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14 Oct 2017, 8:32 am

livingwithautism wrote:
I have no idea what you're talking about.

Was the first paragraph clear or did the whole post make no sense to you?



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14 Oct 2017, 8:38 am

livingwithautism wrote:
Not being able to say what's wrong, or being able to say it but everyone ignores you? I have both problems.


I had both of these problems in great abundance growing up and even to this day. And to which I will add a third problem and that is not really caring about what's wrong.

Those were precisely the reasons why my Asperger's did not get diagnosed until I was in my 40s, the reason I had a heart attack at 34 years old and the reason why I have many other health issues that I couldn't identify nor did anyone care about.

In short, my parents did not care to get me diagnosed and they ignored many of my pleas for help and they reinforced a brutal system of denial which carried into adulthood for me.


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14 Oct 2017, 6:41 pm

naturalplastic wrote:
Being ignored is certainly more demeaning than just being inarticulate.

But on a practical level if you were permanently absolutely mute I suppose that would be worse.


Being ignored has the same effect as being absolutely mute if you can’t get your needs met.



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14 Oct 2017, 6:44 pm

ToughDiamond wrote:
livingwithautism wrote:
I have no idea what you're talking about.

Was the first paragraph clear or did the whole post make no sense to you?


The whole post made no sense to me. Your vocabulary is too advanced for me. I even looked up “vilified” and it didn’t help at all.



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14 Oct 2017, 7:43 pm

livingwithautism wrote:
ToughDiamond wrote:
livingwithautism wrote:
I have no idea what you're talking about.

Was the first paragraph clear or did the whole post make no sense to you?


The whole post made no sense to me. Your vocabulary is too advanced for me. I even looked up “vilified” and it didn’t help at all.


Ah......when I read your first post I thought you meant "saying what's wrong with their ideas" but I think you must have meant "saying what's wrong with you." If that's right, my post doesn't make sense of course.