Autism is not a superpower - ...and I'm tired of people pretending that it is. (aka Vyse bitches and moans for a little bit)

[Billy Bob Dick]

especially when it's pushed onto you

I grew up in a cult, OK? not every goddamn interpersonal dysfunction is autism, you one-note one-track terminally online basket cases

 

[Super Guido]

I grew up in a cult, OK? not every goddamn interpersonal dysfunction is autism, you one-note one-track terminally online basket cases

I don't know if you realize this, but the 'you' in that sentence was a general 'you'. I don't know anything about your time in a cult, as this is the first time I've seen you bring it up. Alternatively my memory is just dogshit and doing its dogshit thing again.

If that isn't why you're getting unnecessarily hostile, I don't know what to tell you, dude. I was diagnosed in my teens, and that was 20 years ago at this point. Parents want the best for their kids, and unfortunately my mom is neurotic, so I learned it from her.

Frankly if I had never gotten help, I probably would have been like the autists around here I can't stand. Sometimes you end up in a no-win situation. C'est la vie.

 

[Billy Bob Dick]

If that isn't why you're getting unnecessarily hostile, I don't know what to tell you, dude

I like yelling at people sometimes. don't take it personally, unless you really want to

 

[Super Guido]

I like yelling at people sometimes. don't take it personally, unless you really want to

Oh, okay. I know that feeling - just gotta let it out sometimes.

 

[KittyGremlin]

I grew up in a cult, OK? not every goddamn interpersonal dysfunction is autism, you one-note one-track terminally online basket cases

It's true, autistics are often hellbent on monopolizing "neurodivergence" as if they're the only hecking valid way one can be fucked in the head which is why they deserve special sympathy and heatpats for wiping their own ass sometimes. But they're also misunderstood geniuses who are smarter than you in every way! But also poor victims! They want to have their crayons and eat them too.

I knew this woman online who also grew up in a weird cult. She claims to be on the spectrum, but even her psychiatrists claim that she is so ruined in the head that they consider her a special case, and at that point I doubt anyone can be certain of anything. Memory, dissociation, internal fragmentation, and paranoid thinking are just the tip of the iceberg. If I were to just meet her acting like this in a random space online I'd have my suspicions, but we were in contact for a long time and she really does seem to be like that.

Ever since then, I considered myself to be relatively lucky not to end up like this.

 

[Slap47]

Not autistic, but there is definitely a massive trend of ultra-gregarious and outgoing people pretending to be introverts and autists.

I suspect TV's weird insistence that every autist is a savant or deep is the cause of this.

I can only imagine its 10x more annoying to deal with such people as a person with a diagnosed condition that actually fucks them up. Its kinda like that trend of college essay heroics. You can't say that "X happened/I have X and it fucking sucks". No, it has to be a heroic thing you overcome and its a prerequisite to get into the school.

 

[Mexican_Wizard_711]

Nope, this thread is full of Feel-goodism bullshit

 

[bliblblblbbllb]

I highly recommend the movie What's Eating Gilbert Grape for anyone turning in bed at night thinking about their horrible upbringing or life circumstances. As a sympathy-watch. And for anyone who just wants to laugh at a fattie or laugh at tragedy. Or all three reasons. The book is probably better but I've never read it.

I have yet to find another movie that centered on a young man moving past a shitty traumatic past, without the whining about acceptance or whatever in some weird social justice fashion. A movie that shows it's an often gruesome, abusive reality.

 

[Two Dollars]

I do have genuine friendships, just very few. I prefer it that way. Quality over quantity.

(late reply, but I'm just now seeing this thread)

That's the mantra I've lived by, but I'm feeling the negative effects of it now. If those friendships end - maybe you drift apart, life takes you in different directions, or you just stop being friends for whatever reason - it can screw you over and all you're left with is an unconscious aversion to social interaction so you don't get hurt again. And it feels like the older you get, the more difficult it becomes to make new friends since you're no longer obligated to be in the same places as other people on a daily basis.