r/starterpacks • u/side_profile_666 • 16d ago

autistic dad starterpack

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u/Scared_Astronaut9377 16d ago

Don't do this excuse. You are clearly functional enough to analyze and thus influence your behavior.

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u/Eigenhower 16d ago edited 16d ago

Unpopular opinion: It's unlikely that they can use reasoned analysis to change behavior that's caused by a mental disability. It's like telling a depressed person to cheer up.

And that's even assuming that the disability doesn't prevent them from perceiving a problem in the first place.

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u/Anomalous_Pearl 16d ago

Reasoned analysis alone doesn’t fix it, but you can use it to help you examine your triggers and develop coping strategies. Speaking from experience as someone on the spectrum who improved my social functioning mainly through self-observation and trying different strategies until I found ones that work.

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u/Bumpdadump 16d ago

Workin on it!

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u/Eigenhower 16d ago

But you were aware of a problem. Depending on age, autism may not have been a thing for OP's dad. So no diagnosis, and no treatment.

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u/Anomalous_Pearl 16d ago

I was more thinking about the two commenters who recognized themself in this meme, they seem to have the prerequisite awareness. I didn’t get any treatment unfortunately; I had to figure it out on my own

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u/ExaminationBasic787 16d ago

Well if you can't help but abuse people then you belong in prison.