I had a new testing and it is written that I among other problems I have weak mentalization and severe context blindness.
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In psychology, mentalization is the ability to understand the mental state of oneself and others which underlies overt behaviour. Mentalization can be seen as a form of imaginative mental activity, which allows us to perceive and interpret human behaviour in terms of intentional mental states (e.g. needs, desires, feelings, beliefs, goals, purposes, and reasons).Another term that David Wallin has used for mentalization is "Thinking about thinking".
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Autism as Context Blindness
Research into the role of context in human information processing has revealed that contextual sensitivity is crucial in exactly those areas known to be affected in autism: social interaction, communication, and flexibility in thoughts and behavior. This has led to the hypothesis of context blindness as the common pathway in the cognitive deficits in autism. Interestingly, lack of contextual sensitivity can account for many of the cognitive assets in autism such as the ability to think logically without being disturbed by contextual elements (e.g., emotions).
Context blindness refers to a reduced spontaneous use of context when giving meaning to a stimulus. To put it more simply: the autistic brain thinks in an absolute way, rather than a relative, contextually defined way. Remember the scene in the movie, Rain Man, where Raymond is trying to cross a street? In Raymond’s mind when the sign displays “Don’t walk,” it means only one thing: “Don’t walk.” We laugh when the sign changes from “Walk” to “Don’t walk” and Raymond stops in the middle of the intersection. Raymond does not understand that “Don’t walk” means many different things, depending on the situation or context. When you’re halfway through the crossing, it means “hurry up” instead!
Here is another example of context blindness: When the doorbell rang, the mother of a seven-year-old boy with autism asked him to open the door. He opened the back door instead of the front. His reaction was logical, but his choice of door was out of context.
I have really difficulties to relate to my surrounding world and feel like I do not understand a lot and therapy is not really improving anything for me.
I am on disability but do from time to time volunteers work.
I have only one friend who is mildly autistic as well.
It is also written in that report that I have an "highly unique and idiosyncratic way to look at things".
The Rorschach test was used as measurement and interview.
In Rorschach I did not give "popular" answers, because I did not see those things (like a vase or animal fur or other stuff people usually say), therefore I could not give these answers.
There is more written but for now problems with mentalization and context blindness I want to address because I want to improve it.
How can I do this?
I am not happy anymore the way I am and very lonely all day long, but I know that I have to improve my abilities.
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English is not my native language, so I will very likely do mistakes in writing or understanding. My edits are due to corrections of mistakes, which I sometimes recognize just after submitting a text.
03 Apr 2015, 4:31 pm
