I was once told that the definition of psychosis was saying 2+2=5 and the definition of neurosis was saying 2+2=4 but I can't stand it.
Autistic people tend to start with what they believe to be true and work forward to the logical answer whether they like it or not (often not). Non autistic people often start with their feelings about what kind of answer a question might have and then allow those feelings to subtly guide their reasoning to an answer they can live with eg 2+2=5. So where as you may be quite content that 2+2=5 your husband is like, no we need to find a way to add 1 onto this. That problem solving process of finding a way to add 1 is what stops him slipping into neurosis. When he gives up on trying to solve a problem you think doesn't need solving then you will see the emotion ... and you probably won't like it.
I was once told that the definition of psychosis was saying 2+2=5 and the definition of neurosis was saying 2+2=4 but I can't stand it.
Autistic people tend to start with what they believe to be true and work forward to the logical answer whether they like it or not (often not). Non autistic people often start with their feelings about what kind of answer a question might have and then allow those feelings to subtly guide their reasoning to an answer they can live with eg 2+2=5. So where as you may be quite content that 2+2=5 your husband is like, no we need to find a way to add 1 onto this. That problem solving process of finding a way to add 1 is what stops him slipping into neurosis. When he gives up on trying to solve a problem you think doesn't need solving then you will see the emotion ... and you probably won't like it.
