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I looked at the criteria for Aspergers last year, and was surprised how high I scored.
And what did I study in university? Science. Which branch? Physics. Why? Because it seemed the most fundamental. It was the basis of everything. It just seemed like it was going to reveal the mysteries of the universe and give me a sense of certainty. Then in first year they talked about the Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle. (Dang!)
And yes, without Ava’s encouragement and commitment to people I could easily become a recluse, fairly happy to avoid people and putter away at my own speed. And not feel particularly lonely. For a while anyway.
@blackdog is right, they can overlap. I agree with @shutterbug55 about these traits not being fatal. What causes the fatalities is not appreciating how your mind functions, and ending up in serious car crashes, or feeling suicidal because you don’t fit in and you’re not normal.
I’m old enough and have been to enough ‘high school reunions’ to realize no one felt normal. No one is normal. And so I’m trying to avoid using the term normal and take on the much livelier phrase, ‘neuro-typical.’
Who wants to be ‘typical’? Not me. Who wants to be ‘average?’ Not me.
Who wants to have some good friends, enough money to be happy, a job that is meaningful and stretches us, hobbies we love, people we love who may even love us for who we are… not who we could be if we stop doing certain things and start doing other things? Me! Me! Me!
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