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07 Aug 2007, 6:06 am

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... s-col-blog

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Hot and Cold Emotions Make Us Poor Judges

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"Most people have their own vices," he said. "When we are dealing with our vices, we are shortsighted, impulsive and make ridiculous sacrifices to satisfy our vices. But when we see other people succumbing to their vices, we think, 'How pathetic.' "

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07 Aug 2007, 7:52 am

Interesting implications for AS... being supposed emotionally dead... seems we should operate almost entirely in the cold state... but I know i've certainly done some stupid impulsive stuff

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07 Aug 2007, 9:17 am

I agree in some aspect about being emotionally cold but at the same time I disagree I can be as emotional when I want to be.

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07 Aug 2007, 11:28 am

I find it odd, this notion of "AS... being supposed emotionally dead." I've seen so many people get so bent outta shape over little things on this site.

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07 Aug 2007, 11:34 am

MrMark wrote:

I find it odd, this notion of "AS... being supposed emotionally dead." I've seen so many people get so bent outta shape over little things on this site.

My thoughts exactly.

It has always seemed to me that "logical" people and aspies are just as emotional as anybody else, the major difference being that many of us aren't so willing to admit it.

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07 Aug 2007, 11:54 am

MrMark wrote:

I find it odd, this notion of "AS... being supposed emotionally dead." I've seen so many people get so bent outta shape over little things on this site.

Well I'm not sure the nature of everyones problems here and what percent if any is attributed to ASD. Also I'm not sure how the article applies to ASD but I think it must is why I posted a link to it in the autism forum.

The gist of the article is in an emotional state you will make bad decisions. And in an unemotional state you will tend to not empathise with other people. The people on WP that are very emotional are making judgment mistakes online and IRL. Those who are unemotional are not supportive and/or understanding of other people(also due to faulty judgement).

Myself I am fairly unemotional. Prozac and fish oil have stabilized my mood to the point I have emotional blunting
(Thymoanesthesia).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antidepres ... anesthesia

I'm the rare feeling type personality on WP though so I am still more empathetic than a purely thinking type would be.

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07 Aug 2007, 11:58 am

i knew there was a reason i found spock dead-sexy. nothing like a no-nonsense vulcan hybrid.

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07 Aug 2007, 12:11 pm

dawndeleon wrote:

i knew there was a reason i found spock dead-sexy. nothing like a no-nonsense vulcan hybrid.

Please form a queue, you're behind Nurse Chapel who I seem to remember had quite a thing for men with pointed ears.

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07 Aug 2007, 12:31 pm

Aspies are not "emotionally dead." We're just a lot better at laying our emotions aside when making decisions than the general populace are.

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07 Aug 2007, 4:00 pm

space rocks>people

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07 Aug 2007, 4:07 pm

richardbenson wrote:

space rocks>people

It all came from the same big bang baby

..some 13.6 billion years ago.

Some large meteorite are worth alot of money though.

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07 Aug 2007, 4:19 pm

very true! richard funfact- iron and nickle arent present together in any terrestrial rocks because there the by products of asteriods, and cores of planets. to much power. to heavy, you know it! anyways i have a meteorite, and its very cool!

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07 Aug 2007, 9:19 pm

JonnyBGoode wrote:

Aspies are not "emotionally dead." We're just a lot better at laying our emotions aside when making decisions than the general populace are.

I'm 'emotionally dead' most of the time. I have strong emotions, but they are usually not there. I feel nothing at all most of the time, and then some particular emotion switches on, very strongly. Then it turns off again.

The beauty of a spectrum is that most general statements made about those who are on it tend to be wrong. Heh.

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08 Aug 2007, 6:20 am

Doc_Daneeka wrote:

JonnyBGoode wrote:

Aspies are not "emotionally dead." We're just a lot better at laying our emotions aside when making decisions than the general populace are.

Ditto, tho with me, anger can tend to boil on in the background on/off for days if I don't make attempts to focus on something else.
Same if someone has hurt me.
It is an odd conundrum as in terms of emotions, there seems to be such a variety among those with AS that I have met.
Some seem to be more emotion than logic, and others behave in such a way as to convince that they do not have feelings at all.

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08 Aug 2007, 6:30 am

You need a certain degree of emotional involvement in life to make effective decisions. Its something lacking in me. For example, I tend to quit jobs or abandon friendships for more physical or rational reasons, but that isnt always the best thing in the long run.

Friendships at work or a satisfaction from a job well done will go a long way towards keeping an aspie at a job. Unfortunately, I dont get much of any satisfaction from that. I know that NOW, but it doesnt magically add what I need.

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08 Aug 2007, 10:30 am

dawndeleon wrote:

i knew there was a reason i found spock dead-sexy. nothing like a no-nonsense vulcan hybrid.

I had a huge crush on Spock when I was a kid. Used to imagine romantic encounters involving the two of us. Still do, actually. :lol:

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