What are the essential differences between autism and introversion
1、 Different references
1. Autism: it is a representative disease of PDD.
2. Introverted personality: psychologically, it refers to a kind of directionality in temperament. People's speech, thinking and emotion often point to the insiders, which means that the nervous excitement process is dominant.
2、 Different reasons
1. Autism: The etiology is not completely clear, but research shows that some risk factors may be related to the onset of autism. The risk factors of autism can be summarized as follows: heredity, infection, immunity and stimulation of physical and chemical factors during pregnancy.
2. Introverted personality: "catatonia" and "phobia" of people are caused by very sensitive self-awareness. For example, some middle school students are too strongly aware of the opposite sex when they contact the opposite sex, and their heart is flustered, resulting in excessive emotional tension and embarrassment.
3、 Behave differently
1. Autism: social interaction disorder, communication disorder, narrow interest and stereotyped repetitive behavior.
2. Introverted personality: quiet, aloof, introspective, like to be alone rather than contact people. Conservative, keep a certain distance from people (unless a close friend). They tend to work in a planned way, looking forward and backward, not on impulse. Daily life is regular and rigorous. Follow ethics. Work reliably. There are few offensive behaviors and some pessimism.
Autism is a developmental disorder of children. It appears early in life and appears at the age of two or three. This is the performance. Introverted personality is a tendency of personality, that is, individuals are more inclined to be alone and work alone. It is a different concept. For introverted individuals, it is not a morbid, but a tendency of personality.
Introverted people are just not close to outsiders, while autistic children sometimes lack intimacy with their parents; In addition to being afraid of strangers or not willing to ask for help on their own initiative, introverted children are the same as normal children, while autistic children often have no normal emotional response, are not attached to their parents, but are not afraid of strangers, and have social barriers;
Autism is mainly in infancy. Introversion is relatively active before puberty, so people will tell me that my child seemed very active before, but suddenly he became so quiet. During adolescence, he had a conversion process, so introverted words accounted for 60% of the population, most of them were introverted, However, introverted people will still do it when they express their own wishes or requirements, but they will not express these aspects if they are autistic. If they are introverted, their general learning function will not be affected. They can learn and communicate normally, but they may express less than others' requirements. In addition, if they are introverted, their feelings of family affection can still be felt.
Introversion and autism are two different concepts. Introversion refers to the personality characteristics of a person who tends to prefer to be alone and not like to interact with others, and tends to feel nervous and shy.
In contrast, autism is a kind of psychological barrier, which means that a person is unwilling to communicate with others and is difficult to express his feelings. People with autistic thoughts may have cognitive barriers, emotional barriers and behavioral problems. There are many similarities and differences between the two.
similarity.
Both introverted and autistic people like to be alone, easily feel nervous and shy, and do not like to interact with others. Both of them are prone to loneliness, and may have depression and anxiety.
They may also have cognitive and emotional disorders.
Difference.
The main difference between introversion and autism is that introversion is a personality feature, while autism is a psychological barrier, which may lead to serious social barriers, communication barriers and behavioral problems.
Autistic people may have cognitive and emotional disorders, which are not common among introverts. In addition, autistic people may need treatment, including medication and psychotherapy. introverts usually do not need these treatments.
