Great, I’ll have a look at it, maybe knowing more about Asperger may help
to effectively work with this group of people, and perhaps support them in
the process indeed. Thanks for the advice, and obviously it’s also for me
not about diagnosing but rather about finding a way in, especially if
people want to learn and (indeed) want to know more! Thanks, I appreciate
your thinking along! If you have any good (systemic) literature, links, or
info, it would be great if you can share! :)
On Mon, 26 Mar 2018 at 00:51, Anne Beversdorf <anne@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello Oscar. While this can, in NO way, be a diagnosis of any kind, the--
responses you mention from these people reminds me of people I know who
have Asperger’s syndrome. They are often quite bright and curious but miss
many signals on the human social level. I do know one Asperger’s person who
attended constellations and usually was polite, stiff, and apparently not
connected. He surprised us finally when being selected as someone’s
grandparent he literally fell to the floor sobbing with the exhaustion and
effort of getting himself and his wife out of Germany during the Holocaust.
This man’s live-in girlfriend was standing with her mouth open, Never
having seen him show emotion. Read a bit about Asperger’s and see if it
fits your experiences with these folks. (Your observation that they are ‘in
their head’ is totally relevant. They need to figure things out, and are
usually willing to hear that there are other ways than scientific logic,
but they need a clue to start thinking that way, emphasis on the word
Thinking and not feeling.)
Anne Beversdorf
