>>104442137>>104445028As an Aspie/Autist myself, the thing I've learned is that people are just TOO emotional. I have what might be known as the good side of ASD. I was heavily involved in different groups and social classes as a kid, was put into a lot of after school drama classes (at my request as I wanted to be an actor) and my parents basically encouraged every whim or hobby I went for regardless of how short or how long it lasted. They might not understand it, but for example, my Dad will still buy me SEGA games for Birthday's/Christmases as he knew way back when I was SEGA mad (fave console was the Dreamcast). I don't overly care if the game is a bad game or not, it shows how encouraging he is to me as a person so I have this very healthy upbringing from a loving family.
Now cue real life relationships, I never understood dating, couldn't tell when girls were into me or whatever. When in a relationship, before my diagnosis, I was seen as cold, no one knew how I felt, I seemed emotionless because I wasn't expressing my needs or whatever.
After diagnosis, it makes perfect sense as I was in a constant state of "I'm fine, and I'm happy."
People with other illnesses, or even typicals, complicate things with needless drama, always overthinking, trying to play a mind-game (as everyone does on a social level) that me and fellow aspies just simply don't.
And for the most part, society just does not understand that. We're not robots but we're logical rather than emotional. We wait until we have all the facts and the definites before we let out a response. We don't worry over things if we have to wait on information.
So yeah, while some autists have the anxiety, OCD and sensory overload, I don't have much of that. I get sensory overload if I'm concentrating on a task and I'm constantly interrupted as single mind focus but society as a whole are far too emotional.
