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pree10shun
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26 Jun 2011, 1:14 am

How should we know what we are missing not being NT

I never understood why disabled people kept saying they don't need pity but acceptance until I got diagnosed with AS myself...



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26 Jun 2011, 3:06 am

MyDogSasha wrote:
my shrink always says dont you want to talk or dont you wish you could talk? but i dont...i dont really care about talking. im ok with not talking that much...and when i say it she wont beleive me...

does this happen to you? that your NOT upset about something but people think you are or should be

Yes, very much so. I have always been extremely aloof and introvert, and people have never understood or accepted that I wasn't unhappy about it. I am content with being me, but they don't get it because they feel so differently about it. That theory of mind issue works both ways.


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26 Jun 2011, 5:43 am

I have the opposite - I get NT relatives telling me NOT to be upset about having AS.


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26 Jun 2011, 6:29 am

DeaconBlues wrote:
My differences used to make me miserable when I was younger, because people kept trying to convince me that being different was bad, and that I should really want to be just like them. It frustrated me that I couldn't make myself want that.

Now I'm feeling much better... :)


I couldn't have said it better myself! :D