Time it takes to Process and Anylize

[ezcare]

So, I realized that sometimes after hearing a piece of information and thinking about the meaning of it, it can take me over three months on average to fully process and anylize to understand what something meant. In other cases, up to several years. I'm like an out-dated computer. When I understand something, I never need another explaination, but trying to understand is beyond slow. It can even be annoying. But at least it us efficient and accurate. But slow. In general, how long does it take you to process most difficult pieces of information? Am I the only one who takes this long to process? What is the longest span of time it has taken you to process the meaning of an event, something said, a face made, etc? Any fast 'processers' here?

I have observed my thought process recently and discovered that unlike NTs, my brain processes information in a dual mode. Whenever I encounter new information, my brain attempts to reconcile it against any prior information I may have stored. If the new information reconciles with the old then it is "added" to my memory. If not, my brain continues to process in loop mode until I mentally force a STOP.
One good example of this is when I watch the news on TV. As a student of German History, an event like the annexation of Crimea by Russia triggers my brain to start reconciling the details regarding the annexation of Poland and Austria by Hitler with the information regarding the annexation of Crimea by Putin. Both were justified by the perpetrators as being only a response to the harassment of German/Russian residents by the host nation. In both cases, interested third parties attempted to negotiate a settlement but were totally ineffective because the invaders had no desire to settle. In both cases, the stall tactics merely gave the perpetrators more time to consolidate their position without compromise. Historians later agreed that if England and France had responded immediately with determined force, WW-II might have been averted or at least curtailed.
As a result, the European response to Crimea (let's reach a settlement with Putin) failed to reconcile in my brain. To me it seemed that Putin was merely using a successful play from Hitler's playbook and the Europeans--including Germany--were falling for it. So my brain will continue to process this and if asked about it in normal conversation, I would appear to NTs as "spaced out" or "uncaring" But the truth is that my brain will not allow me to offer opinions on matters that I have not been able to reconcile.

 

[Larisa]

I have observed my thought process recently and discovered that unlike NTs, my brain processes information in a dual mode. Whenever I encounter new information, my brain attempts to reconcile it against any prior information I may have stored. If the new information reconciles with the old then it is "added" to my memory. If not, my brain continues to process in loop mode until I mentally force a STOP.

I often collect some additional data to get a better knowlegde on the matter and then bits of information and my thoughts get together in my mind to somewhat integrated view on the matter.

One good example of this is when I watch the news on TV. As a student of German History, an event like the annexation of Crimea by Russia triggers my brain to start reconciling the details regarding the annexation of Poland and Austria by Hitler with the information regarding the annexation of Crimea by Putin. Both were justified by the perpetrators as being only a response to the harassment of German/Russian residents by the host nation. In both cases, interested third parties attempted to negotiate a settlement but were totally ineffective because the invaders had no desire to settle. In both cases, the stall tactics merely gave the perpetrators more time to consolidate their position without compromise. Historians later agreed that if England and France had responded immediately with determined force, WW-II might have been averted or at least curtailed.
As a result, the European response to Crimea (let's reach a settlement with Putin) failed to reconcile in my brain. To me it seemed that Putin was merely using a successful play from Hitler's playbook and the Europeans--including Germany--were falling for it. So my brain will continue to process this and if asked about it in normal conversation, I would appear to NTs as "spaced out" or "uncaring" But the truth is that my brain will not allow me to offer opinions on matters that I have not been able to reconcile.

That sort of mind occupation seems rather close to mine.
The main difficulty is to set a priority to the direction of thinking but I'm really bad in that.
Sometimes I realize that a have a report to do for my work - but thinking of forcible incorporation of Baltic countries into USSR some 70 years ago feels much more urgent and important for me than requests from my boss...

 

[Ylva]

So does all of this mean we shouldn't compare our processing systems to Macs, but rather to Windows?

 

[Ylva]

Also, this.

ScienceDaily V2

I can't quite let go of the idea that we behave like traumatized people because we've been traumatized, and not because of how our brains are wired. Continuing my amateur quest to tell the trauma patterns apart from the actual autism patterns.

 

[Larisa]

Also, this.
ScienceDaily V2
I can't quite let go of the idea that we behave like traumatized people because we've been traumatized, and not because of how our brains are wired. Continuing my amateur quest to tell the trauma patterns apart from the actual autism patterns.

I think there is a special pattern of thinking and because of this necessity to think through what happened rather than react spontaneously at once - these small but multiple traumas (from many ordinary for NT situations) set in mind to deal with.
It's like if for NT their big traumas are caused by rare but great-changing situations, for autistic people their many small traumas are caused by everyday and non-significant for NT conflicts.
At least that's what I found out about myself

 

[EdR]

For me the situation is the complete opposite, at least in regards to physical things.

When other people see chaos and white noise, I see logic and order. I can walk into any factory, store, observe any traffic pattern and visualize a blue print or flow diagram of the entire operation. This initial vision is not always 100% correct, but often I am interested enough to want to verify my assumptions and additional observation will usually clarify the errors.

Seldom is a joke beyond me and I am often the first to laugh.

On the other hand I am extremely slow in understanding people and their ulterior motives. I've been constantly snookered because I have accepted statements at face value and mystified when my statements are not accepted reciprocally. Nor can I tell when someone is unwilling to accept my statements.