Re: Visual sensitivity. Was [ Re: Article: Rats...]

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Usarian here.. I saw e posted some stuff about

my

vision and hearing sensitivities.

When I was a kid growing up in upstate NY.. near the

Vermont border.. between the Green mountains and the Catskills.. we got a

lot of

snow.. I would go out in the field in the winter and if there was any

sunlight

at all I would thoroughly blinded. I grew the habit of squinting at

all

times.. I didn't kick that until I was in my late teens and people thought I

was

making faces.

Conversely, like Bill, I was somewhat renown for my

ability to see in the dark in my family. I was nearsighted and wearing

glasses since something like first grade, but my night vision.. it was as if

it

were day even in the darkest place. Unlike Bill though I lost that ..

just

recently actually.. gradually, but quickly and suddenly.

My hearing used to be better as well.

Flourescent

bulbs and tv tubes drove me crazy.. very high pitched sounds. I've

always

had excessive earwax, and I think that that insulated me to the pain.

In

an attempt to deal with the earwax a couple weeks ago I found my hearing

much

more acute, but PAINful.. every single sound, especially women's voices and

the

kids oh my goodness!! I'm glad it has disapated.

Welp, I'm being called to dinner, so I'm cutting it

short,

but that's basically my experience.

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Usarian here.. I saw e posted some stuff about my vision and hearing sensitivities.

When I was a kid growing up in upstate NY.. near the Vermont border.. between the Green mountains and the Catskills.. we got a lot of snow.. I would go out in the field in the winter and if there was any sunlight at all I would thoroughly blinded. I grew the habit of squinting at all times.. I didn't kick that until I was in my late teens and people thought I was making faces.

In my case, I have high sensitive to light, eating some food make my overall sensory system to overload. I also squinted quite a bit, and night vision was good for me as well; not great but I could see more than others when I was outside and going to places. At home I thought I was able to know where things were due to "knowing exactly" where they belong or where I have place them.

Opening the fridge at time could make me squint if I do not have any other light on and my eyes are not accustomed to the sudden change. It hurts as well; I have taken down few trees this year and the two that were directly in front of my "front door" gave me protection form the morning sunlight. Now when I open the door and it is past sunrise; I most definitely squint big time. I usually put my hand over my eyes and just walk to the car with it on it, get the sun glasses and put them on until the eye gets accustomed to the light.

I heard this has to due with muscles and how they fast they contract or retract in people in the spectrum. I really do not know, but the darn sensitivity to light is there.

Conversely, like Bill, I was somewhat renown for my ability to see in the dark in my family. I was nearsighted and wearing glasses since something like first grade, but my night vision.. it was as if it were day even in the darkest place. Unlike Bill though I lost that .. just recently actually.. gradually, but quickly and suddenly.

It is when things like this happen-- loosing something quickly and suddenly when I ask myself "Did the right connecting were finally made by the brain"? Are we getting more like the NT's seem to be?

I used to have terrible reactions due to touch, and sound when I was little. Now it seems they have diminished. The more expose I was to uncontrollable noise( like car noise and construction noise that happen out of my control) the more I seem to tolerate it, or perhaps learned to canalized it differently. Yet, when I am in bed at night time, and there is silence....... Well, I hear a whole lot more than the sound of silence. I then have to concentrate in praying in order to fall asleep or divert my frustrations about it. It is "draining" and takes a lot of energy just to do that.

Making connections or getting the wiring in the brain to work in the right direction is great, but I want a lot of my abilities to stay. At times I feel that the more wiring gets fixed properly, the special abilities I have also diminish to a degree. THAT, I certainly do not like :-(

My hearing used to be better as well. Flourescent bulbs and tv tubes drove me crazy.. very high pitched sounds. I've always had excessive earwax, and I think that that insulated me to the pain. In an attempt to deal with the earwax a couple weeks ago I found my hearing much more acute, but PAINful.. every single sound, especially women's voices and the kids oh my goodness!! I'm glad it has disapated.

I dislike high pitch voices, they really hurt. The most horrid noise for me thought is when plates hit each other. That really gets to me! It hurts so badly, that I get overloaded for the rest of the day.

I do not think there is other noise which bothers me as much as that!

Welp, I'm being called to dinner, so I'm cutting it short, but that's basically my experience.

