2007-02-02 02:18:31 · 11 answers · asked by Anna S 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Not to be snarky or anything, but why do the neurologically typical always assume their rituals are universal? Here's a few tips: don't ask the Hell's Angels why they have a problem with socialization at an Ascot High Tea; don't ask interpretive dance reviewers why they have a problem sharing cocktails with the United States Marine Corps; don't ask the !Kung people why they have a problem fitting in at a chartered accountants' convention.
Be aware of your own social delusions before you assume other people are maladjusted. You'll tick off fewer people. Just a suggestion.
2007-02-02 03:04:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
The previous commentator Elfleada has just given a great description of the world in which a person with Aspergers Syndrome lives. If you woke up every morning on a strange planet with aliens trying to communicate with you then you too would be behaving in a strange fashion that's what it is like for them.
2007-02-02 07:02:51 · answer #2 · answered by boomedly 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That is how the ilness goes. They just don't see the importance of sharing and showing emotion the way the rest of us do and they cannot read the subtle signs of human social behaviour, they would have no clue what to do with a distressed person or would hate to be hugged publicly for instance. Do remember the illness is on a spectrum so there are varying degrees of severity. You should read Mark Haddon's book, "The curious incident of the dog in the night", it would help you understand a lot better!
2007-02-02 02:30:13 · answer #3 · answered by bumbleboi 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know why, I think it has something to do with the way my brain is wired but I most definitely don't want to go to the leaving do that most of the staff have gone to tonight. I find dealing with people quite excruciating and that includes my own family. I got on really well with my parents and lived with them until they died but they, one nephew and my only friend are the only people I have ever felt comfortable around.
In reply to another poster. My parents didn't realise anything was odd about me, I pushed my own diagnosis through when I was in my 30s. At school, every subject on every single report said that although I certainly had ability, eagerness to learn etc, I lived in cloud cuckoo land ... in a world of my own etc. I'm also dyscalculate and dyspraxic. I have tried seven times to get my GCSE maths ... at school it was CSE, I remember the teacher giving up her lunch hour to try and get me to understand one maths problem, an hour later, she was tearing her hair out and I was in tears, it's the only part of academia I have a problem with. Just don't tell me that it's all in my mind or doesn't exist. It's a definite disability that stops me being what I know I can be professionally and socially.
I can never seem to guage peoples emotions or empathise with them. I have very hostile reactions from most people even though every one of them seems to agree that I'm way too nice and polite for my own good, just today, I offered to buy a client a pair of slippers and put an IOU in their box until they could repay me ... I blinked and the room was in an uproar for the next half an hour. I couldn't understand the extent of the reaction although I could see the logic of the comments. If anyone can tell me how to be more acceptable, that's something I'd be interested in.
2007-02-02 06:52:16 · answer #4 · answered by elflaeda 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
People with Asperger's Syndrome have difficulty with that because of the way their brain has developed. Even when it comes to something simple like reading the expressions of others they don't have that natural ability.
2007-02-02 02:26:39 · answer #5 · answered by WhiteLilac1 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You have to see it not as an illness as many have stated but as a different culture...In their own world/culture socializing is not important so there is no need to do it anyway...since it is of no importance to them (mostly because they do not understand the process and the reason why they should socialize) and others make them (because in our culture is a must) do it, they do not do it properly...
2007-02-02 03:59:47 · answer #6 · answered by christina 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Asperger's syndrome is a fallacy.
There is no such illness.
Its one of many new titles invented to justify and pigeon hole an individuals persona.
Oversensitive,arrogant and guilt ridden parents have popularised this method of searching for a suitable "illness" to title their offsprings inappropriate behaviour.
2007-02-02 03:10:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
their brain is very different from yours. there are a lot of ganglia that you have that they simply lack. neuroscientists have researched this (my friend is one). They simply don't have the structures in their brain that enable them to interact like you do. However they could ask why you find it so difficult to do 3-digit multiplication in your head, which many of them can do. Different brains give people different skills.
2007-02-02 02:26:44 · answer #8 · answered by Sufi 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
well they are very sensitive, and have a mild case of autism, autistics of course are very inward focused people and same with aspergers.
2007-02-02 02:26:07 · answer #9 · answered by the Bruja is back 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Same as you find it hard to write a question correctly
2007-02-02 02:21:02 · answer #10 · answered by 2 good 2 miss 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