[ Rules ] [ ot / g / m ] [ pt / snow / w ] [ meta ] [ Server Status ]

/ot/ - off-topic

Name
Email
Subject
Comment
File(20 MB max)
Video
Password
(For post deletion)

The site maintenance is completed but lingering issues are expected, please report any bugs here

File: 1451338978789.jpg (68.83 KB, 1000x400, Autism_Center_Pittsburgh.jpg)

No. 54668

I kniw we joke about autism a lot (no this doesn't offend me) but how many other of you farmers actually autistic? I am (lighter end of the spectrum/aspergers) and a hate it.
I don't understand why people are so against a "cure" (even though there couldn't be one besides not passing your genes on because it's so deep rooted in the brain) because I would be more than willing to accept a cure if it meant I could be socially normal.
And some general autism things:
>hate being hugged
>really hate it
>normal volume anything is painfully loud
>being a very picky eater because food textures

No. 54670

File: 1451340363656.jpg (92.63 KB, 350x350, pooh.jpg)


No. 54671

>>54670
anon what does that mean

No. 54674

>>54668
I was diagnosed with Asperger. I don't think I have it though, I mean, I'm good at understanding people's emotions, I just don't care about them.

No. 54676

File: 1451341788942.jpg (37.31 KB, 736x736, XpioyKbcE.jpg)


No. 54677

>>54676
stop shitting up this thread so us autists can talk
>>54674
I was diagnosed over 10 years ago. Sometimes it's social cues that are hard to read, not emotions

No. 54679

>>54677
maybe they are so autistic they can only communicate in pictures of pooh.

No. 54732

>>54679
This made me laugh more than it should have.

No. 54740

>>54679
don't shit on my favorite bear

No. 54741

>>54740

Wtf is wrong with you? I don't shit anywhere else than in toilet. That's so rude.

No. 54744

File: 1451376938813.gif (919.39 KB, 272x181, heh.gif)


No. 54750

I'm interested in getting diagnosed…

No. 54752

I used to have a classmate with aspergers when I was on high school and he masturbated in class.

No. 54753

>>54752
lol probably

No. 54754

>>54750
I had to go through this two day long test thing to get diagnosed

No. 54757

Growing up some dick social worker managed to convince my family I was autistic but because I was a kid and used to draw a lot I just thought he was saying I was artistic.

I feel like the diagnosis gets tossed around too easily these days, like it you're introverted and intentionally emotionally absent there absolutely HAS to be something wrong with you, it's totally not possible to have a functioning human who isn't 100% chipper and peppy all the time right?
Even my own partner thought I might be autistic for years and would bug me to go get tested for years, exactly the kind of thing I DON'T want on a permanent medical record, just because I'm the kind of person that avoids facial expression and because I really love animals? Wtf.

No. 54779

File: 1451410932988.png (451.03 KB, 1280x720, watamote-2-2.png)

My parents suspect I'm autismal but I've never actually been tested. They're probably right though I'm a fucking retard and can't socialize normally. It makes me feel like I'm disgusting but what can I do about it?

Also, I hear it's harder for girls to get diagnosed with it. The poster child of autism is a quiet boy who loves gay shit like trains and puzzles.

No. 54782

>>54779

It is harder for women to be diagnosed because socially we possess superior skills in emotional mimicry and masquing.

No. 54784

>>54782
Yeah I avoided an autism diagnosis for years because I mimicked other kids.
>>54757
Pretty sure everyone here was actually diagnosed at some point and not """" self diagnosed """"

No. 54810

>>54752
I had an orgasm when I was 9 in class. It just happened.

No. 54812

>>54757
This is so true. I was diagnosed when I was 12 by a psychiatrist. The thing is, I only spent 30 minutes with her, and she algo gave me pills.

No. 54816

>>54812
I'm just loling thinking about how much of a stone cold bitch you'd have to be to look a kid in the eyes after a quick 30 minutes and tell them they're autistic. What a total cunt.

No. 54847

Mild autism probably sucks just as much as having no autism at all. It both has its advantages and disadvantages. It's not all bad and being 'normal' also doesn't guarantee that everything will be good.

No. 54849

>>54847
What are the advantages?

No. 54852

>>54849

Depends. Some are great at math, some can learn a language in an extremely short time, some are great artists, some are in general very focused hard workers, it can go in all directions basically.

