Domestic Blindness

[Turk]

Generally speaking Ive got a pretty keen eye for detail. Day to day in my job, I can spot the most subtle of detail. Im not sure what happens to this process, usually, when im around the house. I can be looking directly at something and my brain doesnt recognize, that its what im looking for. My wife thinks im playing games but its a real issue for me. Its like the word, of the thing im looking for doesnt fit with my visual reference for it. The lone supermarket shop, looking for items which are in plain sight takes forever. Does anyone else experience this

 

[Vanilla]

Yeah, I do this. I think it's mostly caused by the fact that most of the time I'm so inside my head, that when I'm told to pay attention to something, it takes me a while to get back out there, take a look, then get back in to rift through mounds of information, to find the simplest of things.

Sometimes it takes so long, I forget what I was looking at, and have to take a second, or third look, then go back in to find the missing information to link them with. That's what happens when you cram your heads full of all sorts of useless data, haha.

The same thing happens to elderly people, after a lifetime of obtaining information. I guess Aspies simply get there sooner

 

[Judge]

The only thing I go blind on is my where I parked my car. Not so much of my mind, but rather because the odds are that it's parked between two SUVs so I can't see it!

I've gotten so I look to see if there's a parking lane marker and go by that...or some kind of landmark.

 

[Vanilla]

The only thing I go blind on is my where I parked my car. Not so much of my mind, but rather because the odds are that it's parked between two SUVs so I can't see it!

I've gotten so I look to see if there's a parking lane marker and go by that...or some kind of landmark.

I try to park in the same general area every time, to avoid the same problem

 

[Judge]

I try to park in the same general area every time, to avoid the same problem

Oh I do that too....when I can. But I'll still wind up with SUVs on both sides of me. The real problem is that I was a victim of car theft many years ago, and it left it's mark on me. Whenever I can't see my car my heart sinks and I lose my breath momentarily. Not a pleasant sensation...until I find my car.

 

[Vanilla]

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Oh I do that too....when I can. But I'll still wind up with SUVs on both sides of me. The real problem is that I was a victim of car theft many years ago, and it left it's mark on me. Whenever I can't see my car my heart sinks and I lose my breath momentarily. Not a pleasant sensation...until I find my car.

Oh, that's not cool. I'd be pretty spooked too.

 

[Aspieistj]

I am very perturbed because no matter where or when I park my car, except at home, someone always moves it!!!! Seriously, if I ever get another car I am going to choose the most gaudy color available. Driving a silver Toyota doesn't work for me any longer.

 

[Judge]

I am very perturbed because no matter where or when I park my car, except at home, someone always moves it!!!! Seriously, if I ever get another car I am going to choose the most gaudy color available. Driving a silver Toyota doesn't work for me any longer.

My Celica GTS is even lower than a stock Camaro. Once I park between two SUVs, it's "gone" unless I approach it from the front or back.

 

[Spinning Compass]

I have that problem too, and I think it is partly because I did not get glasses until I was about 10 years old. From what I have been reading about vision and the brain, vision is a learned process and if certain steps are left out then a person's vision will not develop normally. The brain seems to need certain stimulus. So I have to know what something looks like before I can find it. Once I get a picture in my head of what I am supposed to be looking for or at I don't have any problem.

There is also a very interesting video on perception involving a basketball game and a man with a gorilla suit that is a staple on the lecture circuit. It only works IF you have never seen this video or have heard about it. The audience is told to count how many times a basketball is passed between certain players. Afterwards they are asked if they saw the gorilla. Most people say no. They then go back and watch the video again and its OMG how could we have missed that?

 

[Autism]

Generally speaking Ive got a pretty keen eye for detail. Day to day in my job, I can spot the most subtle of detail. Im not sure what happens to this process, usually, when im around the house. I can be looking directly at something and my brain doesnt recognize, that its what im looking for. My wife thinks im playing games but its a real issue for me. Its like the word, of the thing im looking for doesnt fit with my visual reference for it. The lone supermarket shop, looking for items which are in plain sight takes forever. Does anyone else experience this

Ha, I do that too. Huge items right in front of me I do not see. But the slightest change in my surroundings, and I mean tiny tiny changes, I catch right away. That can be a fuzz caught on something, a small bottle cap on the floor that was not there just 10 seconds ago, items who have been minutely moved from one location to another: I see that right away.

 

[Sev]

This post is way to relatable.
I pick up on the smallest details and somehow miss the huge, "obvious" things.

It's one of the reasons why I'm a bit scared of driving...
I would probably get pulled up looking at some fine detail somewhere and miss the big-ass truck coming head on at me.

 

[Odd Duck 1357]

Around the house, I notice extra hairs that indicate the dogs snuck in again but don't seem to see the chaos in the kitchen sink. I'll notice a broken twig outside but not the toy on the table that I've been searching for over the last 10 min.

Fast food restaurants are overwhelming. It takes much too long to navigate the shiny, colorful menus that almost seem to dance and sing in front of me. It bugs my hubby to no end that I can't "just know what I want" or that I always order the salad (so I don't spend so much time choosing from the mile-long menu).