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What is the connection to autism? Why don't people understand you?
I often switch contexts in my head without informing my partner and assuming they'll know what I'm talking about.
Your answer kinda proves the point to me, meaning no disrespect.
The issue is we all are using the same words but neurotypical people rely heavily on reading and messaging between the lines, which we don't do. This results in the so called double empathy problem where there's a lot of issues in the communication.
Since 99% are usually neurotypical and 1% are autists, the norm is basically NT and we're the ones who have to deal with this on a daily basis. And since the knowledge of autism is actually way outdated for many people who do not actively concern themselves with this (and even most professionals, sadly), often people think of the really disabled autists and not fully capable people that have a biologically different brain causing this.
This pushes the issue to a wholly different level on highly functioning autists, aka nothing seems different but the struggles are absolutely real and the misunderstandings are on completely different levels e.g. a valid harmless query from the Autist to assess a situation is interpreted as a vile attack on a NT.
Psychologically and socially it's actually a highly interesting topic.
Can you explain what i said and what point it proved? i have at least two options.
You've lost me. And while I provided fundamentals with source I do not comprehend what this short statement is meaning nor trying to achieve but personal 'winning' on the internet.
As previously stated we have to manage our social resources tightly and this is where I exit.
You said, "your answer kind of proves the point to me." I was asking what it was that I said and what point it proved.
I was worried maybe such a brief question would be interpreted as hostile, but you had assured me the atypical people, of which you claimed to be, don't think that way, that it is is merely an annoying trait of NTs.
I'm starting to think that maybe you are over-interpreting autism into this context. Not that double-bind communication doesn't exist (thank you for sharing that, btw), but on-line we do away with much of the bother of non-verbal communication (as well as the ability to easily skip over boring conversations and the ability to obliquely reference shit knowing SOMEONE is going to get it), so there is much more parity between NT and atypical people.
I say this as someone with over 1k/comments Lemmy a month after having been here two months, and after having done all my "socializing" on line all my life--but it usually amounts to just this, having a series of one-off conversations with strangers, and it's the best I can do, socially.
Hey, thanks for continuing. I have to say, you're possibly right with overthinking. That's what we do. And hence, we often jump around to the point of getting lost in our own line of thinking - the latter being exactly what happened.
I am now trying to read through the fragments and have a very hard time following myself. If we were sitting together it might be easier, doing this asynchronous is hard work. So thanks for putting up with that and your effort.
Let me do some jumping around mobile and desktop and see of I can follow up.
Follow up edit:
OK I found where we disconnected. So I answered your op question basically and included autism and thought of that as self contained answer as if it was clear.
So it's kind of meta and apologies for that, it is convoluted. Having deep(er) knowledge of something one tends to miss out explanation of these things, which adds to the issue.
So the connection to autism with misunderstandings lies in autism itself, this literally are the social difficulties which are documented in medical papers.
Now, what might throw you off is the expected 'that happens to everyone'...and while that is true it's one of the discussions we have regularly. It's just on a totally different level.
Its complicated. But it is there, and I didn't want to hijack your topic or cause bother.
And while this explanation might likely be 'eh' for you, don't worry, hopefully you'll never have to worry much about it in your life and that's perfectly fine.
No worries. I discovered the autism lemmy and think I have broad phenotype autism, so I'm always interested in learning more.
I worked at a tech place and got along with everyone there. I thought it meant I was likable and it just different places are going to have different vibes, but someone pointed out tech people tend towards autism, so maybe all that was happening was that I find myself with a group of people who naturally shared my communication style... and that, basically still, I'm unlikable.
You made a weird connection to autism that was unrelated to the post. You were asked to clarify the connection, and gave the example that "neurotypicals" rely on "unclear" communication. It's unclear how that's relevant. You did not provide evidence or clarification, and now you're being an asshole.
Thanks (honestly) for clearing that up.
See - that's the issue. There is this inherent obvious connection on the op topic that you can't see. And that's fine, you're NT. However I am not, hence you're saying I am an asshole for not elaborating a point you can not understand. It's literally beyond NT understanding.
As is many understanding of yours to ND. And when trying to go into this, I, or rather, we are the assholes. So of course we resign. There is this gap in understanding that I even linked and it's still not enough.
So, there you go. I am sure it will not or never be enough. It's just that on the opposite side you as a standin for NT are behaving like assholes, but both sides are literally incapable of getting some points across.
As said, still thanks for your answer. Be kind to people, you might not understand them. (unrelated to me)
Edit oh by the way: weird is the perfect notice of autism by NT. Just FYI
If there is an obvious connection, it should be simple enough to explain it. If the assumption is that misunderstandings happen due to variances in brain wiring, I think that's a sidenote rather than the generic explanation fot the phenomenon OP described. What OP tried to say is that misunderstandings happen due to biases - and we all have biases - and they wanted to shut down misunderstandings politely before it derails the thread.
The issue I'm taking is that you're claiming something and it's unclear what, saying that whatever it is must remain mysterious because of differences in brain wiring, because you're autistic. Meanwhile, OP is autistic and so am I. We're all fucking autistic. The irony is that this is derailing the thread.