When you have more synapses, you have more possibilities. All kinds of things can happen.

Newton, Tesla and Einstein were autistic as an example.

When you're autistic you might not now the advantages you have, since you're used to them and you don't know any better.

It's kind of wishful thinking, to think that being 'normal' would be so much better than being mildly autistic. They have different problems than you do, they still probably have just as big issues, but just in different areas.

No. 54854

>>54852
I don't think the majority of people who are mildly autistic have those savant type features.

No. 54857

>>54854

Yeah, true savants are exceptionally rare, really one in… well, definitely more than a million.

No. 54859

>>54854
I wouldn't call those necessarily savant type features, since mildly autistic people are still intelligent. Many autistics are actually highly intelligent.

Again, you have more synapses. More things can go wrong, but also more things can go right.

When you have mild autism, obviously a lot of things went right. Other wise you would've been in a worse situation.

You also shouldn't forget that normal people still have issues, often just as many, but just different ones.

No. 54860

File: 1451428077659.jpg (45.16 KB, 500x281, getoutofmyface.jpg)

>>54859
>>54852

autistic people explaining autism always sound like the most smug, out of touch assholes, but then again, autism, so it makes sense.

No. 54862

>>54860
Meh it's just annoying that people blame all their problems on their autism and think they'd have it so much better if they were normal.

They'd probably still be awkward as fuck, as if normal people don't ever get socially awkward.

It's also weird that as soon as you're autistic you can't have talents anymore and it has to be called savantism if you do.

Just trying to explain that autism is the worst thing in the world, it doesn't make you a special snowflake and that being normal probably sucks just as much.

I guess it's just easier to pray for a cure than to deal with your shit.

No. 54863

>>54862
*isn't the worst thing

No. 54865

>>54862
i think you're missing the point. for the most part it is a social ailment, not one of intelligence. the issues with it come from social desires, not just from peers but from the autist themselves. not being able to connect, or empathize properly and hurting people you love over it. not being able to cuddle and hold people without sacrificing your own comfort, so you end up sacrificing someone else's needs. the difficulties connecting to new people and not scaring them off. sure, with being 'normal' these things happen, but much of the time it can be fixed, there's no block there. and it sucks.

you just sound arrogant.

No. 54870

>>54865
Yeah you have a disadvantage at something that most people don't.
Regular people also have disadvantages, which are more common.

It kind of just sounds like you want it to be completely negative. Which you probably do, with the whole black and white thinking.

You might have more mirror neurons and be more sensitive and seem like an insensitive dick to normies. But you also probably completely ignore it when you're good at something, which is probably caused by your autism.

I'm not arrogant for saying that autistics can be good at stuff and aren't just socially retarded.

Is it so difficult to believe that things aren't completely terrible?

No. 54876

>>54870
You didn't listen to anything anon said, and he's right. Your disadvantage is that you're unable to be introspective, and it won't come with aging.
You're talking about obvious, medically documented disadvantages as if they're minor problems. It's not mean or 100% negative to accept that there are things you won't be able to experience properly ever.

Plus you're basically ignoring the fact that statistically it is much more likely, which sounds bitter.

Go back to one of those autism positive blogs.

No. 54877

>>54876
I don't have a problem with people accepting that you won't ever be able to experience things properly. You should, instead of praying for a cure. You should learn to cope and deal with it and not be so negative all the time.

Even if you weren't autistic, you'd still have things you'll never be able to experience. And you might experience (positive) things BECAUSE you are autistic, which others will never.

Autism is one of the few disabilities which isn't 100% negative, but this is almost never acknowledged. Focusing on the negative and trying to fix unfix-able issues only has lead to about 40% of autistics being depressed. How about learning some coping skills to deal with your disability and acknowledging the things that AREN'T shit?

No. 54887

>autistic
>not good at math
>I can't draw
>I barely can talk my native language without grammatical mistakes
>my IQ probably is below average

Why?

No. 54960

File: 1451485509980.jpg (4.52 KB, 320x140, 11021127_10202335802795659_529…)

It's really nice to have a place for autistics to openly talk online. Whilst I find all the ~aUtIsM mEmEs~ really funny (though probably not for the right reasons) it can be a bit tiresome how it's become the go-to insult and we're pretty much just the laughing stock of the entire internet currently.

