• Replies 42 replies
  • Subscribers 91 subscribers
  • Views 9916 views
  • Users 0 members are here
Options
Related
Hints and tips
  • To quote someone's message, first select/highlight the relevant text, and then use the Quote button that appears
  • To "mention" someone, type @ followed by the start of the forum name, and choose from the list; that person will get a notification of being mentioned

Feeling like a savant and worries of delusion of grandeur

NAS73676

I feel like a savant based on my restricted interests, is this normal? I don't mean to sound like I have delusion of grandeur, but that is this core symptom of ASD that I experience.

I am sorry for being worried that I have delusion of grandeur, some people will think how insane I am if I tell them that I am ten times more intelligent than them.

That is why it is very hard to tell the difference between restricted interests and Narcissistic Personality Disorder.

I am sorry that I said that, but some symptoms of ASD looks very similar to NPD by observation.

Parents

  • I sometimes get accused of acting superior or a know-it-all, though I don't see myself that way. To me it's just that there are topics that I've researched and thought through to a much greater depth than most people around me. So when they have a different conclusion to me, I can keep pointing out the error in their reasoning if I choose to.
    I have to remind myself that this can make people feel bad, and sometimes they want to believe something despite the facts or flawed reasoning. I don't see it that way when it happens to me - if I've got something wrong and somebody can show me how I'm delighted to change my viewpoint. But I get that for others they don't see it this way and feel that a series of rebuttals is being obstinate or a put-down.

  • in reply to Sam90125

    For everyone, it's all about how the information is conveyed. This is not an easy skill, but there are Rules to Diplomacy which can be found and consciously utilised. Always minding being Respectful, one can sometimes also ask the other "how best can I communicate information"? 

    I've had difficulty with this too as the only thing I am completely certain of is that I'm certain of nothing and oddly this comes across as being 'certain of everything' LOL 

  • in reply to JuniperFromGallifrey

    Utterly agree.. Musn't upset the NT or they'll leave us out!

Reply Children
No Data