are aspies capable of love?
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Despite the problems in relationship skills experienced by many people with Asperger's syndrome, some adults can progress along the relationship continuum and are able to experience romantic and subsequently intimate personal relationships, even becoming a lifelong partner.
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Yes, eunuchs can fall in love, but it feels different and less intense. Of my own small experience I can tell that eunuch love feels much weaker. There is almost no craving for physical intimacy with loved one.
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My natural reaction is to say no, Dylan doesn't have Aspergers and isn't on the Autism spectrum. He doesn't give any indication to me that he's Aspergers in any way and his general restless nature suggests the opposite.
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Whereas self-esteem is an evaluation and acceptance is an attitude, love combines both feeling and action. Contrary to what many believe, self-love is healthy. It's neither selfish, nor self-indulgent, and neither egotism, nor narcissism. Actually, egotists and narcissists don't love themselves at all.
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The short answer is a simple “no.” It is actually highly unlikely that your narcissistic partner is even capable of real love, let alone feels it towards you past the beginning of your relationship.
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In theory Forrest Gump may have had a rare form of autism known as Asperger's syndrome . The unique thing about this condition is that one can still function in a normal co-existence with others and can still live a normal life if not an extraordinary life !
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['Eros. Eros is the type of love that most closely resembles what Western cultures now view as romantic love. ... ', 'Philia. While many Greeks viewed eros as dangerous, they viewed philia as the ideal love. ... ', 'Agape. Agape is a bit more abstract than the other two types of love, but stay with me.']
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Even though this relationship is not the most ideal one, it can work pretty well in some cases. There are many ways in which ISTJs and ENTJs can complement each other, especially in the workplace, but if they don't have much in common (not personality wise, but interest wise) then this relationship can be troublesome.
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But since Asperger's and PDD-NOS were deemed syndromes “less severe” than autism, 14 states didn't offer access to services for people with these diagnoses. While Asperger's was the cute and cuddly white person's autism, PDD-NOS covered anything that didn't quite fit the autism diagnosis, for instance Asperger's.
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Literal Self-Love: Autoromanticism, Autosexuality, & Dating Yourself.
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Do you think love can bloom, even on a battlefield? Snake: Yeah, I do. I believe at any time, any place, people can fall in love with each other. But... if you love someone, you have to be able to protect them.
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An essential part of loving someone with borderline personality disorder is realizing that you cannot fix them. You can have a close, loving, meaningful relationship with them and provide invaluable support, but you cannot heal their illness. What you can do is help them connect with high-quality treatment options.
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You won't find any particular enjoyment while doing so, but it is possible. Because it probably means that there's something wrong with you mentally and emotionally. This is not meant to be insulting, but being asocial is abnormal and usually caused by some sort of personality disorder.
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Otacon: Snake... Do you think love can bloom, even on a battlefield? ... I believe at any time, any place, people can fall in love with each other.
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Is it possible to like/love someone you've never talked to? Its possible. You can pine for a person for days, months, years and even decades on end without ever speaking with them. ... If you look at a person and just KNOW, nothing else really matters then.
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INFPs, who are so filled with ideas, yet have a harder time bringing them to fruition, can find a true partner and helpmate in the ESTJ. They also appreciate the ESTJs dependable nature, their down-to-earth mindset, and their ability to balance the INFP's imagination with their own practical worldview.
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Don and Peggy love each other, but they're not people who are good at giving or accepting love. More important than their love, then, is simply their bond.