Would you think less of me if I said that I can kind of relate to those characters?
I mean, yes, I'm an asshole, but that's not the fault of any condition; that's just me.
That being said, the sense of social disconnect that can spark off assholishness is easy for me to relate to.
And no, I'm not self-diagnosed with Asberger's. I was, however, diagnosed with full-blown autism at the age of two, 10 years before the movie Rain Man was made, so instead of being told, "Wow, your kid's gonna be wicked smart at math," my mom got pulled into a ROOM full of doctors, rather similar to the ones Ellen Burstyn faced when she sent Linda Blair off for treatment in The Exorcist, all of whom told her that the GOOD news was that there were a number of excellent institutions where I could receive round-the-clock care for the rest of my life.
So, yeah. My alienation and social awkwardness? I think I've earned it. ;)
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Date: 2010-01-09 09:11 pm (UTC)I mean, yes, I'm an asshole, but that's not the fault of any condition; that's just me.
That being said, the sense of social disconnect that can spark off assholishness is easy for me to relate to.
And no, I'm not self-diagnosed with Asberger's. I was, however, diagnosed with full-blown autism at the age of two, 10 years before the movie Rain Man was made, so instead of being told, "Wow, your kid's gonna be wicked smart at math," my mom got pulled into a ROOM full of doctors, rather similar to the ones Ellen Burstyn faced when she sent Linda Blair off for treatment in The Exorcist, all of whom told her that the GOOD news was that there were a number of excellent institutions where I could receive round-the-clock care for the rest of my life.
So, yeah. My alienation and social awkwardness? I think I've earned it. ;)