Guest guest Posted February 16, 2004 Report Share Posted February 16, 2004 > but can you define for me exactly what made it fun,since i reckon if you > got right down to the nitty gritty in your self,youd possibly find it > wouldnt have been fun if there wasnt some element of fear behind it,no > matter how deeply buried.. I really don't think it was fear. I don't know exactly what it was, though, just what it was not. -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2004 Report Share Posted February 16, 2004 > predictable ways. And exercising that power might be fun. I think that is it. The power thing. I think it is the same reason a lot of NTs bully (although probably not all). And I definitely know I'm not immune to wanting to control things or people, even now. -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2004 Report Share Posted February 16, 2004 wrote: >> but can you define for me exactly what made it fun,since i reckon if you >> got right down to the nitty gritty in your self,youd possibly find it >> wouldnt have been fun if there wasnt some element of fear behind it,no >> matter how deeply buried.. and responded >I really don't think it was fear. I don't know exactly what it was, >though, just what it was not. Just a thought: Maybe for some autistics there is a time when s/he realizes s/he can make other people react in predictable ways. And exercising that power might be fun. I have heard that " normal " kids go through a phase (often referred to as " the terrible twos " ) where they practice exercising their ability to affect the world around them (often by saying No). Wouldn't surprise me if some auties had a similar phase later in development. We are said to be " delayed, " after all. And it may be that if this phase (in which one figures out that one can affect the " outside world " and that doing so can be enjoyable) is delayed, the ethical/empathetic component that eventually moderates one's enjoyment of exercising power might develop at a later date also. Jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2004 Report Share Posted February 16, 2004 Doesnt the undertaking of an excercise in power derive from some degree of dis empowerment? Such disempowerment would be derived..in turn...from... fear?? anna Jane Meyerding wrote: wrote: >> but can you define for me exactly what made it fun,since i reckon if you >> got right down to the nitty gritty in your self,youd possibly find it >> wouldnt have been fun if there wasnt some element of fear behind it,no >> matter how deeply buried.. and responded >I really don't think it was fear. I don't know exactly what it was, >though, just what it was not. Just a thought: Maybe for some autistics there is a time when s/he realizes s/he can make other people react in predictable ways. And exercising that power might be fun. I have heard that " normal " kids go through a phase (often referred to as " the terrible twos " ) where they practice exercising their ability to affect the world around them (often by saying No). Wouldn't surprise me if some auties had a similar phase later in development. We are said to be " delayed, " after all. And it may be that if this phase (in which one figures out that one can affect the " outside world " and that doing so can be enjoyable) is delayed, the ethical/empathetic component that eventually moderates one's enjoyment of exercising power might develop at a later date also. Jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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