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The Autism Deception.

Mr Creature

Cancer doesn't have a "spectrum", and neither does diabetes, they either are or aren't. So why do we give validation to the myth of mental illness, and aspergers/autism? Is being different truly the same as being "mentally ill"? - I don't think so.

I hated school and the institutions, I always considered them to be bad, psychiatry is no exception, I think they're the biggest pill pushing group of crooks going. Always these people want to create problems where there are none in order to make a business and force us into social conformity or so called "normality", well screw society because I aint going to be "normal", because normal means destroying the planet and walking on others without consciousness, and if that's what's normal than I don't want to be part of it, and the psychs say I'm the crazy one, okay then... but I don't think so...

I don't want a job or to be a wage slave, I'm happy to not participate in society, I'd rather just play computer games and pretend the "real" world doesn't exist thanks, or if I'm not allowed then let me find a remote mountain of island to live on because I can't be bother with society, it's fake promises, and lies. Nobody is free, we're all just told that, and nobody is treated fairly, it's the rich and loud spoken who get their way, the rest of us are just cattle, and we don't matter apparently, we're just suppose to conform mindlessly and not complain. If we do complain or say we're tired of the rat race then we're mentally sick apparently, I hate the world, it's well screwed, and I thought I could make a difference here, perhaps I was mentally sick after all. I don't think so though, I think it is the planet which is sick with a disease called humanity. Who's with me?

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    Longman makes valid points about how an individual with autism may have comorbid conditions that add to someone's misery. It seems to me that in some cases these comorbid conditions are coincidences rather than consequences. In some cases there will be consequences (e.g. depression, anxiety, mania etc) of living with autism. In some cases there may be a root cause behind both ones autism and the other conditions, for example if someone has a fundamental brain development issue that results in multiple issues. There are also many cases where the other issues are misdiagnosed because of the difficulty in communicating through the fog of autism.

    My point, however, was about the autism in isolation. I understand it to have an impact like visual impairment. Some people have some sight, others are completely blind but they are all considered as being visually impaired. My understanding is that we are variously impaired on an autistic spectrum.

    One thing is clear to me. We are all different. The saying that "when you have met one person with autism, you have [just] met one person with autism" rings true to me. On that basis, I have no difficulty accepting that autism is a spectrum disorder.

    ANother thought springs from this. If one is to successfully deal with ones situation I think it is useful to divide and conquer one's issues. It is not always easy to separate one's autism from the other comorbid conditions but I think that this is the best way of dealing with it. If one takes on the autism and works out how to cope with that then the other conditions (particularly the consequent issues like stress, anxiety and depression) will wither and fall away.

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    Longman makes valid points about how an individual with autism may have comorbid conditions that add to someone's misery. It seems to me that in some cases these comorbid conditions are coincidences rather than consequences. In some cases there will be consequences (e.g. depression, anxiety, mania etc) of living with autism. In some cases there may be a root cause behind both ones autism and the other conditions, for example if someone has a fundamental brain development issue that results in multiple issues. There are also many cases where the other issues are misdiagnosed because of the difficulty in communicating through the fog of autism.

    My point, however, was about the autism in isolation. I understand it to have an impact like visual impairment. Some people have some sight, others are completely blind but they are all considered as being visually impaired. My understanding is that we are variously impaired on an autistic spectrum.

    One thing is clear to me. We are all different. The saying that "when you have met one person with autism, you have [just] met one person with autism" rings true to me. On that basis, I have no difficulty accepting that autism is a spectrum disorder.

    ANother thought springs from this. If one is to successfully deal with ones situation I think it is useful to divide and conquer one's issues. It is not always easy to separate one's autism from the other comorbid conditions but I think that this is the best way of dealing with it. If one takes on the autism and works out how to cope with that then the other conditions (particularly the consequent issues like stress, anxiety and depression) will wither and fall away.

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