Austism/Aspergers - Inner World/Universe...

[Maelstrom]

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[artfull dodger]

I most certianly have an inner universe inside my head, its my place to escape to when I am stressed and overloaded. And its all viewed out the engineers side of a steam locomotive. My universe has its place in the real world in the place of my outdoor garden railway, set in the Harz region of German, beautiful mountian scenery, steam locomotives still in daily use as of this year. It is a real place, you can visit it and ride these trains if you can afford the trip there. Hopefully someday I will. Till then its all in my mind and my model railway. Mike aka Dodger

 

[Amy Bellows]

I know this thread is kind of old, but I'll answer anyway.
I do have an inner universe. In fact, most of my conversations take place there. (I talk to myself a LOT).
Someone told me that's a symptom of schizophrenia. I beg to differ - I KNOW it's not "reality"; I know the difference and can distinguish. It doesn't make it any less enjoyable, LOL.

 

[Cinnamon115]

I have this as well. It's a very large world and I don't talk about it to anyone. It's my happy place I go to whenever things get too hard/sad in the real world. I don't want anyone trying to take it away from me or change it. It's hard to explain.

 

[Maelstrom]

"Cinnamon115, post: 261587, member: 12781"]I have this as well. It's a very large world and I don't talk about it to anyone. It's my happy place I go to whenever things get too hard/sad in the real world. I don't want anyone trying to take it away from me or change it. It's hard to explain.

I just call it inner processing or rhetorical practice.....

It is better in my opinion than having no mental wheels turning at all.

I think therefor I am more. Maelstrom

 

[Warmheart]

I am mainly always in my inner world. I need to exert considerable effort to be at all clear of it to engage in the outer world. Inner world is my powerful, dominant default. It is a tremendous struggle to be present in the outer world. I am very significantly inwardly distracted.

This is good because I have never been bored nor lonely.
This is bad because lack of awareness is a critical safety concern. (Walking near traffic, using a sharp knife, etc.)
Also, those in my life who I care about deserve me to be present for them. I work very hard at this.

I will always have a variable level of awareness. My best bet is to try to keep myself as safe as possible, enjoy my inner world, and work to be as present and connected to those I love.

 

[Brony714]

I do have an inner universe/world. It's a fluid place, changing to fit my mood at any given moment.

 

[Hedgehog Instigator]

I can get lost for hours in there. A lot of it is just me making a creative mind space. I get the same microcosmic feeling when I read.

 

[WildCat]

It's a balancing act. I have to make sure to save some time for the outer world, but once that's out of the way I find it hard not to get sucked in.

 

[Kupu2]

Definitely have an intensely rich inner world. Like others, it takes a concerted effort to join, and pay attention to, the outer world. There is no way I could ever explain it by words, or any other communicative media or creative endeavour. I do await the day someone joins me in my world, just for one hour. It all just makes sense and is comforting to be in my head.

 

[hiraeth]

I've kind of realised over time that inviting other humans into my "inner world" as you describe it is often a terrible idea. It's tempting, but it's a terrible idea.

 

[Maelstrom]

I've kind of realised over time that inviting other humans into my "inner world" as you describe it is often a terrible idea. It's tempting, but it's a terrible idea.

Isn't it a sad thing hiraeth ,our inner worlds are so beautiful...it is like making the most lovely snowglobe ever, and no one wants to look at it.

 

[Kupu2]

I've kind of realised over time that inviting other humans into my "inner world" as you describe it is often a terrible idea. It's tempting, but it's a terrible idea.

Yikes! You ARE right. I can see how badly those attempts have been... Yeah, maybe not.

 

[Brony714]

Usually, the only times I ever visit my inner world is when I'm alone, like when I take a walk along the levee behind my neighborhood, or when I'm in bed... Actually, my "seclusion" world and my "sleeping" world are 2 completely different worlds, the "seclusion" world more ancvhoted in reality, while my "sleeping" world is more rooted in fantasy...

 

[Crossbreed]

I have a model of the real world inside my head (as I best understand it). In turn, I can introduce what-if scenarios to my internal virtual reality, when necessary.

I used to maintain a universe of heroes and villains (a la DC & Marvel), but I grew uncomfortable with having to script my villains for increasingly heinous crimes to be foiled. That is, having to take on the mindsets of the villains (felons & psychos) in order to write my villains.

 

[Likemathsbutnotnumbers..]

I think my inner world and how I apply it is very important to me, and it's always been very hard to explain to others. Because I know that I am creative, just not in a visual way, or not as much. The main things which are integral to my inner world are sound and a sense of movement, and I think the fact I'm not really a massively verbal learner has made this tricky. I say this knowing that I do appear successful to others, but also have put in far more effort than many of them to achieve that result. I am studying maths, and an urge to stop with the hellish loop that is my current strategy for proving things has convinced me to analyse how I actually like to understand things. I was almost convinced I had no natural talent for it whatsoever despite the fact that I get very into it and other students don't understand the things I explain to them, plus I'm sometimes even anticipating what the lecturer will teach us.

Anyway I am massively analytical of my own movements and it helps and hinders me as a pianist. Piano is the one skill which has definitely been acknowledged by others yet it's very frustrating. If I have a problem with a piece I work out how to practice it with different rhythms and broken down to different degrees, but if I'm stuck I start looking at my finger, wrist, arm movements and general posture and trying to make everything so it improves my playing. Sometimes I know I can't make it better though and it gets excessive, like with Ravel's Ondine, where I was working out a rhythm in which to raise and drop my wrist in order to try and play with the fingers touching the notes at all times and wrist relaxed.

Of course this means I can feel deeply unnatural just walking sometimes. It also means I can fix a figure skating spin almost immediately, by planning it in my head beforehand. And I think I do like to almost walk my way through abstract maths problems.

Apologies for the long, obtuse post which doesn't develop on any current conversations in this thread which I don't necessarily have to do but will try to improve upon in the future!

 

[Accelerator]

Honestly this whole thread is fascinating. Simulating a whole other universe in your head? With characters and cultures and governments? Absolutely thrilling stuff. I'm quite curious to know how that even all starts, as I'd very much want one; might finally be able to find something to keep me stimulated, god knows I need every escape from reality I can. Also, daydreaming; when does it count as a whole other world? Because I tend to daydream scenarios I want written about, then forgetting about them right afterwards then doing it all over again. Does that count? Because honestly the biggest difference I can tell is that most of you have it on your "Hard Drives", so to speak, and I'm only running mine on my "RAM". Best I can tell, my best bet would be writing down everything and updating it every time I bring up the scenarios in my head, because keeping track of everything can be dizzying.
I'm sorry if I'm rather out of place.

 

[Mark Smith]

Starting from when I was 7, I have had several. I would usually imagine that I was a character in certain TV shows, movies, and video games I would watch and picture in my head extremely vivid scenarios that I would go through with that character. They would have dialogue and everything.

 

[Anthracite]

Yep, I've had them in various incarnations for as long as I can remember. My current universe has lasted about 10 years and is a highly idiosyncratic universe based on Pixar Cars, with none of the film stuff, filled entirely with my OCs. It's great, if a little dark and disturbing in there xD I've added non-canon Winter Soldier stuff in more recent times, which is definitely on the wrong side of morality :x