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In my experience of working with speds, a lot of this behaviour really does show up in autism/learning disabilities on the more severe side, and I don't think its to do with a personality disorder.I said that. His bouts of depression. Chris has been incapacitated by depression for weeks.
They aren't absent. Almost all of the traits of narcissism are there, with the possible exception of passive aggressive (Chris isn't smart enough to be passive aggressive and his autism forces him to think literally about things.) The ones shared by autism get squared rather than doubled.
Socially withdrawn - He rarely left his house and only had friends who sought him out to exploit him. They don't get more socially isolated than Chris.
Sensitive to criticism - Mention anything remotely critical and Chris puts you on ignore.
Grandiose fantasies - This is self evident. The merge, Jesus complex, Sonichu being a major property, his own celebrity, etc.
Passive aggressive - The one that is least present as I said above, but the way he handled his apology to Snyder reeks of it. He went there to apologize by inferring that just because he said I'm sorry should be enough for Snyder to allow him back. Then "JEW!' out of the side of his mouth as he walks out the door.
Envious of others - Remember the guy who won the Parappa the Rapper contest?
Entitlement - Chris is off the scale. Everybody owes him everything he wants.
Fake compassion - look at the way Chris woos his gal pals. "IIIIIIVVVVVVYYYY!"
None of this, and none of the reasons why he raped Barb are thought out. Chris is simply reacting through the filter of serious autism and personality disorder. You look at the patterns and you know what's driving him.
Social withdrawal i think is a very easy one to understand- with less understanding of others comes isolation, but also a lot of speds just don't care about making friends and socialising. I don't think chris was one of these people though- his social awkwardness just made it difficult for him to make friends, but he found interaction online instead. He may have been isolated from real people, but I bet chris felt talking with people online was just the same amount of socialisation as irl.
Sensitivity to criticism is extremely common in sped work- it goes hand in hand with not liking being told "no" and not getting their own way. If you go against their viewpoint, they get upset. I've worked with speds that you literally couldn't disagree with, or it would cause a meltdown, so you had to be very careful with your wording. You could view it as their self image crumbling ala narcissism sure, but with autism especially there is a big issue with emotional regulation, so when you tell someone "no" or give them negative feedback, that sadness and disappointment you and I might feel spirals very quickly into a meltdown for many autists. This goes for stuff like envy and anger too. Then, with the lack of social skills there's nothing to really hold back the reaction from the emotions. There's no filter.
Chris is very entitled, but that could easily be because he was spoilt and rarely told no as a child, and now he just expects everyone to give him what he wants as an adult. A common frustration in sped work is you have a good way of dealing with behaviours when the sped is at school/group, but when they go home the family don't continue the same routine so they just never learn to change the behaviour. Chris never had anyone to teach him anything like that, so he still has the child-like "but I want x, so I should be able to have it!" mentality (see: i want my toys @ trial).
I could go on, but tldr. Chris' behaviour is typical autist. Probably lv2, lv3 is usually non verbal level.