The fact that autistics tend to have less synaptic pruning and therefore more synapses and The fact that ADHDers have understimulated brains i bet would make for a fascinating study of the comorbidity of the two
The comorbidity of the two is extremely high, but people who are diagnosed with ASD are less likely to be helped by ADHD medications if they are diagnosed with ADHD.
@@Redmage913 I wonder what specific chemical differences are the reason for the disparity in medication effectiveness. Like seriously, I've tried Ritalin, dex, straterra and I'm on concerta now and none of them do shit. Well, at least the stimulants wake me up and help me sleep through the night better
"I see that I'm hurt before I can feel it." Oh, I totally get this. I'll like close my hand in the door or something, and I'll have a chance to think to myself, "Oh, this is gonna suck!"
I can relate to this. I've had some serious cuts and don't know how bad until I see LOTS OF BLOOD. THEN I start feeling the pain. BTW I'm not autistic (not diagnosed, at least).
Yes! A few weeks ago I was asleep on the sofa & my partner brought me tea, tripped over a toy & spilt it all over me. I became kind of partially aware as it happened and was aware of the tea on me & had a moment in my brain to be like....oh shit here we go. Then felt the burns and started screaming 😅. Luckily I was only scalded, not badly burned!
That’s me in a nutshell. I legit cut my knuckle so bad the other day that it sloughed off all the skin on my knuckle and left it hanging on by the littlest of skin-based threads, 😂 and I didn’t know until I looked at my knuckle which was covered in blood! 🙃 where the skin was all ripped and hanging off of there like, body thanks for the memo. Then it started to hurt after I saw it.
AuDHD and dyspraxic here and I feel the "having to consciously think actions" so much. My body feels like I'm piloting it more than I'm living through it, I feel so disconnected from it at times (might be why I'm agender too), it's like piloting an exosuit with input lag and random interference in the controls.
I'm autistic too but almost nymphomaniac levels of horny instead lol. I even describe my internal experience as piloting a mech with input lag but since I did combat sports, I realized EVERYONE has input lag, they just don't process it. Normies have a strong instinct towards getting to mediocre and stop improving once it's no longer instinctive but us autists have always functioned in this conscious manner so we can just eventually catch up and leave them in the dust. Also, sexual intercourse is an autonomous response and one of the few times I've actually felt "normal." There is barely any masking in intercourse, just be yourself unrepentantly and enjoy it. It's weird.
@@juhel5531 I'm very much on the "stop once I stop improving" side, but that's probably the ADHD part lol I get super engaged in new activities but once I lose the dopamine hit of improving, learning new things etc it's hard for me to stay interested (on the other hand I tend to bounce from hyperfixation to hyperfixation so I have a pretty eclectic skillset of things I'm competent at). Also not 100% sure why you brought up your sex drive since I didn't mention that so in case that's the reason I just want to point out that agender and asexual are entirely different things. Now that's still an interesting topic though cause I'm like, really weird with sex, as in, I'm really slutty with pretty wild kinks when I'm talking through text with someone, but I'm pretty much ace as soon as my actual body is involved. I love sex on a theoretical level but not on practical one lol, bodies are too weird and senses too overwhelmed when near someone, like, even handholding is overwhelming for me (but I'm totally fine having the weirdest eldritch sex through text lmao). I don't really have a cohesive concluding thought so, uh, have a nice day! =p
@@Laezar1 I brought up sex drive cuz screw societal conventions and it's a super sensation driven thing but is so formulaic when you try to dissect it but also the magic of how good it feels doesn't go away with thorough dissection. When I know someone better, I can pick a different topic but in casual convo, it's hard to figure out a topic that gets as strong a reaction. I was never given an opportunity to practice social interaction before I had a sex drive because my identity as the absolute low social status weirdo got cemented in every social setting. The only people that were willing to give me social interaction were women that I was dating. So seggs, flirting and banter holds a special place in my heart for socializing me.
@@juhel5531 Yeah that's fine, it was the "instead" that threw me off since it implied it was a response to something I said and I didn't mention my sex drive so I wanted to make sure there was no confusion ^^
Forward head posture (often due to neck and upper back hyper-mobility/joint instability) partially restricts the blood and oxygen supply to the head increasing brain fog, anxiety AND puts the body in a fight or flight sympathetic state even when there is no danger, it also lowers vagal tone (vagus nerve is responsible for rest and digest, AND makes us open to socialising and feeling comfortable and safe around other people). Autistic and ADHD people have been found to have lower vagal tone than neurotypicals. Lower vagal tone also sets the stage for increased inflammation and reduced levels of healing - hence why chronic pain is a common comorbidity.
And that's why good posture becoming a "class thing" was the wooorst shift. I rebelled against good posture so hard as a kid but omg has it screwed up my body in unexpected waays 😅 Thanks for the reminder that I need to streeetch before I go to bed
Both my daughter and my son have autism and ADHD. My daughter also has bipolar 1. She fits your description. She has hyper mobility, anterior pelvic tilt and forward head posture. She’s the most emotionally dysregulated person I’ve ever known. Her life has been rough, despite all my efforts. Her future doesn’t have a good outlook. I won’t be around forever. I don’t like to think about what it might be like for her after I’m gone.
@@derrickrr5516 hi, there are things you can do to help. Like getting physical therapy to help her neck posture/curve and strengthen her neck muscles which can help put her into a more parasympathetic state and increase her vagal tone. Also taking supplements like high dose curcumin/turmeric and magnesium to lower stress hormones and decrease mast cell activation in response to stress. Mast cell activation contributes to inflammation AND hyper mobility since mast cells release compounds which break down connective tissue. Also make sure she is hydrated and drinking 8-10 glasses of water per day (this will increase blood pressure to the brain and lower the compensatory noradrenaline release. These things have greatly helped me and others with AuDHD.
This is much more relatable than monotropism, I feel like I neurologically cannot let go of things. The hate for change is the feeling of having to hold on to an extra set of complicated but useless information which makes me angry
@@alexba1leyNot OP, but monotropism is a theory of neurodivergence (not just autism), which describes how ND people tend to only be able to focus on/do ONE thing, aka "monotropic mind". I might have explained it badly, but honestly, this is a yt comment :)
Go talk to her. I will be soon. I'm excited mostly, scared 2nd most. She's so cool. Nearly 40 years and I've never felt like I've encountered someone who I think should be my sister.
I don't remember why, but I was thinking about the "lack" of neural pruning and the wear and tear thing yesterday, and how it's like the "Smart AIs" in Halo (like Cortana), who has an operational lifespan of 7 years before they "think themselves to death" and go through a deterioration called Rampancy that's very much like the emotionally unstable phases of dementia, because they can't prune their neural networks the way humans can.
Long while ago (before audhd, thinking about brains etc) I thought something similar, that AI would always 'blackpill' because it has no capacity for denial. Blocking things out is kinda essential in a hostile world if you want reasonably efficient operation, too many IFs kill actions.
Connective tissue disorders and hypermobility are SUPER common amongst neurodivergents, especially afab AuDHDers. Many people have said that ASD/ND people (especially women) often look very young for their age, that could potentially be due to the abnormalities in collagen and connective tissue which can result in increased elastin to compensate, giving that youthful skin look. A mother with Ehlers Danlos syndrome has the same chance of giving birth to an autistic child as a mother with an autism diagnosis! Also, surprise surprise, connective tissue is very abundant in the brain...
The collagen thing is so cool! I always assumed it was because autistic people make less facial expressions, therefore less wear and tear on the muscles.
@@TheDoodlingFlowerGirl I did too until I found out about this! Plus, there are AuDHDers who overuse their facial muscles and expressions as a form of compensation and masking, who also still look super young and lack facial wrinkles
@@sacrilegiousboi978 That's so cool! I'd always wondered how the super expressive AuDHDers looked younger as well, now it makes perfect sense! Thanks for sharing!
When I turned 23 I had three major things happen: I had a major friend break up that still really bothers me, I got married (which typically is a high stress time), and I got mononucleosis while working in a restaurant. I’ve always been pretty sure that I had ADHD, but after I got mono, I guess it triggered something in my nervous system where I began to have symptoms of what my rheumatologist told me was mixed connective tissue disorder. The doctor basically told me that I had a little of this and a little of that and we won’t know until a few years later if it will progresses into something else. Now I’m 30 (still married!) and have self diagnosed myself with autism, hypermobile EDS, POTS, and maybe MCAS. Eventually, I’ll go to a doctor and have everything confirmed, but for now I’m doing my own research since advocating for yourself as a woman within the American healthcare system is very necessary and of course on top of that a lot of doctors just don’t seem to know much about autism and it’s connection to your physical body.
Wow. I am so curious about commonalities between things that Squad said and my own. I've been diagnosed with CPTSD, but honestly, I've never had a professional that i felt safe with to discuss my disassociations. My trauma started around 5. When they said the voices were like a radio, i really felt that. I've always struggled to be able to explain the voices in my head. At least, that is the only verbage that i have. It isn't audible voices or paranoia, but more like a constant stream of consciousness directing me, processing information, ..its hard to explain. I can remember bits of my past, but they are lumped around different traumas at different ages. I am currently waiting for another neuropsyc evaluation. So much has come to light since i last went. The way you discuss the relationship with your daughter, I can relate very much. im not saying i have DID. I found this very enlightening and helped me to identify new verbage to explain things that are very hard to understand. I often wonder how much one human can take, but my son is what keeps me going as well. We have a very close bond. Thank you both for sharing.
This video convinced me to subscribe, thank you so much for this! I’m only recently starting to suspect I have ASD and with every video I watch, I see more and more falling into place. I have struggled with EDS and joint issues all my life. I have always had a high resting heart rate and low blood pressure. My posture with my neck has always looked exactly like yours. And the mouth breathing thing! I was made fun of as a child because I always had my mouth open with my tongue slightly out. I had to work on being conscious of keeping my mouth shut and breathing through my nose. Seriously, I have never felt so seen in my life. Please keep up the amazing content!
