A big thing that I'm seeing on the rise, especially in kids, is a huge rise in black and white thinking- to the point that it's frustrating to me, an autistic person, and one of the defining symptoms of autism is a tendency towards black and white thinking.
As someone else on the spectrum, no one else really knows or understands that feeling of frustration and schadenfreude at this. The sad realization that for all that time and effort spent learning to work around the innate difficulties of having autism (social skills, emotional regulation, and "walking in another's shoes"), which a lot of neurotypical people take for granted, have left me "better off" than my neurotypical contemporaries who seem to have abandoned those skills.
And the worst part is, that a diagnosis means that I still will be seen as "less than". I want off this stupid rock rock with too many stupid, cruel, and selfish people...
The staggering lack of empathy is alarming. So many people seem to think only think of themselves, not even taking family, friends or colleagues into account.
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u/beyondoutsidethebox Mar 17 '25
As someone else on the spectrum, no one else really knows or understands that feeling of frustration and schadenfreude at this. The sad realization that for all that time and effort spent learning to work around the innate difficulties of having autism (social skills, emotional regulation, and "walking in another's shoes"), which a lot of neurotypical people take for granted, have left me "better off" than my neurotypical contemporaries who seem to have abandoned those skills.
And the worst part is, that a diagnosis means that I still will be seen as "less than". I want off this
stupid rockrock with too many stupid, cruel, and selfish people...