The Three Components of my Identity

[CCitizen]

We also only have your word for it. You could be in it for a free ride. As you get older you will see more and more people unwilling to join society for reasons ranging from fear to laziness.

So I do not have a reason to believe that you are being dishonest but have you considered what you can do to change your situation.

I never claim to know that I am Autistic -- this is what my doctors told me. I do not have a PhD is Psychology to diagnose myself.

[CCitizen]

The Components of my Identity

What matters. I was first born. Tall enough. Smart enough. Successful in life and work. No religion. Husband, Kids, grandkids, love the open road. Private. Do it yourselfer, bicyclist, great driver, reader, writer, technician, problem solver, photographer, manager, bad listener - shut up I heard you long ago. Patience I lack, my only fault? I'm sure I could add more and my wife of more years than most of you have lived would agree but that may sound like bragging.

I respect your work and achievement.

I personally am not a normal person (normie).

Proud to be an Aspie.

[CCitizen]

Imagine, if you will, how much help you could get if we didn't give welfare to those that can support themselves but just won't.

About 90% of people who would not support themselves in fact can not. A healthy body does not preclude severe mental problems.

[carolina73]

I never claim to know that I am Autistic -- this is what my doctors told me. I do not have a PhD is Psychology to diagnose myself.

Not criticizing or judging you. Just saying that you should try to do the most you can with what you have. You just don't give up on life and use it as an excuse. There are jobs that you can do at home that are not on a strict schedule. That is why I mentioned programming. You may never be cured but you may become less dependent. I had a draftsman that worked for me that had no legs. A legally deaf programmer...
We gave them extra consideration and space and they returned it with extra effort.

[DGUtley]

About 90% of people who would not support themselves in fact can not. A healthy body does not preclude severe mental problems.

not true.

[CCitizen]

not true.

I disagree. Sadly, hundreds of thousands of people are dying from preventable causes in USA due to lack of medical care.

Thank G-d, my parents help me.

[CCitizen]

I had a draftsman that worked for me that had no legs. A legally deaf programmer...

These people are true heroes.

Many common people without help fall down.

[TheOneOnly2]

I respect your work and achievement.

I personally am not a normal person (normie).

Proud to be an Aspie.

According to the DSM there is no such thing as Asperger's right? So you cant be an Aspie. You have 'high functioning ASD'. You are just plain autistic.

I think part of the problem is this idea that having some disorder makes you special. You use the term 'normies' for example and as far as I know this is an insult. A lot of nerds like to insult people by calling them 'normies'. And I think that this pride people like you seem to have in not being normal is certainly linked to nerd culture.

You know what the big problem is? It is that people that do have a PhD in Psychology are all complete idiots. Any one of us can look up the symptoms for ASD and get diagnosed with it if we wanted to. Same thing with depression. And many do. A lot of you are malingering just because you are lazy or because you seek some special identity. Or because they want an excuse for the fact that they are %$%$ ups. Another problem is overdiagnosis of disorder due to behavioural problems in children. The fact is that most behavioural problems in children are due to poor parenting, poor/lazy early childhood workers and teachers - and the fact that diagnosis is incentivized due to the fact that it gives parents an excuse for their poor parenting skills and it gives early childhood centres and schools state funding for additional care - and it gives doctors an excuse to sell some pills for big pharma. So not only are there many malingerers - there are also many that are just plain misdiagnosed.

But yeah - 'normie' is an insult. It is a derogatory term. You are insulting us right?

edit - Of course nobody with a mental disorder should be ashamed of it because it isnt their fault but to be proud of it prevents people from wanting to overcome it. And that is a problem. Not being able to function within society and therefore not being able to contribute to society is nothing to be proud of.

edit - whether people with disorders are malingerers or not they should be forced to contribute something to society even if it is just volunteer work. Most disabled people can contribute something to society and as far as I know most do want to. So a compulsory amount of hours paid or unpaid work shouldnt be a problem- unless you are a lazy malingerer. That should go for all unemployed/out of work people too. Non-military national service.

[DGUtley]

I disagree. Sadly, hundreds of thousands of people are dying from preventable causes in USA due to lack of medical care. Thank G-d, my parents help me.

You said:

About 90% of people who would not support themselves in fact can not. A healthy body does not preclude severe mental problems.

That simply is not true.

[carolina73]

These people are true heroes.

Many common people without help fall down.

Tell yourself that you want to be a hero.