OT Hyper-Empathy Syndrome

[Road Ratt]

This is just one of many, I'll call them a "spectrum of side effects" even though that isn't quite accurate, of my Aspergers. Which includes the classics like sensitivities to light and sound. Most of them I had never even heard of before. Fun stuff, lol.

I have a friend in Texas who is in dire need of help right now. So my empathy would love to see him get that help. (my aspergers doesn't care about party lines)

I see things from a very autistic view. If you see a problem, you go fix it. If that problem has been around for decades, that problem must not be cared about... at all. Simple. The debate over money should never become a factor over human life, ever. Well that is only part of the story, delving into my literal thinking, my severe black and white thinking. And you can see, you probably couldn't come close to seeing how I think. Not that any of us can see how others think anyway. So we just have to muddle through.

The article below takes it a bit overboard compared to myself, but it is generally on track.

https://exploringyourmind.com/hyper-empathy-syndrome-much-good-thing/

I might make a thread sometime on what all I recently learned about my autism that makes me understand it from the inside out now. But I hate being the center of attention. So I will just allow this thread to disappear as quickly as it can.

Take it easy, Road Ratt

 

[Road Ratt]

One last thing. I notice things. The latest is that almost everyone from both political parties, argue from the exact same place: Defense of their party/candidate. With the will of their belief in their party alone, they will try to shut down your post. No links, no nothing else but sheer will of their belief. I am sorry, but that is not a debate, that is a one-sided conversation with someone who is trying to shut you down because they clearly don't like what you have to say. It insults my intelligence to call it anything else. And both sides operate in this exact same manner. Post about Trump and the right wing gets insulted, post about Biden and the left wing does the same. I find it odd to say the least.

If anyone ever has anything real to bring me, I will listen. Beyond that, I will shut down or just not reply to anything that doesn't include an intelligent reply, with links if possible. This "debating" American politics from a place of belief, ends for me right now. I am sorry, I would rather not waste my time with a childish "American political debate". Why Americans politics has to be so childish is beyond me. I have no idea why seemingly intelligent people waste their days away arguing in this manner. Yet I watch it happen daily.

I had been in belief that it was me and my inability to talk to people. I am only part of it, everyone else makes up the rest of that problem with their inability to see past their own party lines.

Take it easy, RR

 

[Hoopguru]

One last thing. I notice things. The latest is that almost everyone from both political parties, argue from the exact same place: Defense of their party/candidate. With the will of their belief in their party alone, they will try to shut down your post. No links, no nothing else but sheer will of their belief. I am sorry, but that is not a debate, that is a one-sided conversation with someone who is trying to shut you down because they clearly don't like what you have to say. It insults my intelligence to call it anything else. And both sides operate in this exact same manner. Post about Trump and the right wing gets insulted, post about Biden and the left wing does the same. I find it odd to say the least.

If anyone ever has anything real to bring me, I will listen. Beyond that, I will shut down or just not reply to anything that doesn't include an intelligent reply, with links if possible. This "debating" American politics from a place of belief, ends for me right now. I am sorry, I would rather not waste my time with a childish "American political debate". Why Americans politics has to be so childish is beyond me. I have no idea why seemingly intelligent people waste their days away arguing in this manner. Yet I watch it happen daily.

I had been in belief that it was me and my inability to talk to people. I am only part of it, everyone else makes up the rest of that problem with their inability to see past their own party lines.

Take it easy, RR

Thanks for sharing! Its to bad people cant simply agree do disagree on things and still be respectful and willing to communicate, leaving all the hate behind.
Its all about affirming ones position anymore rather than gaining insight and knowledge and being a good listener. Communication is essential in getting along and for community.
The world needs peacemakers that are willing to offer unfeigned help and communication.

 

[Hoopguru]

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Dionne Warwick - What The World Needs Now (1966)
YouTube · R472 Funk Channel TV.
Apr 15, 2018

 

[Road Ratt]

Thanks for sharing! Its to bad people cant simply agree do disagree on things and still be respectful and willing to communicate, leaving all the hate behind.
Its all about affirming ones position anymore rather than gaining insight and knowledge and being a good listener. Communication is essential in getting along and for community.
The world needs peacemakers that are willing to offer unfeigned help and communication.

True. I have a problem communicating with people as it is. It is why I am so quiet in real life. It is a natural feature of my autism. Some of us can be very outgoing, some of us extremely quiet.

I speak in "truths" (sort of like Charles Barkley does). I also see the world so differently, even so from just last year. My perspectives have shifted a lot in the last 6 years since I was diagnosed. The way I think would be very hard to explain. But maybe that would be so for everyone, idk.

I didn't go looking for my current outlook on the world, it has just been ever changing as I learn how to see through other peoples eyes. I know it may not look like it from your side though.

I learned Black Lives Matters issues from people like Cornell West and Killer Mike. But it took a video on corruption in the money in marijuana to show me how people of color were being screwed over by our American system to connect the dots and allow me to truly see. Our system literally works against people of color. I feel we already live in a white power nation as bad as it is, and is becoming.

When I can see certain things like this with my own eyes and homelessness, and so on. It makes it difficult for me to watch people defend our congress/president(s) as they haven't been doing anything about these problems my whole life.

