A neurotypical parent can spend a lifetime devoted to their autistic child and be keenly perceptive, yet believe with misplaced confidence, owing to the child’s possible lack of external display of emotions, that he/she experiences no intense emotions or has no latent perceptiveness. The parent might also often unconsciously project their own emotions or motivations …
High functioning autism, formerly known as Asperger’s Syndrome, is still a deeply misunderstood condition. Even the prevalence statistics continue to shift, as scientists and medical professionals learn more about it. Prevalence is largely unknown, especially in developing and poor nations. So I will refrain from quoting any statistics. But it is generally believed that 2 …
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Of late, there is great interest in the healing power of meditation for people who have suffered traumatic events in their lives like rape or war. Many people experience flash-backs post a traumatic event, wherein they have to relive the trauma again and again. Such tendencies of the mind are a coping mechanism to get …
Thinking about people (you, me, him/her, them) exercises your egoic mental states. Your “identity” creates a sense of separateness in your mind in order to form a personal perception of how you relate to one-another and use it in our interactions. It is a compelling, but false mental construct that is learnt and maintained through …