I agree with you Josh. I am proud to be me, and I'm fiercely loyal to myself. Ok ok maybe that's a touch on the arrogant side but I am a tiny bit narcissistic, but only to myself. I don't use it to hurt others, just to love myself.
Every once in a while I will experience a slight lack of self esteem, which makes me cringe somewhat... but I bounce back very quickly.
I am a 19 year old aspie with brilliant strengths and troubling traits that may not be strong... but I won't call them weak. I don't really want to think of myself as having weaknesses... however I will accept that they are debilitating.
I mean - what's weak to one person may not be perceived as weak to someone else, likewise with strength.
It's no one's business to pick out character flaws of aspies really except for the aspie him/herself, for a trait someone might be a bit critical of that I portray I may not agree with what they have to say on the matter.
This kind of feeling can be a bit lonesome... I'm struggling to write down something cohesive for some reason... I think it's 'cause my creativity sways to extremes sometimes... or something along those lines, or maybe it's all part of my AS - sometimes incredibly articulate, other times not really.
Sometimes I need to remember that, as a young man, it's no crime to have a few loop holes in my knowledge and experience in life...
Consider this - just 'cause something might be unpopular, does it make it wrong? Just 'cause something may only attract a few people's attention, does it make it any less valid than more mainstream things?
I am what I am.
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