Whats the difference? They seem very similar to me.
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I mean the asociality and apathy/lack of emotions and feeling flat. Aren’t they both present in both disorders?
People on the spectrum don’t have a lack of emotion. They aren’t apathetic… What in the world are…I mean WHERE did you hear this stuff?
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So autistics are as social as normal people?
I’m not an expert on autism, but I don’t think lack of emotions is a hallmark of it. My niece has autism and is often at the extremes of emotions. Either laughing hysterically or crying her eyes out. I do believe that some may appear apathetic towards other people. Some may also not appear empathetic.
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I didn’t say they were. Being social has nothing to do with what you said people with autism are like.
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I guess I don’t have autism then but then how is it possible that I lack emotions and sociability since I was born or a little kid. It doesn’t make sense that I was born with sz.
Yeah, I don’t know Aziz. If you really think you have autism, I guess get tested. You likely don’t though.
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I thought about that but everyone says and online too that there is no treatment. I told my pdoc about these problems he said its sz and that I lack dopamine in certain brain parts. Idk how he came to this conclusion. He said there is no treatment and to accept myself be as happy as possible.
That’s because you’re uninformed.
Autistic people aren’t asocial, but we have difficulty socializing like neurotypicals do. We socialize quite well within our own parameters. I never felt flat and emotionless before the SZ hit. When the SZ did hit, most of the flatness came from the medications.
I was able to do things easily when I was pre-SZ and just autistic. With the SZ came the negs and the virtual boat anchor that I drag behind me everywhere as I do stuff.
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I think Asociality is a symptom for many syndromes, disorders and illnesses.
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I was always emotionless even before sz. Does that mean I was born with sz?
I’m not a doctor. I don’t know. I know plenty of SZs who experience a normal range of emotions when they aren’t being carpet-bombed by medications.
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I hate sz, it has so many different symptoms affecting everything in my life.
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I never felt normal in my life.
That’s good. Normal is boring. Aim for awesome whenever possible.
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Worst mental illness imo
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I have childhood schizophrenia, and had emotions as a child. I wasn’t emotionless.
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Not everyone with childhood sz have emotions. Actually childhood sz fits me better than autism but my positive symptoms started to appear at 15y.o. while in childhood sz its before 13y.o.
" Emotions:
- Irritability or depressed mood
- Lack of emotion, or emotions inappropriate for the situation
- Strange anxieties and fears
- Excessive suspicion of others"