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22 Apr 2009, 4:26 am

Would this be a good way of describing your AS/Autism? Think about it, the preference of sameness and routine, as well as isolation which brings about no unexpected or sudden changes in circumstances or in situations. Sometimes I think my thinking is stuck in one place and cannot grow further into accepting society (strangers, new ways of approaching them and how to deal with different outcomes imposed on one via interaction with others).

It could be that this thinking (be it positive or negative), which was present from childhood, is nearly impossible to change. So one has a persistent reality based on routine and avoidance of ones perceived weaknesses (social skills, shyness, lack of motivation and narrow minded acceptance of information).

Depression and Anxiety could be triggered when ones 'thinking/reality' is confronted and faced with a challenge of adaptation, which is crucial as it is seemingly adopted with ease by 'successful' NT's. This is just a thought. Would you agree or disagree?



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22 Apr 2009, 4:58 am

I think a better description of my AS would be that I can have many different ways of thinking, but I cannot connect those ways together. My thoughts will never reach a unified or whole state, because for me, different thoughts go in different 'boxes'. There are word-thoughts, picture-thoughts, texture-thoughts, social-thoughts, library-thoughts, book-thoughts, &c. My way of thinking about all these things is different in each case. These boxes have no holes in them, so the thoughts do not seep out and blend with each other. So my mind is all fragmented. If I have a thought in pictures, it is very difficult for me to translate it into words, and vice versa.

So I think my thoughts (and possibly the thoughts of other ASD people) are regimented, however they are not one-track. There are many tracks, and they all run parallel to each other. ie they never connect.



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22 Apr 2009, 7:51 am

For me, it has almost been matter of priorities. When I was in teens at school, I created dictator in my head which gave me orders and inflicted punishments if I did not achieve goals set by dictator.



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22 Apr 2009, 5:17 pm

animal wrote:
I think a better description of my AS would be that I can have many different ways of thinking, but I cannot connect those ways together. My thoughts will never reach a unified or whole state, because for me, different thoughts go in different 'boxes'. There are word-thoughts, picture-thoughts, texture-thoughts, social-thoughts, library-thoughts, book-thoughts, &c. My way of thinking about all these things is different in each case. These boxes have no holes in them, so the thoughts do not seep out and blend with each other. So my mind is all fragmented. If I have a thought in pictures, it is very difficult for me to translate it into words, and vice versa.

So I think my thoughts (and possibly the thoughts of other ASD people) are regimented, however they are not one-track. There are many tracks, and they all run parallel to each other. ie they never connect.


Thats very interesting. If I were to say that your thinking, lets say social thoughts were stuck or repetitive, would that make sense? Would those thought ever adapt or change, knowing that it needs to in order to go with the flow of circumstances?



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22 Apr 2009, 7:00 pm

animal wrote:
I think a better description of my AS would be that I can have many different ways of thinking, but I cannot connect those ways together. My thoughts will never reach a unified or whole state, because for me, different thoughts go in different 'boxes'. There are word-thoughts, picture-thoughts, texture-thoughts, social-thoughts, library-thoughts, book-thoughts, &c. My way of thinking about all these things is different in each case. These boxes have no holes in them, so the thoughts do not seep out and blend with each other. So my mind is all fragmented. If I have a thought in pictures, it is very difficult for me to translate it into words, and vice versa.

So I think my thoughts (and possibly the thoughts of other ASD people) are regimented, however they are not one-track. There are many tracks, and they all run parallel to each other. ie they never connect.


Agreed, I have those many threads, but can only focus on one at a time, the rest must lie dormant.


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23 Apr 2009, 4:15 am

i_wanna_blue wrote:
animal wrote:
I think a better description of my AS would be that I can have many different ways of thinking, but I cannot connect those ways together. My thoughts will never reach a unified or whole state, because for me, different thoughts go in different 'boxes'. There are word-thoughts, picture-thoughts, texture-thoughts, social-thoughts, library-thoughts, book-thoughts, &c. My way of thinking about all these things is different in each case. These boxes have no holes in them, so the thoughts do not seep out and blend with each other. So my mind is all fragmented. If I have a thought in pictures, it is very difficult for me to translate it into words, and vice versa.

So I think my thoughts (and possibly the thoughts of other ASD people) are regimented, however they are not one-track. There are many tracks, and they all run parallel to each other. ie they never connect.


Thats very interesting. If I were to say that your thinking, lets say social thoughts were stuck or repetitive, would that make sense? Would those thought ever adapt or change, knowing that it needs to in order to go with the flow of circumstances?


They would change...........slowly. And I wouldn't be able to change them while I was still in the situation. It would have to wait until I'd had a chance to process it all. I mean, I'm always learning new things about socialisation. I feel like a perpetual child in that respect. It just takes me a while.

But I see where you're coming from.



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23 Apr 2009, 5:08 am

animal wrote:
I think a better description of my AS would be that I can have many different ways of thinking, but I cannot connect those ways together. My thoughts will never reach a unified or whole state, because for me, different thoughts go in different 'boxes'. There are word-thoughts, picture-thoughts, texture-thoughts, social-thoughts, library-thoughts, book-thoughts, &c. My way of thinking about all these things is different in each case. These boxes have no holes in them, so the thoughts do not seep out and blend with each other. So my mind is all fragmented. If I have a thought in pictures, it is very difficult for me to translate it into words, and vice versa.

So I think my thoughts (and possibly the thoughts of other ASD people) are regimented, however they are not one-track. There are many tracks, and they all run parallel to each other. ie they never connect.

Same here. That's why I always have so difficult to try to explain different things.


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