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Did Michael Jackson have autism?
Yes 25%  25%  [ 10 ]
No he was neurotypical who was made strange by his unusual life 25%  25%  [ 10 ]
No he was schizophrenic 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
No but he had some kind of mental disorder 35%  35%  [ 14 ]
No he was a normal neurotypical 8%  8%  [ 3 ]
No he was just a genius and geniuses are not normal 8%  8%  [ 3 ]
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10 Feb 2014, 8:18 pm

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10 Feb 2014, 8:33 pm

If anything I'd say he had Peter Pan Syndrome.

Peter Pan syndrome is the pop-psychology concept of an adult (usually male[12]) who is socially immature. The category is an informal one invoked by laypeople and some psychology professionals in popular psychology. It is not listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, and is not recognized by the American Psychiatric Association as a specific mental disorder. Wikipedia

A prominent example of a celebrity with Peter Pan syndrome was Michael Jackson. Wikipedia


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10 Feb 2014, 9:23 pm

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No, he was just a deeply disturbed man reverting back to the childhood he never had (thrown into showbiz too young, father used to beat him too).

People thought the masks on his kids were weird but there was method in his madness; those kids were able to go to school and have nobody at all recognise who they were. His kids didn't look all that white to me either, they looked more latino IMO. His eldest daughter Paris seems to have some of his facial characteristics.


I would think that people looking for a "Paris Jackson" would certainly be able to figure out that a weird kid wearing a mask not on Halloween had to be someone famous, no? Wouldn't kids wearing masks raise eyebrows? And kids aren't the best keepers of secrets from what I know about kids LOL



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10 Feb 2014, 9:24 pm

I think you've hit the nail right on the head.^


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10 Feb 2014, 9:26 pm

A very good friend of mine in the music biz told me about Michael Jackson. At some point he had a meeting with him, and right smack in the middle of the meeting, without any warning, Michael dropped down on the floor and started playing with toy cars, driving them around on the floor making all the car noises and such. Not sure what I would make of that, except, "Oh, that's just Michael."



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30 Oct 2016, 4:29 pm

We should mind our own business.



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31 Oct 2016, 12:05 am

Since there was never any official diagnoses nor a record of him having an ASD or any symptoms, I just think he was just someone who never grew up due to never having a childhood so it stunted him. He might have had PTSD because he was abused and that can really mess someone up and change their whole brain wiring. I wonder how his siblings were affected. I hear a joke that MJ is an adult baby. Probably more like a little. Some people do think he was an adult baby. I have seen plenty of childlike adults in the ABDL community and they are not autistic. MJ might have been someone who needed therapy and the way he dealt with himself was childhood he never had. I guess you could say he had mental issues.


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31 Oct 2016, 12:20 am

I think both how he was raised and living a sheltered, adored, and walled off life as an adult had more to do with what he was like then neurology.


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31 Oct 2016, 9:37 am

The OP thinks Jeffery Dahmer was autistic?
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