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1whowillmakeEnzeru Since: Jan, 2011
#76: Jan 31st 2011 at 5:04:54 PM

Me too. It's not a bother so much as my parents, society, and being seperated from my best friend for short or long periods of time are.

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JackMackerel from SOME OBSCURE MEDIA Since: Jul, 2010
#77: Jan 31st 2011 at 5:15:33 PM

Hi, there.

I think it was a wrong diagnosis, I was just a hyperactive shit when I was little. Someone I talked to tried to convince me it's not just a case of me being anti-social and shit (her being an actual psychologist helps), but I rather enjoy human company. Usually.

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#78: Jan 31st 2011 at 5:53:34 PM

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Someone once told me in 7th grade that I was smart and slow at the same time. This was also because I said lots of dumb stuff back then

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#79: Jan 31st 2011 at 11:08:39 PM

I have what was called a minor case Asperger, I've mostly grown out of it (yes, that is possible to do) but I still have clear characteristics, some of which I feel make me a better person. I was diagnosis with it more than 3 times by 1 psychologist and one psychiatrists (and a mental hospital but lets not get into that.) I'm also diagnosed with OCD, ADD (yes, both can exist in the same person)

I was in special needs classes from middle school up until high school (which sucked cause I wanted to learn but they were only equipped with the ability to to teach below my level.) I have two real life friends also diagnosed one with straight out aspergers , the other with a hint of psychosis. They are my Nakama.

As for my opinion on the matter, I think the Myers Briggs is far more useful for people, than treating personality types like sicknesses, I think everyone is different and everyone has a hint of something.

edited 31st Jan '11 11:09:16 PM by americanbadass

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Meophist from Toronto, Canada Since: May, 2010
#80: Jan 31st 2011 at 11:20:48 PM

Back when I was a kid, I primarily thought that there were other reasons why I was so different. My family knew I was weird for a while and one day my dad told me that he was researching some stuff and thought I might have something called "Aspergers". One thing led to another and I eventually got diagnosed.

Although my dad sent me materials talking about Aspergers, I kinda ignored them for a while and didn't really think about it for a few more years. Later I actually looked it up and found it explained a few things, more than I expected.

I'm not sure why, but it's not something I've really talked about too recently.

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#81: Feb 1st 2011 at 3:31:38 AM

I've known people IRL, mostly in school, who have been officially diagnosed with some form of the disorder. I never really got to know them well though.

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#82: Feb 1st 2011 at 3:35:24 AM

my ex-GF brother had aspergers. I swear, that boy was 14 years old and thought GI-Joe figurines were the best thing since milk. if that doesn't disturb you, his second favorite thing was his father's machete.

Since then, ive had a wary suspicion of people with mental disorders. either they are lying and want attention, so i should ignore them, or they are telling the truth and i should run as fast as i fucking can.

edited 1st Feb '11 3:37:01 AM by Dynamod

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RocketScience Not dead yet. from a dark place Since: Jan, 2001
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#83: Feb 1st 2011 at 3:41:34 AM

That's not even the most bizarre obsession I've ever heard of, and that's creepy.

Incidentally, one of the ones I knew was this really angsty kid who spent his free time feeling sorry for himself, and apparently (if what I'd been told was true) held a pair of scissors to a classmate's throat during class. Everyone in the class besides emo kid got a detention.

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#85: Feb 1st 2011 at 8:56:13 PM

I have Aspergers, was diagnosed at the Mayo clinic.

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#86: Feb 1st 2011 at 8:59:46 PM

One or two psychologists were under the impression that I was autistic. The head of paediatric psychology at CHOP disagreed. Intensely.

So there you are. Merely highly intelligent and utterly tactless.

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#87: Feb 2nd 2011 at 12:51:33 AM

I was diagnosed by my parents at one point. My dad still thinks I have it, and says it explains lots about me, but I've come to the conclusion that I'm only a narcissistic, melodramatic bitch sometimes.

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#88: Feb 2nd 2011 at 4:20:11 AM

I have never had an official diagnoses. But a psychologist told me once that I was a text book case after talking to her for a brief period of time while at a wedding

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MrW from some place Since: Sep, 2010
#89: Feb 2nd 2011 at 5:43:23 AM

I've had Aspergers since around the time I was born. I fit all of the stereotypes all too well back then: extremely obsessed with one thing, poor social skills, doing the most batshit crazy things... and I cried at even the smallest things. Of course, Character Development slowly kicked in over a period of 8 years, thanks to my great Special Ed teachers who helped me get out of my Manchild personality and become a much better person.

BonsaiForest Since: Jan, 2001
#90: Feb 2nd 2011 at 11:35:25 AM

I too used to get upset easily over little things. It's a difficult thing to grow out of. I had my share of Character Development, though it took a while.

Were you officially diagnosed, or is it one of those things that's like "yeah, that's definitely me" because you fit the definition so strongly?

oztrickster from Australia Since: Jun, 2010
#91: Feb 2nd 2011 at 2:01:49 PM

I haven't been diagnosed with it officially as far as i know, but most of the main symptoms seem to fit me pretty well, except for the constant fixation on one or two subjects.

Would I be HFA or Asperger's, i can provide more details but didnt want to write my life story if its not needed.

inane242 Anwalt der Verdammten from A B-Movie Bildungsroman Since: Nov, 2010
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#92: Feb 2nd 2011 at 2:11:27 PM

I've been through quite a few focuses, but my current music one actualy has helped my poor social skills. :D

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annebeeche watching down on us from by the long tidal river Since: Nov, 2010
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#93: Feb 2nd 2011 at 5:39:17 PM

[up] Oztrickster: Do yourself a favor and stop trying to diagnose yourself. Everyone can be diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome in one way or another. Avoid diagnosing yourself or seeking a diagnosis unless there's something about you that needs professional help.