Recently found your channel and I adore you. Me and my girlfriend both believe we have ADHD... well, she's been diagnosed and treated and we're pretty sure I have it too since her and I are essentially the same person. Thank you for all of the information in your channel and for making it so relatable. Her and I are now coming to terms that our condition may not be limited to ADHD. People like you make this easier to live with. In any event, it has already helped me see other people that I KNOW have autism in a different light. I think you and your neurodivergent mind are brilliant and beautiful and I am overjoyed at the thought of all the unique people among the viewers with unique and special gifts. Humanity is truly better for it.
You are a fantastic science educator! Your excitement for the science-y bits is contagious, and I love the jellyfish blob in the meatsuit visual! I already knew I was wearing a meatsuit, and also that metaphorically I’m just a little creature on the inside. So this fits well!
This is by far the best video I have found while working through my own self diagnoses. Down to the misophonia and comorbidity. I masked myself into a narcissistic personality that I fully believe couldve progressed much worse had i not started working through it in therapy. Thank you 🙏🏻
Love this so much! Wanna add some information - brains are a special interest of mine, and I especially love the work of Iain Mcgilchrist for this topic of hemispheres. So the theory of the analytical left & emotional right has been thoroughly debunked. Mcgilchrist has a really strong replacement theory though. He talks about how they both *do* all the things, but what’s different is *how* they each attend to the world. Information is presenced to the right and re-presented to the left (and cognition is a lot of back & forth). The right takes things in holistically, all together. The left takes things in discretely, in severed pieces. The left is more “zoomed in”, optimistic, focused on manipulating the environment. The right is more “zoomed out”, pessimistic, focused on receiving the gestalt of the environment. Emotionally, sadness involves more right hemisphere activation, whereas anger shows farrrrrr more left (lots of emotions didn’t display a preference). Super fascinating! And understanding the biology has really helped with self-reflection & self-growth stuff. Instead of fighting these two perspectives, I’ve learned how to mutually respect them.
Liked and subscribed and only half way through! Thank you for just shooting off info that is straight to the point, my brain loves it. I feel you on the fear of dementia except mine is a fear of psychosis. The problem is being so smart and over analytical that any typical means of addressing mental health issues feels like an attempt to trick a mind that has just decided it "knows" what's going to happen.
I know people disagree, but autism is a form of evolution as it has a genetic component. It might not be the most beneficial, but it has been persistent which suggests it isn't too detrimental. Our brains are have too deep folds which allows them to connect easier. It allows our brains to literally connect in ways that normal people cannot experience.
If it's a form of evolution is has come about mostly only do to the societal structures, and technologies which have come forth ever increasingly in the last 150 years or so. Also likely in a way reacting towards chemical, radiological, radio wave, micro wave........ Pollution. It may be part of the cause as well the reaction our genetics have in order to branch out in such a suddenly foreign environment. To create vastly unique and differing people to then go through the process of survival of the fittest.. to figure out just what in the hell traits will be necessary to survive and then thrive in this world now. Making things much more difficult than ever known before in history as well is the rate of change of this alien environment. This is maybe why many with even severe autism with trouble functioning in basic day to day life tasks are some of the most capable with computers...? Such a crazy crazy time to be alive. And if our species makes it through the next few hundred years. This time we are alive in now, and even things like this comment on RUclips will be studied by historians. My genetics will not be passed on. And my family tree ends with me. So apparently I do not carry strong enough or capable enough genes that any female considers are suitable to allow another generation to stem from. Kinda makes me feel shitty... But it is what it is. Funny too cause on paper I have almost everything that is supposed to be desired.
@@ron1836 it is interesting. A lot of us have health issues which can be a problem. Wonder if we'll get better treatments for the genetic issues that often come with it. Some kind of better long term fixes for seizures that some of us get. And my dude you got to get out there. Sometimes got to work on yourself a bit too, but I'm sure you could find someone. Met my wife online insulting Republicans. I was scrawny and a bit of cringe neckbeard. Not full blown mind you, but a bit of white knight chivalry nonsense. Married had kids, and now I'm trans and reproduced / have family. Got to relax into relationships too. We tend to jump full in. Don't lie about who you are, but don't spill everything. I'd honestly look for a neurodivergent partner. We get along better with eachother. My wife is my best friend. Didn't intend a relationship. We literally just talked on Facebook and happened to have a friend in common who was actually the girl I was crushing on / a bit obsessed with at the time. She was actually my wife's maid of honor.
Nothing is a "form of evolution " . Evolution is a law of nature of how genes are transported and selected in living things and humans observed these laws and have it the name evolution. It's like we observed apples fall from trees and then we observed more and called it gravity. So if you referring to the scientific concept of evolution it is not logical to use the word that way
Thanks for the heads-up on POTS, and yes…I do. I’ll just add it to my ever growing list of issues, which I can’t address. (Weird one: I’ve had high blood pressure since my teens, and no doctor ever cared to discover why)
Get a blood count, my blood pressure is really low, and apparently i have thrombocytopenia and my platlets are apparently bigger and i have fewer so i just have less blood to get through, you could have kind of the opposite problem
I also always had a high blood pressure since my teens. And sometimes it was mentioned, and said it might be a problem at a later age. But no care for what caused it. Now I am 41 and now they did sound the alarm and put me on (heavy) medication. And they barely lower my blood pressure. To me it feels it actually got worse with a cardiologist telling me: "do this, do that, don't do that." I was also never remotely fat untill just a few years ago. And now for the first time they tell me to lose weight. It seems my blood works are totally fine. It really is as if high blood pressure is just part of me.
In me my chronic pain has all been caused by autism and all of it has been fixable mostly. Autism causes due to poor posture, how I stim, and being clumsy. Example, grinding my teeth when sensory input gets too much gave me chronic TMJ. My odd ways of sitting in my chair caused me to significantly twist my rib cage due to weakness is some muscle and greater strength in others all due holding weird positions in a chair long periods of time. That caused me all kind of chronic pain. Fixed both but the rib cage to 6 years of physio to return my skeletal system to it's proper position.
@@chrismaxwell1624I've been in pain since at least 16 years old. Yoga has helped me so much. Now, my joints/muscles hurt only sometimes, but my back is in tip-top condition.
You said something that triggered a thought so i had to go to Google. I was a colicky baby. My mom said i was always so fussy and cried a lot, but evidently it can be a sign of autism in babies. So good to know now.
Speaking of your book!! I was finally able to listen to the audio version (there was a loooong wait list) and omggg it nearly brought me to tears so many times because of how relatable it felt. I’m really trying to convince my parents to read it as well because I think it would help them understand things so much better than I’ve ever been able to communicate to them. My fingers are crossed I’ll get one of them soon! 😅
21:56 on this topic, I experienced that learning proper posture, stress release through somatic exercising and even exercising makes body problems so much easier. We often want to outanalyse our body problems away. But no matter if ur autistic or not our body needs proper movement and stimulation, and as a person with adhd and probably autism too I find that using my body helped me sooo much. Like going back to my body, its both stimulating and grounding, and when I learn how to move my body Im both more concious and relaxed bc my muscles are less tense. I often am hyperaware of tension and body sensations and they can be overwhelming, I used to be so accustomed to the overwhelm that I didn't even think about that. But now Im so glad I know how imporatnt somatic therapy is. I would recommend every autistic person to get into somatic exercises, or whatever feels right for them, bc we can't use analytics to resolve problems in the body, we have to use the body to resolve problems in it. And as you said, we can't often change our genes but what we do matters.
Thank you for all the information. I have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. and just was diagnosed with ADHD, and noticed that so many memories and feelings gushed out. And I was also told that many of us with EDS has autism and ADHD. I think we will always research more about the WHY. I love to make sense of things. love y!
This! All of this! This video shows why we need autists to study autism and allistics just sit and listen. 💜 thank you, Paige, for all you do! I wish you would be president of worldwide autism studies! I'd vote for you! 💜💜💜
This is the first time I've seen her channel come up but the other channel I watch a lot she's studied psychology and autism is like her special interest so I agree having autistic people actually studying it and giving not only the facts they find but also their personal understanding since they've lived it, it's so nice.
Lots of insights from this vid! One thing I learned is that autism is usually never the only diagnosis. I have a laundry list of dsm diagnosis: anxiety, depression, ADHD, PTSD, BPD, DID, panic disorder, social anxiety, cptsd, etc etc etc... so the fact that having autism (potentially... probably... Undiagnosed, but highly suspected) can lead to developing those other disorders makes absolute sense to me and would help explain.
You are incredible as is your book- reading now! So grateful to have stumbled upon your videos- as a queer person in the process of getting assessed with a family history of suspected autism, everything you’ve explained here adds to completing my and my family’s lifelong puzzle of “why” questions! Thank you for sharing your passions and your sense of justice for autistic individuals to be allowed and encouraged to ask and know their “whys”!
Started to watch out of interest, exploring my ADHD because some spicy parts of my brain don't slot into the typical ADHD diagnosis. You covered them here, but then interestingly...I had that moment I think neurospice folk have where it's like....oh, this human. This person is different too, like me! I like them. I can connect with this person, I want to watch and listen to them. Ahah you are captivating! The part with blood tubes had me crushing a bit. Amazing video, you're so well versed in the biological side and it's fascinating how many elements are connected. I can track my own threads as well as family members across a lot of them. Subbed!
This. This is also why I hate parties. If it's loud enough and there's a bass blaring, the vibrations from it drive me into a panic. It's like my whole body is stuck in an earthquake, like all control over myself was taken away. It's literally the worst and I CANNOT handle it and need to leave. Massive overload.
Yoooo this was super validating the watch. After discovering you like 3-4 years ago and learning more about autism presenting in high masking people, I had became more curious. 2 years ago now I got diagnosed with autism! So helpful to be able to actually get to know myself.
I love learning, thanks Paige! I'm allistic but I'm a sensitive gal and I've been doing neurokinetic massage for a couple years now and it has drastically changed my awareness of my body and how patterns form pain. I highly recommend learning about that modality.
When you say "no one had a perfect childhood", I agree but also not having a perfect childhood gives us other tools. We learn ways of adapting, coping, and working around problems that we don't have the solution for. My connective tissue is more flexible than it is for most people, like you said. My resting heart rate in high school was usually about 100bpm. These days at age 59 my pulse is usually around 80bpm but I'm also on blood pressure medication.
boring thing: disorder: ugh no condition: still meh set of conditions: this one sparks joy autism isn't a single thing, its an umbrella term. set, not thing.
