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Grand Magnate
Member Since Jun 2012
Location: USA
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It's understandable that people, including therapists, would want to avoid getting hurt by people who have a tendency to hurt. But the extremely one-sided picture that is so frequently painted has long reminded me of the saying "one finger pointing out, three fingers pointed back". I think there may be narcissistic and antisocial tendencies in all or most of us. Those impulses are frequently viewed as dangerous and unwanted in civilized society, and totally unacceptable -- especially to people in the helping or caring professions. But if we have those impulses, as people, cutting them off inside ourselves and/or judging and pointing fingers at others doesn't seem to me like it's a society I want to live in either. Some kind of middle or nuanced way seems better, to me. But, that's just me, of course. |
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I have never met someone living with ASD who I did not find to be a wonderful human being. That is why I am so confused by why you are likening folks with ASD (including yourself?) to psychopaths. |
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Jimi the rat
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But also you make me realize something that is not here yet where I live, but is coming, and I assume exists where you live. You tell me how ASD is. And you seem to think mostly of kids and mostly of low functioning. They didn't do us a favor when they started to call aspergers autism, instead of it just being a subgroup to all autism. It's really confusing to hear as a high functioning aspie what I'm not supposed to be able to do. I have friends, good friends, I have a place i society, I live on my own, and I have an university diploma. Then it is a little weird to hear my group as well should be based on having no Theory of Mind. I can still be an aspie and understand people have a different inner life than me with different thought processes, personalities and experiences. I don't treat all my friends the exact same, because stuff in their heads are different from each others, so they need different treatment. Unfortunately I think I will be the autistic person you do not like. If that is the case, and that I can't be innocent and cute, that is alright. I didn't start this thread thinking I'd get many agreeing with me. __________________ |
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