Also, HFA is marked by a delay in learning how to speak, AS isn't. Also, Albert Einstein apparently had a speech delay and he turned out perfectly okay without people diagnosing him left and right, so even if you did have one, it's probably still nothing unless you have an actual problem right now.

[up] Joeyjojo: See, that's what downright pisses me off about some psychologists. They think they can just spend an hour with someone and then suddenly they know about how their mind fundamentally works. Nobody's just "shy" or "awkward" or a "late-bloomer" to them, no, every kid that doesn't come across as 100% averagenormal to them is a case of Asperger Syndrome or ADD or whatever and should have a goddamn diagnosis.

Even further, that's just downright insensitive of that psychologist to go ahead and say that, especially without even knowing you. If anyone told me that I was a "text-book case" of Asperger Syndrome (or any vague disorder, for that matter), I would consider that a downright insult to every layer of my being and punch them in the face, or slap them if I felt like a little restraint. As a matter of fact, for being so socially unaware in that moment, I might as well informally diagnose that psych with Asperger Syndrome too, and I've never even met her.

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The funny thing is? I'm an AP Psychology student.

edited 2nd Feb '11 5:43:22 PM by annebeeche

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#94: Feb 2nd 2011 at 6:44:21 PM

Yeah I know talk about presumptuous. You take a few courses in headology and you suddenly think you know everything about everyone. No, no one is just shy or a jackass. Noooo. They have got to have 'high spectrum autism with low level sociopathic tendencies' or some other psycho babble .

She didn't even consider my theory of psionic vampirism.

edited 2nd Feb '11 6:45:56 PM by joeyjojo

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#95: Feb 2nd 2011 at 7:05:34 PM

Is there any way to treat or work yourself out of Autism/autistic tendencies, or is it permanent?

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annebeeche watching down on us from by the long tidal river Since: Nov, 2010
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#96: Feb 2nd 2011 at 7:19:11 PM

Depends on the person and their circumstances.

For me it's something I can work on, and I believe that's true for a majority of people, but I'm sure there are people out there who have fundamental problems they cannot solve, such as my trouble with concentrating.

Many of the tendencies, however, such as having somewhat of a one-track mind, are too harmless and typical among most people to even bother with, and I believe should not even be criteria for diagnosis.

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#97: Feb 4th 2011 at 7:53:53 PM

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Really? It's become a big insult around some quarters of the internet.

Well, I have had a few people, outside of people insulting me on the internet, try to diagnose me though. Mostly because I also have OCD and trouble concentrating. It's a popular opinion that if you display signs of OCD, ADHD/ADD, and a couple other loosely associated things, and are a bit eccentric, for people to want to think you have it.

On the other hand, while I definitely have OCD, I have weird, but very broad interests, I have no trouble making Eye Contact, I have plenty of empathy for others, I have no desire for routines, much less strict ones, instead of being mute, even to some people, I have the "help, I'm talking and I can't shut up!" problem, and I don't know a stranger, I understand and can react to social situations plenty well, if anything, the only deviation and problem is being sometimes defensive, but this is a symptom of self esteem and not a lack of understanding. Also, most people I know have told me my speech is pretty normal, I know that most human beings like to tell pretty lies to continue to be on someone's good side or make them feel well, but surely not everyone I have ever known would lie to me. And yes, I'm one of those people who flips out about how much they hate their own voice, even though pretty much everyone hates their own voice. I think it would be an oddity if all of the conversations about voice in my life, nobody had ever, ever told me I had a speech problem. People don't tell me I have a weird voice, they tell me I have to stop worrying about everything about myself, such as my voice, face, interests, and so forth.

I also think I'm pretty respectful of people's emotions. I think everyone sometimes accidentally says something insensitive. And despite the fact I talk a lot, I don't interrupt my friends more than they do me. And I try to think about what others might be interested in before talking. I can definitely tell when someone doesn't want to hear about something. I don't keep things to myself, I have enough self esteem that I don't go into a panic if someone finds out I listen to foreign music. But I don't harass the local Soccer Mom with a tirade about Black Metal(thought that would be incredibly amusing). Admittedly, I could stand to pay better attention when people are talking. But I don't think it's to the point of some kind of Autism. I think most people zone out a little bit after two minutes of talking, especially if it's about something one cares little about. I've always had a good vocabulary, but that's because I'm a more of a language oriented person than a Visuo-Spatial person. And I'm certainly not bad at understanding jokes.

Yes, a lot of the things I do are odd. I listen to music nobody has ever heard of, and show a general distaste for the status quo and normality. But that's not a disorder. There's a difference between choosing to be weird, and failing at being normal.

By the way, does anybody think it's weird that I think it'd be fun to date a woman with Asperger's Syndrome?

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#98: Feb 5th 2011 at 12:45:00 AM

[up] It's not weird at all. At least, not to weird people. And why should one associate with anything less than the weirdest?

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Dynamod -Nudge- from Eagle Land Since: Jan, 2011
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#99: Feb 5th 2011 at 4:09:36 AM

Yes, a lot of the things I do are odd. I listen to music nobody has ever heard of, and show a general distaste for the status quo and normality. But that's not a disorder. There's a difference between choosing to be weird, and failing at being normal.

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edited 5th Feb '11 4:10:18 AM by Dynamod

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#100: Feb 5th 2011 at 4:25:23 AM

If I recall correctly, I was diagnosed with autism when I was nine. But I actually don't know if it's true or not, since nobody in my country these days know much about autism.


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