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| Naku Nyame | Jun 23 2014, 03:50 PM Post #1 |
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The changed Naku
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Hello VE, I'm here to talk about something serious: Autism. We don't quite understand how we get it, or how we can treat it, but it is still a problem. Many people are shamed for having autism when there are many different forms and levels of it. I know what it's like to deal with people who have Autism. Especially since I'm one of them, I have ADHD and Auspergers. This may help explain the way I may have acted in the past. I personally think I have grown enough that I can hide it and seem like a normal person. I was lucky to have a more severe case of it. I'm not entirely sure where I want this topic to go. I guess you can list experiences with it, or post new cures and treatments that are in development. But I hope you all have a wonderful day. |
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| Hatsune Candy | Jun 23 2014, 10:12 PM Post #2 |
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The soul of a forgotten file
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I think this topic should be directed more towards mental disorders in general, it'd be a good discussion to get into. That being said, I suppose I should consider myself lucky, all I have is ADHD. But that's always pissed me off regardless. I don't consider myself to have ADHD, I don't consider myself to have any sort of mental illness. Just because my brain works differently from the majority of people doesn't mean I'm diseased or have a disorder. It's just who I am. Back when I was still taking medication for my ADHD, whenever I started acting hyper or crazy, basically just being myself, my mother would always question whether or not I've been taking my meds. And that would really, REALLY, just get on my nerves! Why? Because by forcing me to take those pills without me having any say in it, she was basically saying that she didn't like me the way that I was born and that she wanted me to be someone else. I hate the term "mental disorder" because it's just a label to separate those who are different from the vast majority, and nothing bothers me more than labels, nothing. There's nothing wrong with me, my brain isn't broken. It just works differently, every brain works differently, some just a little more so. I don't see the point of taking those few whose differences are more noticeable and labeling them as "disordered", there's nothing disordered about them! I refuse to except that I have a so called "disorder". I'm perfectly fine, I'm just me. I stopped taking those stupid pills because I wasn't myself with them and I've kinda built up an immunity to them anyways. Sure, I find it hard to focus now and I slack off waaay too much, but that's just the challenge of being me and I wouldn't have it any other way. I also believe that there's no reason to use "I have a mental illness" as an excuse for anything. I've done this only once before and it did not end well, I will likely never do it again. "I'm sorry, I can't help it, I have such-and-such." NO! For one, you're not sick, you CAN help it, don't let anyone convince you otherwise. Second, you are who you are and that's fine, but don't explain away your mistakes with the labels that other people have given you. It's pathetic, just own up to them like you're meant to do. It's alright, everyone makes mistakes, people will forgive you in time. If you try to makes excuses, though, people will only start to hate you and it will take a lot longer for them to forgive you. Trust me, I learned that the hard way. Edited by Hatsune Candy, Jun 23 2014, 10:12 PM.
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| Speedy | Jun 24 2014, 06:30 AM Post #3 |
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Fairly sure I've given up.
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On the risk of sounding somewhat like an hypocrite, I do not think this topic is a good idea. I sincerely think there's little to discuss about. I have Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, to be precise. What does that mean? Fuck all. It means fuck all. I'm me. Now, similar to my opinion of the Sexuality thread, we could use this to differentiate, but at the same time, I'm thinking there's honestly no need to. If people complain you act different, then it's their problem. I've always been open about my autism, but I do my best to avoid blaming things on it. There are some moments I simply cannot explain why I act or think the way I do, and I presume that is due to my autism, but it's just a part of who I am. So yeah, I'll be over here being generally frustrated this topic exists. |
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