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Thank freaking gosh. Rain is on the forecast. It was updated sometime tonight because earlier in the day it showed no precipitation. -
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Sociology practices itself in a closed system. I'm really curious to see what humans hundreds of years from now will be saying about ASD/ADHD. I have my ideas that I'm 99% sure psychologists will have to come to accept over the next century, coming from someone with experience having "mostly" diagnosed ASD; ie barely missing the criteria when I was assessed as a kid, even though the doc said I probably have it Some of my ideas would probably rouse a few head nods from the right crowd, particularly the ones relating to the way we as a society choose to view weakness and how those views percolate into our culture and express themselves in our different personalities. And that maybe we shouldn't judge worth or potential based on how financially uncompetitive one's affect is. Notice how autism barely presented itself as an inherent "pathology" in 1950s America... People with the ASD personality phenotype back then simply found appropriate work and were paid handsomely. They could then come home and unthinkingly be as they decided to be, bringing with them a secure paycheck; while never having to wade through the messy, overly complicated discourse we have today surrounding their very way of living, thinking, and acting.* Some of my other ideas would probably be better read as Tool lyrics. *An over-simplification of the 1950's and their attitude toward "different" people... I mean to argue that ASD wasn't nearly the kind of psychological complex then as it is today. And to be clear, none of the above entirely applies to what we today refer to as more "severe forms" of Autism; where communication is severely impaired, and there are real cognitive+emotional deficits. -
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You're able to understand science and read/write at a sophisticated level, and not spend all day at bar / parties, and limiting your time watching social media or Fox News/CNN? Are you on the spectrum?? If you're actually diagnosed, that's different. No one should look down on someone for that. But I don't like self diagnosis (which is almost always wrong) because it creates a problem that doesn't exist to become an excuse, and it undermines those who actually have it (which is not terribly common if only 2% of the population). ADHD (this one irks me the most) and ASD are the most commonly incorrectly self diagnosed disorders. Always see a professional for diagnosis. Obsession, paranoia, anxiety, bad days and addiction are part of human nature... If those were prerequisites for a disorder, then everyone would have it.- 1
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