Published on 12, July, 2020
I'm told I have magical thinking, I think this is because for me pretty much everything is alive and has some kind of agency, hense my sewing machine hating me or computers hating me. As I've always been aware of the awareness of the awarenesses we share our world with, it's perfectly normal to me and weird that others don't know this.
One of the things I don't get is why magical thinking is a problem?
Why is it even called magical thinking?
Who does it harm?
I'm told that my perceptions aren't real, and I ask why? Why are your perceptions so limited that you don't know this, isn't this a problem for you and not me?
Am I the only one for whom the world is alive and that we move through a world filled with other conciousnesses, often very different from our own?
I just looked up your article and that's definately not me, apart from dust, I dont' collect anything really, maybe because I've moved round a lot I dont' have much stuff that has no purpose. My Mum has a huge collection of ornaments and stuff that I don't like, they do my head in and I'd love to get rid of them, maybe replace them with art. But clutter in general dose me in, I can't think in clutter. Collecting is another things that many people do that I don't understand.
I think for me it's more animism than anthromophism as I don't have relationships with objects, or not often, but more of a general awareness of other awarenesses, some open and happy to interact, other's neutral and a very few hostile
Which you've posted a link to, which I didn't notice...
All the noise has gone to my head!
(scaffolders, New roof, to explain to everyone else)
Anthropomorphism is the one I know
That's right, I'd forgotten the word, but remembered that there was a thread about it a while back.
There is some interesting info + links in this thread too (I am the OP):
https://community.autism.org.uk/f/adults-on-the-autistic-spectrum/32655/emotional-psychological-attachment-to-objects-belongings
Interesting. I think this is the first time I don't relate to something common in autistic people though lol
Great minds…
Yes, me too, although the term you use isn't the one I know.
Anthropomorphism is the one I know and I'm the person in the thread Amerantin has linked to who is being considerate of paper + cardboard boxes (deleted user).
That's freaky.
I was just about to post the same link.
I'd copied it and came back to create a post, and you had done so.
Is this the sort of thing you mean?
community.autism.org.uk/.../anthropomorphism
I don't see any problems with it, I think there's also a belief system in which the person believes everything is alive, it's called Animism I think, but there's nothing wrong with the opposite as well, it's not a problem if people don't think or believe everything is alive.
TheCatWoman said:Why are your perceptions so limited that you don't know this, isn't this a problem for you and not me?
To say that others "don't know" is weird to me though, it's more of a feeling and belief for you, right? Which is completely fine, but there's actually no proof that objects have awareness so it's not something to know. Also, I get the feeling you think this is a problem for others, but it's not really. Nothing harmful with how you think, and nothing harmful with how they think.