Aspies For Freedom

Hope rushes thru chores so she can return to her "daydreaming" she calls it. Now that you mention it, she does spend a lot of time thinking, talking to herself. I think she conjures up scenarios in her head, mental "plays" maybe. One of her favorites is to imagine conversations with her favorite actor.

"No duh that the actual automatic pilot concept was thought up by Temple Grandin's grandfather!"

please explain, tho, the automatic pilot concept as thought up by Temple's granddaddy? thanks
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I wondered that same thing too...  it may seem nonfunctional to others that I wash myself in the shower the exact same way each morning, but if I do not, I am likely to skip a step... which I've done, and it was not really a big deal (didn't have a meltdown or anything) but I did notice that only one leg was shaven.

So NTs can take a shower in any way they want AND think...  hmm... that magic pill sounds a bit more enticing now.

I relate. My husband is absolutely impressed that I get up and shower without turning on a single light -- in utter darkness.  Shaving and everything.  It is because I always do things the exact same way. Total autopilot.  "Seeing things" is irrelevant. Everything is in its place in the shower so I can just reach out and pick it up with confidence.  When he comments on my showers in the dark, however, I joke with him that I can "find my own behind with two hands in the dark." The truth is that I really like puttering around in the dark. Very peaceful.

Heh... everybody already said what I would have.

The two of you just very accurately described my childhood. That behavior definitely isn't nonfunctional for me. Without it I'd probably be certifiably insane!

I used to have a reocurring daydream/fantasy that I was being interviewed by someone. So at times I would go through whatever questions were important to me... kinda lame! But it kept my brain busy... I guess some part of me was worried that I'd be asked a random question I couldn't answer, and therefore had to have the answer.