Self-affirmation Pledge for those with AS

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When I am down, I will get on with it and try not to bother too many other people.
When I am up, I will try to bring joy to other people in whatever way I can.
When I am gone, I will have tried my very best to make this our world a better place.

Fedakin: I love every word you wrote. We are in many ways more advanced than NTs. And we do try to improve society. This is how I have always felt. I am glad that I am not alone in these thoughts.

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People in general are idiots that only look one step ahead and don't really care about the things that are required for future generations to enjoy the gift of a great life the current generations have been given; The caring they display is mostly lip service and isn't aimed at actually achieving the outspoken empathic goal.

Here is where Aspergians shine - we are people that don't compromise with our values, and use our brains to the fullest in finding out the best way to achieve the values we believe in. Even though our main focus is on systems like our societies or the planet, things that everyone is dependent on, we do go beyond lip service if we find that someone needs us and actually try to solve their problems. We strive to understand the world in an unbiased way and don't just accept false beliefs. We do have a tendency to have a defiant anti-mentality, but in time, we contemplate the different ways you can look at an issue and find some focus that requires our attention. We truly care about the things we're studying, and since we don't bother adhering to the nonsense that's in the public debate, we're often labelled "extremists". We also are able to operate as individuals, we don't need a crowd to chant that we're right to state our beliefs.

I think that the first men that ascended from the lower primates must have seen weird like we do and initially have been outcasts - these men probably didn't groom their friends in the same way that we don't bother doing any social grooming.

I feel that this syndrome has been a very important part of collective human intelligence and progress throughout history, and that's the justification for our existence.[/quote]

snake321: I do like what you added. "true non-conventional intellectual elite among us who really don't need someone to tell them how to think. Those like us are aspie savants. The aspie savant is the next major phase in evolution...there are us few, proud, aspie savants. " I totally love these ideas. It makes me feel better to think of myself in those terms.

Loborojo: Lots to agree with here. The parts which most resonate with me:

I used to watch Pooh's Grand Adventure when I was younger and this quote always made me smile:
You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think.

I've started doing that. I ask and confront people more than ever right now. I will never have patience for people, sorry.

Above all else I will stay true to my values

Family including family of choice
Creativity
Community (mostly the community of people with a lived experience of mental illness and people who are Aspies)
Inclusiveness
Voice
Social justice

I will never intentionally harm or inconvenience the innocent.

I'll be who I am, whether people like it or not.
I'll be the best I can be till the very end.
I am unique, and I will take responsibility for and advantage of how unique I am.

I love myself and everyone! Don't let anyone tell you that you can't do something important to you or that you aren't important. As the Doctor rightly says: "What's the point of being grown-up if you can't be childish?' and 'In over 900 years of time and space, I've never met anyone who wasn't important.'

I'm different for a reason. My differences are functional. I will be an excellent mother.

I am too old to know it all

I'm not OK
Your not OK
That's OK

Don't believe everything your Brian tells you.

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Side question
What does Alpha mean as used in this thread?