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Do you consider yourself self obsessed?

I wouldn't have said so, but then I would imagine pretty much everyone would say that. Nobody has ever accused me of being self obsessed.
 
People have accused me of being addicted (they love to throw that word around). Being called obsessive is honestly a step down from that.
 
Only perhaps over the pursuit of my own autism. Beyond that...uh....no. I keep to myself, so it's not like there's anyone to debate such a point in real life.
 
I certainly can be, but am trying not to be as my own thoughts regarding myself are rather destructive.
I prefer to obsess over other things, like cephalopods, evolution, or retro game emulation.
 
i am ego centric,meaning my mind is based around my own thoughts and wants/needs so forth,but that is less because of being egotistical and more because i have quite severe classic autism and live in my own world most the time.
ever since i started retaining memories as a toddler,i grew up mostly unaware of other people,they were part of the background,and they are all generic lumps of flesh to me-i do not get impulses to go and interact with them i interact with my own world,so of course i am going to be ego centric,but i do not think i am better or deserve more than other people.

because of the way i have experienced life,i have to base my views on my own experiences and go from there otherwise i wouldnt understand,so it can look a bit ego-ey,but its just how my autism makes my brain work around other people.
 
I certainly can be, but am trying not to be as my own thoughts regarding myself are rather destructive.
I prefer to obsess over other things, like cephalopods, evolution, or retro game emulation.
I also find it really easy to get caught up in thought patterns and lost in my own head - it's not productive or pleasant - the cephalopods sound like a much better option Datura.
 
i am ego centric,meaning my mind is based around my own thoughts and wants/needs so forth,but that is less because of being egotistical and more because i have quite severe classic autism and live in my own world most the time.
ever since i started retaining memories as a toddler,i grew up mostly unaware of other people,they were part of the background,and they are all generic lumps of flesh to me-i do not get impulses to go and interact with them i interact with my own world,so of course i am going to be ego centric,but i do not think i am better or deserve more than other people.

because of the way i have experienced life,i have to base my views on my own experiences and go from there otherwise i wouldnt understand,so it can look a bit ego-ey,but its just how my autism makes my brain work around other people.

Thanks Toothless that is such a brilliant explanation of why some of those of us on the spectrum are accused of being self obsessed when in reality it's a simply lack of ability or desire to interact with other people. It's very hard for anyone to actually see and understand this in someone else, that there's a difference between narcissistic self centred behaviour and involuntary focus on oneself.

Really interesting.
 
I've been called self centred but not in a bad way, which is probably accurate.

I'm not egotistical in that I don't care more about my own pleasure that other people, but I think I am a bit wrapped up in my own experience.

I'm a mystery to myself a lot of the time, and i do like a good mystery.
 
I've been called self centred but not in a bad way, which is probably accurate.

I'm not egotistical in that I don't care more about my own pleasure that other people, but I think I am a bit wrapped up in my own experience.

I'm a mystery to myself a lot of the time, and i do like a good mystery.

I can relate to that - being self centred as opposed to other centric is not really a negative, just a different way of being.
 
I used to always be concerned about how I appeared to others. Now at age 47 I have learned that it doesn't matter as much as I thought. I quit worrying about it. I have to say that I was obsessed with image at one time and tried to be like other people, now I just be myself.
 

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