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What I don't want

Mercury

I find it easier to know what I don't want from life.

I don't want to live in the same place forever and be constantly reminded of bad memories.

I don't want children, as an autistic guy I know the loneliness, pain and apathy and won't want to pass it on, besides the state of the world.

I don't want to be exploited, an honest, diligent and helpful person can easily be taken advantage of.

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  • Mercury said:
    I don't want to be exploited, an honest, diligent and helpful person can easily be taken advantage of.

    That's what's sad about Autism. It's not being Autistic, it's being misunderstood or taken advantage of because we're Autistic. We expect to be taken at face value because that's the way the world appears to us. We also take others at face value, but then we get burned because they have some hidden agenda that we didn't twig. Is it any wonder many of us withdraw from society, avoid interacting, avoid potential conflict.

    It's why I like the whole neurodiversity paradigm: we get to say, "This *** is on you, not on me. Your ableism is my disability. Cut me some ***ing slack! I'm just as much a person as you are!"

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  • Mercury said:
    I don't want to be exploited, an honest, diligent and helpful person can easily be taken advantage of.

    That's what's sad about Autism. It's not being Autistic, it's being misunderstood or taken advantage of because we're Autistic. We expect to be taken at face value because that's the way the world appears to us. We also take others at face value, but then we get burned because they have some hidden agenda that we didn't twig. Is it any wonder many of us withdraw from society, avoid interacting, avoid potential conflict.

    It's why I like the whole neurodiversity paradigm: we get to say, "This *** is on you, not on me. Your ableism is my disability. Cut me some ***ing slack! I'm just as much a person as you are!"

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