(Did you mean "iceberg...?")
Did I? Then what the heck is a glacier!? *googles it* ...
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(Did you mean "iceberg...?")
And the point I meant in regards to an example like would be that it could just easily be ADD, ADHD, manic phases of Bipolar, he's a coke addict, or any number of other things you'd be guessing if you experienced them.
That's quite disturbing. Is that a UK thing? Because in the US, we usually label our politicians narcissists or psychopaths.I find it easier to say "not" rather than "is" but there's plenty of "maybes". For instance, there's been a trend for people labelling politicians they dislike as autistic/aspergers and it's VERY easy to say "not" in almost every case. There's one or two "maybes" but no definite.
I do this all the time. And get in trouble for it a lot. :/ LolInteresting - my wife says that it is usual for me to think I have told her something when I have just thought it, and it has not made it to the outside world.
I keep seining autism in people who out of the ordinary as well.I try to be aware of it and keep it to myself. It's now a running joke between me and my wife: "Did you hear what X said?" "Yeah, he's on the spectrum."
We laugh, but in the back of my mind, I'm concerned about the trend. I can't be right about everyone I think that about. So, how do I get rid of this thought pattern?
I'm guessing that, since autism is now a familiar context for me, it's easy to frame my observations of others in that context. Maybe I need to study a few other forms of neurodiversity or read up on some other common psychological topics, just to break the autism-as-first-choice reflex.