Thinking in the box

[Suzanne]

So, there I thought I always thought out of the box and twice now, been accused that I do think out of the box.

Personally, I think every single human being does this; even those who are radical think out of their type of box. Just different shapes and colours.

What you think?

 

[Frixion168]

I'm lost by your post to be honest. To sum up my answer to what I believe you are asking in this: No I do not think people generally think out of the box. The box is the place in which the general population thinks within. Therefore majority of people DO think inside "the box". We aspies of course do not.. this is our greatest assets.

 

[Crossbreed]

We recognize less box boundaries than NTs typically do, so we appear to think "outside of the box" by their standards when we refuse to acknowledge their imposed, imaginary boxes. I daresay that the plurality of us will still recognize ethical boundaries (to some degree) as well as financial constraints, but those kinds of "boxes" are way less constricting, in comparison.

Restated, their "box" is artificially small.

 

[Ylva]

I'd be too claustrophobic to think inside a box.

when we refuse to acknowledge their imposed, imaginary boxes

Makes me think of an episode of Recess where TJ gets imprisoned in a square drawn on the ground.

 

[Goatscoat]

I agree with you Suzanne. I dare say that I've seen a lot of thinking being done inside the box by a lot of aspies, just that they have their own box (or a less popular type of box). But, personally, all in all, thinking outside the box is not as groundbreaking as some of us might want to believe, NTs or not.

Thinking outside of the box is something that can even be taught if one wishes to learn how to do so. In my opinion, everyone has their own box no matter what. Even if within a social group they tend to try to act like other people and be more of a trend follower.

NTs are quite formidable at appearing to do less "creative" thinking than they really do for example. They downplay themselves a lot.

 

[Beverly]

The majority of people simply accept what is, what they have been taught and told, not because they have any reason to accept it as fact but, because they have no reason not to accept it as fact. They don't think to question societal norms, expectations or, what to them simply is because it is. In short they do not ask "why" nearly so often as we do.

Sometimes they don't like it when we ask why, challenge their preconceived, accepted truths. They tend to get upset when "Just because that's how it is." is not a good enough reason for us and, they really get upset when out outside the box thinking provides us with a better way, or a means to prove their in the box thinking wrong.

 

[Suzanne]

I agree with you Suzanne. I dare say that I've seen a lot of thinking being done inside the box by a lot of aspies, just that they have their own box (or a less popular type of box). But, personally, all in all, thinking outside the box is not as groundbreaking as some of us might want to believe, NTs or not.

Thinking outside of the box is something that can even be taught if one wishes to learn how to do so. In my opinion, everyone has their own box no matter what. Even if within a social group they tend to try to act like other people and be more of a trend follower.

NTs are quite formidable at appearing to do less "creative" thinking than they really do for example. They downplay themselves a lot.

Thanks so much for your support. Actually, a situation came up between my husband and myself, this morning and "in the box" came to mind. We had our living room painted in pink; not the colour that I supposed it to be and finally, this morning, my husband repainted in a bright yellow. Before, I said we needed light coloured furniture because the pinkish colour caused the room to close in, but the yellow has caused the opposite effect and I said it was a cold colour and needed darker colour furniture to bring warmth in. Now, my husband argued that the professionals refer yellow to be a warm colour. He argued that the sun is warm, but I said: only at certain times of the year and that there are different shades of yellow that cause cooless or warmth. I do not need a professional to tell me; I use my eyes and how colour makes me feel. I consider my husband very much thinks inside of the box and I outside, but only in certain areas.

So, really, to my mind, whether we are aspies or nt's, there will always be occasions when we think in the box, but hehehe I do believe I think more out of the box, than in.

 

[Beverly]

Suzanne That reminds me of my ex when I painted my living room walls a color called Nectarine Fizz and, did Sable trim and, Autumn Rust inside the window sills. He thought it would look awful and, "60'ish" until it was done and, he saw how open yet warm and cozy the room was with the new paint.

He also disagreed with me painting each room of the house a different color scheme but, all complimenting one another.

I do think that most Aspies tend to think outside the box more often. We are happy doing what we know will work, even if it is unconventional. Too many NTs assume it won't work because it isn't conventional, no one does it that way. We simply don't care about what anyone else does, we can invision the results and, know before we begin that our idea will work.

Note: Texturing walls with plaster and a whisk broom works well too if you want a lazy, not very deep, swirl texture or, a wave like texture.