WP helpfull or more depressing?

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UndercoverAlien,
no form of autism causes high intelligence,that part is only an add on for some-even aspergers has a range from people on the border of borderline mental retardation,up to those with very gifted iq.

intelligence means very little,what matters most is having a supportive understanding family or other forms of support/advocates,and enough support,adaptions,aides etc as needed-to get maximum quality of life.
am used to live with very profoundly autistic adults [severe MR] who have great lives because of the support and understanding they get,it doesn't matter how intelligent self is to make life good.
living with people that say nasty things about self every day [whether its things like,are a burden,useless,or failiure....] will make anyone not good from hearing it over and over.

if family do not want to understand self,and own ASD,it would help a lot to live away from them,whether in own place or if unable to live on own/need support-some sort of supported living [eg,sheltered,group,residential],this will get self away from their nasty words and treatment,dont believe what own family say as the truth,if they are new to ASDs and aren't reading books about it or using places like wrong planet,they're going to be ignorant,so it might help getting them lots of stuff about the ASD that have got.

also,failiure isnt true,no one is a failiure because whilst alive there is always chance to try again.
parents need to stop having stupid expectations of their autistic children,whether its expecting very little or too much of them.


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Am have always found WP helpful.

yes

dont got any familie,friends support
btw nice to know im a ret*d
i think i really lost fate in life now

I feel better, usually because I see how much progress I've made, and others have made, and can make. And also because I think I've helped some people out.

And made some friends

look at my new cool signature much bether this way

AdMuncher.
Totally automatic and absolutely brilliant.
Gets rid of all the crud, leaving blank space.
Aaaah !

I'd keep that quiet around here, if I were you mate.

I sometimes find the degree of some folk's disability rather sobering.
But like all environments, you adjust to it.

The trade-off is that I've found out soooooooooooh much about myself that I had no idea was down to my Aspidity.

It's very comfortable to read about spazzies like yourself here.

The thing I've learnt most from here is that it REALLY doesn't matter what you do in society - because whatever it is, it's still gunna be wrong ... so you might aswell at least enjoy doing whatever you like and be a happy Aspie into the bargain.

This place has helped me slough off the layer of horse-sh*t self-modification that I realise was the product of NT expectation.

It's liberating.

I have a greater understanding of myself.
Shoot, turns out I'm a really fun guy after all.

Last edited by MemberSix on 02 Sep 2008, 6:42 pm, edited 1 time in total.

I like WP. I feel like I've learned to understand a lot about myself that just frustrated me before.

That's the kind of mistake I tend to make and that most defines me as an Aspie. Everyone knows that a certain thing shouldn't be said in a certain place - except me.

I find WP fascinating. For most of my life I felt totally alone, & there was no one I could really relate to. Now I see there are many others who are out there who have also had similar life challenges.

Yes, it's been a long tough road. Mostly I have felt very much alone. I had no family or friends to relate to or to understand. I still feel that way but it's nice to know that this site exists & others are out there...even if I dont know anyone personally that I can relate to.

WP always makes me happy...or brings me peace. Knowing that there are so many others going through what I go through, makes me feel a bit better, although that is NOT to say that I wish it upon anyone...At the same time, I do NOT believe that there is anything truly wrong with us. I do believe that most NTs are superficial and not as smart...

What does make me sad is seeing how most people with autism are treated by society...it disgusts me and makes me hate more and more people every day...

Funny, but if you are NT, you can say something like "you are messed up because you can't sit still or you talk funny"...but if your autistic and you tell an NT "you are stupid and superficial", you are seen as a horrible person and told that the NTs cannot control the fact that they are so superficial or stupid...

I grew only happier it really helped me a lot. Thanks all of you

im still shocked so many people really get more depressed somethimes being on WP
*edit: this night i whas dreaming being a mentaly ret*d -_-'

you can get killed :/

Yeah, don't worry, dude - no-one gets out alive.

ditto, but at the same time, writing about my experiences makes me a bit more depressed, because in the kind of lonely life i live it is quite easy to forget about the aspie differences and i get reminded of them only when around people, what is not that often, or here when writing about them.


yeah, i think you are a really fun guy. i remembered your nickname right from the beginning.