TheygoMew wrote:
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.
TheSunAlsoRises
MMM I still maintain that aspies have more stress than others. Every life can be stressfull, that's for sure, but most of the people just do what they have to do and have stress now and then due to unexpected events occuring. The stress of an aspie - like me, is that you just don't feet anywhere, at least you feel this way, dealing with everyday life situation can be much more difficult. Aspies have more difficulties with people, feell more lonely and thus more depressed.
When you are an aspie, at least you have greats friends plus a confortable source of revenu doing something you like, that's gonna be a tough life for you.