Autism and Project 1999 Classic Everquest

[captnamazing]

Is it a problem?

or is it a solution?

Discuss.

[Secrets]

Is it a problem?

or is it a solution?

Discuss.

Here's a website you can donate to, to prevent autism in young children.
(https://secure.ppaction.org/site/Donation2?df_id=12913&12913.donation=form1)

[Ravager]

I'm guessing most of the people who use the terms around here don't know what autism and asperger's actually are, they're just repeating something they read in a meme and think they're being clever.

[captnamazing]

Here's a website you can donate to, to prevent autism in young children.
(https://secure.ppaction.org/site/Donation2?df_id=12913&12913.donation=form1)

didn't click link. i hope this is an anti-vaxxer propaganda site.

[JackFlash]

I'm guessing most of the people who use the terms around here don't know what autism and asperger's actually are, they're just repeating something they read in a meme and think they're being clever.

[Secrets]

Autism is pretty clearly outlined in the DSM-V. By definition it's a neurological learning disability.

It could mean that you learn slower in general - it could mean that you will learn over time but will take your whole life to be functional.

But let's not pretend like it's something that cannot be cured. When you see 'heartwarming autism videos' online like that girl with aspergers that has a mental breakdown and has a dog comfort her, those are the people I would consider to have low functioning autism. They probably will live with the condition their entire life and may take their entire life to get to a mentally stable state.

There is also people like myself - When I was young (6 years old) I did one of those tests for IQ and scored very high on two things: high IQ and high functioning autism. Did that hinder me? Arguably, yes, but only in social situations.

The main thing is none of this carried over to my adult life except the positives - Yes, I still obsess over things. But I have learned over time to focus my energy positively, through programming, social activities and gaming.

It's my personal opinion that my brain healed over time and that autism is curable naturally, as long as you stay alive long enough and have the experiences that help you learn in the method you are 'made' to learn in.

There's also the possibility that I was misdiagnosed and that what I experienced was natural and part of growing the fuck up. But I'll never know.

[Pokesan]

Middle class whites have adopted autism as one of their self-diagnosed diseases to excuse them for being total shitheads.

[Pokesan]

Spoiled white teenagers? Phrasing seems a bit off. There's potential here, but I need to workshop it some.

I apologize for failing to provide the high quality posting you've all come to expect from me.

[Secrets]

Middle class whites have adopted autism as one of their self-diagnosed diseases to excuse them for being total shitheads.

THIS

so much

[Trendi]

I scored over 120, but refused to finish "the dumb fucking test" as a child. I wasn't autistic. I too had rly amazing ability in non analytical and abstract thinking. Which over time I used to compensate for my lack of concrete thinking ability once I figured out for myself what my brain needed to solve normal problems.

Not rly autism. Imho. As my handicaps weren't measurable. I was just majorly different enough from normal human thinking to genuinely not conform to norms.


I think it is unlikely that you have autism, as an autistic wouldn't feel the need to preen in front of others, or to desperately search for a way to sound relevant in a thread. "Hi, this thread is about autism which I don't have therefore because I don't have autism it is relevant for me to yammer on about how I don't have autism in a thread about autism. Have you seen my new shoes?!"

[Xaanka]

a lot p99's playerbase grew up in a generation where parenting was replaced with starcraft and elf games. most people on here are mildly autistic but mostly just manchildren.

[Xaanka]

im changing my gender because of repressed childhood memories of tomb raider for instance

[Xaanka]

http://i63.servimg.com/u/f63/15/23/18/88/bad_co10.jpg

[AzzarTheGod]

a lot p99's playerbase grew up in a generation where parenting was replaced with starcraft and elf games. most people on here are mildly autistic but mostly just manchildren.

This. Take a mentor and meaningful parent away from anyone and you end up with sperg tendencies as an adult.

Similar to Only Child Syndrome.

[AzzarTheGod]

Autism is pretty clearly outlined in the DSM-V. By definition it's a neurological learning disability.

It could mean that you learn slower in general - it could mean that you will learn over time but will take your whole life to be functional.

But let's not pretend like it's something that cannot be cured. When you see 'heartwarming autism videos' online like that girl with aspergers that has a mental breakdown and has a dog comfort her, those are the people I would consider to have low functioning autism. They probably will live with the condition their entire life and may take their entire life to get to a mentally stable state.