Love your stuff, you rock. I also live in Canada, yay samers. Wow I am a dork lol. I'm pretty sure I'm autistic, been obsessed with learning about autism for a year and a half at this point, no sign of stopping. I've been learning about mental health stuff like my whole life, special interest. ❤
I'd read about this theory, but I've never heard someone in the online autistic community talk about it, at least not the mainstream people. It makes a lot of sense to me.
Every time you mentioned the book, I looked over at my book shelf trying to figure out where I put it when it arrived the other day, and then at the end I rolled over in bed and the book is sitting on the table next to my bed already. 🙃
Have lots of hope about dementia.. a lot of my fam is on the spectrum and are bright, sharp people into old age.. i imagine the correlation may have more to do with the relative likelihood (over many decades) that people with autism may have smaller support systems, may have eaten fewer nutrients, may have had less mental health support.. all of that. This is improving for the community thanks to people like you though ❤
My thoughts too! It may be more a correlation rather than causation. ND people are more likely to abuse substances, struggle with healthy eating patterns, sleep properly, etc.
I can’t explain how happy the explanation of things makes me. I enjoy being in school and learning things, so the fact that this feels just like being in a lesson, but it’s so much more engaging because it’s about something I chose to learn about, and that evokes so much happiness in my brain.
WOW, this is now one of my favorite videos about autism on RUclips! Thank you for this Everest of info!! SO. MUCH. INFO! I learned a lot! And as you said it: autistic people LOVE to understand!! I have INDEED subscribed! ❤
I love this video so much, thank you for explaining all of this, it explains so much, honestly! I'm glad I'm not alone with this and live in a time where we have you and these resources.
This video just clarified SO MUCH for me, holy shit. Shoulder assymetry, over-engaging certain muscles (I have massive traps and shoulders for no reason at all). This might be this year's favorite video. Thank you so so much!!!
AuDHD with EDS here, the problem with the hypermobility is that your ligaments don’t have as much resistance as they should and you can overstretch them and then eventually they won’t snap back. That throws off the way your whole body moves. It’s not reversible but you can train your muscles to compensate. I’ve been in PT for the last year relearning how I’m actually supposed to move. My posture used to be a lot like yours but now I can relax more upright and I really notice when I start slouching. You can do it!
Holy shit, is THAT why I'm so extremely sensitive to substances?? Any time I smoke weed it's only ever a pinch. If I actually packed a bowl I would be completely unfunctional and hallucinating. That's happened before when I ate too many gummies (20 mg total THC), lmao.
I appreciate the content alot , it's good to have people talk about this stuff. It's helped a lot of people and myself to hear the experiences of others and information.
This is crazy. I don't know if I have POTS, but my blood pressure is crazy low like yours, about 90 over 55/60. I never knew that was connected to my autism as well.
I'VE NEVER EVER HEARD ANOTHER PERSON TALK ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO WATCH GORE OR FAIL VIDEOS BECAUSE YOU PHYSICALLY FEEL THE PAIN OF THE PERSON YOU WATCH, IT'S WHY I CAN'T LOOK AT PEOPLE GETTING PHYSICALLY HURT, IT MAKES ME CRINGE AND FEEL A PHANTOM PAIN, I NEVER KNEW THAT WAS CUZ THE AUTISM!!! bro u just broke my brain and a lifelong question I've had , I love learning about autism (and hate learning how undereducated we are on it )
Thank you so much! You really are a good teacher! You hit the nail on the head with so many things! I admire your passionate desire to share these things with us! THANK YOU
Wow you're very smart. This has been a very informative video. I feel like I understand autism a little better now. Helps Makes sense of my life. Thank you for this.
The last statistic I heard was that around 80% of autistic people have ADHD. The number seems to get higher the more these things are studied and understood.
Everything you said, I resonate with so much! Especially the way you criticised how autism is talked about in a certain portion of the medical field. Language is power and if something is pathologised the people who have it are stigmatised. Autism is not a disease and it's not a disorder in the way that it was caused by "healthy" tissue somehow becoming "degenerate". This is what the word implies. Autism is a neurodivergence. And I love the explanation you gave : there are simply more neurons and synapses in the brain because they don't get pruned as vigorously. And everything that follows is a result of that. I've been arguing kinda for fun what the "symptoms" of extreme allistic brains would be (like extreme efficiency, no space for deviation, a certain coldness and superficiality, noise etc etc) just in order to prove a point : diagnoses are dependant on your perspective of what is considered "normal". We are pathologised because allistic is considered "the norm". You're so right, we don't deserve it. You're a lovely fun person. Thank you for the video! ❤ Ah btw i have AuDHD i'm pretty sure 😊 also synaesthesia with letters, numbers and sounds (mostly nusic but also voices and certain ambiances), also the thing where you can feel certain sounds in your body (like especially motor noises always feel like my brain is being electrocuted), and the thing with feeling other people's emotions like my own which often makes it hard to discern which emotions are mine and which are other people's and of course makes it hard to just exist in a space with many people. I love people though, but can only take them in small doses and need long recovery times
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This video was so helpful, thanks! In my collection of diagnostics I also have Lipedema, wich is another connective tissue disorder (yay). One of the most frustrating aspects of all of this is doctors not understanding how all of it is connected, and not seeing how my body could react differently. Hope someday they get better at it!
Omg, I was holding my breath when you started to talk about genes and then when you mentioned Epi genetics I legit squealed with nerdy excitement! Loving this video because neuroscience and genetics are a couple of my special interests. Holy shit, I experience that too. I remember having heard the word synesthesia but it just got filled away but your description made me look into it because I related completely to your story about it.
I think one big reason why many scientific papers are written with the pespective of "cureing autism" is due to funding. If there is medical relevance and a potential drug or therapy to sell there is also funding. Sadly basic research doesn't nearly get as much funding.
Hey Paige, loved you talking about HSD/hEDS. Apparently with those things, there's a tendency to rely on the muscles in the front of your body more than the back, hence (in part) the posture. Mines the same. Also, you can have a tendency to support yourself using your bones and joints more than your muscles, as you're supposed to. Head muscles, chin, neck, chest muscles, shoulders, back, pelvis, hips etc. dental issues, foot problems. And a lot of people with HSD/hEDS end up being dancers (knowingly and unknowingly), I imagine because it seems as though they have a natural ability for it.... Oh and also contortionists 😂 among other things! Some awesome helpful peoples - - Dr Jessica Eccles - Jeannie De Bon - Tracey Rodriguez Subluxing ribs, ouch! I just wanted to add something about HSD/hEDS. I know you've mentioned this makes people more wrinkly a couple times...... But because of the collagen being extra stretchy in the skin, most people with HSD/hEDS, actually look younger than they really are. They tend to experience less wrinkles (^_^) and have really soft velvety skin. And there's an artist you might like if you don't already know him. He studied anatomy in a more physical role, and was a medical illustrator for a time, then taught anatomy. Alex Grey. Thought you might enjoy his work. His art work is amazing! (Massive Tool fan, he did art work for them as well), you might even like some of their music videos. Maynard has an incredible voice 💙💙💙 in all 3 of his bands. Also, meat suit....... You're sooooo a supernatural fan 😂😂😂 Thank you for all your totally immense content, and being the awesome human you are. Thank you for everything you share 💙
My mind is 🤯 Great video! One of my special interests too.. learning how the body works and health and wellness especially with neurodirgency.... ❤ Thank you so much! 😊
Feeling other people's pain is synesthesia. It's not even not neuro-diverse. It is due to mirror neurons and is probably the earliest (evolutionarily) source of empathy. Good video. Informative.
I so love the "end of the video song", when ever I hear it, it stays with me for a few hours 😅 Great video, as usual, love your approach to things, dear Paige! 🌼
14:19 omg that one time I literally thought I'd uncovered the secret to doing magic by "imagining a sound and then moving it from one side of my brain to the other and actually hearing it physically" 😅 and yes I was high
A LOT OF GOOD INFO IN THIS VIDEO! I didn’t realize that my intense pain empathy response or misophonia were also synesthesia. I thought I just had the sound-processing-visually kind. Bananas
I had a psychogenic seizure that I self diagnosed since the ER gave me no diagnosis and my husband has synesthesia. We both have adhd and autism but his IQ is higher even though we are both in the gifted levels. I also have anxiety ocd and histrionic PD whereas he has NPD borderline.
San is used as an equivalent to the English Mr or Mrs- so you should only add it to someone's last name unless you are quite personally familiar with them and it's meant as a joke
Were they being culturally insensitive? I thought it was a cutsie way to say that Paige is our teacher, our sensei.If it's culturally inappropriate, I need to know so I don'tuse it this way. 💜@@lilithium3940
For what it's worth, it was your video on Sia's dreadful "Music" film that started me on my road to diagnosis. You've been an inspiration and an endless source of knowledge. Thank-you.
Oh whaw!! I love this huge picture you are giving!! I love hearing about cells & the brain & autism! & Genetics. Somehow I accidentally clicked on your video & now I have to come back & rewatch to take it all in. This is fascinating listening to you- you get to the interesting points … all the pruning in brains & lack of pruning in autistic brains … Makes me love my brain & other Autistic & neurodivergence brains more. So fascinating 💗🥰 I wonder the look of these bushy synapses in comparison to trauma … as you say developing and neglect affect the development… I think this is correct genetically you may be predisposed to conditions (many)…. And in some incredible way brains develop a certain way hence fast learning or slower learning due to neuro pathways. I guess it’s all a bit like a malleable Stretchy growing tree of links, sculpting how we think & do things.
Hi, I love your videos including this one. I do want to let you know that what you said about the frontal lobe finishing developing at 25 is a myth. That claim is based on a study that found that the frontal lobe is still developing at 25. But your frontal lobe actually continues to develop and change for your entire life! There is no set age at which it's done developing
I have been subscribed and do like your content. Between you and Jessica McCabe (How to ADHD), I've learned a lot that helps me address what goes on with my family members (many of them).
