self fulfilling prophecies

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Do you ever feel that sometimes people will put you down (even jokingly) and than when you act like your somewhat down, they'll try to raise you up. My parents sometimes get mad that i over analyze everything but than it feels like sometimes they give me things to over analyze by not understanding where i am coming from and acting like my thinking process is different....which in turn makes me analyze it even more. Does anyone else feel this way?

dude that sounds like abuse and happend to me all the time before i was "officially" diagnosed. now everyone pats me on the head and treats me like the cute ret*d boy in the room. i tell you what though i can take it! razz them back, see who gives a f**k. they will, f****n fags.

i know what u mean, b4 i was diagnosed i was treated alternatingly like a oddball or a freak. now im diagnosed with aspergers my mum treats me so f**king differently, the worst thing being she was one of the only people who treated me normaly b4 i was diagnosed. it is good to know what it is that is different about me and why i see everything different... but my own parents treat me different now even though i havent changed.

I admit coz of my condtion i will need help with some things in life, but for everything else let me do as everyone else dose.

yep. i wish i could switch hit with my emotions, or opinions about someone. usually im pretty set in my ways and if i dont like you thats it. i dont like you and im not going to be nice to you

One possible reason they get mad at you for analyzing is that you're so good at it, and they're trying to compete for social status with you. I believe that analyzation is a good thing. It trains the mind and makes you smart.

A self-fulfilling prophecy is defined as a prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true. To use the term correctly, you must therefore define prediction. Can a prediction be thought, or must it be spoken? How do you tell when someone has made a prediction, how do you tell when a prediction causes itself to become true, and finally, how do you even know that a prediction is the kind of act that can be easily avoided?

It is certainly possible that the whole notion of the self-fulfilling prophecy is a blame-shifting tactic used to ignore the suffering of the less fortunate. The question of why people ignore others' suffering is a mystery in itself.