Hope you enjoyed your dinner,

Regards,

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Bill said:

SNIP<

But I've never met anyone else who can do this. So a little

description

here might serve to turn up somebody else.

Essentially, *in the absence* of " visible light " things illuminated

by near-UV appear to me in an un-natural color: a sort of brownish-blue.

That's what my mind tells me it is; I've not been able to mix paints

or colored pencils to get on paper what I see in the experiment.

Even in ordinary room illumination (artificial or natural) - I can

see an " aura " of brownish-blue around objects which can reflect

near-UV.

I believe the spectral energy my retina is detecting from near-UV is

translated; ...only *interpreted* by my brain to be this " impossible "

and NON-spectral color. ...FWIW.

End SNIP>

Is the aura around people as well as

objects?

Is the aura around people different

to that around objects?

I also have trouble with bright light

and will not turn lights on until absolutely dark.

When in the bedroom reading I prefer

the lampshade to the room light due to the brightness. However with

age, contrast is more difficult under low light I have noticed.

Have always been that way. I also

can after acclimatisation see shapes in the dark, but no auras, just as

slightly denser areas that are the objects in the room.

Greg

dx ASat 53

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>Is the aura around people as well as

objects? >Is the aura around people different to that around

objects?

Soooooo is Bill an Indigo child?

Doesn't look like he's in the band....

Anyway, I used to see stuff like that .. people would

give

off light.. some people more than others. Trees seem to emit

something..

I'm far from beleiving in any of that, but I saw things and felt things I

can't

explain. I still need to .. well.. touch a tree every so often.. I

swear

it feels to me like I am being refreshed in som eway.. to feel the bark of

an

old Oak or walnut. Listen to the birds and the wind at the same

time.

I always figured it sent me back to my childhood

memories

in some subconscious way..

/me is lost reminiscing of childhood in the

Adirondacks...

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Greg Greer wrote:

> Bill said:

> SNIP<

> But I've never met anyone else who can do this. So a little description

> here might serve to turn up somebody else.

> Essentially, *in the absence* of " visible light " things illuminated

> by near-UV appear to me in an un-natural color: a sort of brownish-blue.

> That's what my mind tells me it is; I've not been able to mix paints

> or colored pencils to get on paper what I see in the experiment.

> Even in ordinary room illumination (artificial or natural) - I can

> see an " aura " of brownish-blue around objects which can reflect near-UV.

" Note added in proof " , so to speak: not all things reflect UV equally

well - or even at all.

My use of the term " reflect " may not be accurate. I interpreted what

I see as a consequence of reflection.

But what I see is *around* the object, not *from* the object. It

could be excitation of atoms or molecules in the surrounding air.

Maybe I'm seeing *that* light, and my brain simply is interpreting

that in an anomalous way.

It's no big deal, especially given my small sample size ...N=1.

> I believe the spectral energy my retina is detecting from near-UV is

> translated; ...only *interpreted* by my brain to be this " impossible "

> and NON-spectral color. ...FWIW.

> End SNIP>

>

> Is the aura around people as well as objects?

I've no idea. Never tried it; don't think I would, either.

The UV sources I used were *strong* (50-100W), and I think quite

devastating to living tissue. ...Even with short exposure.

They were also heavily filtered to emit at 350nm. But I've been near

UV " germicidal " lamps (9W or so[?], emitting something like 250nm),

while in the company of others similarly illuminated. I saw no " aura "

around them, brownish-blue or otherwise.

>

> Is the aura around people different to that around objects?

See above.

>

> I also have trouble with bright light and will not turn lights on until

> absolutely dark.

I think aversion to bright light *is* one of the now-recognized

" emergent " characteristics of many autists.

>

> When in the bedroom reading I prefer the lampshade to the room light due

> to the brightness. However with age, contrast is more difficult under

> low light I have noticed.

Hmm. I've noticed that in my aging self, when reading books.

But it may not be true for me in a dark-adapted state. I think

*then* contrast *isn't* reduced. Gotta play with that a bit. That's

the rods vs cones thing: seeing under *really* low-light conditions is

quite different from seeing under merely " reduced " illumination.

>

> Have always been that way. I also can after acclimatisation see shapes

> in the dark, but no auras, just as slightly denser areas that are the

> objects in the room.

I do hope you've not understood my meaning of " aura " to be the same as

used by believers in " natural auras " . My meaning is *not* the same; I

do not mean that at all - don't believe in 'em!

