Comments on: Is Having A Disorder The New Normal? http://www.esteeklar.com/2010/07/28/is-having-a-disorder-the-new-normal/ The Joy of Autism is about our journey with autism and our opinions about how society views it. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ole Ferme l'Oeil http://www.esteeklar.com/2010/07/28/is-having-a-disorder-the-new-normal/comment-page-1/#comment-13901 Ole Ferme l'Oeil Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:50:56 +0000 http://www.esteeklar.com/?p=3960#comment-13901 I wanted to post a comment a long time ago. I really love this post, can I translate it to post it on a french forum one day? I wanted to post a comment a long time ago.
I really love this post, can I translate it to post it on a french forum one day?

]]> By: Estee http://www.esteeklar.com/2010/07/28/is-having-a-disorder-the-new-normal/comment-page-1/#comment-10818 Estee Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:07:19 +0000 http://www.esteeklar.com/?p=3960#comment-10818 Good point. I think people can have incidences of depression with it being "life-long" and in some cases we know that some people do experience life-long depression. We are all pretty vulnerable. Perhaps this is why I believe that writing and talking about our children and adapting our perspectives about them (and heck, life) is really one of the most important things we can do. Good point. I think people can have incidences of depression with it being “life-long” and in some cases we know that some people do experience life-long depression.

We are all pretty vulnerable. Perhaps this is why I believe that writing and talking about our children and adapting our perspectives about them (and heck, life) is really one of the most important things we can do.

]]> By: Xyzzy http://www.esteeklar.com/2010/07/28/is-having-a-disorder-the-new-normal/comment-page-1/#comment-10805 Xyzzy Sun, 01 Aug 2010 06:31:49 +0000 http://www.esteeklar.com/?p=3960#comment-10805 It's beside the point, I know, but I have to politely disagree about depression being just "the way we respond to life". The best way to explain might be to compare a "depressed" response to your reaction to finding out your little guy is autistic... You struggled a bit, you felt moments or periods of despair, but kept forging forward. If you developed depression, you would start thinking that he'd be better off without you, that everything always goes wrong for you; your ability to take pleasure in anything (including him) would dry up, and you'd *stay* that way. Sometimes, the person can regain perspective just with guidance or exercises...other times, even if the pain itself is no more severe, I guess the brain latches onto the painful beliefs so securely that it simply can't let go on its own. It’s beside the point, I know, but I have to politely disagree about depression being just “the way we respond to life”. The best way to explain might be to compare a “depressed” response to your reaction to finding out your little guy is autistic… You struggled a bit, you felt moments or periods of despair, but kept forging forward. If you developed depression, you would start thinking that he’d be better off without you, that everything always goes wrong for you; your ability to take pleasure in anything (including him) would dry up, and you’d *stay* that way.

Sometimes, the person can regain perspective just with guidance or exercises…other times, even if the pain itself is no more severe, I guess the brain latches onto the painful beliefs so securely that it simply can’t let go on its own.

]]> By: Tanya http://www.esteeklar.com/2010/07/28/is-having-a-disorder-the-new-normal/comment-page-1/#comment-10763 Tanya Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:33:32 +0000 http://www.esteeklar.com/?p=3960#comment-10763 Well said! Life must be characterized by a sense of universal responsibility; human to human, nation to nation.....There are no costraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress, except those we ourselves erect. Well said!
Life must be characterized by a sense of universal responsibility; human to human, nation to nation…..There are no costraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress, except those we ourselves erect.

]]> By: Mental Disorders 101 http://www.esteeklar.com/2010/07/28/is-having-a-disorder-the-new-normal/comment-page-1/#comment-10761 Mental Disorders 101 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:50:17 +0000 http://www.esteeklar.com/?p=3960#comment-10761 <strong>Estée Klar » Blog Archive » Is Having A Disorder The New Normal?...</strong> I found your entry interesting do I've added a Trackback to it on my weblog :)... Estée Klar » Blog Archive » Is Having A Disorder The New Normal?…

I found your entry interesting do I’ve added a Trackback to it on my weblog :)…

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