Hello all! I am curious to see if this is a sign or symtom (both weak or normal or strong sign) of 2e. I do not want to brag or anything. I just want to know to what I could belong to ( I show symtoms of ASD or autsim but when I googled the typical behaviours of ASD, I didnt match those characteristics, but I do check the read flags of autism). This is one example of: I have this, but I dont have that, I am this, but I am not that, I can do this, but I cant do that. If more is needed I can tell more. Note: I am not in the 99th percentile of anything, because I ahve not been teste yet, nor do I know what my iq number is.
On a Tuesday (I believe it was last week, though I am not sure exactly) I was sitting on my chair, listening to my economics teacher. It was in the morning. She told us that she had SIX students last year. Okay, (apparently) my brain or whatever seems to be storing every word and number with no difficulty nor heavy used up brain power/ space. Everything is fine.
On Tuesdays, I hve one period in the morning and another lesson at the very end of the day. Some students were not there in class in the first morning, but were there in the econd lesson. So, my teacher told us and them again, how many students she had last year. Okay, fine.
I am lsitening again and there is this scanner in my mind or wherever, which is ALWAYS on and is not there (I am describing how it feels like). This scanner then for some reason seemed to scan every word and number when I listened to the same thing again.
Okay, weird, whatever. As I am writing this, I get an image of the scanner, (not gonna bore nayone with how it looks like, where the actual scanners is) scanning the words and numbers heard like a ticket. It lights up green when the word is the same word that was used before (including numbers). The number arent at high volume. EXCEPT, when the scanner detects that that word or number is different to the word or number used before (or incorrect). Which that afternoon was the case. My teacher said that she had SEVEN students lst year, not six.
Now I am going to describe the chain reaction. As soon as I heard the seemingly loud, noticable and independant word, I didnt get the thought: wait, this morning she said, she had 6 students", not seven, no. Like an incredibly fast chain reaction, my face turned to a doubting face. the moment I heard the number 7. Then, a nano second later, (or so) the thought surfaced. Agian, I am describing how it oseemd/ felt like. I am amware that this might be incorrect. A side or part of me really wanted to tell the teacher that she was incorrect. Howevet, this other side of me told me to wait and not inturrpt the teacher, because like, lets be honest, who cares about a mix up, right? 🥴. This other side ignored the side that wanted to tell the teacher, so I whispered quietly tht the teacher said she had 6, not.................................................... . Normally, I keep quiet, but definetly do not ignore it.
From what I have observed, this thing can detect a different number or word used (when the same thing is said the second time) one or possible more weeks later. Can I remember the word or the number said the first time, after hearing a different word or number used a second time? Maybe not. At least, I haven't managed to do this tiwce. I think I managed it once though.
You may have noticed that I skip, forget and mix up letters. 2e people have specific intellectual traits or are strong in some specific things, but have ADHD, ASD etc, I am wondering if this, I wouldn't necessarily call it memory, but having this big space where words or numbers are kept and then checked against numbers or letters used are different the second time when explaining or describing or telling something (sorry for all these apositions) is one of the halves of 2e. And yes, I am very sorry for this lengthy post. Have a nice day and answers, experiences would be highly valued.