Do You Think Everyone Is Autistic?

I often find myself come across people claiming "I'm a bit autistic" saying everyone is a bit autistic.

I point out to them so many things they refer to as "autism traits" are not autism traits at all but is just general human behaviours by all people, but when an autistic person does it it gets described negatively.  

Stimming as an example, I see nearly everyone stim, so many people tapping their foot on the floor, some picking their nails, some just twirling hair etc. because they do something an autistic person does they assume they're a bit autistic. 

When I tell them doing something labelled "autism trait" doesn't make them a bit autistic, that people are either autistic or not, I back it up asking "I sometimes say a metaphor, does that mean I'm a bit neurotypical?" I point out to them autism is a neurodevelopmental condition. 

I say "people with bipolar have mood swings, I hear most people have mood swings, so does everyone have a bit of bipolar disorder?" 

They still go claiming everyone's a bit autistic. Do you agree with the people who say everyone's a bit autistic?

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  • Lots of NTs say this - but they have no idea of the magnitude of the problems we face - they think our 1000% stress is the same as their 'a little bit worried'.

  • they do tend to overblow things.... probably so they can get some sort of social attention reward perhaps?

    i always say myself that i never get headaches ever in my life, i probably do, its just that they are so pathetic and low in the pain scale that i hardly notice them and they arnt worth complaining about. but yet everyone else always complains of headaches as if its some big deal... its nothing lol not even worth mentioning.... hell i even got super drunk and each time these so called hangovers were nothing, sure you wake up a bit tired and groggy, big whoop di doo lol nothing worth mentioning or complaining about that has any effect worth a mention to anyone. people overblow everything when its nothing.

    i think this phenomena is also similar to that shite we see online were on facebook someone writes some attention seeking woe is me post without being too specific followed by all their friends posting sympathy stuff or saying they will message them... when most likely nowt is wrong with them, they just wanted social attention. and that is one thing that rules NTs, they do everything to get more social attention.

  • So, because you're lucky enough not to suffer bad headaches, they're not a thing? Just like hangovers? So people are only allowed to feel something if you feel it also, otherwise it's not valid? I'm glad you don't suffer from headaches. Really, I am. Because I wouldn't wish a bad headache on my worst enemy.  I get cluster headaches, which makes me WANT to rip my head off, I get migraines, which makes me unable to stand without throwing up, whilst also FEELING like my head is being ripped off. Both these ARE a big deal. They leave me debilitated and unable to function. I also get normal headaches, which, though not as debilitating, are b****y painful (and I have a high pain threshold). Just because you don't experiences them, that doesn't negate other people's experiences. Yet again, you're there with the over generalisations. When I was young, and I drank, I never had a hangover, but I was never arrogant enough to think that because I didn't get them, other people didn't either. I'd love to see the data that backs up your statements, such as "One thing that rules NTs, they do everything to get more social attention". This goes directly against research that indicates that approximately 50% of the population are introverts, and hate attention being focused on them. Just as in any section of society, NTs have attention seekers and hermits, and those in-between, as do NDs.

  • dunno, these days anythings possible with gender politics, you could be a mr if you want, you could be a fox too or a alien. such is the crazy ways of modern day marxist society.

  • See? You're doing it again. Thinking you know exactly what someone else is thinking, feeling or experiencing. You don't. End of. That's not arrogance, that's fact. Unless you're the world's only true psychic, you do not know what another person feels or thinks. Even if they actually tell you, you don't know it's true. And no, you were very insistent that you one what others thought and that they were lying, basically. There was no 'flip'. As for misunderstanding you,  I did stipulate,  "And IF you're saying", because no, ididn't understand you fully, you're words made little sense. But obviously that makes me a fraud for staying I was a martial arts instructor, because you don't explain yourself clearly and I didn't understand you. OK, whatever. I don't really care, I know my life and my achievements, and I'm happy with them. If you wish to disbelieve them, go ahead. As I said, chip on the shoulder. 

    Oh, and it's 'Ms' Good 'Two' Shoes, if you've read my other message re: pain. There's only one way I'd know about the pain of childbirth AND of being punched in the face, first hand. And it's not by being a Mr!