I feel this connectivity issue regularly. My brain almost has to be directed to a context to be able to retrieve information. Once we’re there? Jackpot. Lots of useful info remember more effectively than my NT counterparts. Without direction to that highly specific context, I can’t find the information at all. I also struggle to keep a train of thought and focus and I struggle with brain fog that makes thinking about things I’m not highly interested in feel like I’m trudging through knee deep mud in sandals. I also find it interesting that connective tissue disorders often occur with high rates of comorbidity for autistic folks. This theory has legs for sure
Thank you Paige. Autism is a physical difference, in addition to the psychosocial differences. I’ve begun devouring the with work of Simon Baron-Cohen. I read a lot of the published medical journals, and they are loaded with information. I like the work done by the Dutch researchers, like Sophie Van Rijn. However…I actually prefer, and it’s so much easier, listening to your takes on our condition. 🙂 Thank you.
Are you sure you didn’t get the brain sides section of the video mixed up, as I was always told that left was the creative side? I could be wrong, but that’s what I have learned in the past and would make more sense, as people who are left handed tend to be working in creative industries. EDIT: I realised after posting this, that the right side of the body stimulates the left brain side & the left side the right. I know a lot of people who actively use their left hand to complete passive tasks, such as brushing teeth, to enhance their creativity. They were actively stimulating their right side of the brain. Therefore Paige did in fact state it correctly in the video, I was merely confused at first.
"...that the left brain is more verbal, analytical, and orderly than the right brain. It's sometimes called the digital brain because it's better at things like reading, writing, and computations. On the other hand, the right brain is more visual, intuitive, and creative." The main point is know there is a difference. I can often confuse calling one for the other while showing my autistic side. ☮
If you really want to understand and remember this I recommend the book My Stroke of Insight about a neuroscientist who had a stroke on the left side of her brain, and what it was like to lose that and live in the right hemisphere for a while.
I just come to realize am autistic, and is funny because my favorite subject in school was biology, and even tho psychology wasn't good because of the teacher, I like it as well. I told my sister no long ago that I was thinking that I should study criminology, is technically someone who analyze the psychology of serial killers that are currently active and by that help to make a profile for who are they looking for. I went to funeral, and I was analyzing the corpse in my head, my mom didn't even want to see it, she told me it scary her, I told her that something was wear about the eyes, they were close but they look like if the have been removed, my mother then told me you should have been a mortician. Now that you say that anatomy is very interesting, am starting to think if may interest on this topics has something to do with my autism.
❤❤❤ can't wait to read your book! Love, love, love this and you! Brilliant descriptions and super enjoyable to listen to you! My jellyfish blob is all in!
OMG! I relate to soo much you are talking about in this video, especially some of the stuff you are talking about you deal with. Every time I go to the doctor I'll sit in the waiting room for like 20 minutes to over half an hour and then go in to get my blood pressure and heart rate measured and almost every time they are like it's too high and I have to wait in the room for like 5 or 10 minutes or they think somethings wrong with the equipment. Like, without fail, even at the dentist when they take it. I don't get worried or excited at the dentist or doctors, I'm usually the most relaxed there, especially in the dentist chairs. I have to struggle to stay awake because it's a freaking comfy chair and reminds me of being in a tattoo parlor, which is extremely relaxing for me.
Its wrong. She’s quoting from a book saying « but everyone feels this way » and is talking about a theory that’s been proposed, but concluded wrong. That book was possibly saying it was bogus but she just wanted to make the video.
My mind is literally RACING watching this, it makes so much sense!!! With the connective tissue etc, I've always had knee issues and joint pains, and trouble with using my muscles and not my joints, so I started Bodybuilding 2 years ago, but I'm training so hard that now I'm worried it might cause damage to my brain as well😢 especially with that dementia thing, I'm scaredddd
I’m AuDHD. I’m relieved I just have synesthesia. I would get spooked when the temperature suddenly dropped in the room while listening to music. My grandmother had Alzheimer’s and so does my husband’s grandma. Experts recommend constantly learning something new. It seems to have worked for Einstein. He was a lifelong student. When they looked at his brain he had a beautiful corpus callosum. There seems to be something to activating both right and left hemispheres frequently. It makes sense that autistics need to do more “right/left hemisphere” work. I feel mentally healthy after a couple of years of being conscious of it. No depression or anxiety anymore.
Constantly learning is fine, but more importantly, regulate your stress levels. My dad had Alzheimer's, and he was smart and intellectually active. He was bilingual, solved puzzles like Sudoku and NYT crosswords, read the thickest books by classical authors, had an active social life, played chess whenever he could, etc. That did nothing because his life was extremely chaotic. Focus on stress management. Oh, and Einstein supposedly napped constantly. Make sure that you get enough sleep.
@@letsdomath1750 my husband’s grandma had been retired since the mid 90’s with no stress. She is still an active reader even with Alzheimer’s. What they mean by “constantly learning new things” is not reading or playing chess. Those connections in our brains are there already. What they want us to do is make new connections by stepping out of our comfort zone. Einstein needed a lot of naps because he was constantly in deep critical thinking mode which is extremely draining. Very few average people are thinking that deeply because they are too busy being exhausted by the day to day grind.
@@alternativetentacles1760There are only so many new domains outside of your comfort zone that you can reasonably get into later in life once your cognition and physical health begin to decline. My dad did pick up Sudoku, taught himself how to use computers, started importing and exporting ginger internationally, selling custom-made wooden furniture made out of tropical hardwoods, etc. later on in life years after I was born, and he had no prior experience in those areas. Did he build upon earlier knowledge and/or successes in his life? Most definitely, but so do all adult humans. For someone born in 1933 in the developing world, and in their late 60's and early 70's when I was a teenager, that was pretty atypical. Moreover, reading new authors and genres and competing with chess partners and engaging with ideas critically will still count as forming new neural connections. Not everything needs to take place at the elite Nobel prize-winning level of that's not immediately available, unless your goal is a specific type of legacy. 🤔 And while forming new connections is indeed a beneficial habit to maintain throughout our lifespans, it's no panacea for health and longevity. Even Einstein died at a much younger age (76) than my dad (85), probably from smoking. Also, in the case of your husband's grandma, raising kids and tending to her spouse and family may have been very stressful for her earlier in life in addition to her other responsibilities and whatever challenges she faced. What was her diet and exercise routine throughout her life? 🤷♂️ The damage caused by stress and inflammation is cumulative across our lifetimes and needs to be undone. A quick snapshot of her life peacefully reading in her retirement years with Alzheimer's gives us no insightful information as to what led to that. Finally, we benefit from incorporating all of it. We must build new connections, maintain healthy lifestyle habits (nutritious diet, daily exercise, active social life with minimal drama, drop harmful vices and addictions, etc.), AND reduce stress from now until the day of our last breath. So, a more Blue Zones approach will have a synergistic effect to maximize the likelihood of increasing our lifespan and health span.
Hi Paige, I love the video. I am 49 and self diagnosed neurodivergent. I often wonder if the dysfunction that can come with neurodivergence is rooted in disconnection from the web of life on the planet, in conjunction with overstimulation from the way humans have structured society. As I have gotten older I have the greatest peace and medicine growing plants, making compost, doing what I can to support local ecosystems. Engaging the web of life is one of the few things that makes sense to me in this crazy world.
Omg I’m finding out so many things that happened as a kid (when I didn’t know) that make sense when you said about feeling another person’s injury. I was around 7/8 in primary school and somebody fell in front of me and I fully felt it and for like half an hour I was trying not to pass out as if it was me who had fallen and injured myself 🤯
The fact that autistics tend to have less synaptic pruning and therefore more synapses and The fact that ADHDers have understimulated brains i bet would make for a fascinating study of the comorbidity of the two
The comorbidity of the two is extremely high, but people who are diagnosed with ASD are less likely to be helped by ADHD medications if they are diagnosed with ADHD.
@@garethbaus5471 oh wow. That is good to know
Not always. I respond well to Concerta as an AuDHD’er.
@@Redmage913 I wonder what specific chemical differences are the reason for the disparity in medication effectiveness. Like seriously, I've tried Ritalin, dex, straterra and I'm on concerta now and none of them do shit. Well, at least the stimulants wake me up and help me sleep through the night better
I got both and no it doesn't work like that at least for me you get the worst of both
"I see that I'm hurt before I can feel it." Oh, I totally get this. I'll like close my hand in the door or something, and I'll have a chance to think to myself, "Oh, this is gonna suck!"
Same! Sometimes it's a few seconds delay, and I'm like "just come on and hurt already..... ouch finally!"😂
YES
I can relate to this. I've had some serious cuts and don't know how bad until I see LOTS OF BLOOD. THEN I start feeling the pain. BTW I'm not autistic (not diagnosed, at least).
Yes! A few weeks ago I was asleep on the sofa & my partner brought me tea, tripped over a toy & spilt it all over me. I became kind of partially aware as it happened and was aware of the tea on me & had a moment in my brain to be like....oh shit here we go. Then felt the burns and started screaming 😅. Luckily I was only scalded, not badly burned!
That’s me in a nutshell. I legit cut my knuckle so bad the other day that it sloughed off all the skin on my knuckle and left it hanging on by the littlest of skin-based threads, 😂 and I didn’t know until I looked at my knuckle which was covered in blood! 🙃 where the skin was all ripped and hanging off of there like, body thanks for the memo. Then it started to hurt after I saw it.
AuDHD and dyspraxic here and I feel the "having to consciously think actions" so much.
My body feels like I'm piloting it more than I'm living through it, I feel so disconnected from it at times (might be why I'm agender too), it's like piloting an exosuit with input lag and random interference in the controls.
Oh my god the agender thing makes so much sense 😮
I'm autistic too but almost nymphomaniac levels of horny instead lol. I even describe my internal experience as piloting a mech with input lag but since I did combat sports, I realized EVERYONE has input lag, they just don't process it.
Normies have a strong instinct towards getting to mediocre and stop improving once it's no longer instinctive but us autists have always functioned in this conscious manner so we can just eventually catch up and leave them in the dust.
Also, sexual intercourse is an autonomous response and one of the few times I've actually felt "normal." There is barely any masking in intercourse, just be yourself unrepentantly and enjoy it. It's weird.
