Why are most of the posts about depressing things?

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I wonder why most of the users put in very serious and sad subjects. Some of the sad posts include bullying, talking about suicide, tge difference between us and NTs. The later in my opinion is because the world is dominated by NTs and they may find us strange.
Lastly can someone telly me why depressing posts which make NTs seem evil are so depressing?

We aspies are a strange lot. Really, I should only speak for my sad and lonely self, but we relate to each other because a substantial amount of us have been bullied, picked on, ridiculed, made fun of, tricked, ignored, spat upon, neglected, and generally cast aside like used dish towels. We sought refuge from the world and found it at WP. We're free here. There's no one to push us around, inflict wedgies on us, or make us take off our boots while walking in the snow. (Yeah. That happened to me).

These posts aren't designed to make NT's feel guilty, though. Some aspies and auties don't bother with mainstream sites like Facebook because that's pretty much where the 'normals' congregate, and normal is what we're not.

What does NT stand for?

The forum has a lot of threads and posts about sad and serious subjects, because we need to share our experiences about being aspies or having other disorders.

It's a bit like volunteering on the phone desks for the Samaritans, and then wondering, "why are most of the phone calls I'm getting, about sad and serious subjects?"

Occasionally there is some light relief in the forms of some jokes or funny stories.
The fact that WP has more volume of serious threads compared to 'enlightening'/amusing/upbeat threads, is merely a reflection of the condition which most of us accept is more of a disability rather than a special ability..

The few that do occasionally come up with threads such as "I love my aspergers" and "I wouldn't change the way I am" ; usually are those who are also Neurotypical-bashers, or at least they put NTs all in the same basket ; Such aspies are likely to have been bullied and ridiculed in the past by people whom they perceive as inferior species, and use their perceived image of their own Aspie "superiority" as a coping mechanism to fool themselves into thinking that their condition is a good thing.

Those who write such terms as "those illogical, non-sensical NT people", in reality are just comparing themselves with a specific, small subset of the worst NT scumbags on the planet, in order to make them feel better about themselves.

There are millions of very intelligent, friendly, charming, witty and highly rational and logical-thinking people out there, of which most of them are Neurotypicals by sheer volume of people.

I choose to enjoy the humour and company of the highly rational NTs, and ignore the idiot NTs.
Many others here choose to ignore the presence of the highly rational NTs in the World, and instead put more focus on ridiculing the idiot NTs.

WP is pretty much the only place I can talk about a lot of things... I imagine the same holds true for many WP users.

Why did someone quote my entire post, but then did not add any response of their own?

Because it's depressing times so the risk for developing mental illnesses like depression is greater. At least that is my theory.

Isn't it likely to be because by the nature of our condition we are often socially isolated and this can often lead to depression/mental illness.

Because the spectrum ain't exactly full of kittens and rainbows...

I think it's just because more people post when they're in a time of need. People who are doing really well don't have much of a need to get online to talk about their lives. People post to reach out when they need help or to vent. The people who are more content have less of a tendency to make use of forums like this.