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ooOoOoOAnaOoOoOoo
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27 May 2009, 10:42 pm

Padium wrote:
ooOoOoOAnaOoOoOoo wrote:
I would love it if society said "Yeah we know this is just the way you are and we are gonna leave you alone and let you be true to yourself." even if being yourself means not dealing with "them".


Sadly it is still viewed as wrong to be gay, bi, les, trans, antisocial, irrationally fearful, self absorbed, intellectually inferior, etc. in most of the world. Then we have the parts of the world, and groups that believe it is morally wrong to have a particular faith, skin tone, belief system, etc. And there is more.... Why can't people just care more about being themselves, and stop worrying about who everyone else is trying to be?


I mentioned Christopher Gillberg for those who want the support system. It's supposed to benefit Aspies who are trying to earn a living. Sometimes it's hard to stay employed because confidence is lacking and a support group can make a difference. It can mean staying at a job or quitting for some. It's for adult Aspies since many people complain everything is geared toward youth. The support system isn't.
I wasn't implying anyone should change who they are if they don't wanna. I know there's things about myself I am very stubborn about and feel resentful when pressured about changing them so I would never tell someone to try to be an extrovert if they were happy being an introvert.

It would be easier if people would stop worrying about who others are, I agree. Far easier for me but I am pretty much convinced that's just a utopian dream. I doubt human nature is going to change that much in my lifetime so I have my fantasies about living in an imaginary Utopia instead ;)



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28 May 2009, 12:38 am

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Alrighty, so I've come up with a theory.

None of you really hate the labels. You hate the enforcement of the labels, you hate people forcibly pushing their views of how they percieve you and trying to make you become this non-existant entity.

Don't hate the labels people, labels are your friends. Pushy douchebags, however, are the real enemies.

Exactly what i meant in an earlier post.

It's funny that some of you are saying about the personality thing. A Dr told me about my daughter "some of these things can just be personality traits" (duh really?) I don't diagree with this at all since i consider this to be a different view and understanding of the world rather than a "problem" but if there are problems that come from this, every day life is disrupted, then it calling it "just a personality" becomes a problem because it's dismissed as that and then getting help becomes difficult.

Fiddler, thanks for your replies.