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There have been 14,600 wars in recorded history according to one historian (he must have been OCD to count them all). For me that is a fairly good working definition of anti-social.Why should I be any different lol
Good points. With regard to manipulation: someone could have issues such as NPD, ASP or BPD in addition to or instead of (maybe more likely instead of) autism. With new research showing very definitive and objective tests for autism emerging and that really look at the neurology and movement disorder aspects, I would hope there would be fewer misdiagnoses going both ways.I think it may be considered as social disorder (or whatnot) because the way people on the spectrum see socializing and the way many people socialize is different. We might become confused about purpose behind other people behavior, their motives etc. In the end (and I might have said it many times already ) we all need to try to accept each other and compromise. Maybe it will happen one day, the balance will be achieved. Plus a lot of people feel isolated. There are some theories why it happens. Like I've just read in one article that many of us (Autism folks) feel isolated because we don't see ourselves in other people, again other people's behavior may be confusing to us. The article states that it could be rewarding to hang out with people like ourselves. But I'm not sure if it's specifically an Autism problem. I think any unique individual may feel isolated. But when I start thinking about it, I still can't quite figure out if it only has to with our differences or maybe there's more to it, like, for instance inability to establish an emotional connection on several levels.... whatever, moving on I'd like to say one more thing about manipulation. A lot of people don't manipulate intentionally. And people with Autism can be as manipulative as anyone else. I'm not necessarily talking about building complex plans to destroy somebody's life but I have seen it. And I have seen it on this forum as well
Alexithymia is pretty common among people with autism. I was diagnosed with it shortly after getting my ASD diagnosis, and I think there's many on the forums who experience it as well. It takes a highly empathic person/friend or an excellent therapist to be able to deal with it appropriately.For example: some one with autism lays on a cool floor, they refuse to get up... People tell them to get up and they say "but I have autism" what if that person is really trying to say "I'm hot with a fever, I feel sick and dizzy. If I don't lay down on this cold floor to cool off I will collapse, having autism makes this unbearable for my body I can't cope with how it feels" some times people with autism just can't explain it the way they won't... Maybe that second things in their mind, it just dosent come out that way when they try and explain, and that's communication difficulties.
That's interesting. This is the 1st time I hear about Alexithimia. Had to Google it, looks like me to certain extent.Alexithymia is pretty common among people with autism. I was diagnosed with it shortly after getting my ASD diagnosis, and I think there's many on the forums who experience it as well. It takes a highly empathic person/friend or an excellent therapist to be able to deal with it appropriately.