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Stoically Aloof
BY: T. Franklin Murphy | November 1, 2018 (modified January 11, 2023)
Aloofness and Autism
While aloofness may not be a flawed personality characteristic, it may be included in identifying a larger underlying condition. People suffering from autism often are socially aloof. It is a characteristic of the condition.
They even found that parents exhibiting social aloofness may be more likely to have an autistic child than parents not exhibiting social aloofness (Klusek, Losh, & Martin, 2014). I’m still emotionally aloof. I feel emotions and work towards openly sharing more of the budding feelings inside. My body still instinctively withdraws from emotionally explosive situations. I’m not ill, suffering from a psychosis in need of treatment. It’s who I am. The challenge isn’t discovering a cure but blending my own peculiarities with someone else and their peculiarities. The collisions in life, on-going conflicts, create the illusion of illness. Some individuals invite more stress by continuously rubbing against personalities more common in their society. These persons may need help to become more inline with others, not because they are suffering a defined psychosis, but because they desire a more congenial existence. We can be stoically aloof or socially vibrant only adjusting if these attitudes fail to bring the manner of living we desire.
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