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And I feel reminded of people with forms of autism that can't help but be stimulated by so many things at the same time. And many of those people love to listen to e.g. the roaring of a vacuum cleaner or watch the rotating of a spinning top as these are constant, steady sounds or movements (with certain patters): it calms them down. And I think: Now why is it that listening to a vacuum cleaner rather makes me nervous than calms me down? and for other people its the other way round? A sound/movement/whatever needs to be so steady and continuously that it secretly slips into our subconscious.

And I feel reminded of people with forms of autism that can't help but be stimulated by so many things at the same time. And many of those people love to listen to e.g. the roaring of a vacuum cleaner or watch the rotating of a spinning top as these are constant, steady sounds or movements (with certain patters): it calms them down. And I think: Now why is it that listening to a vacuum cleaner rather makes me nervous than calms me down? and for other people its the other way round? Maybe a sound/movement/whatever needs to be so steady and continuously that it secretly slips into our subconscious.

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	And I feel reminded of people with forms of autism that can't help but be stimulated by so many things at the same time. And many of those people love to listen to e.g. the roaring of a vacuum cleaner or watch the rotating of a spinning top as these are constant, steady sounds or movements (with certain patters): it calms them down. And I think: Now why is it that listening to a vacuum cleaner rather makes me nervous than calms me down? and for other people its the other way round? A sound/movement/whatever needs to be so steady and continuously that it secretly slips into our subconscious.		And I feel reminded of people with forms of autism that can't help but be stimulated by so many things at the same time. And many of those people love to listen to e.g. the roaring of a vacuum cleaner or watch the rotating of a spinning top as these are constant, steady sounds or movements (with certain patters): it calms them down. And I think: Now why is it that listening to a vacuum cleaner rather makes me nervous than calms me down? and for other people its the other way round? Maybe a sound/movement/whatever needs to be so steady and continuously that it secretly slips into our subconscious.