Low Latent Inhibition

[ebec11]

It's so strange, it's just a part of life for me. I didn't realise that people didn't notice the details as much before, maybe because my mom is very obsessive about details too (not to the extent that I am, but then again, probably more then other people)
Do you guys have any tips for hallways? I have learned to sort of space out if I know where I'm going, otherwise it's too overwhelming, because the amount of touching/noise is so overwhelming, but then I'm disoriented while settling into my next class and it makes it hard for me to focus. I find one period the worse because the other ones have a shorter route or I'm going to be able to escape to a car/outside/in resource after the hallway.

[Steel Maiden]

I don't know if this is the same but due to my Asperger's syndrome, I cannot block out background stimuli like background noise (ie a clock ticking) or a flickering light. I also have to wear loose clothing as anything tight overstimulates me; I can constantly feel the tightness of the clothing and cannot ignore it.

[Thegameoflife]

I have LLI. It had a negative impact on my life in my younger years in high school. I'm going on 29 now, and feel like I have a huge advantage over my peers. The biggest issues I've faced, are to do with people treating me bad, because I view things differently. The part that made it rough, is the fact that I can read people to the point of almost reading their mind. I can sense when someone doesn't like me, and can know what they're thinking from nothing more than a look.

If anyone wants to know what it's like to have LLI, e-mail is a good example. On your e-mail account, you have a spam filter. Latent inhibition works just like a spam blocker. It automatically filters out spam, so you only get e-mails you think you need to read. With LLI, the spam filter is turned off. You get 1000 e-mails a day, and you have to read them all. The thing about having LLI, if you have the computing power to process every e-mail, you find a few important ones that would normally be blocked and ignored by spam blockers. If you have a high IQ, you can learn to utilize information that is actually useful, but would normally be blocked by normal latent inhibition. I guess you could say it's annoyingly useful.

[nothowmanybutwhere]

Good night, I am late to the party, OP or anyone still around? I discovered a couple of years ago that I have LLI, I'm currently in college and it's made that tough for me though I generally find assignments easy, I either struggle with concentration or motivation due to lack of true intellectual stimulation. Been trying to find some people with LLI to talk with anyways, cause days like today are especially tough on my psyche, I think I have chronic migraine associated with all of the stimuli intake.