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I am often intensely context-insensitive; I'll say a lot of statements without properly hedging in my actual contextual beliefs. This feels like some deep mode of function for me, to be able to address things in full isolation. This also sometimes makes people very mad at me.

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Aella

@Aella_Girl

Not that context isn't important - being able to find broad patterns is super useful! But I think also being able to lose context is important too - my favorite kind of thinkers are one who can switch back and forth easily between high to low contextual frames.

9:59 PM · Nov 17, 2020

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I totally feel you. I even had friendships that ended because of this - no big ones, but they could have been at some point. I think it gets better over the years. What are some of that thinkers you were speaking of?

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It really helps sometimes to "Reset", a few seconds not thinking and just take in the surroundings, to inspect other viewpoints and reflect

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iiuc contextual frames ~ abstraction levels

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will minshew

@wminshew

Feb 26, 2018

the essence of clear cognition is seamless abstraction-level transitions

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Scale and resolution changes are often a good way of breaking out of whatever thought-box 📦 you find yourself stuck in 👍

RunSilent 2x-vaxxed 3x-boosted RunDeep

@runsilent

Nov 18, 2020

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@Aella_Girl

Being fully in your current compartment in the present, in the moment. Yes, makes sense. And yes perhaps that might be a social skill some need. Like so many, eek.

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Likely! I'm never sure how much to use 'i have autism' as a frame for understanding myself.