Willard wrote:
Callista wrote:
"Schadenfreude."
It's a human trait... I don't think it has much to do with autism.
I think what the OP is describing goes way beyond
Schadenfreude - it sounds more like a personality disorder, and there's nothing positive about it. It demonstrates a dismal self-image.
It's one thing to find amusement in the misfortune of another, if you know that person to have been a bully and to have treated others cruelly, because then you're simply feeling that some sort of karmic justice is being done - but to harbor such resentment against everyone around you that you plot to see them fail at anything they attempt, that's not normal and it has nothing to do with autism.
Autistic
lack of empathy has much more to do with reading nonverbal signals in order to
understand the emotions of others and know how to respond to them.
While a lack of empathy might lead you to be neutrally unconcerned with how others feel or whether they succeed, it would not lead you to actively
wish for and plan to
make them fail.
i agree with willard completely. this thread is quite disturbing.
actively trying to take down people you see as more successful than yourself or whom you resent for whatever reason (whether your actions are outright violent or simply personally or socially/poltically manipulative and underhanded) does not "appear" wrong--it actually is just plain wrong. and it's not related to autism at all, it is definitely related to personality disorders and making bad choices.
is there someone you can talk to about this in your life, someone you trust? you should confide in someone you trust and ask for help, if you are truly concerned about this behaviour and wish to change it.
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