>

> Greg

> dx ASat 53

- Bill, " older " , dx AS

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WD " Bill " Loughman - Berkeley, California USA

http://home.earthlink.net/~wdloughman/wdl.htm

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Usarian wrote:

> >Is the aura around people as well as objects?

> >Is the aura around people different to that around objects?

> Soooooo is Bill an Indigo child? Winking smile emoticon

Would you believe: Noooooo. <wily smirk>

>

> Doesn't look like he's in the band....

??

>

> Anyway, I used to see stuff like that .. people would give off light..

??????????????

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- Bill, " older " , dx AS

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WD " Bill " Loughman - Berkeley, California USA

http://home.earthlink.net/~wdloughman/wdl.htm

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It also causes a sensation that is very close to physical pain in my eyes. Just the other day I was driving and the sun was out and filtering through the trees. It makes a flashing from sun to shade as you drive and it's very quick. It made me feel like my head was going to explode. Not a good thing when driving!

I have had some of this happen to me as well, but usually ends in an instant Migraine.

Also if I am by a window too long, I start to get a head ache due to the "glare" which can really turn into a migraine fast.

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mynelltx wrote:

>

>> Follow-up to my note on hearing:

>>

>> I'm near-sighted from early childhood. Wasn't discovered (and

>> corrected) until I entered college. But that was daytime vision, or

>> vision in lighted spaces.

>>

>> My night-time vision, " dark vision " , always has been exceptionally

>> acute. And my " dark adaptation " always exceptionally fast.

>> An anecdotal consequence of this: When entering dark spaces from

>> light ones (eg: coming home late at night) I used to not turn on the

>> building lights. I just proceeded to do " whatever " in the dark.

>> Because I didn't *need* the light, ...*I* could see perfectly well.

>> Not so any companions, who usually complained bitterly about my lack of

>> concern for them -- my " lack of empathy " with them over *their* need.

>> SNIP

>

> Bill,

> I found your post very interesting. When my brother and I were little

> we would often wake at about 2 or 3am. We would wonder around in the

> dark so as not to disturb anyone and told ourselves we had " cat

> vision " . We really were able to see perfectly fine in the dark.

My friends still use similar words: " ...he sees like a cat. "

> I am

> not able to do this now nearing age 50,

At 76, my night vision *in the dark* I judge to be as good as ever. But

rapid transitions from very bright to very dark I handle far less well

now than when I was younger.

As happens when driving into a tunnel from bright sunlight, or

driving toward un-dimmed headlights at night. Both now very bad for me.

> but I still like dim lights

> inside the house and have to wear sunglasses outside.

> That brought to a mind a possible win/win solution. Have you ever

> tried sunglasses for inside?

Yes. But I found very quickly when I needed them they always were

somewhere where I was not. The solution was to *always* carry *all*

my various eye-glasses with me. Everywhere.

That got pretty old before long. I began *not* taking all my stuff with

me everywhere. Instead I found new ways to avoid bright lights and

glare. Avoiding the problem obviated the need for a solution to it.

I still use sunglasses outdoors, from necessity, in a very dark neutral

shade.

> There are lenses that have lighter tints

> and even different colors as you mentioned different spectrums in your

> post. I have seen pink, yellow, green, blue and brown tinted lenses.

Much of my work and avocations require I see accurate colors. Other

than neutral-gray shades interfere.

> Please let me know if this has any effect or if you have already tried

> this.

> Have a happy and healthy holiday season.

>

> Karmyn

Same to you! And thanks for your observation and question.

- Bill, old enough, dx AS

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WD " Bill " Loughman - Berkeley, California USA

http://home.earthlink.net/~wdloughman/wdl.htm

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Just to chime in with everyone else here. I also have visual sensitivities. Bright light is physically painful to my eyes. But also light that is filtered a certain way or flashing, moving, waving, etc can cause me to not be able to see at all. It also causes a sensation that is very close to physical pain in my eyes. Just the other day I was driving and the sun was out and filtering through the trees. It makes a flashing from sun to shade as you drive and it's very quick. It made me feel like my head was going to explode. Not a good thing when driving!

I have not had the good night vision that some of you mentioned. But one thing I noticed is that when I was pregnant my night vision went away completely. Which makes me think it is a hormonally related thing. At least for me.

Jennie AS