@@juhel5531 I'm very much on the "stop once I stop improving" side, but that's probably the ADHD part lol
I get super engaged in new activities but once I lose the dopamine hit of improving, learning new things etc it's hard for me to stay interested (on the other hand I tend to bounce from hyperfixation to hyperfixation so I have a pretty eclectic skillset of things I'm competent at).
Also not 100% sure why you brought up your sex drive since I didn't mention that so in case that's the reason I just want to point out that agender and asexual are entirely different things.
Now that's still an interesting topic though cause I'm like, really weird with sex, as in, I'm really slutty with pretty wild kinks when I'm talking through text with someone, but I'm pretty much ace as soon as my actual body is involved. I love sex on a theoretical level but not on practical one lol, bodies are too weird and senses too overwhelmed when near someone, like, even handholding is overwhelming for me (but I'm totally fine having the weirdest eldritch sex through text lmao).
I don't really have a cohesive concluding thought so, uh, have a nice day! =p
@@Laezar1 I brought up sex drive cuz screw societal conventions and it's a super sensation driven thing but is so formulaic when you try to dissect it but also the magic of how good it feels doesn't go away with thorough dissection.
When I know someone better, I can pick a different topic but in casual convo, it's hard to figure out a topic that gets as strong a reaction.
I was never given an opportunity to practice social interaction before I had a sex drive because my identity as the absolute low social status weirdo got cemented in every social setting. The only people that were willing to give me social interaction were women that I was dating. So seggs, flirting and banter holds a special place in my heart for socializing me.
@@juhel5531 Yeah that's fine, it was the "instead" that threw me off since it implied it was a response to something I said and I didn't mention my sex drive so I wanted to make sure there was no confusion ^^
Forward head posture (often due to neck and upper back hyper-mobility/joint instability) partially restricts the blood and oxygen supply to the head increasing brain fog, anxiety AND puts the body in a fight or flight sympathetic state even when there is no danger, it also lowers vagal tone (vagus nerve is responsible for rest and digest, AND makes us open to socialising and feeling comfortable and safe around other people).
Autistic and ADHD people have been found to have lower vagal tone than neurotypicals. Lower vagal tone also sets the stage for increased inflammation and reduced levels of healing - hence why chronic pain is a common comorbidity.
Oh my gosh! This explains so much for me. Thank you so very much for sharing this. 🤯💕
And that's why good posture becoming a "class thing" was the wooorst shift. I rebelled against good posture so hard as a kid but omg has it screwed up my body in unexpected waays 😅
Thanks for the reminder that I need to streeetch before I go to bed
Both my daughter and my son have autism and ADHD. My daughter also has bipolar 1. She fits your description. She has hyper mobility, anterior pelvic tilt and forward head posture. She’s the most emotionally dysregulated person I’ve ever known. Her life has been rough, despite all my efforts. Her future doesn’t have a good outlook. I won’t be around forever. I don’t like to think about what it might be like for her after I’m gone.
@@derrickrr5516 hi, there are things you can do to help. Like getting physical therapy to help her neck posture/curve and strengthen her neck muscles which can help put her into a more parasympathetic state and increase her vagal tone.
Also taking supplements like high dose curcumin/turmeric and magnesium to lower stress hormones and decrease mast cell activation in response to stress.
Mast cell activation contributes to inflammation AND hyper mobility since mast cells release compounds which break down connective tissue.
Also make sure she is hydrated and drinking 8-10 glasses of water per day (this will increase blood pressure to the brain and lower the compensatory noradrenaline release.
These things have greatly helped me and others with AuDHD.
This is much more relatable than monotropism, I feel like I neurologically cannot let go of things. The hate for change is the feeling of having to hold on to an extra set of complicated but useless information which makes me angry
What is the difference between what you're describing and monotropism? /gen
I think monotropism is just a description of symptoms but is not good for any explanations.
@@alexba1leyNot OP, but monotropism is a theory of neurodivergence (not just autism), which describes how ND people tend to only be able to focus on/do ONE thing, aka "monotropic mind".
I might have explained it badly, but honestly, this is a yt comment :)
I can't believe how much I learned about myself in under 33 minutes
lol right
@@nightingale2424 I have ADD and may or may not be autistic. I definitely have some traits, but maybe they overlap. Your lol resonates.
And my family! My mind is blown rn!
Go talk to her. I will be soon. I'm excited mostly, scared 2nd most. She's so cool. Nearly 40 years and I've never felt like I've encountered someone who I think should be my sister.
I don't remember why, but I was thinking about the "lack" of neural pruning and the wear and tear thing yesterday, and how it's like the "Smart AIs" in Halo (like Cortana), who has an operational lifespan of 7 years before they "think themselves to death" and go through a deterioration called Rampancy that's very much like the emotionally unstable phases of dementia, because they can't prune their neural networks the way humans can.
I thought i was the only one to query this 😮😂
Long while ago (before audhd, thinking about brains etc) I thought something similar, that AI would always 'blackpill' because it has no capacity for denial. Blocking things out is kinda essential in a hostile world if you want reasonably efficient operation, too many IFs kill actions.
If AI is modeled on the human brain it might learn denial.@@PasqualItizzz
Connective tissue disorders and hypermobility are SUPER common amongst neurodivergents, especially afab AuDHDers. Many people have said that ASD/ND people (especially women) often look very young for their age, that could potentially be due to the abnormalities in collagen and connective tissue which can result in increased elastin to compensate, giving that youthful skin look.
A mother with Ehlers Danlos syndrome has the same chance of giving birth to an autistic child as a mother with an autism diagnosis! Also, surprise surprise, connective tissue is very abundant in the brain...
The collagen thing is so cool! I always assumed it was because autistic people make less facial expressions, therefore less wear and tear on the muscles.
@@TheDoodlingFlowerGirl I did too until I found out about this! Plus, there are AuDHDers who overuse their facial muscles and expressions as a form of compensation and masking, who also still look super young and lack facial wrinkles
@@sacrilegiousboi978 That's so cool! I'd always wondered how the super expressive AuDHDers looked younger as well, now it makes perfect sense! Thanks for sharing!
And I thought it was because of that plus that we don't go outside and never go into the sun. No weather, no weathering.
Very true! AuDHD, dyspraxia, hyper mobility, so is my daughter
When I turned 23 I had three major things happen: I had a major friend break up that still really bothers me, I got married (which typically is a high stress time), and I got mononucleosis while working in a restaurant. I’ve always been pretty sure that I had ADHD, but after I got mono, I guess it triggered something in my nervous system where I began to have symptoms of what my rheumatologist told me was mixed connective tissue disorder. The doctor basically told me that I had a little of this and a little of that and we won’t know until a few years later if it will progresses into something else. Now I’m 30 (still married!) and have self diagnosed myself with autism, hypermobile EDS, POTS, and maybe MCAS. Eventually, I’ll go to a doctor and have everything confirmed, but for now I’m doing my own research since advocating for yourself as a woman within the American healthcare system is very necessary and of course on top of that a lot of doctors just don’t seem to know much about autism and it’s connection to your physical body.
Wow. I am so curious about commonalities between things that Squad said and my own. I've been diagnosed with CPTSD, but honestly, I've never had a professional that i felt safe with to discuss my disassociations. My trauma started around 5. When they said the voices were like a radio, i really felt that. I've always struggled to be able to explain the voices in my head. At least, that is the only verbage that i have. It isn't audible voices or paranoia, but more like a constant stream of consciousness directing me, processing information, ..its hard to explain. I can remember bits of my past, but they are lumped around different traumas at different ages. I am currently waiting for another neuropsyc evaluation. So much has come to light since i last went. The way you discuss the relationship with your daughter, I can relate very much. im not saying i have DID. I found this very enlightening and helped me to identify new verbage to explain things that are very hard to understand. I often wonder how much one human can take, but my son is what keeps me going as well. We have a very close bond. Thank you both for sharing.
Thank goodness another human being who understands autism and who clearly explains it, your edits were noticed. Good job paige layle. ☮
This video convinced me to subscribe, thank you so much for this! I’m only recently starting to suspect I have ASD and with every video I watch, I see more and more falling into place. I have struggled with EDS and joint issues all my life. I have always had a high resting heart rate and low blood pressure. My posture with my neck has always looked exactly like yours. And the mouth breathing thing! I was made fun of as a child because I always had my mouth open with my tongue slightly out. I had to work on being conscious of keeping my mouth shut and breathing through my nose. Seriously, I have never felt so seen in my life. Please keep up the amazing content!
Recently found your channel and I adore you. Me and my girlfriend both believe we have ADHD... well, she's been diagnosed and treated and we're pretty sure I have it too since her and I are essentially the same person.
Thank you for all of the information in your channel and for making it so relatable. Her and I are now coming to terms that our condition may not be limited to ADHD. People like you make this easier to live with. In any event, it has already helped me see other people that I KNOW have autism in a different light.
I think you and your neurodivergent mind are brilliant and beautiful and I am overjoyed at the thought of all the unique people among the viewers with unique and special gifts. Humanity is truly better for it.
You are a fantastic science educator! Your excitement for the science-y bits is contagious, and I love the jellyfish blob in the meatsuit visual! I already knew I was wearing a meatsuit, and also that metaphorically I’m just a little creature on the inside. So this fits well!
This is by far the best video I have found while working through my own self diagnoses. Down to the misophonia and comorbidity. I masked myself into a narcissistic personality that I fully believe couldve progressed much worse had i not started working through it in therapy.
Thank you 🙏🏻
Love this so much! Wanna add some information - brains are a special interest of mine, and I especially love the work of Iain Mcgilchrist for this topic of hemispheres. So the theory of the analytical left & emotional right has been thoroughly debunked. Mcgilchrist has a really strong replacement theory though. He talks about how they both *do* all the things, but what’s different is *how* they each attend to the world. Information is presenced to the right and re-presented to the left (and cognition is a lot of back & forth). The right takes things in holistically, all together. The left takes things in discretely, in severed pieces. The left is more “zoomed in”, optimistic, focused on manipulating the environment. The right is more “zoomed out”, pessimistic, focused on receiving the gestalt of the environment. Emotionally, sadness involves more right hemisphere activation, whereas anger shows farrrrrr more left (lots of emotions didn’t display a preference). Super fascinating!
