What's up with people who can't interact with other people?

[blue]

Originally Posted by RP

Charlottesville is that kind of place which, despite high housing costs, is sometimes referred to as the Peoples Republic of Charlottesville....

Home of DMB, no?

I'm a big fan by the way, not a hater.

[RP]

Originally Posted by blue

Home of DMB, no?

I'm a big fan by the way, not a hater.

Well, officially he and his family live in Seattle, but most of us still consider C'ville to be his home base. His vineyard https://blenheimvineyards.com/ and mother still reside here....

[jwayne]

Originally Posted by RP

I swim 4-5 days per week at an athletic club, and almost every day see a very tall (6'3" or taller) young man who spends hours walking throughout various areas of the club. He gestures with his hands and talks to himself in the manner of many patients with schizophrenia with whom I interacted during a 30+ year career. The interesting thing is that nobody seems to pay a bit of attention to him as he makes his rounds throughout the club although I've seen various people interacting with him when he appears to take a break...

Those gestures are called "stimming". Very common with those on the autism spectrum who use self stimulation as a way to manage an oversensitivity to external stimuli. Kudos to your club for being so accepting.

[jwayne]

Originally Posted by blue

Yeah. The "get over it" thing is of amazing. Considering how long we've been shipping our young people overseas to be damaged, I would think at this point just about everyone is related to, or is close to someone with pretty significant anxiety or depression or worse. Yet "get over it" still persists.

Same thing goes for folks who trivialize obesity and think that "don't eat so much" is somehow constructive advice for someone who is struggling with losing weight.

[Cross Roads]

Originally Posted by Napman41

I think the correct question is - What's up with people who can't empathize with other people ? Is it really that hard to just accept people just as they are ?

THIS!
Thank you

[frankmcr]

Originally Posted by RP

Charlottesville is that kind of place which, despite high housing costs, is sometimes referred to as the Peoples Republic of Charlottesville....

Wait, so being tolerant of somebody with autism is ... communist???

[amyFB]

I saw something that made me laugh a little bit today - it went something like : remember your comments will be taken out of context when you run for office someday.




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[RP]

Originally Posted by frankmcr

Wait, so being tolerant of somebody with autism is ... communist???

Didn't mean that. It's a place that tends to be accepting of those who are outside the mainstream, especially Virginia's mainstream, which tends to be pretty conservative...

[CodeBlueEMT]

Originally Posted by jwayne

Same thing goes for folks who trivialize obesity and think that "don't eat so much" is somehow constructive advice for someone who is struggling with losing weight.

And sometimes eating too much is the exact reason for their obesity.

[frankmcr]

Originally Posted by RP

Didn't mean that. It's a place that tends to be accepting of those who are outside the mainstream, especially Virginia's mainstream, which tends to be pretty conservative...

Got it. Sorry, just that "people's republic" makes me think of places like the P.R. of China - places I would not want to live in (probably nobody in C'ville would either).

[RP]

It's usually said kind of tongue in cheek....

[Neil K Walk]

That's awfully close to foot in mouth nowadays.

[jwayne]

Originally Posted by CodeBlueEMT

And sometimes eating too much is the exact reason for their obesity.

Well duh, obviously. But "don't eat so much" is not helpful advice to someone struggling with obesity.