Fighting The Fourth Reich

[Kinser79]

(08-24-2017, 11:11 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: I went to a psychologist when I had a psychological problem (grief-related depression) with no connection to the autistic spectrum.

Good and did he give you a diognosis for a spectrum disorder? If not then you're talking out of your ass as usual.

Quote:Asperger's is considered part of the autistic spectrum.

Was, actually. The DSM-V removed Asperger's as a stand alone disorder, and with good reason.

Quote:I was bullied frequently as a child,

Welcome to the club then. Oh wait, everyone gets bullied as a child.

Quote: which is commonplace for people with Asperger's.

Spectrum disorders are commonly diagnosed in children these days. Since all children get bullied to one degree or an other degree being bullied is not a symptom.

Quote: I have had difficulty getting and holding jobs (ineptitude in understanding non-verbal communications) and was never good at dating.

I doubt any spectrum disorder has anything to do with that considering that I run a donut shop that essentially staffed with all sorts of freaks and geeks. I'm by far the most normal one there. I have a feeling that your inablity to hold jobs or obtain women has more to do with being a beta than any spectrum disorder. Female nature dictates that they are attracted to alpha males (good genes) or to resources (an indicator of good genes for those who aren't your stereotypical alpha).

Quote: My capacity for expression of humor is best described as either sarcastic or sardonic. The comedy that I can get is either physical comedy (Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, Orvilie and Hardy, Lucille Ball) or perhaps sardonic (the sort of humor that Alfred Hitchcock offers in The Trouble with Harry). Maybe something wise and witty. Vile stuff from the late Sam Kinison? Turn it off!

Not a symptom for a spectrum disorder. Sam Kinnison never really was funny. His popularity was largely based on the fact that he said the shocking shit other people were thinking. As for humor in general and jokes in particular the best are either sarcastic or sardonic.

Quote:People have told me that I am 'high-functioning', but that appearance results from my suppression of the more objectionable features of autistic behavior. I must act to seem normal enough that my lapses are mere 'eccentricity'. I wish that I needed not be such a conformist as I am. For me, life is acting. I would rather be normal; as much as I act in real life, and I think I am good enough at it that were it not for Asperger's I would be able to make a living in Little Theater.

Unless these people are psychologists then they don't know what they are talking about. I know that having a spectrum disorder is somewhat of a fad amongst Millies--but in Boomers it looks like absurd attention seeking behavior. As for normality being an act, you've just said outloud what everyone else is really doing. Being "normal" is an act.

Quote:Maybe had I known much earlier I would have gotten better vocational guidance. I could have gotten some protection in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. I have a high-enough IQ to be a potential trouble-maker in many milieux.

I doubt that. People who are successful have that drive in them. If someone does not have that drive then they will never be successful. And what denotes success is individual. I think very few people would consider being a manager of a donut shop being successful, but I don't even factor what I do for a paycheck into the equation. For me it is a place I go, to do stuff, to get money.

Also my experience indicates that those who go on and on about their IQ typically are just smart enough to know that they really are an idiot. Those with lower IQ lack the capacity to realize this, those with higher IQ see no reason to boast about their number.

Quote:The one thing good about Asperger's (aside from it not being as bad as other disorders) is that it makes one unlikely to develop any chemical dependency.

Didn't you seek out outpatient treatment for alcoholism?

Honestly I don't think you have Asperger's or any other spectrum disorder. If you did, it would have manifested itself in a diagnose-able form long before your 60s. I will say that this excuse emerged as soon as your parents were dead and could no longer blame them for your failure as a human being.