Re:The Autism Phenome Project: Toward Identifying Meaningful...
by kayodelycaon on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @04:08PM
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I’m bipolar type 1 and I share a great many traits with people who are autistic.
I’ve narrowed down the difference in our experiences into the same sensory processing issues from opposite directions.
One example: Very broad, inaccurate terms, my friends do not understand other people’s emotional state. I understand emotions very deeply but my own emotions are over-reactive and intense, they are useless in reading and understanding other people.
Both my autistics friends and I have had to learn social skills by logic, rather than intuition.
I’ve narrowed down the difference in our experiences into the same sensory processing issues from opposite directions.
One example: Very broad, inaccurate terms, my friends do not understand other people’s emotional state. I understand emotions very deeply but my own emotions are over-reactive and intense, they are useless in reading and understanding other people.
Both my autistics friends and I have had to learn social skills by logic, rather than intuition.