Trump brought the Regeneracy, just not in the way he expected.

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(03-14-2017, 11:52 AM)The Wonkette Wrote:

(03-13-2017, 07:34 AM)Odin Wrote: I think Brower's issues come more from depression than from his Asperger's.

I don't think any of us armchair psychiatrists have any basis to judge whether PBrower is on the spectrum or not, versus being depressed.  I don't believe any of us have actually met the man in person; how one posts isn't always a good proxy.

I am the only one who can know. People will simply need to take my word or think me crazy or a liar.

Being diagnosed only at age 60 is a rarity. There are circumstances like extreme success that might allow one to get away with Asperger's and live what might seem a somewhat normal life. Economic success without a satisfying family life might be enough for many people. Being diagnosed much younger is the norm.

I got neither a satisfying economic life nor a satisfying family life. I know the usual causes for such: stupidity, cruelty, madness, laziness... there are people who merit trust in neither economic nor personal life. Eccentricity? I found that I was acting to seem normal. I was not a free spirit as I thought; I was a conformist.

I had extreme positives and extreme negatives.

I can imagine a very different life, one in which either (1) I am basically the same person without Asperger's -- which sounds like the hero of a romance novel, and isn't much of a story even if it is the book sold in bulk at Wal*Mart, or (2) I know about the syndrome and make suitable adjustments. Maybe I had taken a college-level course in psychology and saw enough scary signs of it to get the help that I needed.

So maybe I have some modicum of career success and am able to marry... and my wife and I choose to adopt kids. Like attracts like, after all; maybe she is also on the spectrum. Because inability to tolerate loud random noise is part of the reality of Asperger's we adopt five-year-old kids who look like neither of us. It is far easier to get children that way. We have a good sex life because we want each other to enjoy sex fully.

My bosses know that I have a problem... but they also know my positives. As with most people with handicaps I am very cautious. I am trustworthy with assets and human relations. I make good decisions when asked to make such decisions. ...Or I was directed into some creative activity, where I do well.

Nobody has a perfect life, but I have as good a life as I can have under the circumstances.