A definition of AS I got from someone with AS

Discussion in 'Mental Health' started by Dave_techie, Jun 7, 2009.

  1. Dave_techie

    Dave_techie I call Sheniangans

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    1. Nice quiet kid
    2. Started feeling pretty alienated/left out/"just plain wrong"
    3. Started hating everyone else (ie NTs) and writing them off as stupid, shallow, etc
    4. Realized that #3 was unsustainable
    5. Basically just started mimicking (monkey see, monkey do) and was shocked at the success
    6. Started despising everyone else even more for being so stupid and easy to manipulate
    7. Realized that #6 wasn't sustainable either
    8. Presently: Kind of just tired of it all but resigned to it, still sometimes think of it as a kind of parlor trick--"Here, watch this, I bet I can get them to {fill in the blank}" or "I bet this is where I say/do {fill in the blank}" kind of thing.


    and people wonder why the rate of suicide amongst people with asperger's syndrome is so high.
     
  2. Jaitaiyai

    Jaitaiyai Cianpo di tutti capi

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    Aw...

    I know two people with aspergers, they're both in my class.
    One has it heavy and doesn't really get anything social.
    The other has it slight, he's just kinda annoying but I guess he's alright. He fits in though, with his friends.

    Neither of 'em fit your definition.
     
  3. Cherea

    Cherea Senior Member

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    What is AS/NT?
     
  4. Cate8

    Cate8 Senior Member

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    asperger's syndrome/neurotypical
     
  5. Dave_techie

    Dave_techie I call Sheniangans

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    it only fits one specific axis, (as the person who wrote it absolutely realizes, I've seen the other stuff he's written)

    but, yeah, there is a lot of misanthropy in the community.
     
  6. SunDweller1989

    SunDweller1989 Member

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    I have Asperger's. It's like being a reject of society.
     
  7. Dave_techie

    Dave_techie I call Sheniangans

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    yep.

    everyone expects you to know how they are feeling, and how their processes work and it is like you are on the outside of this great secret society that is secret not because it's a secret, but because pretty much no one in it knows how to explain what makes it work

    it sucks.
     
  8. Jaitaiyai

    Jaitaiyai Cianpo di tutti capi

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    Dave, do you have aspergers?
     
  9. SpacemanSpiff

    SpacemanSpiff Visitor

    ass burgers
     
  10. Cherea

    Cherea Senior Member

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    Please, explain.
     
  11. Boogabaah

    Boogabaah I am not here

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    the more i read about AS the more i'm sure i'm an aspie... only one of my therapist thinks so.. and she brought it up..


    :rolleyes:
     
  12. Cate8

    Cate8 Senior Member

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    Okay, well, Asperger's Syndrome (AS) is a form of Autism, and Neurotypical (NT) is a normal functioning brain, basically.
     
  13. Dave_techie

    Dave_techie I call Sheniangans

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    yes.
     
  14. Carlfloydfan

    Carlfloydfan Travel lover

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    Odd. With the people I knew who had AS, it was the exact opposite. They were easy to manipulate and never got anything social.
     
  15. Dave_techie

    Dave_techie I call Sheniangans

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    it's a certain axis, a certain perspective. it's a different perspective from what people are used to. that's why I shared it.
     
  16. Carlfloydfan

    Carlfloydfan Travel lover

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  17. IamnotaMan

    IamnotaMan I am Thor. On sabba-tickle. Still available via us

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    One of my relatives people were saying that another relative may be AS.

    I actually I think they meant AS-SHOLE.
    He's just a rude,belligerent prick.
    All AS ain't like that?Are they?:confused:
     
  18. Jaitaiyai

    Jaitaiyai Cianpo di tutti capi

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    No sirreee.

    Like Carl said, some of them are really easy to manipulate and not social. They're definitely not all the same.
     
  19. Cherea

    Cherea Senior Member

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    Thanks [​IMG]

    So, Dave- you're saying AS ways of feeling and thinking are so different from NT ways of feeling/thinking that there is no translation between them?

    In other words; color to a blind man or relating three-dimensional experience in 2D?
     
  20. rambleON

    rambleON Coup

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    it all makes sense now.:cheers2:
     

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