Published on 12, July, 2020
One thing I find ironic is how neurotypicals always say that we have no empathy, when in fact the opposite is true... I have hyper empathy, which is common in autistic people, apparently.
I can pick up people's mood straight away, and I have a particular soft spot for animals. The other day I started watching the documentary "Blackfish" on Netflix about killer whales in captivity, and it caused me immense distress because of how the animals are treated. It took me a while to calm down after that and I still feel a bit sad about it at the moment.
Does anyone else get distressed when watching something sad on TV?
This thread! There are SO many things forever burned into my brain that I can't even begin to console. To start with world events.
Here's a film I had to leave within 15 minutes: The Dark Knight. I love superhero movies and this was arrested with the kind of brutal sadism that -- still happens in the world. The new joker movie with J. Phoenix invoked more of a revolt against a crushing system, but I cannot handle watching violence. My son will sometimes tell me what I probably shouldn't watch.
I've been studying a few psychoanalysts who revolted against their own system and paved the path toward further understanding autism who both realised that the first thing which 'disabled' bodies needed was a break from society. What's been allowed in the medical field in the name of 'education' is horrifying enough. If anything I've been driven to study individuals like R.D. Laing and Felix Guattari all the more. Knowing various humans tried to liberate humans and redesign perspective has become the only way to sooth just how maddening humans can be.
Empathy is something which can be learned through art: heartbreaking symphonies or a moment with Van Gogh. But I wonder if the entertainment at this point isn't just reinforcing slightly psychotic behaviour.
Goodness this^^ took a minute! Difficulty articulating today...
The new Joker is really good, but heavy. I've seen it twice, and cried the first time I watched it. The second time I watched it was also quite heavy.
What was the most distressing film you've ever seen? For me it was The Green Mile - I will never watch it again! The botched execution scene has been branded into my brain forever...
A.I. *weeps*!!
Films need to have the characters behave in a logical and sensible / realistic way -
Directly they go to the cabin in the woods and then split up and take annoying kids with them, I'm out.
I like "Paul"
I feel like my brain ruins most films - it either finds things sad, or finds logical flaws/logical loopholes/gets annoyed by stupid things. Do you find that too? I would love to have someone to watch intellectual films/documentaries with, but most people like stupid films...
A.I - innocent child robot used and abused by grown-ups.
Oblivion. Self sacrifice - doing the right thing.
Finding Dory - autistic fish with ADHD getting separated from parents.
I could list hundreds.