marcus-As wrote:
I am highly abstract and can mix and merge things on planes that other people just cant think.
I have had to explain a concept to someone over 10 times, each time having to dumb down the sheer hard thought needed to understand.
My aspie ex was really good at abstract thinking. He scored in the top 2% of the population for abstract thinking on an IQ test. He could organize concepts in his head and come out with amazingly insightful explanations for human behavior and social or political events. And he could do it so fast it was like watching a lightening bolt. And then he would laugh and his eyes would light up. This would drive alot of people, particularly our relatives, insane. The maddening part was that he could hear and repeat and rearrange the concepts but did not understand the emotive content of the concepts. He couldn't show any real compassion so it was all pointless.
I can imagine that if my ex was able to feel or show emotions in the way that normals or even less detached aspies have emotions about concepts he wouldn't be able to make these very quick and brilliant analysis' because his "calculations" would be slowed down by the work that needed to be done in order deal with his own or other people's feelings.
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