Take Two Asperger and Call Me in the Morning...
So apparently I have Asperger Syndrome. Now, no professional has actually diagnosed me with this, but utilizing just a bit of hypocondria and a dash of psychosomatic reasoning - I think it's a safe bet that I have this thing.
What's beautiful about Asperger Syndrome is that if I don't actually have it, it still explains all the wierd things I did as a kid (and in many cases still do). Therefore, by simply saying I have it, I justify all of my symptoms, and possibly end up having a cool little rationale for myself to boot.
The question here - existential though it may be - is that let's say I don't have this thing. Meaning that I could be submitted to a battery of tests, have doctors peer at me, and have nurses force me to pee in a cup, and poof - a diagnosis of "Negative". So according to a group of people - official people - I don't have this thing. But I know that what I've read defines me in an eerily accurate way. Does that mean they're right, or I'm right? When it comes to psychology, defining one group of wierdos with a fancy name really doesn't do anyone any good, unless you factor in "awareness".....
ooooo.....awareness....*shiver*
I hate the term, "awareness". In each generation there are groups of wierdos. The next generation is responsible for coming up with fancy names for the previous generation's group of wierdos. Once the group is named, AWARENESS comes into play, and everyone else has to tiptoe around the newly named group for fear of offending them. This of course ostracizes and enhances the wierdness of that group even more.
Back in the old days, wierdos were killed, died on their own, shunned, or made into village idiots. More recently they were simply shunned. Now they're worshipped, given fancy names, and put on pedestals.
Individuals that are NORMAL, that buy homogenized clothing, that lead purposeful contented little lives, are truly lost. They belong to the most boring of groups - the "Average Man". Until earlier this evening, I was an "Average Man". Now, I get to belong to my own little niche pride group that's attempting to get minority status. We have an official organization, "Aspies for Freedom", and even a Pride Day!
Watch out world, the Aspies are united, and with our preternatural obsessive compulsiveness, know that we're not going to lose our focus (whatever it may be)!
What's beautiful about Asperger Syndrome is that if I don't actually have it, it still explains all the wierd things I did as a kid (and in many cases still do). Therefore, by simply saying I have it, I justify all of my symptoms, and possibly end up having a cool little rationale for myself to boot.
The question here - existential though it may be - is that let's say I don't have this thing. Meaning that I could be submitted to a battery of tests, have doctors peer at me, and have nurses force me to pee in a cup, and poof - a diagnosis of "Negative". So according to a group of people - official people - I don't have this thing. But I know that what I've read defines me in an eerily accurate way. Does that mean they're right, or I'm right? When it comes to psychology, defining one group of wierdos with a fancy name really doesn't do anyone any good, unless you factor in "awareness".....
ooooo.....awareness....*shiver*
I hate the term, "awareness". In each generation there are groups of wierdos. The next generation is responsible for coming up with fancy names for the previous generation's group of wierdos. Once the group is named, AWARENESS comes into play, and everyone else has to tiptoe around the newly named group for fear of offending them. This of course ostracizes and enhances the wierdness of that group even more.
Back in the old days, wierdos were killed, died on their own, shunned, or made into village idiots. More recently they were simply shunned. Now they're worshipped, given fancy names, and put on pedestals.
Individuals that are NORMAL, that buy homogenized clothing, that lead purposeful contented little lives, are truly lost. They belong to the most boring of groups - the "Average Man". Until earlier this evening, I was an "Average Man". Now, I get to belong to my own little niche pride group that's attempting to get minority status. We have an official organization, "Aspies for Freedom", and even a Pride Day!
Watch out world, the Aspies are united, and with our preternatural obsessive compulsiveness, know that we're not going to lose our focus (whatever it may be)!
posted by Ace Emery at
11:18 PM
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