers to sound hypersensitivity, the people
were trying to create a filter because there was hearing with the body and
hearing with the ears. Their words. Their concepts.
And they advised a large financial outlay for a course in training for the
part of my brain which deals with sounds. It did some good but did not deal
with the problem.

But I theorized for "my switch" ... what if the problem is that a normal
person has turned off the hearing with the body?
And this is what I tried to do.
It seems to have worked ... maybe.

[Autindividual]

Post by Mordecai
Update.
I have just been walking around a shopping centre and in the areas
"between different songs" I felt no discomfort. Even with two
different songs playing clearly.

While I'm able to endure two different songs playing at the same time, I
still have to understand WHY they're being played at the same time,
because in the absence of a valid reason, I become irritated that it's
being done.

Post by Mordecai
This is not definitive, but it is hopeful. As avoiding noisy places is
going to remain something I prefer, (most people prefer this) it might
be a while before I can find out my reactions to other situations.

For me, that depends on the reason, I Love making Music so the relatively
loud environment in which I'd be playing, so long as it's not hearing-
damaging loud, would be most welcome. Same thing with being at an airport
to watch, and hear the aircraft. I Love aviation and have been a student
pilot while I could still afford it. I also enjoy shooting so I'd even
find a gun range to be fun too. In all of those instances, I'd have some
kind of control in the situation, so I'd be mentally prepared for and
understanding of the sounds involved and even though I'm hyperauditory,
I'd be able to deal with it, so long as I'd be able to stay "on top" of
the situation...because my approach to hypersensitivity is to be
hypersensual...to enjoy the intense effects of pleasant sensations, which
also tends to counter the intense effects of the horrific sensations...as
for me, it's about countering the bad with the good. Same with my being
hypertactile...particularly since that and the hyperauditory are
synesthetically connected.

Post by Mordecai
As for the comments - I wish to point out that the great
"breakthroughs" in science have been someone who has a need and
deciding to try to do something nobody else has done. They often build
upon the work of scientists and specialists ... and the many who have
gone before us.
Barbara Arrowsmith-Young had a need, and listened to the science of
neuroplasticity, made her own methodology and changed the world for
people with disabilities.
Her methodology is akin to training the body and tries to exercise a
person in a specific area of the brain ... from a 90 pound weakling
through normal right up to "super buff" level. One specific muscle at
a time so to speak.

I've experimented with my own approaches in such areas, and ended up
instead learning to seek and enjoy the hypersensual aspects of
hypersensitivity...while avoiding and at least preparing for the horrific
aspects.

Post by Mordecai
What I have done is to play with brain switches - switches which are
supposed to be on, switches which are supposed to be off, and switches
which are supposed to switch.
If we can train the brain in exercises, (I think we can say "proved"
to this) we can also train the brain with switches ... which is what I
have played with.
And on a totally different note, i have a different switch I have
played with.
It is the term "Kinesthetic" which Barbara described in herself, her
inability to know where her left hand side is. Something she trained
herself "out of."

If indeed such various behaviors can be 'switched', and the objective is
to 'switch' them, then it's also particularly important to achieve enough
control to be able to 'switch' them back as well.

Post by Mordecai
We are supposed to walk with an internal dynamic balance. If you are
unaware of the left hand side of your body, you cannot use the left
hand muscles to balance so you will use other muscles to balance.
I could see the outcome in the posture of Barbara ... in many ways
more fascinating to me than her work with neuroplasticity and the hope
for the intellectually handicapped.
I decided try to turn off the left hand side of my body so to speak,
in order to help me change my posture.
I succeeded.
It felt as though I was aware of the left hand side but it was muted,
dull, less precise and defined.

I experienced something like that when I was very young i.e. single
digits, I couldn't tell right from left, yet my body knew what to do, so
I had to train myself to recognize left and right, so I could better know
what my body was doing ;)

Post by Mordecai
And it gave me what I wanted - a chance to change my posture.
I only needed this off for a few minutes ... and I do not know if it
turned itself back on, or I turned it on again.
It is a switch which is supposed to be on.

But if you're controlling that 'switch', then it's your decision.

Post by Mordecai
So if anyone wants to play with the internal brain construction - we
have two "self taught" ways to work.
One is now documented with a guide.
One is not documented and there is no guide.
The two methodologies do not compete.
If you have the use of part of your brain and it is at the level of a
90 pound weakling ... turning switches is not enough.
If you are at the super buff level and the switch is off, the output
is muted and you are only at normal level.

Obviously, this 'switch' setting is all a matter of personal
preference...as well it should be.

Post by Mordecai
And if your smell suddenly gets turned on and you have the improved
capacity similar to that of dog - you will find it hard to live in
this modern world. That is one you definitely want turned off - so
that smell is muted to that of a normal human.

There it is! The very essence of ALL of this entire 'autism' hype! Like
I've been saying all along, it's ALL about Conformity, usually through
Coercion in one form or another to bring it about. Sure, if you don't
Conform, if you're different, you're going to suffer, but it's Worth
it!!!

Post by Mordecai
Ergo, the entire thesis is "it is possible for us to train the
switches in the brain to turn on and turn off entire areas of the
brain." And it is a minor change from science which says "it is
possible to turn off and on the switches in our brain."

Just so long as it's not for Surrendering and Conforming to the NT
Standard of behavior!

How about instead, we get the NTs to flip their 'switches' to get them to
be more like us i.e. Individualistic! I'm working on that through my
music.

Post by Mordecai
When I was trying to find answers to sound hypersensitivity, the
people were trying to create a filter because there was hearing with
the body and hearing with the ears. Their words. Their concepts.
And they advised a large financial outlay for a course in training for
the part of my brain which deals with sounds. It did some good but did
not deal with the problem.
But I theorized for "my switch" ... what if the problem is that a
normal person has turned off the hearing with the body?
And this is what I tried to do.
It seems to have worked ... maybe.

A Big part of the NT Standard of behavior Conformity is to become
Desensitized and Depersonalized, by turning off, among others, the
Sensitivity, Compassion, Honesty, Acceptance, Psychedelic, and Love
'switches', just to name a few - and just LOOK at the Results! There's NO
WAY I'll Ever go that route!!!