Published on 12, July, 2020
Partly because I'm trying to cheer myself up, partly because we need a bit of positivity in life and also because I'd like to get to know you all a bit better, what is your autistic superpower? I prefer to think of the positives that being autistic brings rather than dwell on the things I struggle with and I like to think of my strengths as "superpowers".
Mine are empathy (sometimes my heart can feel like it's going to break or explode!) and spotting details / patterns, particularly in numbers and equations. I also think I see more details in nature than my neurotypical friends (nature is my "special interest") and I get far more joy and excitement from nature than most people do. What are yours?
(Just I case it's confused anyone, I've changed my username, I hope that's OK?)
Hello everyone
My superpower is empathy also, I didn’t always look at this as a positive thing but now I do. I have the ability to feel what others feel and can be quite overwhelming tbh. That said I think it is a gift these days. I try my best to control feeling too empathetic by avoiding certain things but I do love how connected it can make me feel.
This interests me (because I believe I share the same blessing/curse of having a strong empathetic connection with other souls.) I believe I have always had this blessing/curse. In recent times, I have felt it to be a distinct curse.........what I am receiving from my (perceived) empathetic connections SCARES THE LIVING CARP OUT OF ME ?!
ANYONE?!
NO ONE FEEL THAT TOO - those of you who believes they have a strong empathetic connection with others?
I have not changed the pond within which I swim (for 20 odd years).......so it isn't a change in the type of souls whom I encounter.......so either I am becoming distinctly jaded by life, or else other souls are CHANGING.....in a way that I find troublesome.
These are genuine questions....not rhetorical ones. I would be grateful for feedback.
Could it be a vaxxx side effect?