Aspergers and victim complex

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I think the fact that most are inclined to treat the problem of not showering due to severe sensory issues as something trivial is the problem. It might be that the benefit of increased self-esteem from smelling better makes washing worth it, even if it's extremely uncomfortable. But dismissing someone's issues as "silly" tends to kill any motivation to change.

I'm giving up here.
Clearly you need to state every single tiny thing or risk getting blown up with paragraphs.

I'm not here to argue the genetics of diabetes. The point was, if it's not the genetic type (which it wasn't, it was the one that develops due to diet), how the hell is it the doctors fault? Sweet Leaf you seem to just be wanting a fight now, as opposed to address the actual issue.

Thanks to those who actually *GET* what I mean.

Please. You don't need to spend a lot of money to eat properly. If you want another argument, open a new thread.

I don't think her intention was to kick people when they are down. I think she's talking about people who actually do have options and the ability to change their circumstances even a little but refuse to because they are just eat up with the "I can't" mentality. An example is a poster that used to come on here who talked about his inability to get a girlfriend for several reasons and one of them was his lack of hygiene. Everybody advised him to shower but he just wouldn't because he has AS and he hates the sensation of it. Every time someone would give him a suggestion he had a reason why what they said wouldn't work. Showering is a simple thing to do, and as much as I literally hate to shower, I do it because if I don't I look terrible and smell bad. It takes ten minutes and can make a huge difference, but this guy just refused to do it and then kept on complaining because girls wouldn't talk to him.

Another example is a small faction of guys on here who feel like they are entitled to having a girlfriend. They will post about it and then get so angry about other people having relationships and keep complaining that it isn't fair, yet they refuse to take any advice about what they could do to be more attractive to women. They seem to completely overlook the fact that while yes, some guys have girls falling all over them and don't do anything to cause that, other guys have to work really hard at improving themselves and by doing so, they end up meeting a girl that becomes their girlfriend. I fully understand that they can't become Mr Suave Don Juan, but they seem to refuse to do anything at all to help themselves. Then they decide they are a victim of society or AS or women or whatever they want to blame.

It's like the guy who wouldn't shower. He only posted about it over and over and over again yet he couldn't take ten minutes to get in the shower and get clean, which would help his problem out a lot. It's also like the way people will label anything that offends them as "bullying". There is a difference between somebody being a general douchebag and someone bullying you. I've heard people say they were bullied when someone else insulted them one time, or when they weren't invited to something, or when someone didn't want to be their friend. That isn't bullying. Maybe they were bullied in the past and are overly sensitive now to things like that but they tend to see everything unpleasant as bullying, or someone having it out for them.

I complain an aweful lot, but I know what I have to do to fix my situation and I do try to do it. I can't fix everything, and yes my AS does make things harder for me a lot of times but I'm not society's victim because people may sometimes not like me or may be mean to me. I don't just complain and then sit back and wait for the entire world to change to suit me. That doesn't happen. We have to fit in with the world. I'm also aware that not everyone has the ability to do what I've done. I get that. However, that doesn't make them a victim.

Are there people who are victims? Yes! Most definately YES! Are there people so beaten down that they just can't see anything else and they truly feel like victims? YES! They need help, not being put down. But there are also so many people now who see everything as victimising them. It's because we live in a culture of entitlement. I'm not entitled to a relationship, but I am entitled to the opportunity to try and find one. I'm not entitled to a job, but I'm entitled to go out and apply for one. I'm not even entitled to food or healthcare but I am entitled to try and get those things. People who for legitimate reasons cannot support themselves should be taken care of by society, that's an unspoken pact pretty much, but people who can do for themselves but won't because their feelings are hurt, rather than having a true problem, diminish the true victims out there.

I can't tell the difference between anxious and anxiety because whenever I would get anxious, I would get told I was having anxiety. What does it mean to be anxious without having anxiety?

I think they are the same thing.

Did you have your baby yet?

I can't tell the difference between anxious and anxiety because whenever I would get anxious, I would get told I was having anxiety. What does it mean to be anxious without having anxiety?

In regards to the guy 2 pages ago "Bleh" or something:

People with "Victim complex" are not really victims.
How is that victim blaming again?
Here you go again, assuming that I am talking about real victims. Can't you read? I states this very clearly a couple of pages ago.

In regards to the shower guy. He does not have to shower, but he needs to accept that this isn't going to attract women. He did not, and continued to make threads every second day on it.

He doesn't "need" to do anything. What you think is helpful might not be. In reality, it's true that he can't (by can't I mean it's not realistic) expect it to attract women. It doesn't mean he will. Even if he doesn't accept that, it still doesn't invalidate his problem. People begin to blame him for his own misery and act like it's a trivial issue when they realize he won't accept their "helpful" advice. All I'm saying is in REALITY, things are more complicated. It's not necessarily about blame anymore. It's not just about him, and it's not just about society. There are many sides to every problem.

Everyone feels anxious sometimes, it is a natural human feeling....people get anxious over job interviews and various potential stressful situations which is natural. But if someone has an anxiety disorder it means they experience anxiety a lot more than the typical person and it causes them problems in functioning. I mean you've probably felt anxious...imagine if that was your default state much of the time, like constantly feeling that way for days, weeks or months.

Sort of the same issue with depression, everyone feels depressed...but having a depressive disorder means you feel like that so often it deeply interferes with your functioning...and its not always based on a reason someone would feel depressed. Like everything is good but you still feel like you have an empty void inside of you and can't feel the positive feelings you know you should be feeling.

Essentially all mental illnesses, are extremes of human behavior...like everyone feels anxious sometimes but not to the extent it constantly interferes with their life and functioning. With normal depression and anxiety that everyone experiences much of the time you can sort of push yourself through it and use willpower to sort of come out of it...but with having a mental illness its not so simple.

He does "need" to do one thing. He needs to accept people are going to get sick of trying to give him help and or advice on here after they see the 10th thread on the same thing, and expect frustrated replies in the thread.