Comments on: Aspie Hell, or Why I Now Hate Baroque Music

By: Taylor Selseth

Taylor Selseth — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:50:07 +0000

LOL, if someone had started playing some Bach or Handel at my workplace I would be stimming in ecstasy!

As for plastic gloves, I cannot STAND them, they really trigger my sensory issues.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:50:12 +0000

Hi Alison,

So good to see your comments. Welcome!

By: Alison

Alison — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:29:11 +0000

Hello– I just started reading your blog and I am really enjoying it. This particular post made me LAUGH. It is all very familiar. I was diagnosed with Asperger’s last November at age 39, and sensory issues are a big part of my AS profile. Thanks again for a great site.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:14:34 +0000

Note to The Husband: Thanks for taking care of things.

By: The Husband

The Husband — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:27:51 +0000

Note to the “little woman” (AKA “the wife): I’ve hidden all the Baroque CDs. Please don’t try to find them. And I’ve said the appropriate blessing: “From this time forward, any Baroque CDs are as the dust of the earth, and are no longer my possesions…”
PS — They’re nowhere near the places where we hide the Afikomen

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:12:27 +0000

Thanks, guys. I really appreciate your comments. The post was fun to write after such a tough afternoon. Without humor, I’d be lost.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:23:16 +0000

Thanks for the inside perpective of what Aspie Hell can look like. It gives me a lot more empathy for what my son, who is on the spectrum, may go through at times. You have a great writing style–I thoroughly enjoyed your post!

By: John Dale Lyons

John Dale Lyons — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:59:22 +0000

“Today, something happened to Baroque music.” It was Baroque-en. You’ve gone for Baroque. There was a Baroque Abomination. I could go on like a Baroque-en record…

By: Megan

Megan — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:47:45 +0000

I loved this post! It conveyed your frustration so well with lots of humor. You’re right, you are pretty amazing.

Sadly, it sounds like recorders are making a comeback. I live on the opposite coast of you, and at a local grocery store the other day, I saw a guy walking around playing a recorder! It was strange and kind of annoying. I like the image of ripping the recorder from his hands and chucking it in a river.

By: Catana

Catana — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:33:05 +0000

I can sympathize with the general overload, but for me, the baroque recorder music would have been sheer heaven–unless the two ladies weren’t very good musicians. I guess everybody’s aspie hell is different.