Alright, I feel like I am a downer now, lol. Hopefully my next post will be something more positive.

 

[Hoopguru]

True. I have a problem communicating with people as it is. It is why I am so quiet in real life. It is a natural feature of my autism. Some of us can be very outgoing, some of us extremely quiet.

I speak in "truths" (sort of like Charles Barkley does). I also see the world so differently, even so from just last year. My perspectives have shifted a lot in the last 6 years since I was diagnosed. The way I think would be very hard to explain. But maybe that would be so for everyone, idk.

I didn't go looking for my current outlook on the world, it has just been ever changing as I learn how to see through other peoples eyes. I know it may not look like it from your side though.

I learned Black Lives Matters issues from people like Cornell West and Killer Mike. But it took a video on corruption in the money in marijuana to show me how people of color were being screwed over by our American system to connect the dots and allow me to truly see. Our system literally works against people of color. I feel we already live in a white power nation as bad as it is, and is becoming.

When I can see certain things like this with my own eyes and homelessness, and so on. It makes it difficult for me to watch people defend our congress/president(s) as they haven't been doing anything about these problems my whole life.

Alright, I feel like I am a downer now, lol. Hopefully my next post will be something more positive.

Thats cool...feelings are neither right or wrong, just feeling.
Keep providing your insight on things AND MUSIC!

 

[riverman]

I realized quite some time ago that my ideal world won't ever exist in my lifetime...I think someone once said we evolve in a strange fashion....we can concieve these intellectual goals and dreams but emotionally we're not capable of carrying many out...our emotional IQ is not keeping pace with our ideals...whatever that may be defined as....I'm personally tired of nationalism period...ready for that Star Trek federation where every country is working together on earth....then the enemy is not an earthly one. Maybe one day. I don't like segregation of cultures or travel restrictions...I have some ideas about how the planet could share the resources and wealth and not waste all this energy on arming ourselves and pointing weapons at each other...the one area we seem to cooperate in would be space....maybe sports and music but definitely space.

 

[Road Ratt]

I realized quite some time ago that my ideal world won't ever exist in my lifetime...I think someone once said we evolve in a strange fashion....we can concieve these intellectual goals and dreams but emotionally we're not capable of carrying many out...our emotional IQ is not keeping pace with our ideals...whatever that may be defined as....I'm personally tired of nationalism period...ready for that Star Trek federation where every country is working together on earth....then the enemy is not an earthly one. Maybe one day. I don't like segregation of cultures or travel restrictions...I have some ideas about how the planet could share the resources and wealth and not waste all this energy on arming ourselves and pointing weapons at each other...the one area we seem to cooperate in would be space....maybe sports and music but definitely space.

Maybe one day, if we can get past our infancy and stop wandering around this planet trying to kill each other. That and exploiting this planet and it's people. I don't believe that we are far off from a world where all jobs done by humans will be done by an android. At that point we will all need a new form of "wealth" as work will become mainly optional for humans while the transition takes place. But that is for another thread.

 

[ABM]

Thats cool...feelings are neither right or wrong, just feeling.
Keep providing your insight on things AND MUSIC!

A nearly perfect scenario (all occurring simultaneously) for my wife and me is:

1) Cooking a great meal
2) Fine tunes playing on Alexa (jazz, singer-songwriter, something acoustical, etc.)
3) Some type of nature scenes playing on the big screen with the sound off
4) Sipping on a nice, crisp IPA ( a glass of wine for my wife)

This all followed by a dip in the hot tub. Preferably, if the outside temp is 45-degrees or below.

My feelings/insights are quite different from most in here. Doesn't bother me in the slightest. I'll just keep being my irreverent, facetious, and goofy self. As a Christian, I have core beliefs that I sometimes share in here, much of which is scoffed at. No worries, though, I'm learning not to get into debates nor heated discussions surrounding those because they become futile at best. There's plenty else to discuss in here, which proves to be entertaining in and of itself.

The path less traveled has more berries on it.
~ABM

 

[Orion Bailey]

One last thing. I notice things. The latest is that almost everyone from both political parties, argue from the exact same place: Defense of their party/candidate. With the will of their belief in their party alone, they will try to shut down your post. No links, no nothing else but sheer will of their belief. I am sorry, but that is not a debate, that is a one-sided conversation with someone who is trying to shut you down because they clearly don't like what you have to say. It insults my intelligence to call it anything else. And both sides operate in this exact same manner. Post about Trump and the right wing gets insulted, post about Biden and the left wing does the same. I find it odd to say the least.

If anyone ever has anything real to bring me, I will listen. Beyond that, I will shut down or just not reply to anything that doesn't include an intelligent reply, with links if possible. This "debating" American politics from a place of belief, ends for me right now. I am sorry, I would rather not waste my time with a childish "American political debate". Why Americans politics has to be so childish is beyond me. I have no idea why seemingly intelligent people waste their days away arguing in this manner. Yet I watch it happen daily.

I had been in belief that it was me and my inability to talk to people. I am only part of it, everyone else makes up the rest of that problem with their inability to see past their own party lines.

Take it easy, RR

Bravo. I came to this realization a week or two ago.
Without going into details or finger pointing, you are absolutely right and its never more prevalent than right here in good ole S2.