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Sedaka
Searching For My Catcher in the Rye
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 Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:29 pm Post subject: Does the novelty ever go away? |
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everytime i read something new on AS/autism.........
criteria stuff and explanations and ways to help and identify and deal with it.........
just amazes me how much it pertains to so many aspects of my life.
I still feel like all these textbooks were written for me (well, obviously not all parts)
sometimes it offends me that people can write stuff of and pigeonhole me.
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yone
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| Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah, even really small things that you'd never expect were related. But then someone mentions them, and a whole hoard of people say they do it too. |
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Vegasadelphia
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| Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah, I hear what you are saying. I always knew I was different, but I had no idea that so many of my quirks and what made a unique person, my personality, was part of a diagnosis. |
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Postperson
The Daughter of Indifference
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| Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm a living novelty. bit like a circus freak. |
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Tim_Tex
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| Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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I feel that the novelty of my current job has gone away, and that's why I am going back to college (majoring in geology).
Tim
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Erich
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 12:07 am Post subject: |
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For what it's worth (and I'm not being mean when I say this), I think a lot of what I read here is fairly general for the entire society. Not all of it of course, but a good amount is.
But because there are so many aspies here, and agreeing that they have that trait.......it seems to fit.
I'm not so sure how good this really is. I wonder if some of you read these possible aspie 'traits' and think "Wow, that's just like me, I really am a classic aspie." or "Man, we are so much different than NT's". But many 'traits' posted here aren't unusual for anyone at all.
I've read threads where people asked "I like to drive is that an Aspie trait". "I don't get along with my sister, is that Aspie?" "I don't like going to the doctor"
I've read here that people wonder if it's calming to hear rain coming down, or listen to music a lot, and many other things.
But fact is, 90% of the population is the same way.
I also read a thread where a member looked back through their photo albums (from decades ago) and posted 2 or 3 photos of themself not looking at the camera when they were a kid. And they made it seem like it helped to prove they had Asperger's. But in reality? EVERY person can look back through photos and find themself looking away from the camera.
I guess what I'm trying to say (in a nice way) is that 80% of the traits people post here are shared by the entire population at some point in their life. And you really aren't as "unusual" as you think when you read all of this here. No, I'm not at all downplaying Asperger's Syndrome. But I hope many here realize that they aren't that much different than everyone else around them.
I hope no one takes my post in a bad way. |
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gwenevyn
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 12:28 am Post subject: |
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| Erich wrote: | But I hope many here realize that they aren't that much different than everyone else around them.
I hope no one takes my post in a bad way. |
Honestly, you're kind of the straw that broke the camel's back for me. And I'm a mellow-tempered camel. 
I am so weary of people saying about me (or my AS relatives or my autistic son) "but everybody does that". It's difficult to communicate the more subtle differences between individuals or groups of individuals.
Yes, everybody hates hearing nails on chalkboard. But not everybody hates it to the same degree.
People with AS like to think a lot about the tiny things in our lives which make up our perceptions and thoughts. We like to compare notes. We even like to joke about this amongst ourselves. Whether the traits and quirks we talk about are abnormal or NT, what's distinctly AS is the fact that we enjoy analyzing this at all.
Plus, I've noticed that the tendency to think that this fascinating process is a waste of time seems to be a red flag for neurotypicality. Hehe.  |
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yone
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 12:52 am Post subject: |
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| Erich wrote: | | For what it's worth (and I'm not being mean when I say this), I think a lot of what I read here is fairly general for the entire society. Not all of it of course, but a good amount is. |
I was specifically thinking about how I draw patterns across paper. That, I know is both obscure and related. But I hadn't thought of it that way.
| Erich wrote: | | I hope no one takes my post in a bad way. |
Probably will. We're all obsessed with being different from NTs. |
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Sedaka
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| Erich wrote: | | For what it's worth (and I'm not being mean when I say this), I think a lot of what I read here is fairly general for the entire society. Not all of it of course, but a good amount is. |
i wasnt reffering to stuff that i've read on here....
i just mean in general.... like what the official things say about the various DXes... from a variety of sources.
it just reminds me of that first autism article i read and was dumbfounded cause i thought there was a camera right behind me with some weirdo vigilantly taking notes on my every move.
as for the threads here.... i thnk it's just comforting to know there are other people that share your traits. im sure a lot of it doesnt have to do with AS specifically.
im still just fascinated though everytime i read some sweeping generalization and while i want to have that reaction you take to all the threads here about "do you do this".... i cant help but say, that's me.
but i was just reading up on AS/NVLD when i thought to make this thread.
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UncleBeer
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 1:48 am Post subject: |
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| Erich wrote: | I've read threads where people asked "I like to drive is that an Aspie trait". "I don't get along with my sister, is that Aspie?" "I don't like going to the doctor"
I've read here that people wonder if it's calming to hear rain coming down, or listen to music a lot, and many other things.
But fact is, 90% of the population is the same way. |
You've found my only disappoint here at WP: it often seems nothing more than a sounding board for teen angst: "Why can't I get a girlfriend?", or "No-one understands me". Nothing wrong with posting stuff like this, of course. Hopefully many can realize these are things that *everyone* goes through though!
| Erich wrote: | | For what it's worth (and I'm not being mean when I say this), I think a lot of what I read here is fairly general for the entire society. Not all of it of course, but a good amount is. |
A woman I know who works professionally with many Aspies told me that *everyone* in the world fits somewhere on the spectrum: all the way from John Q. Normal, waaaay over to Rain Man. I thought this was a very insightful comment. |
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Izaak
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 3:00 am Post subject: |
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I think the novelty is wearing off. When I first started to come to the realisation that I had AS I read every site I could about it, followed blogs, took online tests, got a couple of text books out of the library, read a couple of journals and news article saw the movies featuring autism etc...
As far as all that is concerned I'm starting to reach the point where I have accepted that I have it so I'm more going through the phase of appreciating it. Which is where I love this board. In a lot of the threads I read on here are people going through the same things I am going through, and going through things that I haven't yet. Every thread is a chance to learn something. Whether it's a way to adapt to NT's in certain circumstances, or to use certain AS traits to my advantage in others. So far I can't see that novelty wearing off any time soon.
And even in the threads that don't offer any concrete advice, it's nice to just be able to connect with people about anything without getting mentally exhausted in the process. So that probably won't wear off either.
But yeah, as for the original question, I'll still read those text books, and journals, and the like, but they don't hold the same revelation type OMG responses for me any more. What I still find interesting though is reading through the different approaches taken to solve the same problem. I.E. descriptions of the NT brain in solving a problem and how the AS subjects tend to solve it. That still holds fascination for me. |
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nutbag
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 6:19 am Post subject: |
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It is strange, and I just spoke to my sis about AS "symptoms" being so many, strange, and varied. I used an analogy:
So I go to the WallyWorld SuperCenter to buy things. As I walk from item to item (socks, troling motor, hinges, a radio, undies, an artichoke, ice cream, dog collar, aspirin) I continue to see the same people, all buying the same stuff. Then I exclaim I left bread off my list. Everyone around me says they did too and from their carts the same Jewish Rye I had in mind!
I don't think the novelty of this is ever gona wear off.
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Kosmonaut
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 6:23 am Post subject: |
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What novelty ?
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pluto
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 6:43 am Post subject: |
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It's been nearly a year now since I discovered AS and I still feel like I've been 'reborn' and
I'm like a child learning in school again. I expect the novelty will wear off eventually,but
hopefully we all remember what we learn and it helps us contribute to society.
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