Anyone here have a logic processing disability?

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It's really common to hear about autistic people being logic obsessed or very gifted in logical abilities, usually at the expense of more intuitive abilities.

I'm not like that at all. I very much struggle with logic to the point that I have a hard time in arguments with people who try and manipulate me with logic. Or I can't debate well in person or online, I don't follow the other person's logic.

What I am strong in is big-picture thinking and making a gestalt of a person. I rely in my intuition and perception to evaluate a person or problem, and I'm better at it than most people. It's as if I see the forest well, but not the trees.

Being like this caused me to miss seeking autism diagnosis for decades, as I just don't fit the stereotype that society believes about autism. It wasn't until I got onto aspie forums that I realized I had to be autistic and needed to get tested. Also I find that I share more in common with female aspies being a man than I do male, which is another reason why I missed early diagnosis as they more often slip under the radar

Hello meatball4u,

Welcome to the forum!

I can't say I struggle to the same extent with logic, but I can relate to what you say, in that I was late diagnosed, the whole woman thing likely affected that.

I have an issue with my intuition and logic playing tug of war. It is hell to pick a side for me because for my brain there is no side. Each person's perspective/logic from where they are looking is right/correct for them, so I don't get why anyone would argue about it. Never did understand trying to convince or best someone by using logic.

What is your intuition like?

These are all wonderful strengths in my opinion. Thank you for sharing them.

You remind me of a Star Trek Next Gen character who was a diplomat much as you describe.

Do you still explore your musical and artistic talents, even without pursuing university?

I am not a logical thinker. Well, everybody sometimes looks at things from a logical point of view, but generally I wouldn't call myself a logical thinker. I'm very irrational and I see things from an emotional point of view. Sometimes I feel that NTs can switch their emotions off when they want and can see things logically instead, like ''I don't enjoy my job but I know I have to still go and do it because I have bills to pay'', where as a person with AS or ADHD like me is like ''I don't like my job, I can't face going there at all, I am so anxious and depressed every day, I shouldn't have to go on like this''. I wish I could just see things logically. I think life is so much easier when you have good logical sense of things.

We have a number of posters who demonstrate some deficits when it comes to logical processing.
Those deficits seem to impair their ability to recognize said deficits though, so some of them are prone to self-identifying as logical thinkers.

I consider myself to be very logical and very feeling. It frustrates me when people think b/c I am feeling I am not logical. Grrrr. I am both. However, I can't come to a logical conclusion many times b/c there's too much input or missing input and I can be gaslighted very easily as I can't articulate it - so in that way is it intuition? I am very intuitive. At work I would put out an observation, idea or suggestion and other (helpful) people would provide context and flesh it out for me. At the very first objection I floundered. Panic? Much later I would see the concern clearly and have the correct response. Sigh. If that's a logic processing disability surprise to me. Fairly typical for the ASD person to what to "control" the information/logic flow. I am learning to pause and calm myself so I can respond more immediately - at least that's the hope. Still if I can't gauge things like if I did well or not, if somebody is treating me well or not. I don't see that as a problem of logic, but rather criteria.

I think debates are not about logic. They are about power. They are about picking and choosing facts and trying to construct a "logical" sounding argument to serve a specific goal, and denying, avoiding or minimizing facts and people who try to bring up facts that to not support the power or goal they are aiming for.

But I could be wrong - I have been wrong before and I will be wrong again.

Welcome to wrongplanet - I hope it is right for you.

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Hmm...

It's not logic by itself that I got issues with.

I got more issues around rationalizing, sticking to complicated specifics, memory issues in real time, maybe dealing with a lot of gaps of knowledge and being linear itself.

Able to arrange something into more linear is huge in logic and language.

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