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Dec 15, 2012, 09:27 PM
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Member Since: Oct 2012
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It seems to me that so many of the recent mass shootings have been committed by people on the autism spectrum. Right now I'm thinking about the Connecticut shooting...and am indescribably sad. But the Aurora, CO shooting too, they said he appeares to have had Aspergers.
What do you think of that? Do these shooters being id'd as having autism or Aspergers make it harder for you to tell people you have it? Do you feel extra stigmatized? Worst of all, do you think we really are more capable of these sorts of crimes...??  I...don;t know what to think, anymore.
I mean, when you're feeling bullied or misunderstood, ostracized...have you ever felt so rage-filled that you ever, in your wildest thoughts, thought about doing something similiar? If so, what stopped you?
Becasue..when I was in high school, I did entertain that fantasy, of hurting certain classmates who really were truly and well monsters towards me. I mean, physically tormented, emotionally. I had PTSD for years after high school. But I never did anything because deep inside I loved my parents too much, and feared retribution. Thank God, I mean, thank God I never did anything, because today when I look back, my tormentors had pretty terrible lives themselves. And I can see that I was pretty immature, and really, terribly self-centered, in a non-deliberate sort of way.
Anyway, thanks for listening and maybe answering.
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