05 Jun 2016, 5:50 am
Ganondox wrote:
Part of the problem is it's impossible to know exactly what "autism" gives you. Autism is defined as being a disorder, it doesn't give anything, but the underlying cause, what people are really talking about, usually does.
Well I wish it would knock it off, then. Whatever it's giving me, I don't care for it one bit.
05 Jun 2016, 7:59 am
05 Jun 2016, 1:16 pm
skibum wrote:
I know that some of the best parts of my personality are directly because of my Autism. There are also some physical aspects about my life that I love that are directly because of my Autism.
That's good to hear. I don't fault you or anyone else for feeling that way and in fact I think it's wonderful that you can find positive things like that in it.
I just don't feel this way about myself, though.In some sense, I suppose this thread has shown me that autism is a part of me; but not in the same way it's a part of a lot of other people on this forum (which is kind of what I was getting at). I don't value it, don't like anything about it and would love to be rid of it; but I can't get rid of it, so I've had to accept that and adapt to it as best I can.
It still feels like it doesn't belong there.
