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Published: 2009-03-28 20:05:56 +0000 UTC; Views: 1404; Favourites: 24; Downloads: 26
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last night was another unpleasant night with the crickets (thank goodness for earplugs!), which sort of inspired this. now, my sound sensitivity is not that bad, but i was thinking of another autistic friend of mine whose sensitivity is so severe that they give it another name: hyperacusis. dedicated to the lovely k.o.r.the proportions are kind of off in this one because i did not use a model, also have never tried using three light sources so might have messed that up a bit.. how to make the face more realistic and pained? kind of just looks fragile, which is not really reflective of reality!
suggestions are very welcome.
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I'm just glad to see it. If you have acute hyperacusis as I do also, words cannot describe. You nailed it.
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i did not expect, really to find something about hyperacusis on dA
i really suffer on it too.. i always have to use ear protectors while using the vacuum cleaner or i often have to go away when someone(s) is/are talking loudly. the TV's volume always is between 3 and 7%
i alwways have to close my room's window, because of the noise outside. if i have the window opened for long time, its making me agressiv or depressed. i cant listen to radio too. the only loud thing i can hear is the rain and music i like. i really often feel a pain in my head. its sometimes getting really hard, that i have to close my eyes strong. sometimes i put my hands on my ears. no matter how stupid i look like for others..
it's really horrible...
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I know exactly how you feel! I have to wear earplugs at school because people eat and chew gum. It drives me to tears sometimes when I don't have my earplugs. It also makes me upset when I miss something because I didn't hear it right.
I'm sensitive to little clinks from plates, I don't even remember the last time I slept without my earplugs. I feel safe when I am with my earplugs. It drives me crazy when I don't have my earplugs.
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It's crazy sometimes isn't it? I'm trying to wean myself off them now, but I used to get really panicky when I'd left them at home or something. Even now, dinner with plates is one of the more difficult sound environments. Knives and forks screeching/clattering on plates close by, people eating or talking to other people. And somehow you have to make coherent conversation too!
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I can't stand eating with people. I grew more aware of this since last year and I wouldn't come down for thanksgiving dinner. I absolutely hated it. It hurt so much. I was one time crying in class because this boy wouldn't stop chewing his gum so loudly.
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Aww, that sucks 
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Wow, seizures? I never thought anything about that would happen. You have Aspergers, too right?
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supposed to, yeah. I want to be as functional and helpful and useful as possible, though
yeah, apparently there is some correlation with autism and seizures, maybe it's related to the correlation between autism and tourettes - I don't know any details though.
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I like saying that I'm aspie since I was diagnosed last year. But I realize how stupid people can be and self diagnose themselves and use it for an excuse. I have a medication and since I've been taking that, I've been more social and better at school.
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though... maybe it more of a pink cat 
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oh, you are welcome to talk about aspie stuff with me
But after being diagnosed a whole LOT of changes happened, like failing my masters degree, getting married (I have a really supportive husband) and basically had to grow up a lot. During that time I also became christian because I realised I couldn't be a good person by my own efforts - not when all your aspie-related faults are laid out for everyone to see! And that changed a lot of my views, even about my diagnosis at the same time.
All my life, selfishness was a huge thing. I know it is associated with aspie traits, but it doesn't have to be that way. I've met one or two very kind-hearted auties/aspies, some with really very severe deficits, but are still really compassionate and caring (when they understand the situation). Compare that to me, I was a pretty unpleasant, selfish person. My first reaction was to count up all the ways I was obsessive, repetitive and antisocial, and otherwise matched the aspergers label, but it also means I focus on myself some more (which basically made me more selfish!).
Now I realise one of the big things I should do is not focus on "mySELF" all the time... that includes not focusing on my various problems, and also not focusing on the aspergers label.
Anyway I have been selfish again and talking too much about myself!! Change topic: the mew in your deviant icon is very cute
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Response to that changed topic: Thank you! I love cats and I like making things cute.
My this year compared to before I was diagnosed was much better. I was given medication and it made me more social and better at school. I've been much more happy.
The sad part is that I'm more aware about what people think. I'm sometimes thinking "All this time they can be thinking about this about me." Which causes me to to say sorry a lot.
From 5th grade to 8th grade is when my symptoms stood out the most. Actually when I look back when I was younger, many symptoms stood out that people couldn't understand. Like when I cried like it was the end of the world when teachers took away my sketchbook.
Drawing was my only escape when I was in middle school. People made fun of me for it. Oh middle school was such a dark time.
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Yeah, I have a habit of saying sorry a lot too. A lot of the time because I'm not sure if I offended someone, so I'll say it anyway just in case. It used to be that other people would even comment about it and tell me to stop... I'm much better now!
Sounds rough. Hang in there! Hope things get better for you as you go on.
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Things have been much better for me. =]Especially after my medication. People do appreciate my artwork which is good. I'm glad I never stopped drawing.
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>also have never tried using three light sources so might have messed that up a bit.. how to make the face more realistic and pained
The trick is photo-referencing
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lol, just noticed upload date: March 28, 2009
my rss reader went berserk
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thanks for the tip! though, that WAS two years ago - I eventually managed to figure that one out myself...
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Hyperacusis..? This is an abnormally sharp hearing or something similar, right?
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That's probably what it was originally, but i think it now includes more than those who have sharp hearing. Sometimes people don't have any more acute hearing but they seem more intense to the ear and therefore painful anyway.
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For me it is usually High frequencies like drills, Loud environments and stuff. I get freaked out when somebody was using a hammer near me and that tingy sound it makes just hurt my ears. Man.. This fits perfectly how i feel at work everydays. Awesome of you to make it. It is a term you dont hear quite often.
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This is stunning, I have Hyperacusis as well. This is a perfect picture of how I feel so often, thank you so much for creating this. <3
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awww
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For me it is chewing, crunching, dishes clanging over and over, sometimes even seeing a person about to put food in their mouth makes me run for the hills. If I see someone is cooking popcorn, I leave the room, I cant watch movies with my family because I can't stand the sound of them eating things. When I was younger my dad would chew in my ear and smack his lips on purpose and I would scream and cry and he would laugh at me for it ><
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