Showing compassion

[Cogs Of My Cranium]

I don't think there's a day that goes by without me reading or watching something about aspergers. These things are either by people who have it or by professionals/relative etc. I often think about the compassion of the people who produce such media often with nothing in return. Sometimes I worry that even though I want to help others and show empathy/compassion etc. that this simply doesn't show as these things have to 'get over' the negative inner 'shell' of myself. It has to make its way through this inner fog of negativity and I wonder about its power once I've managed to form it into real information/communication.

I wonder if the people who create such content go though the same thing or they simply just 'do it'. If they do just do it is it that they have to switch off certain thought processes to reduce self criticism? Also once the stuff has been made I wonder how they keep it out there and not resist the urge to remove it due to self criticism or criticism by others e.g. A YouTube video.

 

[Aspergirl4hire]

It's been my observation that almost everyone I've gotten to know even a little bit has an inner judge. The allistic-minded suffer too, but their attorneys are top-flight, while the autistic folks either represent themselves or have lousy public defenders.

Put another way: I think that anyone with a self-esteem problem deals with an inner critic. Aspies are more likely to have self-esteem problems because we spend so much time getting told there's something wrong with us, usually with incivil labels such as "nerd, weird, 'doesn't fit,' crazy, disorganized," etc.