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diff --git a/content/entry/how-to-maintain-a-healthy-self-image-with-autism.md b/content/entry/how-to-maintain-a-healthy-self-image-with-autism.md index 1f19268..df2775f 100644 --- a/content/entry/how-to-maintain-a-healthy-self-image-with-autism.md +++ b/content/entry/how-to-maintain-a-healthy-self-image-with-autism.md @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ In my previous entry "[Labels](/2025/02/14/labels/ "Journal Entry: Labels")", I I should not have listened to those people, but at the same time, one doesn't want to rely *entirely* on oneself to gauge who one is. Each of us has biases and blind spots in our individual perception. Also, the input of others can be useful because others have diverse perspectives and experiences we don't have, and can show us things about ourselves that we alone can't see. -So how can you, as an autistic person, filter out the inaccurate input assigned to you by ignorant neurotypicals who don't know what autism is so that you can gain useful insights about yourself from others, without being left with a twisted self-image and destroying your self-esteem in the process? Do you just put less stock in what anybody else says about you? What is the solution? +So how can you, as an autistic person, filter out the inaccurate input given to you by ignorant neurotypicals who don't know what autism is so that you can gain useful insights about yourself from others, without being left with a twisted self-image and destroying your self-esteem in the process? Do you just put less stock in what anybody else says about you? What is the solution? I think the key lies in redirecting your attention from whether other people perceive you accurately to *why* they perceive you the way they do. Take an attitude of curiosity, of wanting to understand their perspective, rather than immediately agreeing or disagreeing. |