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ORIGINAL: CarrieO

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ORIGINAL: Psykic

Oh, I hope that my post did not come off as hostile, by the way.

Your post has been one of the most intelligent posts on this thread...don't worry.  I, for one, hope you choose to post more often.

Welcome! 

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ORIGINAL: Psykic

Oh, I hope that my post did not come off as hostile, by the way. The sarcastic part was mostly to be amusing while making a point. I am very in favor of this discussion, I just wanted to voice some things that I believe are misconceptions.

Also, as I forgot to mention it earlier, I have noticed that there seem to be a much higher rate of aspies in the BDSM community than in the general population. I suspect it is partially because we don't have the same distinctions as neurotypicals about what is normal and what is taboo, and because it allows us to utilize the open-mindedness and creativity that seem to be common traits.

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ORIGINAL: thepillowdreamer
i was referring to people with asperger's who don't know that they have it; specifically, people who are on the more severe end of the spectrum. in my list up there ...

i know i'm rationalizing ...

... again though, from the messages i've gotten here, i'm honestly wondering about people with asperger's who do need some sort of help. i mean that in the least offensive possible way.

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ORIGINAL: Psykic
Oh, I hope that my post did not come off as hostile, by the way. The sarcastic part was mostly to be amusing while making a point. I am very in favor of this discussion, I just wanted to voice some things that I believe are misconceptions.

Also, as I forgot to mention it earlier, I have noticed that there seem to be a much higher rate of aspies in the BDSM community than in the general population. I suspect it is partially because we don't have the same distinctions as neurotypicals about what is normal and what is taboo, and because it allows us to utilize the open-mindedness and creativity that seem to be common traits.

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ORIGINAL: thepillowdreamer

obviously i got you riled up, and i can understand why. i worded myself in typical shitty manner, apparently started a topic that people don't want to talk about, and i don't know. i'm sorry. sincerely.

i'm not a bad person, but i do believe that asperger's is an illness. just like my anxiety and depression is an illness. good things have come of those, too, as well as the bad.

as far as how i worded myself in the op: i was referring to people with asperger's who don't know that they have it; specifically, people who are on the more severe end of the spectrum. in my list up there, i wasn't making a rush to judgment or anything, but going by the people i was an aide for; these are people who bite (and break skin) when someone accidentally brush against them, who can't function in public to the point of me panicking and thinking that they've gone catatonic, and do hold deep obsessions.

i know i'm rationalizing, but i am sorry that i offended you and anyone else with high-functioning asperger's. i hate it when people make assumptions about my handicaps, and i'm sorry that i made you feel that shitty.

again though, from the messages i've gotten here, i'm honestly wondering about people with asperger's who do need some sort of help. i mean that in the least offensive possible way.

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ORIGINAL: wittynamehere

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ORIGINAL: thepillowdreamer
head to google or open up a textbook if you want more info on the subject
medication helps, a lot, and will improve their quality of life

By the way, you should heed your own advice. There is NO medication for Asperger syndrome. In fact, it's one of the only conditions for which there is no medical treatment whatsoever. :)

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ORIGINAL: Jeffff

I thought the OP was tongue in cheek. I was amused.

But then again I am an insensitive Internet prick.


~giggles~

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ORIGINAL: lusciouslips19
To the OP, you have a lot of nerve with your negative bits about Aspergers. People with Aspergers have much about them thats great. I find your one dimensional view of their deficits judgemental in a way no person with Aspergers is. As far as the victim complex...hardly. And they stand up for fairness and social justice and are more kind and sensitive than you have a right to be given to you.

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ORIGINAL: thepillowdreamer

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ORIGINAL: lusciouslips19
To the OP, you have a lot of nerve with your negative bits about Aspergers. People with Aspergers have much about them thats great. I find your one dimensional view of their deficits judgemental in a way no person with Aspergers is. As far as the victim complex...hardly. And they stand up for fairness and social justice and are more kind and sensitive than you have a right to be given to you.

i'm not harassing anyone with asperger's. i do not have a one-dimensional view of anyone who does have it. i am referring to people who are, to put it nicely, not functioning on an independent level. i think you're damning me just a little bit, there. and yes, i am holding my tongue.

i was noticed something and was curious. i wanted to start up a conversation. we now have people from every side of the issue discussing, even people who can enlighten me because they have knowledge i obviously wouldn't. this is a delicate and interesting conversation, even though i've obviously been an ass.

and now i'm disambiguating the op.

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i didn't start this thread to demean anyone, or make umbrella assumptions.

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as an afterthought: i have a few relatives with severe developmental disorders. i fucking hate it when people assume that one of those relatives is some mindlessly jovial innocent woman-child just because of her condition. i hate this because she isn't innocent, she is childlike, and she certainly isn't jovial.

i don't like this cousin. not because she a genetic defect, but because she's a bitch. and as a human being, she has a right to be a bitch. she's not a token.

•  obsession with one or two topics. true love, the perfect slave/dom, whatever.
•   paranoia and abominable victim complex.
•   self-obsession.
•   low self-esteem.
•   extreme terseness when communicating with others, along with difficulty communicating with others in general.
•   being so on the defensive that they are offensive.
•   flashes of irrational anger. (tantrums)
•   inability to engage in regular conversation: this goes back to the obsessions.

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ORIGINAL: came4U
oook, well, we can see that this is a personal problem.

oh goodies. So in the end this has nothing to do with your issues with CM 'people', it has more to do with the unresolved family problems that we are now burdened with?

gottcha.