Sora wrote:
Do you like saying "I"?
Did you perhaps refrain from using this word or any form of it at a time in your life/do you still?
Figured there's no other place to ask, so I might as well do it here. I wondered whether this was somehow related to autism or not, because reading through childhood writings of my, I noticed I never once wrote "I", "mine" or anything that explicitly referred to my person. Quite scary. I can remember that my parents insisted on saying "I" and all that ("I'm hungry"), but I refrained absolutely from saying something like "I think" or whether "I like/dislike" something and nobody could make me in fear of me having a meltdown.
Now obviously I'm using "I" quite normally here. I remember that I started using "I" in writing when I learned English (I learned German before) and then started using it in German too, although I still use it a lot less in German. It's a lot harder for me to use "ich" (meaning "I") in German and people in everyday life in Germany notice that I don't. Anyways, I found it curious that I began using references to myself when I learned English as second native language and it's so easy to say "I" in English whereas it isn't in German.
I didn't find anything about this, thus I also wanted to ask whether this really has to do with autism or not?
Am also have same problem,started using I in written form a couple of years ago,but it takes am a long time to filter it in own mind-to work out what it is,and then not feel right when it's there either-am not going to go through that for every bit of communication so use 'am' instead,it makes more sense to am.
Was told by the speech therapist,it was part of own autism,and it is noted in a book he compiled about am/autism.
Am wonder whether it could be to do with the abstract thinking problem in autism and aspergers,as 'I' is abstract?
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