Published on 12, July, 2020
Since realising that I am ‘on the spectrum, (having been assessed and diagnosed) which of course explains and gives reason for my behaviour and way of thinking, nonetheless, I’ve come to bitterly regret being this way - to the extent of feeling cursed. Does anybody else feel this way and would you - as I do - take a safe cure for it, if there was one? I’d hate to think I was alone in this regard.
We are not disordered!
Speak for yourself. My workbench says otherwise..
I try to tell myself that it's "just different", but it isn't really...
We are different, neurodivergent! It’s so important to understand and make this paradigm shift as otherwise viewing yourself as disordered can have significant negative implications on your mental health and is not helpful for anyone.
It's them, but they outnumber us and are self-organising, so practically, it's us!
I surprised myself, I really did.
I gave my kid a great start, haven't been so helpful to her as an adult tho'.
I Sperg said:Auitsic people can do well, then there's 500 pages on "how to cope"...
Well yeah - because we're all trying to cope in a society that at the least, is ill-equipped for us.
Is it us? Or is it society?
Yes, i think my dad, whilst well meaning, struggled with parenthood and I probably would too. In terms of energy at the very least.
Amerantin (former member) said:Well it’s caused me to be the end of my genetic line, which is very painful to me. So much for evolution.
It's done the same for me actually and I feel sad about that (although I'm aware now that having children might have been a bit of a nightmare for me as it clearly was for my mother).
But of course that just illustrates the (negative) effect of autism once again on my life.
I Sperg said:There's also not a lot of articles written here that paint Autism in a good light (But there are some, thank you roswell, debbie,uhane, number and a few others only left out because I'm in a bit of a rush)
Thank you.
That surprised me.