>>54877
I think objectively you could say every disability has it's perks perhaps, it's hard to put yourself in someone else's perspective. Besides that I really liked the last paragraph you typed, those little truth nuggets I had to learn myself after years of being fucked around by the mental health system, which just makes you think you're actually crazy. I wouldn't wish away my brain if I could, it's the only one I've got and I'm actually kinda glad I can observe the world and it's inhabitants in my own way, even if I can't quite understand it.

>>54887
don't worry anon, a lot of those things are just fallacies perpetuated by the media anyway. our brains work in odd ways, you definitely have some hidden skills somewhere. also ADHD and dyslexia are both commonly co-morbid with autism.

No. 54972

>>54849
You pass for "normal"
So there's that
Being only mild means you aren't the kid in the corner rocking back and forth and having a meltdown
But it means you can't read social cues and that's really fucked my my social and love life
I think being autistic has allowed me to be more introspective though and made me more curious

No. 54973

>>54852
I l-learned a language in a really short time. C-can I feel special now?

No. 54998

>>54973
Nope, many autistics can do that.

>>54972
PDD NOS is also considered mild autism, but they pass less as 'normal' usually. More meltdown prone etc. Even in the whole mild category there's a spectrum of issues.

No. 55030

>>54852
Einstein likely didn't have autism or asperger's. Newton and Tesla could have been autistic, possibly.

No. 57136

File: 1452207101750.png (27.98 KB, 666x381, wtf.png)

What the fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. What do I do?

No. 57148

>>57136
Stop taking internet quizzes?

No. 57154

>be a social retard all life
>develop eating disorder because obsession with numbers and routine
>freak out at the slightest unplanned change of routine
>all changes are painful even if planned
>real bad mental blindness
>took way longer than it should to get the right answer for this fucking kid's autism test (pic related)

BUT!

>above average intelligence

>start to see what my problems are once I'm 20 yo
>start to rationally analyze people
>learn how to pass as normal in most situations
>make actual annotations on how to act in social situations
>it's easier when I'm in a group tho because I can just mirror someone else

>tell only friend about thinking I might be autistic

>NO WAY, ANON, YOU'RE PRETTY FUCKING GOOD AT TALKING TO PEOPLE!!!

Of fucking course I am, I turned that shit into an art (in the "art as craft" sense). Doesn't mean I understand your shit, I just know how you want me to respond.
Can't afford a therapist. fml.

No. 57155

File: 1452216477171.jpg (33.6 KB, 295x553, 739-74445.jpg)

>>57154
Dropped pic

No. 57156

>>57154
Assuming you're female: Apparently, women with autism are able to overcome the social aspects much better than men with autism.

This is a good article that discusses it: https://spectrumnews.org/features/deep-dive/the-lost-girls/

No. 57163

>>57156
Fuck, thanks for that. It's real long too so I'll knock myself out reading it.

(rant incoming, sorry about it)

I read a bit on it before but tbh I wouldn't say I had it any better than guys when it came to social issues. My family never even criticized my odd (and lacking) social behavior so I didn't even get the usual "extra pressure to behave properly" girls supposedly get, I only started to do something about it when loneliness became unbearable and it was either suicide or learn how to act normal.
That's somewhat done with, now, but I still have a LOT of trouble talking one-on-one as I can't observe people doing it or, duh, it would no longer be one-on-one - so I don't know how it should go.

The repetitive behavior and interests are the worst because I see people watching new movies, TV series, listening to music, reading the news, generally knowing what's going on in the world, and socializing over that. When I just… can't. I'm not interested, it's stressful to do anything besides the things I do (which amount to going on imageboards, playing the same games that came out over 12 years ago over and over, reading books and learning about literature). I don't open facebook, I have never gone out of my way to say "hi" to someone, I have always thought animes would be fun but never watched them because I'm fucking retarded fuck my life.

At least I'm a fast learner, but mental blindness makes me shit at explaining myself (can't comprehend people don't know the things I know, see >>57155) so despite that I still seem fucking retarded.

No. 59948

>>54668
you could also be 'gifted' according to the description you've given

those hypersensory people, read up on gifted adults



Delete Post [ ]
[Return] [Catalog]
[ Rules ] [ ot / g / m ] [ pt / snow / w ] [ meta ] [ Server Status ]