tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8888467463194468789.post7718834118123434190..comments2023-03-26T05:15:01.285-03:00Comments on the other end of the spectrum.: The direction of society.pinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03021125367864652400noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8888467463194468789.post-2724102875747478472009-02-15T21:53:00.000-04:002009-02-15T21:53:00.000-04:00People will join a cult (or other, less troubling ...People will join a cult (or other, less troubling groups) for a sense of belonging, something that is sorely lacking in our society. I have sought this sense of belonging all my life--not in cults, thank G-d, but in various kinds of religious, academic, and corporate institutions.<BR/><BR/>One of the great freedoms of being diagnosed an Aspie at 50 is that I realize I can never belong to any kind of narrowly constituted group. I will always be the odd one out, the strangely wonderful eccentric, and the sort of person who smiles at people at funerals just because I'm glad to see they're still alive. <BR/><BR/>I hope your friend will find his way through all right. We all take wrong turns at times, but he has youth on his side and many years to make right decisions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8888467463194468789.post-63090860963568865392009-02-13T11:23:00.000-04:002009-02-13T11:23:00.000-04:00With "cult" type things like that, I find it's bes...With "cult" type things like that, I find it's best to watch out for: 1. something that asks for lots of money, 2. something that requires you to follow a restrictive diet (not enough protein, or not enough carbohydrates, for example, impairs your brain's ability to work the way it does when it has a balance of nutrients) amongst other things. Makes it easier to brainwash you. These are just two possible big tipoffs something is not quite right. I hope your friend isn't on an unnecessarily (as opposed to medically necessary) restrictive diet for this thing?<BR/><BR/>I agree that it's important not to lose a sense of yourself and individualness. I'm to a point where I've tried to hide so much of "me" for so long that it's kind of becoming not an option any more. I can pretty much either look a little weird all the time, or look less weird most of the time until I look <I>very</I> weird when I start freaking out and no one understands why.Fleecyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04918012773089750636noreply@blogger.com