Tarmander
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This Is What Dating Is Like on the Autism Spectrum
I came across this a couple days ago browsing reddit. The video is an interview of two people who are a couple and have autism. It talks about dating and how they got together and all that.
Haidut and RP have talked about Autism as being characteristic of having high serotonin, and treating it with serotonin lowering methods.
What I found interesting in this video was mostly the woman's interview sections. She is quite adorable, but other then that, she has some very interesting characteristics that we could look at through a high serotonin lens. She smiles a lot, seems very happy, and has bright eyes; almost too bright. It is like there is a fragility to her smile that has an undercurrent of fear and anxiety. Kind of similar to someone who smiles to try and avoid being ridiculed or hurt. You can also see how the idea of prescribing drugs that would raise serotonin would seem to be a solution to depression. She definitely does not look depressed, but that depression is being displaced by a more acute form of anxiety.
Anyways, would love to hear anyone's thoughts on this.
I came across this a couple days ago browsing reddit. The video is an interview of two people who are a couple and have autism. It talks about dating and how they got together and all that.
Haidut and RP have talked about Autism as being characteristic of having high serotonin, and treating it with serotonin lowering methods.
What I found interesting in this video was mostly the woman's interview sections. She is quite adorable, but other then that, she has some very interesting characteristics that we could look at through a high serotonin lens. She smiles a lot, seems very happy, and has bright eyes; almost too bright. It is like there is a fragility to her smile that has an undercurrent of fear and anxiety. Kind of similar to someone who smiles to try and avoid being ridiculed or hurt. You can also see how the idea of prescribing drugs that would raise serotonin would seem to be a solution to depression. She definitely does not look depressed, but that depression is being displaced by a more acute form of anxiety.
Anyways, would love to hear anyone's thoughts on this.