Frances Larina on Nostr: This Vox piece is like a little peek inside the neurotypical mind. "Sitting in ...
This Vox piece is like a little peek inside the neurotypical mind.
"Sitting in silence is, for some, an experience more dreadful than physical pain. One oft-cited study from 2014 found that many people would rather give themselves electric shocks than spend just a few minutes alone with their thoughts."
Meanwhile, autistics are very nearly the polar opposite.
If only both neurocultures (neurology based cultures) cared enough to learn about the other, and make accommodations so that our society could be a mix of both.
https://www.vox.com/even-better/24042177/alone-thoughts-rumination-thinking-for-pleasure
"Sitting in silence is, for some, an experience more dreadful than physical pain. One oft-cited study from 2014 found that many people would rather give themselves electric shocks than spend just a few minutes alone with their thoughts."
Meanwhile, autistics are very nearly the polar opposite.
If only both neurocultures (neurology based cultures) cared enough to learn about the other, and make accommodations so that our society could be a mix of both.
https://www.vox.com/even-better/24042177/alone-thoughts-rumination-thinking-for-pleasure