And understanding the biology has really helped with self-reflection & self-growth stuff. Instead of fighting these two perspectives, I’ve learned how to mutually respect them.
That sounds just like sensing vs intitive in mbti personality theories! (Tho don't use 16p, use litterally anything else)
Liked and subscribed and only half way through! Thank you for just shooting off info that is straight to the point, my brain loves it. I feel you on the fear of dementia except mine is a fear of psychosis. The problem is being so smart and over analytical that any typical means of addressing mental health issues feels like an attempt to trick a mind that has just decided it "knows" what's going to happen.
We need the internet to be flooded with people like you, it would be such a positive and meaningful place💛
I know people disagree, but autism is a form of evolution as it has a genetic component.
It might not be the most beneficial, but it has been persistent which suggests it isn't too detrimental.
Our brains are have too deep folds which allows them to connect easier. It allows our brains to literally connect in ways that normal people cannot experience.
If it's a form of evolution is has come about mostly only do to the societal structures, and technologies which have come forth ever increasingly in the last 150 years or so. Also likely in a way reacting towards chemical, radiological, radio wave, micro wave........ Pollution. It may be part of the cause as well the reaction our genetics have in order to branch out in such a suddenly foreign environment. To create vastly unique and differing people to then go through the process of survival of the fittest.. to figure out just what in the hell traits will be necessary to survive and then thrive in this world now. Making things much more difficult than ever known before in history as well is the rate of change of this alien environment. This is maybe why many with even severe autism with trouble functioning in basic day to day life tasks are some of the most capable with computers...?
Such a crazy crazy time to be alive. And if our species makes it through the next few hundred years. This time we are alive in now, and even things like this comment on RUclips will be studied by historians. My genetics will not be passed on. And my family tree ends with me. So apparently I do not carry strong enough or capable enough genes that any female considers are suitable to allow another generation to stem from. Kinda makes me feel shitty... But it is what it is. Funny too cause on paper I have almost everything that is supposed to be desired.
@@ron1836 it is interesting. A lot of us have health issues which can be a problem. Wonder if we'll get better treatments for the genetic issues that often come with it. Some kind of better long term fixes for seizures that some of us get.
And my dude you got to get out there. Sometimes got to work on yourself a bit too, but I'm sure you could find someone. Met my wife online insulting Republicans. I was scrawny and a bit of cringe neckbeard. Not full blown mind you, but a bit of white knight chivalry nonsense. Married had kids, and now I'm trans and reproduced / have family.
Got to relax into relationships too. We tend to jump full in. Don't lie about who you are, but don't spill everything. I'd honestly look for a neurodivergent partner. We get along better with eachother. My wife is my best friend. Didn't intend a relationship. We literally just talked on Facebook and happened to have a friend in common who was actually the girl I was crushing on / a bit obsessed with at the time. She was actually my wife's maid of honor.
Nothing is a "form of evolution " . Evolution is a law of nature of how genes are transported and selected in living things and humans observed these laws and have it the name evolution.
It's like we observed apples fall from trees and then we observed more and called it gravity.
So if you referring to the scientific concept of evolution it is not logical to use the word that way
It would make sense that also autistic phenotypes underlying the laws of evolution it would logically be correct but still not contentwise.
And thirdly
Evolutionary theory has long evolved past the survival of the fittest game
Thanks for the heads-up on POTS, and yes…I do. I’ll just add it to my ever growing list of issues, which I can’t address. (Weird one: I’ve had high blood pressure since my teens, and no doctor ever cared to discover why)
Get a blood count, my blood pressure is really low, and apparently i have thrombocytopenia and my platlets are apparently bigger and i have fewer so i just have less blood to get through, you could have kind of the opposite problem
I also always had a high blood pressure since my teens. And sometimes it was mentioned, and said it might be a problem at a later age. But no care for what caused it. Now I am 41 and now they did sound the alarm and put me on (heavy) medication. And they barely lower my blood pressure. To me it feels it actually got worse with a cardiologist telling me: "do this, do that, don't do that." I was also never remotely fat untill just a few years ago. And now for the first time they tell me to lose weight.
It seems my blood works are totally fine. It really is as if high blood pressure is just part of me.
none care to discover why for me either, just 'take this pill'
Hyperadrenergic POTS comes with high blood pressure.
I, as well as my mother, have had the opposite problem - low blood pressure. I'm sleepy all the time. 😢
Autism 🫱🏼🫲🏾 Chronic Pain
I have a hand
coming out of
my head 😮🤝😂 Me too.
In me my chronic pain has all been caused by autism and all of it has been fixable mostly. Autism causes due to poor posture, how I stim, and being clumsy.
Example, grinding my teeth when sensory input gets too much gave me chronic TMJ. My odd ways of sitting in my chair caused me to significantly twist my rib cage due to weakness is some muscle and greater strength in others all due holding weird positions in a chair long periods of time. That caused me all kind of chronic pain. Fixed both but the rib cage to 6 years of physio to return my skeletal system to it's proper position.
@@chrismaxwell1624I've been in pain since at least 16 years old. Yoga has helped me so much. Now, my joints/muscles hurt only sometimes, but my back is in tip-top condition.
☺️ so fun !!!
Autism 🤝 constant suicidal thoughts bc fck this
You said something that triggered a thought so i had to go to Google. I was a colicky baby. My mom said i was always so fussy and cried a lot, but evidently it can be a sign of autism in babies. So good to know now.
IBS is a strong comorbidity of Autism from what I've read, and I do have that.
Speaking of your book!! I was finally able to listen to the audio version (there was a loooong wait list) and omggg it nearly brought me to tears so many times because of how relatable it felt. I’m really trying to convince my parents to read it as well because I think it would help them understand things so much better than I’ve ever been able to communicate to them. My fingers are crossed I’ll get one of them soon! 😅
21:56 on this topic, I experienced that learning proper posture, stress release through somatic exercising and even exercising makes body problems so much easier. We often want to outanalyse our body problems away. But no matter if ur autistic or not our body needs proper movement and stimulation, and as a person with adhd and probably autism too I find that using my body helped me sooo much. Like going back to my body, its both stimulating and grounding, and when I learn how to move my body Im both more concious and relaxed bc my muscles are less tense. I often am hyperaware of tension and body sensations and they can be overwhelming, I used to be so accustomed to the overwhelm that I didn't even think about that. But now Im so glad I know how imporatnt somatic therapy is. I would recommend every autistic person to get into somatic exercises, or whatever feels right for them, bc we can't use analytics to resolve problems in the body, we have to use the body to resolve problems in it.
And as you said, we can't often change our genes but what we do matters.
Thank you for all the information. I have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. and just was diagnosed with ADHD, and noticed that so many memories and feelings gushed out. And I was also told that many of us with EDS has autism and ADHD. I think we will always research more about the WHY. I love to make sense of things. love y!
Fascinating, entertaining and such cute delivery.
10:00 helps confirm my theory of how narcissists are created.
Now I think I am partially autistic.
This! All of this! This video shows why we need autists to study autism and allistics just sit and listen. 💜 thank you, Paige, for all you do! I wish you would be president of worldwide autism studies! I'd vote for you! 💜💜💜
This is the first time I've seen her channel come up but the other channel I watch a lot she's studied psychology and autism is like her special interest so I agree having autistic people actually studying it and giving not only the facts they find but also their personal understanding since they've lived it, it's so nice.
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@@concerninghobbits5536I love it ❤️❤️
@@concerninghobbits5536What is the other channel that you watch?
Lots of insights from this vid! One thing I learned is that autism is usually never the only diagnosis. I have a laundry list of dsm diagnosis: anxiety, depression, ADHD, PTSD, BPD, DID, panic disorder, social anxiety, cptsd, etc etc etc... so the fact that having autism (potentially... probably... Undiagnosed, but highly suspected) can lead to developing those other disorders makes absolute sense to me and would help explain.
You are incredible as is your book- reading now! So grateful to have stumbled upon your videos- as a queer person in the process of getting assessed with a family history of suspected autism, everything you’ve explained here adds to completing my and my family’s lifelong puzzle of “why” questions! Thank you for sharing your passions and your sense of justice for autistic individuals to be allowed and encouraged to ask and know their “whys”!
I've been going to a physical therapist and they've given me a bunch of exercises to do daily. It's had a positive effect on my posture.
Could you please give us the names of the exercises? maybe I can look them up here on RUclips.
@@IsuiGtz It may depend somewhat on your current posture - what do you need.
And not all will have clear names.
Started to watch out of interest, exploring my ADHD because some spicy parts of my brain don't slot into the typical ADHD diagnosis. You covered them here, but then interestingly...I had that moment I think neurospice folk have where it's like....oh, this human. This person is different too, like me! I like them. I can connect with this person, I want to watch and listen to them. Ahah you are captivating! The part with blood tubes had me crushing a bit.
Amazing video, you're so well versed in the biological side and it's fascinating how many elements are connected. I can track my own threads as well as family members across a lot of them. Subbed!
That is why ringing phones and beepers are so maddening. I feel like they are inside my body and I must make them stop.
If it continues I get frantic and if I can't turn them off I have smashed items.
This. This is also why I hate parties. If it's loud enough and there's a bass blaring, the vibrations from it drive me into a panic. It's like my whole body is stuck in an earthquake, like all control over myself was taken away. It's literally the worst and I CANNOT handle it and need to leave. Massive overload.
the rage I instantly feel when someone's phone beeps loudly when we're on a CARE FARM. And CONTINUES to beep.
Yoooo this was super validating the watch. After discovering you like 3-4 years ago and learning more about autism presenting in high masking people, I had became more curious. 2 years ago now I got diagnosed with autism! So helpful to be able to actually get to know myself.
Omgg I see your shorts I didn't realize you had a RUclips channel this has brought me so much joy
I love learning, thanks Paige! I'm allistic but I'm a sensitive gal and I've been doing neurokinetic massage for a couple years now and it has drastically changed my awareness of my body and how patterns form pain. I highly recommend learning about that modality.
Ooo
Yes, I've always felt as though I'm an alien.
"Autism Is My Species"--Ragnarr Greywolfe
When you say "no one had a perfect childhood", I agree but also not having a perfect childhood gives us other tools. We learn ways of adapting, coping, and working around problems that we don't have the solution for. My connective tissue is more flexible than it is for most people, like you said. My resting heart rate in high school was usually about 100bpm. These days at age 59 my pulse is usually around 80bpm but I'm also on blood pressure medication.
