Professori
Professori
'Seriously, I look like the Elephant Man because of Asperger's. Asperger's is to blame for all the bad things internally and externally destroying my life........Having Asperger's is a nightmare and a living hell. Seriously, cancer cannot be worse than having Asperger's which results in a potential life time of pain and suffering. I have tried psychologists, psychiatrists, medications and cognitive behavioural therapy, but none of these have ever worked or helped my Asperger's. Very slow painful death is what Asperger's is all about.'
This is a quote from what someone has written about Asperger's. A very bleak look at one of the thousands of maladies which beset humans, but which has been so internalised that it is now to blame for everything negative in life. This is a self-defeating, self-deprecating, lack of self-worth view which is death inducing. I do recognise that this is simply an expression of one's deep sense of helplessness and pain.
I understand suffering, and we all have suffered to a greater or lesser degree, and I do not deny that there are those who feel just like this as a result of their own particular brand of pain and suffering. I do not attempt to downplay that struggle.
However, we are currently experiencing those who freely commit suicide by killing hundreds of others as a result of detonating explosives tied to their own bodies. Surely, the above frame of mind is committing psychological suicide in just the same way?
This 'psychological suicide' kills all of the positives about self based on what others think, say and imply, but the suffering does not end with the suicide - it still continues and becomes worse. At the same time, it hurts and damages all those around one who love and support that person, and even those who just happen to be in the same environment.
I don't believe that self-worth dies with a title that doctors give to a cluster of variables - 'abnormalites' (what is normal and what is 'abnormal' today?) identified by groups of doctors and researchers. Rather, it is a view of the absolute uniqueness of being someone who cannot be duplicated by any other human being, with all of the talents, gifts, problems, etc., which accompany that.
Worse than cancer, schizophrenia, MS, etc.? Nope, just another part of life which could possibly lead to pain.
This is a quote from what someone has written about Asperger's. A very bleak look at one of the thousands of maladies which beset humans, but which has been so internalised that it is now to blame for everything negative in life. This is a self-defeating, self-deprecating, lack of self-worth view which is death inducing. I do recognise that this is simply an expression of one's deep sense of helplessness and pain.
I understand suffering, and we all have suffered to a greater or lesser degree, and I do not deny that there are those who feel just like this as a result of their own particular brand of pain and suffering. I do not attempt to downplay that struggle.
However, we are currently experiencing those who freely commit suicide by killing hundreds of others as a result of detonating explosives tied to their own bodies. Surely, the above frame of mind is committing psychological suicide in just the same way?
This 'psychological suicide' kills all of the positives about self based on what others think, say and imply, but the suffering does not end with the suicide - it still continues and becomes worse. At the same time, it hurts and damages all those around one who love and support that person, and even those who just happen to be in the same environment.
I don't believe that self-worth dies with a title that doctors give to a cluster of variables - 'abnormalites' (what is normal and what is 'abnormal' today?) identified by groups of doctors and researchers. Rather, it is a view of the absolute uniqueness of being someone who cannot be duplicated by any other human being, with all of the talents, gifts, problems, etc., which accompany that.
Worse than cancer, schizophrenia, MS, etc.? Nope, just another part of life which could possibly lead to pain.
