Never be understood

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I have come to the realisation that most people will never understand me because I am Aspie.
I think it would be so wonderful to be understood even in small ways, I am sure it may help me to enjoy life more. All I want to do these days is take my last breath so the pain of being an Aspie can go away.

I find that knowledge of not needing to try to make people understand me a relief. I can just stop trying and let my actions and work speak for me.

BTW, another Aspie will understand you.

The things I really enjoy about life are not understanding. It is just in the pleasure of the things around me.

Perhaps I just have a need to be heard.

It’s good to see you back, Bob.

There has been an intense need to be understood in my life. At some point I realized I didn’t need that need, that I was fine all by myself, that I liked myself, my values, my world view, while still being human and making enormous human errors.

Finding others here was a relief.

Reached a break point, Eh?

What happened?

IR

Well, you can learn a lot about autism on this website.
Focus on that.

Have you researched "Theory of Mind"?

BTW, There are so many Queenslanders on this website.
So many "Banana Benders". lol
I'm a "Cocky" from NSW.

I’m right there with you. I need to be understood by my spouse (I’ve pretty much given up on being understood by anyone else), but I’ve always had trouble achieving that. It’s hard to share the same bed with someone and feel like you’re not getting through when you need support. She’s the only adult human I love, the only human I care about at all really, and the person I turn to in order to learn the NT way to go about doing things. I wish I had a way to plug her into my brain so she could have that “ah ha” moment. But, I often can’t get my ideas across and I confuse or hurt her. Why does it have to be so hard.

I don't fully understand myself, so I think it's somewhat unlikely that others will understand me...and I just accept that. I think this is essentially true for all people. What's so important about understanding ourselves and others? Human beings are mysterious, since we didn't create ourselves. How can you ever truly understand a person? To me it's a logical impossibility. You can deepen understanding, but...to reach it fully, this is not possible, we are too complex to be understood and yet too simple to understand...

The next time an NT cannot put themselves in your shoes, just tell them to use that savant skill they all claim to have known as "empathy", that thing that all autistics "lack".

I understand how you feel, I mean you can explain things in simple tersm and it still fly over there heads. But teh best you can do is get up and try again. If you want to be understood seek to foster understanding.

I can certainly relate to that. It is very frustrating or worse. How to navigate that need is really hard. In most cases, it seems to be about finding people who will listen. Don't ask me how--it is a bit of a mystery.

I'd be cautious about that. It could just reinforce their belief in their misunderstandings. On the road to spirituality, one sage advises that we only seek to understand, not to be understood. That is also difficult, but a more realistic goal.

I was being sarcastic more. I do get wound up about all this empathy thing.