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ouinon
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14 Oct 2007, 6:30 am

Diamonddavej wrote:
Also, I do not think that ASDs have increased recently - but have been consistently high in Japan. Just look at their houses and gardens. Angular, minimalist, simple, repetitive, accurate...

These houses and gardens from a time when ASD needs were respected , recognised and in fact "formed" a lot of the structure of society? When time was taken over the simplest things , when each activity of daily life was virtually a ceremony, etcetc.

So the problem is that much of this has been abandoned. That NT styles are taking over, or perhaps not so much NT as the proto-manic ones of AS Disordered exposed to gluten .

Interesting thought.Thank you for that. :idea:



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13 Mar 2009, 6:20 pm

Japanese who are hikikomori either have Asperger's syndrome or not.Ultimately it is social pressures to excel in academics and getting to a top university.I'm somewhat of a hikikomori,I like being in my room it's my comfort zone,I also do this to avoid social pressures.When I tell others that I stayed most of the time in my room,but they think I'm depress.I do go to school and work;it's an obligation of mine.By the way,the creator of Pokemon Satoshi Tajiri is speculated to have Asperger's syndrome.



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03 Aug 2016, 8:16 am

BlueMax wrote:
TruthfulTrout wrote:
Most north americans would freak out being so isolated from social groups. ;)


I shut myself in for 3 and a half years after graduating high school ... Of course it still doesn't change the fact that I'd rather spend time alone and still have little to no friends

Zwerfbeertje wrote:
Diamonddavej wrote:
Also, I was amazed by the odd sleeping patterns exhibited by those with Hikikomori i.e. the delayed Sleep/Wake cycle.


At night nobody tries to interact with you, there's less pressure to do so and there's a smaller chance of being 'interrupted'. Additionally, by getting up late one can avoid social morning rituals.


And yet I was the only one who still maintained an early to bed early to rise sleep schedule ...