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| Noctis23 said: Don't pity yourself, you're not retarded, and don't let anyone tell you different |
That awkward moment you're about to tell people online that you both are on the spectrum and are retarded...
It's not a fun combination.
On topic, I've been diagnosed to be on the spectrum. Oddly enough, it seemingly hasn't made me less kind or anything. I was bright enough at a young age to realize that I was missing out on peoples' feelings, and learned to compensate by trying to be constantly sympathetic. To this day though, I have a weird mix of being very sympathetic to people, but not empathetic.
That said, since I've had to teach myself what social cues and body language mean, sometimes I actually spot things that other people miss. Both in others and myself. And although I have trouble emphasizing with other people in social interactions, I have learned to do it abstractly better than most. So, in short, being on the pectrum has helped make me more awkward and miserable, but also more insightful and kind. Which is why, although I'm taking medication for certain symptoms, I would not like to be "cured."
It's a shame though. I sometimes wonder what people see when they look at each other and automatically understand so much more than I do.