  • fair enough, but may i suggest your also arrogant too as you see things in black nd white, right or wrong, and your side is always "right"? lol ... where as if you read any of my comments my comments are very open to flipping, and doesnt pick a side but rather stays in limbo with the ability to both self critique or discard my own opinions.

    perhaps arrogance is a human trait then if we both seemingly have it. but is your arrogance so strong that it blinds you to this realisation? ....edit: theres no perhaps about this, it is a human trait just like many other things youd decline in yourself due to your black and white view of things and pretending your the goody too shoes, which astonishingly is another massive example of your arrogance mr goody too shoes lol i used to think just like you... when i was fucking 12 years old.... always thinking i was a island of morality surrounded by a sea of evil.... you havent grown out of that yet i see?

    edit: and you didnt read or comprehend my words good enough it seems.... the trait in which i said is good for a instructor is the expectancy of people to better themselves.... if you dont think thats what martial arts is about then im sorry to say you took up bullshido. martial arts is all about self betterment and the expectancy to be better, if you dont understand that then you didnt do shaolin at all.... even frauds understand the basic concept of self betterment through martial arts.... so thats a big oof if you didnt get that down, as even the famous fraud jake mace has that down lol

  • No, it's definitely arrogance to assume that you know other people better than they do, or that you know exactly how other people are feeling and to what extent. It's also arrogance to assume you know whether someone is ambitious or not, without actually knowing a thing about them. You've read a few POF profiles and think you can analyse them. That is arrogance. You do the same with any topic. You decide how things are and that's that. No proof, no data, no facts, just the chip on your shoulder.  And if you're saying that a martial arts instructor needs to be arrogant, which is what you seem to be saying, you're completely wrong they're too! Until I developed a chronic illness I taught Shaolin Gung Fu. There's no room for arrogance in martial arts. Non at all. 

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  • No, it's definitely arrogance to assume that you know other people better than they do, or that you know exactly how other people are feeling and to what extent. It's also arrogance to assume you know whether someone is ambitious or not, without actually knowing a thing about them. You've read a few POF profiles and think you can analyse them. That is arrogance. You do the same with any topic. You decide how things are and that's that. No proof, no data, no facts, just the chip on your shoulder.  And if you're saying that a martial arts instructor needs to be arrogant, which is what you seem to be saying, you're completely wrong they're too! Until I developed a chronic illness I taught Shaolin Gung Fu. There's no room for arrogance in martial arts. Non at all. 

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  • dunno, these days anythings possible with gender politics, you could be a mr if you want, you could be a fox too or a alien. such is the crazy ways of modern day marxist society.

  • See? You're doing it again. Thinking you know exactly what someone else is thinking, feeling or experiencing. You don't. End of. That's not arrogance, that's fact. Unless you're the world's only true psychic, you do not know what another person feels or thinks. Even if they actually tell you, you don't know it's true. And no, you were very insistent that you one what others thought and that they were lying, basically. There was no 'flip'. As for misunderstanding you,  I did stipulate,  "And IF you're saying", because no, ididn't understand you fully, you're words made little sense. But obviously that makes me a fraud for staying I was a martial arts instructor, because you don't explain yourself clearly and I didn't understand you. OK, whatever. I don't really care, I know my life and my achievements, and I'm happy with them. If you wish to disbelieve them, go ahead. As I said, chip on the shoulder. 

    Oh, and it's 'Ms' Good 'Two' Shoes, if you've read my other message re: pain. There's only one way I'd know about the pain of childbirth AND of being punched in the face, first hand. And it's not by being a Mr!

  • fair enough, but may i suggest your also arrogant too as you see things in black nd white, right or wrong, and your side is always "right"? lol ... where as if you read any of my comments my comments are very open to flipping, and doesnt pick a side but rather stays in limbo with the ability to both self critique or discard my own opinions.

    perhaps arrogance is a human trait then if we both seemingly have it. but is your arrogance so strong that it blinds you to this realisation? ....edit: theres no perhaps about this, it is a human trait just like many other things youd decline in yourself due to your black and white view of things and pretending your the goody too shoes, which astonishingly is another massive example of your arrogance mr goody too shoes lol i used to think just like you... when i was fucking 12 years old.... always thinking i was a island of morality surrounded by a sea of evil.... you havent grown out of that yet i see?

    edit: and you didnt read or comprehend my words good enough it seems.... the trait in which i said is good for a instructor is the expectancy of people to better themselves.... if you dont think thats what martial arts is about then im sorry to say you took up bullshido. martial arts is all about self betterment and the expectancy to be better, if you dont understand that then you didnt do shaolin at all.... even frauds understand the basic concept of self betterment through martial arts.... so thats a big oof if you didnt get that down, as even the famous fraud jake mace has that down lol