There is also people like myself - When I was young (6 years old) I did one of those tests for IQ and scored very high on two things: high IQ and high functioning autism. Did that hinder me? Arguably, yes, but only in social situations.

The main thing is none of this carried over to my adult life except the positives - Yes, I still obsess over things. But I have learned over time to focus my energy positively, through programming, social activities and gaming.

It's my personal opinion that my brain healed over time and that autism is curable naturally, as long as you stay alive long enough and have the experiences that help you learn in the method you are 'made' to learn in.

There's also the possibility that I was misdiagnosed and that what I experienced was natural and part of growing the fuck up. But I'll never know.

This is a good post by Secrets. I may respond to some things she has shared here tomorrow with some of my own insights and observations depending on how full my care cup is or isn't.

[captnamazing]

i'd like access to Billy Mays's Billy Mays photo folder

[Man0warr]

Autism is the new ADD.

[Sweettouch]

We need a Billy Mays thread,love that guy

[Lictor]

http://pre00.deviantart.net/5ae6/th/pre/i/2009/262/a/1/hi__billy_mays_here_by_artificialxkisses.jpg

So he grew out a neck beard but shaved his chin and lip only to color it in with ink? This makes no sense.

[Xaanka]

http://45.media.tumblr.com/8535819ecdc335a399a48ba720f04c7d/tumblr_n1iofuwHHP1smxy31o1_500.gif

[captnamazing]

Billy Mays, do you think Oxyclean (TM) is an appropriate cleaning agent for sandy vaginas?
I'm asking for my friend, Bill Smith.

[James_Joyce]

I get absence seizures since i was a lil kid (i can turn them on manually, it feels good but my blood pressure spikes and i get out of breath, and it's really embarrassing to get caught) and i hear voices when Im trying to sleep. I also cannot relate to people very well in any social situation where the N word is not socially acceptable, but as long as I can depend on my racism joke trope I can charm anyone.

Could this affliction be autismal in nature? And what can I do to heal it? please advise

[milsorgen]

EverQuest could not exist without autism. It is the tie that binds.

[AzzarTheGod]

and i hear voices when Im trying to sleep. I also cannot relate to people very well in any social situation where the N word is not socially acceptable, but as long as I can depend on my racism joke trope I can charm anyone.

Could this affliction be autismal in nature? And what can I do to heal it? please advise

Will share a small anecdote that you might find useful.

This can be considered normal. I talked to several people who also have this problem at night when they lay down to sleep. It may be PTSD related.

I personally only have encountered this when over-stressed and overloaded by a very long week/day, and my sleep is very low, or the stress load was just very intense and something that could fan my anxiety. And it only happens at pre-bed, but it requires the above conditions I listed.

[Xaanka]

Will share a small anecdote that you might find useful.

This can be considered normal. I talked to several people who also have this problem at night when they lay down to sleep. It may be PTSD related.

I personally only have encountered this when over-stressed and overloaded by a very long week/day, and my sleep is very low, or the stress load was just very intense and something that could fan my anxiety. And it only happens at pre-bed, but it requires the above conditions I listed.

https://media.giphy.com/media/msv69NqvGuUyk/giphy.gif

[James_Joyce]

Will share a small anecdote that you might find useful.

This can be considered normal. I talked to several people who also have this problem at night when they lay down to sleep. It may be PTSD related.

I personally only have encountered this when over-stressed and overloaded by a very long week/day, and my sleep is very low, or the stress load was just very intense and something that could fan my anxiety. And it only happens at pre-bed, but it requires the above conditions I listed.

I think what you're referring to is known as exploding head syndrome (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploding_head_syndrome). It is actually considered pretty normal, or benign at least. When I was in puberty it would happen almost every night, sometimes multiple times per night -- right as I'm falling asleep, I would hear someone whisper my name, or shout my name, but either way it would be a shockingly/impossibly loud commanding voice of god type of thing that would jolt me awake. If you could somehow broadcast a voice like that into a person's head you could probably convince them to drown their children.

It's never really been a horrifying thing like people screaming in pain or anything, just a scare like having someone surprise you awake. Actually it's pretty amusing, except for the frustration on nights where getting to sleep was already a problem.

