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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.

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  • The delusion of grandeur sounds like a trait of narcissism, but I suppose things are not as simple as that. 

    When you tell others that you are ten times more intelligent than them, is that based on pure logic and rationality, or is it because you want to put them down? And if you think you are more intelligent, is that in correspondance with your interests, or do you think you are more intelligent at everything compared to them?

  • in reply to Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

    I can come off as rude, but my motive is not meant to put people down. I am only very intelligent at my restricted interests, but other than that, I know my limits. 

    Its usually based on my pure logic.

  • in reply to NAS73676

    I'll try to explain some things. Logic is not truly a thinking style, it's only an element of abstract and concrete thoughts. What truly matters is the number of perspectives someone can hold and manipulate. Within your chosen interest you might be able to navigate that universe with incredible speed but that's just one universe and you aren't acting with intelligence. Neurotypicals might be able to focus less on one universe and are therefor detached from the deepest Logic yet there is a reason for that, they are juggling MANY universes at the same time and they live to monitor and  control the interactions between those perspectives/universes. They are creating meaning in the gap between concepts rather than finding meaning in one concept and in for that they use the most difficult and complex concept that exists, the self. That's why most neurtypicsls see what you are doing and deem you to be less than them or stupid.

    The real mark of intelligence is the ability to simultaneously hold two or more ideas that conflict with each other at the same time in your mind. That is rare among everyone and lends itself to "quality of thought." Allows multidimensional accuracy aka reality. Logic is not reality, it can be bent and broken.

    You are not 10 times smarter than anyone. You are not processing 10 times more than anyone. It's an illusion of the ego because in a special interest there exists a density of "meaningful" information all in one big chunk.

  • in reply to NAS80629

    Might I suggest to pick up a quick book on symbolic Logic at the Library? They're sometimes in the Reference Sections. This should help sort some of what you might be trying to explain here :) 

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