Don’t you interact well and think normally here?
Mostly.
I do have a few behaviors that point out abnormallity.
Such as my mild enjoyment by writing code-like lines of babble.
Example:
RUN_SYSTEM_689_
ANALYZE_
PRINT_“HELLO”
END_LOG_
Besides: a forum is text based communication. It’s easier to interact and socialize with people on a forum than in real life.
I agree! Talking to people I don’t know well IRL is so weird and awkward.
Yeah. I’m often the one whosits there and listens.
Yes. I’m very passive in conversations unless it’s something I feel very strongly about or it’s someone I know well.
Yeah.
If I know the person well or if it’s something I can understand I’ll talk with people. Otherwise I listen.
I think it’s a lot easier to talk on forums! Nobody else wants to listen to my pixar babble except for you guys!
I think forums are a lifeline tbh.
I just read something interesting.
Apparently mercury can have atendency to cause autism in some people
When I was in 7th or 8th grade, I used to play with a fairly good sized bottle full of mercury.
And for quite a while too.
Of course I got in trouble and mom had the HazMat come in and clean it up.
That doesn’t explain why it seems like I have been exhibiting Aspergers symptoms since long before that event.
I think it would only cause it before you were born. You were probably born with Asperger’s, if you have it.
Ah I see.
But I was strange.
Especially around 3rd grade.
Yes. I’ve always been…odd. When I was 4 or 5, my mom said I was creepy because I collected and shelved my prized toy collection instead of playing with it. I just stared at them, and saw them acting in my mind.
I never did that as far as I know.
I do know that I took an intense interest into trains.
I remember having a book on steam engines.
I used to ALWAYS read that thing.
I remember that one of the things they talked about was that they used to list the number of wheels in this configuration:
2-6-4
In other words.
2 wheels in the front, 6 wheels in the middle, and 4 wheels in the back of the engine.
Cool. I never cared for trains. Just toy Story. And Pooh Bear.
According to my mom I used to watch those two movies a lot.
I also had a 4th grade reading level when I was in 3rd grade.
(as well as a 3rd grade reading level when I was in 2nd grade)
Though my mom says that they made it look like my reading level was lower than average in 3rd grade.
My reading level has always been 4-6 years too high.
Hmm…
Well when I took it last (I was in 7th or 8th grade), it was supposedly in the 11th grade range.
I use to be just like this. Very quiet, and I was so uncomfortable meeting new people and friends.
However, that changed in the past year. With a job, college, and traveling to New Orleans and New York has made me much more open. I think once you’ll get older, it gets easier.
I am not shy at all. I talk all the time(just ask anyone I know IRL; I’m a bit too loud. And opinionated). I just dislike/resent talking to librarians, cashiers, and people like that.
Same here. I’m not shy. I can talk a lot.
But have me order a pizza or so and ill mentally shut down for a second.
I think I may also have a few “Stims” as well
Talking on the phone makes me feel awkward, and sometimes queazy.
My stimuli are for the most part(positive): movies, good pizza, seafood, Pixar, Disney, animation, nice people and good friends who are patient with me, English class, the English language, foreign languages, foreign films, Biology.
My negative stimuli: bad food, hot weather, hot rooms, people who make Autism jokes, literal, unfunny Racial or Ethnic jokes, movies with no purpose, adult TV shows, TV 90% of the time(which is why I watch very little), celebrities who contribute nothing, women who do not cover themselves properly, people who act like my friends, but won’t accept me with my flaws, my parents guilting me about everything, my sister(who is 6 years younger than me, I might add) going off for no reason, the Summer season, movies I do not enjoy, people senselessly bagging good movies, whether I enjoy them or not(please, could you argue intelligently, and give examples?), movies that are made solely for the purpose of politics, and not to tell a story or spread information, boredom(#1), bullies(#2).