Asperger's people think too much compared to NTs

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Over thinking is not a problem or trait restricted to those who have Asperger's Syndrome. Most people who suffer from mental illness and abnormalities over think and analyze situations and problems. I believe that they are forced to do this by the fact that their minds cannot process information in a useful way as effortlessly as those who have more mental stability.

This is probably why "Aspies" over analyze...they are forced to do manually what most people do without thinking; process the world around themselves and rationalize it all.

Good points. However, do NTs even bother processing the world around them and rationalize it? For a aspie, it may be easy to answer.."Of course, I do it." I mentioned in a previous post that it seems that NTs are walking around with their head in the clouds They do not really seem concerned about processing the world and rationalizing it. It is like aspies are distracted by everything around them which hinders social skills.

I get told I'm overanalyzing a lot, or thinking too much. One individual posted a comment on my blog only once, and only to say that I think too much. It comes up regularly when I interact with other people. But then there are other times where it's helpful and I get praised for it.

Thinking too much only bothers me because I find it very hard to fall asleep, and sometimes I really overthink small social situations, making myself stressed and awkward. But I don't want to be NT - totally obsessed with drama and relationships. I'll admit I'm a bit celeb-obsessed, but I don't want to emulate them, I more see it as like watching a good television drama lol. I enjoy my obsessions and what I see as my very clear and rational thinking. I feel I can see things that others can't, even though I really wish I had better social skills. But I tend to equate being social with being phony, and I'm totally against that.

People like to tell me I'm thinking too much when I'm trying to learn how to do something physical, like a new sport activity. They tell me the thinking gets in the way and that is why I find the sport difficult. They are wrong. I have learned from experience that analyzing and planning my actions leads to success where I would otherwise be unable to do the activity at all.

I'm finally able to do stuff because I have learned how to apply my analytical skills to something that should be intuitive, but isn't. I turn a physical activity into a mental activity and suddenly (and it usually does happen suddenly) I've mastered it.

I find myself asking a lot of questions about society. In particular, I find myself wondering about reasons for why people act the way they do. Why do we have all those "rules" everybody needs to follow? (Example: when sitting in a movie theater, you can't put your coat over your lap.) What's the logic behind them? Who created those rules in the first place? And what was that person's logic to make up the rule? Do the rules appear spontaneously, or is there a process for creating one? Who decides whether or not a rule should be enacted? Is there an exclusive society that makes up the rules for the rest of the people to follow? Why doesn't anyone care how the rules are made? Why doesn't anyone want to know these things?

For clarification, "rules" does not refer to laws or any formal regulations. It refers to dumb social rules that NTs follow blindly, and harass the people who break them, even if they weren't aware of it. Now that I rambled enough, I'm sure you can understand my thought process compared to that of NTs.

I find I think too little compared with the rest of society. My brain is constantly switched off and in sleep mode, and not only do I come across as stupid, I truly believe it!

Hmm this is an interesting thread. I believe I may be able to shed some light as I am a "Neurotypical" First off you cant lump all people who dont have autisim into one broad category and label them "Normal" I have bi polar depresson. Theres nothing Neurotypical about it. But Nts range the gamut of behaviors from the utterly clueless socialite to the most obsessed analytical scientist. You have nts who do overthink and over analyze and ones who never have a thought past what they wear that day, happy nts miserable ones and on and on and on you cant put a label on us all and say "This is how all nts think or feel or behave"

I think its a fault of modern medicine to try and classify and organize all these behaviors into rigid structures and label them "disorders" I hope I shed a little light.

Really? Are you sure it's not the other way around and that the NT's don't think enough?

i keep getting smarter everyday. hopefully anyways

Same here.

I'd agree with that. I've always had a problem with not being able to switch off my brain. Its constantly wandering and analysing everything. Most NTs don't seem to have this problem.

I am not sure why there are people on this board that believe that thinking more and all the time is a good thing. I used to believe that being intelligent is the most important characteristic for a person to have. It is clearly not.

As a whole, which group is more functional in society and happier? NT people or AS people?

Last edited by KevinLA on 09 Nov 2007, 11:10 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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It is possibly true that over analyzing things means giving credit to something that doesn't deserve as much credit as you give it. But to evade thought completely is ignorance, and in my opinion, is no better than what religion does to you--simply let God explain everything away and not think at all. That's just an analogy though.

The "most important" characteristic is unique to everyone, and it depends on what you value. There is no one "most important" characteristic that everyone must agree with; perhaps you believe being intelligent isn't the most important thing for people to have, but I might disagree. I believe that you can achieve many things with intelligence that physical strength and other things cannot.