15 Styles of Distorted Thinking. What Does It Mean To Have Asperger Syndrome? So, overall, what does it mean to have Asperger’s?
How does it affect how a person interacts with the world? What are the challenges? In general, people with Asperger’s generally have trouble with social interaction, communication, as well as regulation of the motor skills and sensory systems.They also can develop obsessive and compulsive tendencies, which manifest themselves in various ways. I’ve said many times that there are many “flavors” of Asperger’s – but I’ll touch on some of the common areas of challenge: Many people with Asperger’s appear to be “nerds” or “geeks.” We may only sporadically pick up unwritten social rules, or we may not learn to execute them in an appropriate way. Many of those of us who have learned to cope with this in adulthood, have developed a comprehensive program, “social scripts,” if you will, to logically handle social situations. It is also very difficult for many of us to learn to use and interpret body language . QUOTE PALETTES™ Why We Need Silence to Survive.
I blogged earlier about how chronic, even low-level noise boosts stress levels, which in turn trigger health problems such as hypertension . My awareness of this in my own life caused me recently to embark on a year-long search for silence, both as an antidote to noise and stress, and as a way to change my life generally. Silence, of course, is the utter absence of input to the hearing system. Thinking about auditory silence got me reflecting on other inputs, and how important it might be to achieve respite from the constant bombardment of information from every quarter: billboards, video, road rage, Jerry Springer, Gap ads. Facebook updates, cellphone calls. Spam, Tweets , Digg ; alarms and interruptions of all stripes.
In my search for auditory silence I looked everywhere I could think of. I won't tell you if I found perfect silence: you'll have to read the book to find out. But here we make a serious mistake. People can retain roughly 7 chunks of information in short-term memory. The Sixteen Personality Types - High-Level.
ISTJ - The Duty Fulfiller Serious and quiet, interested in security and peaceful living.
Extremely thorough, responsible, and dependable. Well-developed powers of concentration. Usually interested in supporting and promoting traditions and establishments. Well-organized and hard working, they work steadily towards identified goals. Click here for a detailed description of ISTJ. ISTP - The Mechanic Quiet and reserved, interested in how and why things work.
Click here for a detailed description of ISTP. ISFJ - The Nurturer. ISFP Profile. Introverted Sensing Feeling Perceiving by Joe Butt Profile: ISFP Revision: 3.0 Date of Revision: 23 Feb 05 ISFPs are the first to hear the different drummer.
Many eagerly plunge into new fashions, avant garde experiences, 'hip' trends--some even setting the trends. More in touch with the reality of their senses than their INFP counterparts, ISFPs live in the here and now. Their impulses yearn to be free, and are often loosed when others least expect it. ISFPs may be quite charming and ingratiating on first acquaintance, flowing with compliments which may (or may not) be deserved. Organized education is difficult for the majority of ISFPs, and many drop out before finishing secondary education.
Differential diagnosis: ISFPs are less fantasy-oriented than INFPs. ISFJs are driven by the conventional, by 'should's and 'ought's; ISFPs internalize their Feeling (by nature a judging function) which bursts out spontaneously and leaves as quickly and mysteriously as it came. Functional Analysis: INFP Profile. Introverted iNtuitive Feeling Perceiving by Joe Butt Profile: INFP Revision: 3.0 Date of Revision: 26 Feb 2005 "I remember the first albatross I ever saw. ...
At intervals, it arched forth its vast archangel wings, as if to embrace some holy ark. Wondrous flutterings and throbbings shook it. Though bodily unharmed, it uttered cries, as some king's ghost in super natural distress. INFPs never seem to lose their sense of wonder. INFP children often exhibit this in a 'Calvin and Hobbes' fashion, switching from reality to fantasy and back again. "...Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. INFPs have the ability to see good in almost anyone or anything. Rest you, my enemy, Slain without fault, Life smacks but tastelessly Lacking your salt! Their extreme depth of feeling is often hidden, even from themselves, until circumstances evoke an impassioned response: "I say, Queequeg!