Thanks!
boring thing:
disorder: ugh no
condition: still meh
set of conditions: this one sparks joy
autism isn't a single thing, its an umbrella term. set, not thing.
You had me at "I don't care" lol. Great infodump!
Love your stuff, you rock. I also live in Canada, yay samers. Wow I am a dork lol. I'm pretty sure I'm autistic, been obsessed with learning about autism for a year and a half at this point, no sign of stopping. I've been learning about mental health stuff like my whole life, special interest. ❤
I'd read about this theory, but I've never heard someone in the online autistic community talk about it, at least not the mainstream people. It makes a lot of sense to me.
K, to be honest this is the first video of yours I've watched and I was gonna watch a few more before subscribing but the ditty at the end had me.
Finally an explanation about why I can’t do pushups even after training almost daily specifically for it for more than a year.
Every time you mentioned the book, I looked over at my book shelf trying to figure out where I put it when it arrived the other day, and then at the end I rolled over in bed and the book is sitting on the table next to my bed already. 🙃
Point of you valued. Thank you for doing what you do. You're pretty awesome.
Have lots of hope about dementia.. a lot of my fam is on the spectrum and are bright, sharp people into old age.. i imagine the correlation may have more to do with the relative likelihood (over many decades) that people with autism may have smaller support systems, may have eaten fewer nutrients, may have had less mental health support.. all of that. This is improving for the community thanks to people like you though ❤
Yep, and stress. Make sure you prioritize sleep and rest.
My thoughts too! It may be more a correlation rather than causation. ND people are more likely to abuse substances, struggle with healthy eating patterns, sleep properly, etc.
I can’t explain how happy the explanation of things makes me. I enjoy being in school and learning things, so the fact that this feels just like being in a lesson, but it’s so much more engaging because it’s about something I chose to learn about, and that evokes so much happiness in my brain.
WOW, this is now one of my favorite videos about autism on RUclips! Thank you for this Everest of info!! SO. MUCH. INFO! I learned a lot! And as you said it: autistic people LOVE to understand!! I have INDEED subscribed! ❤
I love this video so much, thank you for explaining all of this, it explains so much, honestly!
I'm glad I'm not alone with this and live in a time where we have you and these resources.
This video just clarified SO MUCH for me, holy shit. Shoulder assymetry, over-engaging certain muscles (I have massive traps and shoulders for no reason at all). This might be this year's favorite video. Thank you so so much!!!
I LOVED your book! Cried my flippin' eyes out! I have handed it off to my sisters to read now.
This is a properly fascinating video btw!
AuDHD with EDS here, the problem with the hypermobility is that your ligaments don’t have as much resistance as they should and you can overstretch them and then eventually they won’t snap back. That throws off the way your whole body moves. It’s not reversible but you can train your muscles to compensate. I’ve been in PT for the last year relearning how I’m actually supposed to move.
My posture used to be a lot like yours but now I can relax more upright and I really notice when I start slouching. You can do it!
Paigeeee! I absolutely love how well you explain everything. It just makes the most sense.
0:20 I LOVE your enthusiasm!!!
Holy shit, is THAT why I'm so extremely sensitive to substances?? Any time I smoke weed it's only ever a pinch. If I actually packed a bowl I would be completely unfunctional and hallucinating. That's happened before when I ate too many gummies (20 mg total THC), lmao.
I'm extremely sensitive to caffeine, which also seems to be a thing amongst autistics. Never tried weed, but now I now to be very cautious...
@@missoats8731 I don't seem to respond to caffeine that much. Autistic people tend to go to extremes.
im the opposite. gotta love having a family history of addiction 😍
Too much sugar can get me high
@@Zeengkd Sugar is a drug.
Thank you, Paige! Your videos are fantastic!!!
I appreciate the content alot , it's good to have people talk about this stuff. It's helped a lot of people and myself to hear the experiences of others and information.
This is crazy. I don't know if I have POTS, but my blood pressure is crazy low like yours, about 90 over 55/60. I never knew that was connected to my autism as well.
I'VE NEVER EVER HEARD ANOTHER PERSON TALK ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO WATCH GORE OR FAIL VIDEOS BECAUSE YOU PHYSICALLY FEEL THE PAIN OF THE PERSON YOU WATCH, IT'S WHY I CAN'T LOOK AT PEOPLE GETTING PHYSICALLY HURT, IT MAKES ME CRINGE AND FEEL A PHANTOM PAIN, I NEVER KNEW THAT WAS CUZ THE AUTISM!!! bro u just broke my brain and a lifelong question I've had , I love learning about autism (and hate learning how undereducated we are on it )
Thank you so much! You really are a good teacher! You hit the nail on the head with so many things! I admire your passionate desire to share these things with us! THANK YOU
SHOUT OUT TO MY BORDERLINE AUTUSTIC SIBLINGS WHO WEREN'T JUST MISDIAGNOSED AS BORDERLINE BUT REALLY ARE BOTH
Wow you're very smart. This has been a very informative video. I feel like I understand autism a little better now. Helps Makes sense of my life. Thank you for this.
The last statistic I heard was that around 80% of autistic people have ADHD. The number seems to get higher the more these things are studied and understood.
Everything you said, I resonate with so much! Especially the way you criticised how autism is talked about in a certain portion of the medical field. Language is power and if something is pathologised the people who have it are stigmatised. Autism is not a disease and it's not a disorder in the way that it was caused by "healthy" tissue somehow becoming "degenerate". This is what the word implies. Autism is a neurodivergence. And I love the explanation you gave : there are simply more neurons and synapses in the brain because they don't get pruned as vigorously. And everything that follows is a result of that. I've been arguing kinda for fun what the "symptoms" of extreme allistic brains would be (like extreme efficiency, no space for deviation, a certain coldness and superficiality, noise etc etc) just in order to prove a point : diagnoses are dependant on your perspective of what is considered "normal". We are pathologised because allistic is considered "the norm". You're so right, we don't deserve it. You're a lovely fun person. Thank you for the video! ❤
Ah btw i have AuDHD i'm pretty sure 😊 also synaesthesia with letters, numbers and sounds (mostly nusic but also voices and certain ambiances), also the thing where you can feel certain sounds in your body (like especially motor noises always feel like my brain is being electrocuted), and the thing with feeling other people's emotions like my own which often makes it hard to discern which emotions are mine and which are other people's and of course makes it hard to just exist in a space with many people. I love people though, but can only take them in small doses and need long recovery times
This video was so helpful, thanks! In my collection of diagnostics I also have Lipedema, wich is another connective tissue disorder (yay). One of the most frustrating aspects of all of this is doctors not understanding how all of it is connected, and not seeing how my body could react differently. Hope someday they get better at it!
Omg, I was holding my breath when you started to talk about genes and then when you mentioned Epi genetics I legit squealed with nerdy excitement! Loving this video because neuroscience and genetics are a couple of my special interests.
Holy shit, I experience that too. I remember having heard the word synesthesia but it just got filled away but your description made me look into it because I related completely to your story about it.
I think one big reason why many scientific papers are written with the pespective of "cureing autism" is due to funding. If there is medical relevance and a potential drug or therapy to sell there is also funding. Sadly basic research doesn't nearly get as much funding.
I love your “subtle” book promo😜❤
Funny, I have that book too! Great minds…
Hey Paige, loved you talking about HSD/hEDS. Apparently with those things, there's a tendency to rely on the muscles in the front of your body more than the back, hence (in part) the posture. Mines the same. Also, you can have a tendency to support yourself using your bones and joints more than your muscles, as you're supposed to. Head muscles, chin, neck, chest muscles, shoulders, back, pelvis, hips etc. dental issues, foot problems. And a lot of people with HSD/hEDS end up being dancers (knowingly and unknowingly), I imagine because it seems as though they have a natural ability for it.... Oh and also contortionists 😂 among other things!
Some awesome helpful peoples -
- Dr Jessica Eccles
- Jeannie De Bon
- Tracey Rodriguez
Subluxing ribs, ouch!
I just wanted to add something about HSD/hEDS. I know you've mentioned this makes people more wrinkly a couple times...... But because of the collagen being extra stretchy in the skin, most people with HSD/hEDS, actually look younger than they really are. They tend to experience less wrinkles (^_^) and have really soft velvety skin.
And there's an artist you might like if you don't already know him. He studied anatomy in a more physical role, and was a medical illustrator for a time, then taught anatomy. Alex Grey. Thought you might enjoy his work. His art work is amazing! (Massive Tool fan, he did art work for them as well), you might even like some of their music videos. Maynard has an incredible voice 💙💙💙 in all 3 of his bands.
Also, meat suit....... You're sooooo a supernatural fan 😂😂😂
Thank you for all your totally immense content, and being the awesome human you are. Thank you for everything you share 💙
I am already subscribed. I am also autistic.
My mind is 🤯 Great video! One of my special interests too.. learning how the body works and health and wellness especially with neurodirgency.... ❤ Thank you so much! 😊
You are really good at educating people
The way you speak and move from topic to topic is soooo similar to me and I could genuinely listen to you all day. ❤
Feeling other people's pain is synesthesia. It's not even not neuro-diverse. It is due to mirror neurons and is probably the earliest (evolutionarily) source of empathy.
Good video. Informative.
I so love the "end of the video song", when ever I hear it, it stays with me for a few hours 😅 Great video, as usual, love your approach to things, dear Paige! 🌼
14:19 omg that one time I literally thought I'd uncovered the secret to doing magic by "imagining a sound and then moving it from one side of my brain to the other and actually hearing it physically" 😅 and yes I was high
A LOT OF GOOD INFO IN THIS VIDEO! I didn’t realize that my intense pain empathy response or misophonia were also synesthesia. I thought I just had the sound-processing-visually kind. Bananas
Hey I just started my psychology study, and the beginning of this video explains exactly what is in the first two chapters!❤
I had a psychogenic seizure that I self diagnosed since the ER gave me no diagnosis and my husband has synesthesia. We both have adhd and autism but his IQ is higher even though we are both in the gifted levels. I also have anxiety ocd and histrionic PD whereas he has NPD borderline.
