Everyone is missing out on the good shit in life focusing only on the forest but not the fine details, the forest only exists because of millions of small beautiful details.

I don’t know if it’s because I’m on the spectrum but I hope it isn’t, I wish everyone could experience the same joy I get from all the small things.

  • Afelia@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    9 months ago

    This saying actually means the opposite of what you think it does. “Missing the forest” in this context means to ignore it. So the saying is more about not being able to see the big picture because you’re too caught up in a single tree.

    Hopefully this can help mitigate some of the iritation the saying has for you.

    • webghost0101@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      4·
      9 months ago

      I actually use this saying alot to explain hypersensitivity to neurotypicals.

      I get so much heaps of sensory input from the smallest of things i cant possibly process it all, fixate on and lose the ability to understand my environment as a whole.