Edna3362 wrote:
Trying to transcend, eh?
The issue with both parties of autism is...
Trying to
define Autism.
I mean, from all I've read it's like this:
Gifted? Autism. Mentally disabled? Autism.
Clumsy? Autism. Super visio-spatial manual skills? Autism.
Cooperative? Autism. Defiant? Autism.
Healthy and body able? Autism. Crippled and sick? Autism.
Verbal? Autism. Nonverbal? Autism.
Forgettable? Autism. Perfect memory? Autism.
Awkward? Autism. Had it easier? Autism. Had it harder? Autism. In control? Autism.
Disabled? Autism. NOT disabled? Autism.
Honor student? Autism. Left behind with several learning disabilities? Autism.
Sensitive? Autism. Insensitive? Autism.
Ego-less and selfless? Autism. Egocentric and selfish? Autism.
Or hell;
Deaf? Autism. Autoimmune issues? Autism. Cancer? Autism.
Happy and loving family? Autism. Broken and abusive family? Autism.
Rich and famous? Autism. Poor and marginalized? Autism.
Exactly. It's far too much of a catch-all term.
So I'm returning to its route which is that I am me. The self. The individual. Maybe not 'the' as that is unfair to other individuals, but 'a'. A self. An individual. Myself.
Focusing on healing my own self esteem and self worth and stepping away from other discussions.
Labels might help some people, but they don't help me. They pathologise a self which I used to be happy with and which I want to be happy with again. Not by changing. By building confidence for.
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Anyway...
I might finish this book on Friday. If I do, I will read 'Schindler's Ark'. If I finish on Saturday or later, I will read 'The Time Machine' which I expect to be an easier book, especially on an emotional level.
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He/him