Are we more indoctrineable?

[Ylva]

Are we more easily indoctrinated? Or is it just that we remember more (possibly because of that brain autophage malfunction)?

I find myself still compulsively obeying rules my parents gave me when I was little. If anybody knows a good way to stop that, I'd be extremely appreciative.

 

[apsie]

I'm not sure.
Personally I'm pretty sure I'm the other way around.
Then again, if I were indoctrinated, would I even know?
I like to think my rules are my own, that nobody taught them to me.

Allot of us are very naive at soms point in our lives, and we have a certain need for structure.
In a way that could make one more vunrable.

 

[Judge]

Are we more easily indoctrinated?

No more than Neurotypicals, IMO.

When one studies authoritarian mass movements and subsequent adherence to authority, you quickly realize such social phenomena is not confined to any particular neurological group.

As an adult, I've never had any inclination to join much of anything ideological in nature.

 

[Rocco]

I have volumes of rules from childhood up to today. I selectively follow only the rules I find logical, fair, reasonable, or useful. The rest I ignore. Be a rebel with out a cause.

 

[Voltekka_MK3]

I would say its the complete opposite. I am nearly skeptical+critical of everything and as Rocco said I only listen to Logic & Reason and if i find rules that make zero sense and are illogical then i won't follow them and will break them because they simply make zero-sense. Most Aspies (Not all) are a lot more logical compared to most NT's(Not all) and don't use emotions but use logic to look at the world.

In my College they added a dumb and illogical rule saying that if someone is about to hit you, you let them hit you and tell the teacher. That rule is complete and utter bull****. If someone is about to hit me at a vital area i will defend my-self no matter what the college says, I'd rather be excluded than be paralyzed for the rest of my life. And realistically College teachers can't do anything against problems unrelated to college and in reality you need to fend for yourself to survive.

So i will rebel and retaliate against something that makes zero logical and reasonable sense literally forever. I have very strong views but i also question my beliefs from time to time which i think is good because it allows you to see the truth a lot more clearer and also see your own wrong doings.

When i was little (I still do this now) if my parents did something illogical i would rebel and fight with them until there is a logical compromise.

 

[wyverary]

While it's possible that Aspies may be somewhat less prone to conform to ideals thrust upon them, I think it highly depends on the environment and/or culture they are raised in. If they are raised in a sheltered environment, or denied access to outside information, ways of living, or ideas, I don't think they are any less likely to succumb to indoctrination than anybody else.

Barring that extreme, though, I do think it way less likely that we would succumb to ideologies that are attempted to be thrust upon us, although I don't think Aspies are necessarily immune to cognitive dissonance entirely.

 

[King_Oni]

I suppose it depends on the person.

In a sense I'm like Voltekka with this. I'll question things more often than not, including rules my parents tried to push upon me. I don't know if it makes me a rebel... I would rather see myself as sceptical.

Howver it doesn't mean I'll go against everything all the time... I just don't have the fortitude to go at it like that 24/7 I suppose. But those are the moments were I rather revel in some kind of "nothingness" rather than just go with the flow. So I either question it, or ignore it competely.

I don't know if it has to do with my logical reasoning though. Something things just don't feel right to me and therefore I won't go with them either. Though I am more of a logical aspie rather than a sensing one I suppose.

On the other hand; I've found quite some pleasure in rebelling every once in a while, lol. So maybe my scepticism just got the best in me and has told me "if you're at it.. at least enjoy it".

 

[Etzelaire]

I just follow rules that will prevent me from having trouble with society cause lots of them I find absurd. I also have some principles by which my world is governed. One of them is the same as Sheldon's (big bang theory character), my spot is my spot and nobody seats there, nobody invades that space, nobody even thinks of leaving something in my spot.

 

[Christy]

I would say yes. As a kid I struggled to understand the world around me, and consequently accepted that what I was taught was the "right" way to live. Now as an adult, those rules form the structure by which I interpret everything, and changing them would leave me with no means to understand.

 

[King_Oni]

This topic makes me wonder something else as well; Nature or nurture.

While I'm often one who questions rules, regulations and laws... and will sometimes go great lenghts to fight it, it's not like it's something that's just me. Both my parents will argue about pretty anything (and perhaps even more than me). And thus I think I've gotten a big part of this from them, They rarely argue just for the heck of it. As a result my parents probably were never that strict with rules on me either, since they know that it would make them look like a hypocrit to lay down arbitrary rules just because someone says so.

I never got seriously grounded as a kid, but it's not like I behaved properly, lol. They just knew that I would argue up to the point where I would make them look stupid. The entire "authority" argument rarely went over well either. Which might explain why I don't do well with any form of authority later in life.

A therapist once commented "it sounds like you were raised by wolves"... and while that might be a stretch, I suppose there's some truth to it.

 

[AsheSkyler]

I question everything, even try to fight some rules I think are a bad idea, but some stress me out to no end to break because of how many verbal thrashings I've gotten from doing it in the past. And not from my parents, (whose rules I don't mind breaking in my own home, like not cleaning every week), but from stupid little bimbos that just go around looking for trouble. I should not have a minor anxiety attack every time I want to say "I like animals"!

 

[Voltekka_MK3]

I think also it depends on which pet you like.

I've read that most Dog people are quite extroverted and abide by the laws/rules a lot more while cat people (like me, but i also love wolfs) tend to be more introverted and tend to question rules a lot more.

 

[zurb]

It's like a head going through the railings.
I think the harder it was to get the rule in, the harder it is to get it out
That is, we might resist, but once we see it as the right way, we won't change.
Hmmm, maybe it's just change we don't like.

 

[Ylva]

I think the harder it was to get the rule in, the harder it is to get it out

That would explain a lot. I was an extremely stubborn child.