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Hey, Wanna share something with you "or with whoever is still interested in reading my journals or even visiting my page", actually something which shocked me a bit.

While I was searching the net, I found the following video (
The Boy With The Incredible Brain ), it's a documentary about people with high brains ability like massive calculations, remembering the calendar days and weather for years etc..

All of those people gained their ability after some sort of head injury. They described some sort of strange shapes, patterns and flashes they see when they think of finding the answer those shapes lead them to the answer claiming that "pattern" is there all the time.

You might be thinking wut da'hell is shocking in that, actually, I didn't realize that the documentary tells part of my story too..

When I was 14, I was able to do massive calculations and give precise results upto 4 decimals within seconds, I used to do it for fun never realizing how strange it is. friends used to gather around me and start throwing questions at me and they get thrilled everytime I answer. What else is common in me ? well, I had a head injury too ! When I was 8, I fell backward hitting my skull to the floor and was kept away from light for a week for recovery.. When I became an adult, I lost interest in that gift and stopped playing around with it until few months ago, I noticed myself reading the car plates numbers while driving and forming identical patterns of them, I felt so strange but couldn't stop myself as if my brain is acting on its own.. Now I understand my need for learning all the time, if time passes and I didn't learn something new I feel hunger in my head, I can't describe what it is but I simply rush towards calculations without knowing what I'm doing and I end up solving second-degree formulas and stuff like that ! :( I guess I'm a freak !!


Anyways, I recommend you watching that clip its 150MB and around 48 mins "you can download it too"

btw, I'll be flying to Omaha/USA tomorrow night and will be there for 7 days, catch up with u when I come back ;)

Cheers !




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TheRogueNinja's avatar
I haven't checked out the video, but....
What you're describing, the ability to perform large-digit arithmetics and "calendrical" skills and the like, is called Savant syndrome.... it typically occurs in high-functioning autistics, and is usually accompanied impairments in other capacities (in autistics, usually social abilities are impaired).
I have never heard of a head injury causing autism or Savant symptoms, although there are some associations between autistic spectrum disorders and epileptic seizures (especially when other neurological disorders are present that may lead to both autism and epilepsy), which can cause neurological damage.
Being a skeptical researcher-in-training, I think you should obtain a diagnostic assessment of the skill before drawing similarities between your skills and this man's.... the neurological basis behind the two skill sets could be completely unrelated.
Nevertheless, it's a fascinating gift, so cherish it :)