TheWingman wrote:
TheygoMew wrote:
I have had a lot of stress in my life. Still I look much younger than everyone else.
Completly agree. Aspies have in average much more stress than others because they are on the freaking wrong planet, but they still look younger.
I don't believe either in facial expression theory, I know lots of people with very expressive faces who don't have wrikles and look yonger. Also, there are some people who have wrikles and look yonger and some people don't have wrinkles but look old. What makes someone look young or old is hard to grasp. Personally I think it's in the genes.
Besides genetics......
As I stated in my post, Autistics do NOT(for the most part) have the TYPE of
stress related to maintaining a 40hr week plus job, paying a monthly mortgage, and raising children. Why ? Because according to statistics people with Autism disproportionately do NOT have these things.
Everyone has stress. It's a fact of life. BUT, stress related to 'what'. This rat race will kill you and for the most part Autistics are NOT a part of IT.
For example: The president of the United States has stress related to dealing with national and global issues on a daily basis that effect billions of people in addition to stress related issues of the common every day man. For the most part, presidents don't age well, either.
Having to focus on self vs. having to balance that focus on self and others in spite of a condition is
a whole other world.
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