Still looking for an explanation to the absence seizures though, they are the scourge of my life. Only thing that ever made them go away was a couple years daily methadone. As a matter of fact, that cured my autism too. My boss gave me a $1000 bonus once for an impromptu drug induced rambling, and apparently inspiring or inspired, schpiel I gave after eating 3 or 4 days of my methadone/oxycodone scrip one morning. Normally I would have assumed I embarrassed myself when flying off the handle in a drug induced stupor, but apparently I was charming or smart or something. Maybe I should go back to the doc.

[James_Joyce]

well, i'd worry it was more wacky in nature considering muh voices, but it's more like just voice snippets. like a single syllable HEY or my own name played at infinite volume. It definitely makes my head explode, right around the time of the sleep stage specified in the wiki there. No accompanying anxiety or anything like that though, although there is definitely tachycardia just like any time something jumped up and surprised the fuck out of you.

It's the ultimate jump scare, 100% unresistable.

[Spyder73]

Can someone please trace these 2 IP addresses and alert the FBI to be on watch for the next BTK killers/serial rapists?

You are just barely hanging on Maerilith - I feel like I have stumbled into the seedy part of the deep web anytime I click on one of your threads these days.

[James_Joyce]

im not the mass shooter im the concealed carryer at the mass shooter's destination

[Secrets]

I actually get EHS, and I'm not sure why either.

No seizures though. Weird.

[Lisset]

You assholes have no clue what it's like dealing with someone who has low-functioning classic autism. I don't mean the other crap that's on the autism spectrum like aspergers, rhetts and pdd-nos but actual autism. It's hell for the person who has it and it's even worse for his caregivers.

[James_Joyce]

I actually get EHS, and I'm not sure why either.

No seizures though. Weird.

Idk if "seizure" is even the right word. Doctor claims they are "absence seizures", but it's more like compulsive behavior where I flip a switch in my brain and it spikes my heart rate and i feel an intense aggressive rush like i just injected cocaine, and all my muscles tense up. It doesn't start in front of other people, ever (although I do get walked in on) so I must be initiating it myself, but whether I want to or not doesn't factor in and I can't just do it on command any time.

Feels like my chest is gonna explode, migraine, & I hyperventilate afterward, and if it gets out of hand for a few days I start acting wacky in my sleep slamming my jaw shut over and over til my teeth are about to fall out. Not grinding teeth but CHOMP, CHOMP jaw slamming shut while in REM. Shit is fucked up.

Parents wouldn't let me play Doom unsupervised cause they thought I was psychotic based on this bullshit. I would worry too if I wasn't a humanist and supreme gentleman IRL with no exceptions.

[HeallunRumblebelly]

You assholes have no clue what it's like dealing with someone who has low-functioning classic autism. I don't mean the other crap that's on the autism spectrum like aspergers, rhetts and pdd-nos but actual autism. It's hell for the person who has it and it's even worse for his caregivers.

Had a big post but the computer ate it, so, redux: Worked with autistic clients for 5 years, though not my main house as a caregiver. All fairly low functioning but with varying temperments and ADL skills. It can be a struggle from time to time but most of the horror stories I hear about ASD are from parents trying to raise kids with ASD on their own. Even without having to work it's mentally, physically and emotionally exhausting and one often needs a support network to cope. Companies like the one I worked for had day programs and respite services which work exceptionally well for children with ASD. It seems to be one of the healthiest ways to socialize children with ASD as well as providing a much needed break for the primary caregivers.

[James_Joyce]

Had a big post but the computer ate it, so, redux: Worked with autistic clients for 5 years, though not my main house as a caregiver. All fairly low functioning but with varying temperments and ADL skills. It can be a struggle from time to time but most of the horror stories I hear about ASD are from parents trying to raise kids with ASD on their own. Even without having to work it's mentally, physically and emotionally exhausting and one often needs a support network to cope. Companies like the one I worked for had day programs and respite services which work exceptionally well for children with ASD. It seems to be one of the healthiest ways to socialize children with ASD as well as providing a much needed break for the primary caregivers.

do you think the EQ client on your hard drive could also be considered an "autistic client"? The subtext here is that you are an autistic yourself just fyi

[captnamazing]

Thanks for the heart felt and sincere conversations here. Never thought this thread would delivver anything other than spaghetti

[Xaanka]

ulililia play on here? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCvNdNKs-rg