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[just_George]

Ive been pre diagnosed with PTSD and as a high functioning autistic. Ive struggled my whole life but apparently the human brain is brilliant at building its own coping skills but the PTSD blew the circuit board and put it back to the defualt setting of autism/empath. (im waiting for the next hospital appointment) I would like help with 2 things please
1. I dont really understand people and sometimes cant be bothered with them,it feels like hard work and I most of the time I truely dont care about things they talk about, I try to get it and I listen my face is smiling but my head is screaming 'please stop and let me go' Is this normal for my condition and what can I do?
2. My counsellor has suggested essential oils for when I feel overwhelmed,cross and aggitated can anyone suggest the best ones and how to make them into a spray I could carry with me please,

[Buenchico]

I'm confused about why you should want to care about others. I've got high-functioning autism and I love it. It means I don't have to care about anyone and that I've got the vision, which most other people lack, to see that so-called 'love', 'caring' and 'compassion' are things to be totally abhorred (and which need to be eliminated from society altogether).

Learn to love your autism. Embrace it. Be proud of it.

[naomi24]

Sounds pretty normal for me - and I don't suffer from your condition!

[ummmm]

Love, caring and compassion should be eliminated?

[Buenchico]

^^^ Most definitely, Ummmm.

We should use genetic engineering to ensure that ALL children are born with high-functioning autism. Then we can end up with a society (or, far better, a 'lack of society') which is solely concerned information and efficiency.

[Prudie]

Several anomalies in your post BC, you love your condition but to love should be abhorred? To abhor is as strong an emotion as love but that's OK? Your perfect society would then be everyone hating everybody else. Unreal.

[albaqwerty]

am confused, could someone please explain to me how someone can be pre diagnosed?

Your counsellor surely should have given you the names of essential oils if they had suggested them. Try Hollands and Barratts for advice,

[Buenchico]

Prudie:

A lack of love isn't hate. ALL emotion is weakness.

[ummmm]

No it isn't, Chris.

[albaqwerty]

'. ALL emotion is weakness'

and therein lies humanities strengths (and weaknesses)

[Patsy33]

There are some people with a different mind set ie; sociaopaths/psychopaths who think emotions are a weakness, but then, that's how we humans ( most of us) are programmed. Without these feelings, we might as well be robots..

[ummmm]

Not feeling emotion is dangerous.

[albaqwerty]

^^ agree with Patsy

who would want to be a robot?
I suppose we all are in some way programmed to get up, eat food, go to work, come home, eat food, go to bed and repeat.
However, much better to do that with emotion imo

[jim360]

For answers to both of these, I'd strongly recommend discussing with your counsellor as to what they had in mind.

Bear in mind, though, that it's certain that nothing you are experiencing is unique to you. It's one of the curses of mental health problems -- you are always convinced that you are the only person going through that, because you can't see inside anyone else's head, but chances are that there are many people you've met and continue to meet that share the same or similar thoughts. If it helps, remember that: you aren't alone.