Self-affirmation Pledge for those with AS
When I am down, I will get on with it and try not to bother too many other people.
When I am up, I will try to bring joy to other people in whatever way I can.
When I am gone, I will have tried my very best to make this our world a better place.
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. . . and if you are very quiet you can hear the music too . . .
Fedakin: I love every word you wrote. We are in many ways more advanced than NTs. And we do try to improve society. This is how I have always felt. I am glad that I am not alone in these thoughts.
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People in general are idiots that only look one step ahead and don't really care about the things that are required for future generations to enjoy the gift of a great life the current generations have been given; The caring they display is mostly lip service and isn't aimed at actually achieving the outspoken empathic goal.
Here is where Aspergians shine - we are people that don't compromise with our values, and use our brains to the fullest in finding out the best way to achieve the values we believe in. Even though our main focus is on systems like our societies or the planet, things that everyone is dependent on, we do go beyond lip service if we find that someone needs us and actually try to solve their problems. We strive to understand the world in an unbiased way and don't just accept false beliefs. We do have a tendency to have a defiant anti-mentality, but in time, we contemplate the different ways you can look at an issue and find some focus that requires our attention. We truly care about the things we're studying, and since we don't bother adhering to the nonsense that's in the public debate, we're often labelled "extremists". We also are able to operate as individuals, we don't need a crowd to chant that we're right to state our beliefs.
I think that the first men that ascended from the lower primates must have seen weird like we do and initially have been outcasts - these men probably didn't groom their friends in the same way that we don't bother doing any social grooming.
I feel that this syndrome has been a very important part of collective human intelligence and progress throughout history, and that's the justification for our existence.[/quote]
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snake321: I do like what you added. "true non-conventional intellectual elite among us who really don't need someone to tell them how to think. Those like us are aspie savants. The aspie savant is the next major phase in evolution...there are us few, proud, aspie savants. " I totally love these ideas. It makes me feel better to think of myself in those terms.
But if you looked at this forum, and blindly thought that a greater majority of people here are aspie, then you wouldn't see too much of a difference from NTs, and it would make aspies look like hypocrites. Some on here are phoney, some are in varying degrees of autism on this spectrum and may not be as aspie as we are (going by the beautiful mind theory), and of coarse some of them might have just been badly affected by their environment. Some are nice and respectful NTs, and occasionally a not-so-respectful NT. But then there are us few, proud, aspie savants. I raise a toast, Fedaykin.
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I am unique
I am a wonderful human being
I am not selfish or horrible person
I am a caring person
This describes me well. Thank you.
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Loborojo: Lots to agree with here. The parts which most resonate with me:
I should not care for waht people think of me
But i want to be what I am and dress the way I want and stand out even if it draws attention to me,
I get easily bored with what theya re saying, what I say is so much more interesting,
I should not heed envy or jealousy, but it hurts when people criticise me or badmouth me and it hurts when they misinterpret me
I am proud of my skills in art and languages and verbal expression, thanks to being an aspie and seeing the world in different angle and therfor take stances which are diametrically opposed to NTs usually.
I was born a rebel against mediocracy and half heertedness
It does hurt when people misunderstand you and mistreat you. And I think NT's don't understand how common this is, how often it occurs. It hurts every time.
And then you say that you are PROUD of your skills, and that you are special in the way you see things from a different angle. Those are traits I have come to appreciate in myself.
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(this is my motto because in my school days i tried my damnedest to fit in, only for the true me to show thru with one off move or phrase, and ending up becoming the outcast anyway)
You made me laugh when I read that "Oscar was an Aspie"!
And love your advice from experience. Be yourself, because even when you try to fit in, it never really works. I have learned that the hard way, over many long years....
Oddly enough, as smart as I am, it took me years to understand this particular lesson.
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I will not be exiled.
I will not be ridiculed.
I will not merely exist as I am supposed to be happy with.
I have a right to a life, a full, happy life, like the normal achieve so easily, and take so much for granted.
And I will have it. No matter what.
Agreed! All of us have been exiled and ridiculed. All of us have lived the life of mediocrity. We deserve better! We are entitled to better!
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I used to watch Pooh's Grand Adventure when I was younger and this quote always made me smile:
You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think.
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SonicMisaki
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Joined: 24 Sep 2009
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,846
Location: Tirelessly wandering until my future comes
I'll be who I am, whether people like it or not.
I'll be the best I can be till the very end.
I am unique, and I will take responsibility for and advantage of how unique I am.
...no. There is no way you're really "diseased." You do you, BB. Never let idiots and naysayers keep you down.
I love myself and everyone! Don't let anyone tell you that you can't do something important to you or that you aren't important. As the Doctor rightly says: "What's the point of being grown-up if you can't be childish?' and 'In over 900 years of time and space, I've never met anyone who wasn't important.'
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Joined: 12 Jul 2015
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Posts: 43
Location: Cheyenne, Wyoming
I'm different for a reason. My differences are functional. I will be an excellent mother.
I am too old to know it all
I'm not OK
Your not OK
That's OK
Don't believe everything your Brian tells you.
After after an awkward moment
This goes into The Script
or
This goes into The Movie
Side question
What does Alpha mean as used in this thread?
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