I kind of am similar. I can talk a lot about the same thing over and over and over. I can read people if I stay silent and pay attention to them but if I am talking to somebody, especially if I talk about the same thing over and over, I don’t know if they’re getting annoyed at me.
If I can get really obsessed about something (trust me I’ve been obsessed about things. Pacman, trains, Jimmy neutron, and, of course, ROBOTS to name a few), I’ll talk about it non-stop. I can even act like them. Actually I have acted like all of those (go figure)
Again as my list states from before, I’m pretty picky myself.
Oh! I normally speak in a formal language (kids used to make fun of me at school for that).
And yes like definedancing I can get pretty annoyed when people rephrase things I’ve written. I know that people on other forums often translate me saying one thing when I meant another and I get annyoed.
I have difficulties describing my own thoughts and feelings to people verbally. Writing them down is not hard though.
I can be very easily offended or hurt (I remember my mom yelling at me one time for a very important issue and I started crying).
I really hate hearing loud noises (though I’m a little more tolerant of them than I was before. I think.) like if I’m at a rock concert or something, I’ll probably plug my ears. And textures, well, I don’t find many revolting. The ones I do find revolting are the ones that are wet. Like a wet plastic bag or especially wet water-logged fingers (when my fingers are wet and waterlogged and they rub together, UGH!! it sends chills down my spine. It’s that annoying.)
Finally, the biggest evidence is my motor functions.
I have really sloppy handwriting. And sometime have difficulties holding small narrow objects.
I can stumble a lot and, well, almost trip around people when I’m close to them (it’s strange actually. I’m just walking close behind and I feel uncoordinated in my walking around them.)
And yes I do flap my fingers sometimes (most evident when you put music on as I’ll shift them per note I hear in the song. Usually part dependent to as sometimes I’ll switch from listening to the piano to listening to the French horns to listening to the bass strings [cello and double bass] to listening to the timpani [all of these instruments are orchestra instruments by the way.])
I should finally point out that a cousin of mine on my dads side actually has aspergers. So it’s even more plausible that I’m an aspie as well.
Oh well. Hopefully I’ll be evaluated and that will be the reason for all that I’ve said above.
That’s kinda what I’m thinking. Cause from what I’ve read I share a lot of the symptoms, like I’m horrible at making eye contact (but I try really hard!), I get extremely, scarily obsessed with things, and it’s hard for me to change a routine. But loud noises don’t bother me, and I’ve always though I’m really good at reading people. I can tell a lot of emotions when I’m watching someone or talking to them. I dunno And I have no problem making RL friends either.
Like, mehhh. I don’t know! Half of the time I think I might have it, and half the time I don’t know. I don’t think I should get diagnosed though, my mom’s a nurse and she could probably tell for herself. Besides, it would just add a label to me like you said. And I’m not sure, maybe when I’m getting a job or in school or anything really people would look at me different if I was diagnosed with it. And even if I do have, it’ll just make it official. I’d rather have it a secret for RL peoples then to have them think I’m different. Not that I think that any of you are different at all, because heck I might just have it too Just what other people might think
Actually, detecting and diagnosing aspergers is a fairly important thing. It can be used as a label, but at the same time, it can bring a great sense of relief. Why? Because suddenly why you’ve been acting like you’ve been acting makes sense. Its suddenly a lot easier to come to grips with everything that you feel is a problem with yourself, and attempt to remedy certain parts of your condition such as difficulties with socializing.
It’s not very hard to do such a thing, and you can enjoy the fruits of your labor fairly easily. I feel that it all depends on how you look at Aspergers. If you see it as a definite disability which you have no chance of overcoming, depression sets in. If you see it as something which has both negative and positive parts, the negative which can be dissipated by work with either a therapist or self-therapy, it can be a rewarding thing. If you don’t know what exactly your problems are since you don’t know if its just your passive attitude or something deeper, then it becomes a lot harder.
A lot of people have those symptoms and don’t have aspergers.
A lot of us can feel identified with lots of them, and I’ve noticed a great deal of members are wondering whether they have it or not, but it’s because aspergers’ symptoms are also very human symptoms. Most of us feel that way a lot of the time.
This. One should not dishearten themselves by going on wikipedia and reading the symptoms, then attempting to put two and two together and declaring they have Aspergers. Getting a professional opinion is the best way and even then there’s no way to be sure 100%.
I only wonder cause I’m not the only one who suspects it.
I emailed a friend of mine and asked him and he said that I seemed to exhibit the symptoms.
I also wonder cause I have two friends who have it. Both who I can relate to very well.
And the fact that people on other forums can get annoyed with me cause I post about the same thing a lot.
I wonder who else i know suspects it.
Now I’m going to admit this: I really have a hard time understanding things.
You can tell me something and I’ll stare at you and think to myself, “WHAAAAAT?!??? ”
I am tempted to ask my friends if I seem like I may have it.
I didnt annoy any of you did I? I fear may be obsessing over this.
Well, that is a very big problem. Parental consent is pretty much always required. Not sure then, what to do. Perhaps see a school guidance Councillor?
It’s possible. Then I need to figure out how to tell the counsilor. Not so easy you know. Plus the fact my parents may get mad at me for asking to be evaluated without their consent (I was “diagnosed” with ADHD by my 3rd grade teacher [I don’t have ADHD by the way] and my mom questioned her on it.)
Il probably see about the matter soon. Or just wait till it gets to the point that people really suspect it.
And I have no problem making RL friends either.