I enjoy Paige-san so much that I finished watching the premiere then watched the video all over again!
San is used as an equivalent to the English Mr or Mrs- so you should only add it to someone's last name unless you are quite personally familiar with them and it's meant as a joke
Were they being culturally insensitive? I thought it was a cutsie way to say that Paige is our teacher, our sensei.If it's culturally inappropriate, I need to know so I don'tuse it this way. 💜@@lilithium3940
@@lilithium3940 OK lilithium-san!
@@lilithium3940 OK, lilthium-san!
For what it's worth, it was your video on Sia's dreadful "Music" film that started me on my road to diagnosis. You've been an inspiration and an endless source of knowledge. Thank-you.
Oh whaw!! I love this huge picture you are giving!! I love hearing about cells & the brain & autism! & Genetics. Somehow I accidentally clicked on your video & now I have to come back & rewatch to take it all in. This is fascinating listening to you- you get to the interesting points … all the pruning in brains & lack of pruning in autistic brains … Makes me love my brain & other Autistic & neurodivergence brains more. So fascinating 💗🥰 I wonder the look of these bushy synapses in comparison to trauma … as you say developing and neglect affect the development… I think this is correct genetically you may be predisposed to conditions (many)…. And in some incredible way brains develop a certain way hence fast learning or slower learning due to neuro pathways. I guess it’s all a bit like a malleable Stretchy growing tree of links, sculpting how we think & do things.
Great video! From organization to delivery. 👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾 thanks for sharing
Hi, I love your videos including this one. I do want to let you know that what you said about the frontal lobe finishing developing at 25 is a myth. That claim is based on a study that found that the frontal lobe is still developing at 25. But your frontal lobe actually continues to develop and change for your entire life! There is no set age at which it's done developing
I have been subscribed and do like your content. Between you and Jessica McCabe (How to ADHD), I've learned a lot that helps me address what goes on with my family members (many of them).
Another wonderful video Paige!!! Very informative and helpful!!!
I feel this connectivity issue regularly. My brain almost has to be directed to a context to be able to retrieve information. Once we’re there? Jackpot. Lots of useful info remember more effectively than my NT counterparts. Without direction to that highly specific context, I can’t find the information at all. I also struggle to keep a train of thought and focus and I struggle with brain fog that makes thinking about things I’m not highly interested in feel like I’m trudging through knee deep mud in sandals. I also find it interesting that connective tissue disorders often occur with high rates of comorbidity for autistic folks. This theory has legs for sure
Thank you Paige. Autism is a physical difference, in addition to the psychosocial differences. I’ve begun devouring the with work of Simon Baron-Cohen. I read a lot of the published medical journals, and they are loaded with information. I like the work done by the Dutch researchers, like Sophie Van Rijn. However…I actually prefer, and it’s so much easier, listening to your takes on our condition. 🙂 Thank you.
Thank you for the mention of Simon Baron-Cohen, could you write more about Sophie Van Rijn? 👍☮
Baron-Cohen is the one with the gendered brain theory, right? I don't buy female brains and male brains. Before puberty we are mostly the same.
Yeah what about them tell us more so we won't go blind for further research c:
Are you sure you didn’t get the brain sides section of the video mixed up, as I was always told that left was the creative side? I could be wrong, but that’s what I have learned in the past and would make more sense, as people who are left handed tend to be working in creative industries.
EDIT:
I realised after posting this, that the right side of the body stimulates the left brain side & the left side the right. I know a lot of people who actively use their left hand to complete passive tasks, such as brushing teeth, to enhance their creativity. They were actively stimulating their right side of the brain. Therefore Paige did in fact state it correctly in the video, I was merely confused at first.
"...that the left brain is more verbal, analytical, and orderly than the right brain. It's sometimes called the digital brain because it's better at things like reading, writing, and computations. On the other hand, the right brain is more visual, intuitive, and creative." The main point is know there is a difference. I can often confuse calling one for the other while showing my autistic side. ☮
You should now that the brain controls are flipped left controls right and right controls left.
If you really want to understand and remember this I recommend the book My Stroke of Insight about a neuroscientist who had a stroke on the left side of her brain, and what it was like to lose that and live in the right hemisphere for a while.
I just come to realize am autistic, and is funny because my favorite subject in school was biology, and even tho psychology wasn't good because of the teacher, I like it as well. I told my sister no long ago that I was thinking that I should study criminology, is technically someone who analyze the psychology of serial killers that are currently active and by that help to make a profile for who are they looking for. I went to funeral, and I was analyzing the corpse in my head, my mom didn't even want to see it, she told me it scary her, I told her that something was wear about the eyes, they were close but they look like if the have been removed, my mother then told me you should have been a mortician.
Now that you say that anatomy is very interesting, am starting to think if may interest on this topics has something to do with my autism.
❤❤❤ can't wait to read your book! Love, love, love this and you! Brilliant descriptions and super enjoyable to listen to you! My jellyfish blob is all in!
OMG! I relate to soo much you are talking about in this video, especially some of the stuff you are talking about you deal with. Every time I go to the doctor I'll sit in the waiting room for like 20 minutes to over half an hour and then go in to get my blood pressure and heart rate measured and almost every time they are like it's too high and I have to wait in the room for like 5 or 10 minutes or they think somethings wrong with the equipment. Like, without fail, even at the dentist when they take it. I don't get worried or excited at the dentist or doctors, I'm usually the most relaxed there, especially in the dentist chairs. I have to struggle to stay awake because it's a freaking comfy chair and reminds me of being in a tattoo parlor, which is extremely relaxing for me.
Same!!
I love all this sciencey stuff! Keep doing more of these please ❤️
Its wrong. She’s quoting from a book saying « but everyone feels this way » and is talking about a theory that’s been proposed, but concluded wrong. That book was possibly saying it was bogus but she just wanted to make the video.
My mind is literally RACING watching this, it makes so much sense!!! With the connective tissue etc, I've always had knee issues and joint pains, and trouble with using my muscles and not my joints, so I started Bodybuilding 2 years ago, but I'm training so hard that now I'm worried it might cause damage to my brain as well😢 especially with that dementia thing, I'm scaredddd
I’m AuDHD. I’m relieved I just have synesthesia. I would get spooked when the temperature suddenly dropped in the room while listening to music. My grandmother had Alzheimer’s and so does my husband’s grandma. Experts recommend constantly learning something new. It seems to have worked for Einstein. He was a lifelong student. When they looked at his brain he had a beautiful corpus callosum. There seems to be something to activating both right and left hemispheres frequently. It makes sense that autistics need to do more “right/left hemisphere” work. I feel mentally healthy after a couple of years of being conscious of it. No depression or anxiety anymore.
Constantly learning is fine, but more importantly, regulate your stress levels. My dad had Alzheimer's, and he was smart and intellectually active. He was bilingual, solved puzzles like Sudoku and NYT crosswords, read the thickest books by classical authors, had an active social life, played chess whenever he could, etc. That did nothing because his life was extremely chaotic. Focus on stress management. Oh, and Einstein supposedly napped constantly. Make sure that you get enough sleep.
@@letsdomath1750 my husband’s grandma had been retired since the mid 90’s with no stress. She is still an active reader even with Alzheimer’s. What they mean by “constantly learning new things” is not reading or playing chess. Those connections in our brains are there already. What they want us to do is make new connections by stepping out of our comfort zone. Einstein needed a lot of naps because he was constantly in deep critical thinking mode which is extremely draining. Very few average people are thinking that deeply because they are too busy being exhausted by the day to day grind.
@@alternativetentacles1760There are only so many new domains outside of your comfort zone that you can reasonably get into later in life once your cognition and physical health begin to decline. My dad did pick up Sudoku, taught himself how to use computers, started importing and exporting ginger internationally, selling custom-made wooden furniture made out of tropical hardwoods, etc. later on in life years after I was born, and he had no prior experience in those areas. Did he build upon earlier knowledge and/or successes in his life? Most definitely, but so do all adult humans. For someone born in 1933 in the developing world, and in their late 60's and early 70's when I was a teenager, that was pretty atypical. Moreover, reading new authors and genres and competing with chess partners and engaging with ideas critically will still count as forming new neural connections. Not everything needs to take place at the elite Nobel prize-winning level of that's not immediately available, unless your goal is a specific type of legacy. 🤔
And while forming new connections is indeed a beneficial habit to maintain throughout our lifespans, it's no panacea for health and longevity. Even Einstein died at a much younger age (76) than my dad (85), probably from smoking.
Also, in the case of your husband's grandma, raising kids and tending to her spouse and family may have been very stressful for her earlier in life in addition to her other responsibilities and whatever challenges she faced. What was her diet and exercise routine throughout her life? 🤷♂️ The damage caused by stress and inflammation is cumulative across our lifetimes and needs to be undone. A quick snapshot of her life peacefully reading in her retirement years with Alzheimer's gives us no insightful information as to what led to that.
Finally, we benefit from incorporating all of it. We must build new connections, maintain healthy lifestyle habits (nutritious diet, daily exercise, active social life with minimal drama, drop harmful vices and addictions, etc.), AND reduce stress from now until the day of our last breath. So, a more Blue Zones approach will have a synergistic effect to maximize the likelihood of increasing our lifespan and health span.
Hi Paige, I love the video. I am 49 and self diagnosed neurodivergent. I often wonder if the dysfunction that can come with neurodivergence is rooted in disconnection from the web of life on the planet, in conjunction with overstimulation from the way humans have structured society. As I have gotten older I have the greatest peace and medicine growing plants, making compost, doing what I can to support local ecosystems. Engaging the web of life is one of the few things that makes sense to me in this crazy world.
Try cleaning the intake filter on your a/c. Ours was clogged and a good vacuum off made it work so much better! :)
Omg I’m finding out so many things that happened as a kid (when I didn’t know) that make sense when you said about feeling another person’s injury. I was around 7/8 in primary school and somebody fell in front of me and I fully felt it and for like half an hour I was trying not to pass out as if it was me who had fallen and injured myself 🤯
Mirror neurons & empathy
That will only happen to me if I see the injury. If I hear it, or it happens behind me, I don't feel it. 😂