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Recent content by Chris12345

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    Recent Breakup

    Sounds like you need to do some work on your personality before a good relationship will be possible.
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    Autistic Question

    Soon after I got diagnosed I was around some people and there was one I had noticed a few times and not thought much about. Then I just thought "he's autistic and probably doesn't know it". I didn't say anything, it's not my place to say that and I could be wrong. Don't want to cause offence...
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    "Original Sin"....Just Another term for our animal nature?

    I don't think humans are fundamentally evil. That's not my experience. We're social creatures so we need to cooperate to survive and prosper. To facilitate that cooperation you have morality. But there's also competition. So there's a tension between competition and cooperation. There's a...
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    "Original Sin"....Just Another term for our animal nature?

    Original sin could possibly relate to what Carl Jung called 'the shadow'. This is the part of the psyche that contains dark and unpleasant elements that we don't want to acknowledge. His idea is that we have to integrate the shadow if we want to achieve 'individuation'. That's a sort of...
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    Are you treated differently

    I'm not inclined to tell people I'm autistic unless I have to or I feel they would be understanding. There's a lot of stigma and unconscious prejudice. I only got diagnosed a few months ago, at 39. When I used to work, before I knew I was autistic, there were one or two colleagues who treated...
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    How does one lift oneself out of textbook depression?

    There was someone I was friends with who killed himself a few years ago. Some time before he did - I'm not sure how long, maybe a year - I stopped messaging him because I felt he was too passive and didn't offer much as a friend. I regret doing that. But I don't blame myself for what he did...
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    How does one lift oneself out of textbook depression?

    Being around people. Focusing on something you're interested in (preferably involving other people in some way). Some kind of project or hobbie that you can become passionate about.
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    Still single

    That's Pascal you're referring to, who said the thing about people not being able to sit quietly in a room and that being the cause of all humanity's problems. There's probably a lot of truth in that. Eckhart makes a lot of points, it's hard to sum it all up in one sentence. The stuff about...
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    Still single

    I do it as well. My mind goes into the future and creates the most miserable situations and scenarios, where I'm losing control of my life, etc. Distant scenarios that will probably never happen. It's not a pleasant thing. It seems to be a lot easier to think negative thoughts than positive ones...
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    Still single

    At least you're honest about it. Maybe if you turned your attention to other things for a while - hobbies, interests, a new project. Maybe also go a bit easier on yourself. Your siblings aren't autistic (I'm guessing). Make allowances for that.
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    Why do Humans believe in the Existence of God?

    With debates like this the chances of anyone changing their mind are slim to nil. The miracle would be if someone were to say "you're right, I look at it differently now, I've changed my mind". Very rarely happens. For that to happen an intellectual honesty is required that isn't often found...
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    Why do Humans believe in the Existence of God?

    I have looked into NDEs a bit, including Anita Moorjani's book, which is quite amazing. I do believe she's authentic in what she's saying. But even so it's not enough for me to believe in god. I agree with you that these are personal matters. I'm just giving my opinion based on what I've...
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    Why do Humans believe in the Existence of God?

    I said there are genuine believers and I mentioned two of them, who I said I respected greatly! Most of these 'spiritual experiences' that are supposedly happening these days will be people who are slightly unbalanced, or lost in a world of mumbo-jumbo, full of talk of "consciousness", etc...
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    Networking events *eek!*

    You can learn these things, to some extent. I've got much less anxious in my social interactions over the years. I'm still not brilliant socially, but through practice I have improved, including in informal situations. If you put yourself out there enough you can sometimes learn these kind of...
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    Still single

    You need to offer a woman something before she's going to be attracted. If you're needy, worrying and complaining all the time then it's highly unlikely you'll attract any interest. You need to have interests, prospects, positive energy, opinions, etc. Some reason why she would want to be...
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