Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Feelings being on the spectrum

Being on Autism Spectrum is very challenging because it is so difficult to maintain conversations, understanding people's boundaries, knowing what is 'right' or 'wrong' and the key asks of relationships/friendships. The social rules and communication objectives is very assuming and seen as negative.

I have been through workshops about understanding the rules of different relationships. Most of them are just incredibly different for me to understand when and which are the right classifications. My language ability to this has also affected. I have missed a lot of language skills when I grew up because no one understood what was wrong with me at younger age.
It is also very frustrating, stressful and tiring for a person on the Autism Spectrum to figure things out what is right because he/she is trying to find something that he/she wanted to do. For instance, want to hang out with a group of friends, or wanting to go on a date etc. The person on the spectrum does not realise the key areas from the other people do not understand what I may have missed. Like, what kind of relationship are we having?

The conversations part is another challenge because the social rules are diverse and being mixed bag due to different cultures, and various backgrounds. This adds further pressure on my ability to interact and hang out with people that I always wanted. Likewise many people on the spectrum are seen as 'negative' but also seen as 'positively talented' due to intelligence in science and modern world. The key areas of social and communication is immature and pragmatic.
The downside of having Autism is the non-clinical anxiety and depression because the various impacts on making people uncomfortable is not seen from the perspective of autistic person. This leads to socially exclusive or antisocial behaviour. The pressure between the autistic and the non-autistic person is the perspective difference. The written rules are not mirrored from each others, hence one party will feel uncomfortable while the other party doesn't understand why he/she feeling uncomfortable.

This comes lost in translation due to passive communication from the society about wanting to learn the difference between two perspectives. This is a sign of social segregation where the assumptions are being made. This places stigma on autistic people where they are seen unemployable, undateable or unfriendly.

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