Comments on: An Aspie’s-Eye View of the Afterlife http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/10/18/an-aspies-eye-view-of-the-afterlife/ Ethics, Disability Rights, and Reports from Life on the Spectrum Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:19:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bluedancer http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/10/18/an-aspies-eye-view-of-the-afterlife/comment-page-1/#comment-79544 bluedancer Tue, 25 May 2010 19:47:13 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=3803#comment-79544 another lol! the whole way through. (i really like the kitchen table god. some of my ancestors were shinto. :) another lol! the whole way through. (i really like the kitchen table god. some of my ancestors were shinto. :)

]]> By: Taylor Selseth http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/10/18/an-aspies-eye-view-of-the-afterlife/comment-page-1/#comment-69025 Taylor Selseth Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:09:53 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=3803#comment-69025 LOL, you just gave this Secular Humanist a chuckle! :-) LOL, you just gave this Secular Humanist a chuckle! :-)

]]> By: Casdok http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/10/18/an-aspies-eye-view-of-the-afterlife/comment-page-1/#comment-68672 Casdok Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:12:20 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=3803#comment-68672 Interesting to see how your thought process evolved. Interesting to see how your thought process evolved.

]]> By: Rachel http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/10/18/an-aspies-eye-view-of-the-afterlife/comment-page-1/#comment-68528 Rachel Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:02:09 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=3803#comment-68528 Hi eaucoin, I seem to remember my parents telling me that I worried about all the wrong things, too; the way they put it was "You always worry over nothing!" Given that, like you, I always worried about everything, I couldn't quite wrap my mind around that statement. Did it mean that I didn't need to worry at all? Or that I needed to worry over something I'd completely overlooked? That worried me. ;-) Hi eaucoin,

I seem to remember my parents telling me that I worried about all the wrong things, too; the way they put it was “You always worry over nothing!” Given that, like you, I always worried about everything, I couldn’t quite wrap my mind around that statement. Did it mean that I didn’t need to worry at all? Or that I needed to worry over something I’d completely overlooked? That worried me. ;-)

]]> By: eaucoin http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/10/18/an-aspies-eye-view-of-the-afterlife/comment-page-1/#comment-68519 eaucoin Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:51:09 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=3803#comment-68519 Rachel, I had a great laugh and recognized my own childhood thinking too. One of the most upsetting things my mother ever told me was that I "worried about all the wrong things." I knew, of course, that I worried about everything, so when she told me that I was horrified. The way I heard it was this, "there are many more things I should be worried about and I don't even know what they are, and if I ask her she'll get upset"--many times when I asked questions about what I had said or done wrong she would look at me hard and think I was just being ignorant on purpose. Once she told me, "You know!" and I was upset, not because she was angry (it seemed like that happened pretty regularly), but because I didn't know who I could ask if she wouldn't tell me. At seven years old, that felt like a catastrophe! Rachel, I had a great laugh and recognized my own childhood thinking too. One of the most upsetting things my mother ever told me was that I “worried about all the wrong things.” I knew, of course, that I worried about everything, so when she told me that I was horrified. The way I heard it was this, “there are many more things I should be worried about and I don’t even know what they are, and if I ask her she’ll get upset”–many times when I asked questions about what I had said or done wrong she would look at me hard and think I was just being ignorant on purpose. Once she told me, “You know!” and I was upset, not because she was angry (it seemed like that happened pretty regularly), but because I didn’t know who I could ask if she wouldn’t tell me. At seven years old, that felt like a catastrophe!

]]> By: Rachel http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/10/18/an-aspies-eye-view-of-the-afterlife/comment-page-1/#comment-68423 Rachel Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:17:05 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=3803#comment-68423 John: I'd never heard that line before! It's great. :lol: John: I’d never heard that line before! It’s great. :lol:

]]> By: John Dale Lyons http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/10/18/an-aspies-eye-view-of-the-afterlife/comment-page-1/#comment-68382 John Dale Lyons Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:05:56 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=3803#comment-68382 Like Woody Allen, I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens. Like Woody Allen, I’m not afraid of death; I just don’t want to be there when it happens.

]]> By: Rachel http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/10/18/an-aspies-eye-view-of-the-afterlife/comment-page-1/#comment-68369 Rachel Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:37:25 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=3803#comment-68369 Misfit, I hear you. If reincarnation exists, I hope we get to choose whether we want to come back or not. Choice is always good. ;-) Misfit, I hear you. If reincarnation exists, I hope we get to choose whether we want to come back or not. Choice is always good. ;-)

]]> By: misfit http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/10/18/an-aspies-eye-view-of-the-afterlife/comment-page-1/#comment-68333 misfit Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:42:48 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=3803#comment-68333 interesting, but no reincarnation for me, please. The idea of more than one trip along this mortal coil is more than I can bear! interesting, but no reincarnation for me, please. The idea of more than one trip along this mortal coil is more than I can bear!

]]> By: Ben http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2009/10/18/an-aspies-eye-view-of-the-afterlife/comment-page-1/#comment-68284 Ben Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:54:25 +0000 http://www.aspergerjourneys.com/?p=3803#comment-68284 thanks for the chuckle :-) thanks for the chuckle :-)

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