Prejucises by autistic people about autism

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No its not.

Its subjective reality. Try not to assign the lowest worst most despicable motives and attributes to everyone.

As you are an individualist why do you regard all others as uniform?

sentences like "You are more NT than me, hence will always look down on me as you think yourself neurologically superior" mean that basically you are judging me on the basis of people who are not me.

No, I understand executive dysfunction perfectly. What I did not understand was people not being able to use common sense - the two are different things.

I have gone through a lot of changes as regards my attitude towards my autism, from wantign t deny it completely, to accepting it and wanting to push back against people who make me feel bad for being how I am; expressing myself as I do.

I looked up the definition of "common sense":
"sound and prudent judgment based on a simple perception of the situation or facts".
In autism the perception differs from neurotypical perception in many areas, depending on the severity of traits.
In that the differing perception can impede the executive function in various areas and degrees.

Do buddist monks get suicidal after enlightenment? No

To me its more good boundary function that are your shields rather than your ego.

Defensive functioning is part of ego but good boundary function is better.

Ive had wine, its 2 am.

I can believe arguing kept me awake.

I wasn't having a go at you specifically

I think that in the world I inhabit there is little opportunity to feel good about yourself within an NT culture, hence stronger ego defences have to be built up, which can be seen as dysfunctional in one way but in another they can be vital for survival.
Peoples' characters are an amalgam of the battles they've had to fight in my opinion.

I didn't think you were having a go at me at all. I just saw your post and pointed out what I perceived it to be. I was trying to find a way to phrase it in a non-accusatory way, because it is very easy to come across as accusing. I am not sure if I succeeded.



I think your last sentence is a fairly insightful comment.

I think I needed and fell back on stronger defenses when I wasn't aware that I was autistic. Now, I find I need to fight fewer battles. I still find certain topics frustrating (say, assertions that people like me should be capable of more things than I actually am).

I dont think you are "wrong"

I think some things you said are wrong

there is a difference - a very big one.

Im sorry i really can no longer look at a screen

People includes you!

As im spending time bridging the yawning gap between two rigid belief systems - i fessed up some info.

you really have no idea what I'm like if you thin social proof is my bag.

Please stop the labels. Truth accuracy ethics morals integrity justice and so on always rule my assumed NT conformist sheep desires.

Life has basically turned me into a fighter - it was either that or go under

It's like soldiers being programmed to kill though - you can't just turn the switch back off when there's no real danger

i believe that the majority of people on wrong planet do not have autism.
i think that very many people are attracted to their idea about what autism is.

they think that asperger syndrome means that the "sufferers" look younger than average for their age, and are naive to the point of "cuteness", yet intelligent to the degree that they are oblivious to their genius. asperger syndrome is an attractive "identity" for many disenfranchised people to adopt.

the people who claim that they have autism who speak in terms of "us", and who make statements that claim to be on behalf of all asperger people are, in my opinion, the least likely to be truly autistic.


statements that start with words like "us aspies tend to.." etc make me annoyed because even though i have confirmed asperger syndrome, i would never talk on behalf of anyone else who has asperger syndrome.

the angst against NT's displayed by some posters makes me think they have "adopted" the identity of autism as a rebellion to what they are not impressed with in the wide world.

i have always presumed that what goes through my mind is peculiar to me, and i would never make a statement that presumes i am a spokesperson for anyone else.

i hate sentences that start with "well us aspies are....". how arrogant. i am not like them and if they are trying to describe asperger syndrome on behalf of other asperger people, i immediately suspect they are wrong in their self diagnosis.


a defining characteristic of my mind is that i presume that no one thinks like me, and i would never speak on behalf of anyone else without consulting them.


i very much dislike the superiority complexes that many people are deluded with concerning their suspicion of their AS.

many people on this site feel superior to the rest of the world because they feel like they are in the same league as einstein or newton (or anyone of note who they hastily diagnose with AS), and in their minds, i am an unintelligent buffoon because i do not measure up to their ideals of AS. but i am the one with medically diagnosed AS and they do not have it , but they say i am too stupid to have AS, but i think they are living in a delusion of grandeur.

i know many people on this site truly do have AS, but there are more people who are just riding on a bandwagon that they wish to belong on for incorrect reasons.