BillyTree wrote:
carlos55 wrote:
I simply believe you can’t get to the age that he is and not have a personal mental health crisis while being autistic.
Same with musk
Hf autism / Asperger’s leads to mental health crisis as part of the deal.
Is there anyone on this site for example that can say they never had a mental health crisis?
I can say that for myself. I don't know what's the case with Gates or Musk. But judging from my own example it's not part of the deal. You can have strenghts and talents that helps you dealing with obstacles caused by your autism. It seems to me that when autism is discussed you tend to fall back to the same circular reasoning: "Autistic people are severely handicapped. If you are not severely handicapped you are not actually autistic."
I didn’t say severely handicapped I’m not severely handicapped.
But practically every adult diagnosed has had to deal with mental health problems associated, whether depression, anxiety ocd, obsessive thoughts, sensory overload, for females particularly eating disorders some psychosis maybe and a whole lot more
It’s inconceivable that someone dealing with those issues could become that successful without it being mitigated by something like a very unique and useful talent in sports and entertainment where maybe there is an opportunity for lots of timeout.
No timeout for a CEO
It’s also inconceivable that you could live 70 years without those issues being noticed when the person crashes ( mental health crisis), some odd traits like nerdiness or rocking in a chair not enough
Many aspie adults and hf teens get diagnosed after they crash.
Not sure what they mean by the term neurodiversity as the term gets thrown around a lot usually in ref to autism but in this case probably because maybe the fact that he has an unusual mind which is fair enough
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