'The pain of isolation...'

Interesting. I don't really despair that I'm isolated, generally being on my own feels better than having friends and a girlfriend. I get frustrated more with the fact I can't go out, work, etc. I can see why a lot of people choose to go before their time. Life is hard and there's little to no support out there for an autistic adult. This forum is the best resource I have found so far.

Thank you for sharing.

We work in DV and often come across victims suffering medical and mental health conditions similar to the.

My concerning is often the victims partner is using there condition against them and manipulating them. Often its protectivegroup.com.au/.../ . Coercive control generally involves manipulation and intimidation to make victims of coercive control scared, isolated, and dependent on the abuser. Coercive control signs and behaviours can be found below.Coercive Control and Coercive Behaviour is designed to make a person dependent by isolating them from support, exploiting them, depriving them of independence and regulating their everyday behaviour.Various victim survivors coercive control support groups and women aid organisations globally are also raising awareness of Coercive Control and Coercive Behaviour.

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Now, that's a very revealing Rorschach, I would say...

Another reason I like books is that they contain memories of something that happened while I was reading that particular book.

Many years ago I was on a coach departing Milton Keynes, and the jolting start spilt my coffee all over me and the book I was reading.

The coffee stain is still visible.

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Haha!  Such misunderstandings happen!  It's another Aspie thing.  I often say something with a particular meaning attached, but the other person will interpret it another way.  On a few occasions, it has led to the other person taking offence at something I actually meant as a compliment.

An example - I was at a (rare for me) social gathering of some people I used to work with.  I went to the bar to get a drink, and when I came back I found myself having to get past a rather large woman who'd come and sat in the seat next to mine.  Her friend jokingly said to me 'Can you get by?  There's much less of you than there is of my friend.'  To which I responded 'I'll say!' - meaning, really, to emphasise and draw attention to my skinniness.  The large woman glared at me - and it was a few seconds before I realised that she'd taken it to refer to her size, which was clearly much more obvious.  To everyone else except me, that is!

I, too, prefer the feel and smell of books.  I have hundreds of books.  I go into bookshops just to absorb that smell.  Unfortunately, I have a problem with certain types of book paper and cover.  Usually glossier paper.  I get contact dermatitis from it.  I've had patch tests, and they can't establish exactly what it is that causes the reaction.  So... glossy books and magazines have to be read with gloves on, which is a major pain.

Congrats on the OU Degree!

Slight misunderstanding, when I said I prefer books, it's because I liked the feel of the written page.  When I buy a new book it has a distinct smell when I first open it. Old books are also often musty and smelly.  And I can write inside books.  Use book markers. 

Books are memorable, I leave hair behind in them as I pull it out while reading. I leave blood in them as I pop spots. (Just some of my nasty habits )

I also have a nice collection and plenty of choice.  My bedroom bookcase.

Thank you for the link, Former Member.

Robert124, I read articles such as the one Former Member linked to on my Kindle using the Push to Kindle Firefox add-on. Have a look at the Five Filters website (http://fivefilters.org/).

Good Evening, and, not your fault of course, yet what I myself did is so very annoying: I did one of those things that I try to do, in spending about 3/4 of an Hour, composing a long reply to a Thread of interest to myself... yet in that time, others render what I type to be irrelevant or unsuitable...!
What I was going to type, concerned the subject of Isolation, then S**cide, and then Dogs... in that order.
But now, all I can say is... Yes, I prefer books as well, and the Internet is useful but restricts certain information at times. And with regards to "Isolation", then that and feeling "second class" has never bothered me. Yet when it does, I simply remember certain things which I myself am better at than most of the people I see or am forced to interact with... and I think upon them: "Yes, you are very popular, but without what I can do, which you cannot, then you would not be that way!..."
...Meaning, everyone has a strength, and it matters not what "popular" people think of it, and it also does not matter what it is. This applies to everything: Nurse, Graphic Design, Cleaner, Fashion, Engineer, Photographer, Gardening... anything at all.

In closing, if you can correctly use words such as "intellectual lightweight" and especially "nonetheless"... then you are most certainly not a person of low importance... compared to the masses who use not English, but simply words such as "F$#@, f@$!, @$!&#, @$&&##&!$"...ALL of the time...

It's true, though, that - in spite of having an English degree, with a specialism in the work of Charles Dickens (oh, those interminable novels!) - I struggle with books.  My attention span is terribly short.

I've even been referred to as an intellectual lightweight because of it - which could, nonetheless, also be true.

I've read it - my father bought a copy as he was interested to learn more about neurodiversity following my diagnosis, and I thought it sounded really good, so got a copy for myself. I thought it was very good, though seriously scary in places. Makes me glad I was not an autistic person in the US about 30 years ago, that's for sure! Are you enjoying it?

You're not. You may feel it, but you're not.

I am.

Also, you feel that you're a second class human being and a drain on others.

I'm currently reading 'Neurotribes'.  And I'm picky with my internet research.  It was published in 'Psychology Today', which I've always thought of as a decent publication - as opposed to much online nonsense.  It wasn't 'research', anyway.  Simply something I was directed to by a friend who knows of my interest in the suicide rates of middle-aged people with ASC.

We have to be as careful with the books we read as we are with the internet articles we choose to believe.    Books can misinform just as easily.  The fact of having words published on paper does not make them any more salient than any other words, however published.  True intelligence is about having the ability to make such discriminations.  I don't think that the publishing medium of the article in question detracts in any way from the points it has to make.

By all means, though, continue with your preference for books as reliable sources of information.  I wish more people would do so.

Nice article, you seem to do a lot of research on the internet.

I prefer to read books.