Aspies For Freedom

I really did't know where to put this topic. But this looked like a good enough place to start.

Well, I'm not really sure if i'm an AS or not but my family and friends believe I am. So I did the research myself and found out that I have similer traits listed.

I took those test you have here and they said I was one but I would like to hear it from an actual person who can relate and who is an AS.

Examples from my life:

I was a very eccentric child.  I would dress up as animals using paper for tail and snouts. lol  And worry the teachers

I read alot about conpiracis and I like to study languages.  Almost every night I teach myself Japanese and translate storys and songs into Japanese.

I can't talk to people on the phone that I don't know. Ordering a pizza or getting information is very difficult and Normily ask someone else to do it for me.

I don't like to ride the bus that much.

I find myself staring at nothing and basicly 'Zoneing' out, Day dream.

I like to listen to music and view them in my head like I was watching those colorful shapes that change to the music that are on the computer.  I'm sorry but I don't know what there called.

I like to stay home alot and just be in my room daydreaming or drawing for hours, and If I don't have anything to draw with when ever I get my muse I'll go buy the syplies And or  stop whatever i'm doing and go draw.

I never know when I'm hurting my frriend when ever I talk to her about things or say stuff to her. I'll always her from her friends that I hurt her in what I said. I don't mean it. I'm not even aware she was feeling a certin way.

I remember I read a book on body language and have tried to study it and applyed to my life but I don't know what it means.

I'm not really good when it comes to getting my point accross to someone else. I know what I know I just can't seem to share it,

This is what bothers me the most. I can't really show empathy. I'm aware that I should do something like hug a friend when she is crying and consule her and everything because that's the right thing to do. But I just can't do it. I'm afraid to do it and I don't know why. One Night I would never forget is one of my friends who was staying with me called me and my friend because her boyfriend physicly asulted her and she was siting on the road crying. And My friend rushed to her side while I stood there stareing at them knowing i should do something. But I was to scared, I didn't know what to do and I don't know why. And this guy cames and told me to call the police and I ran inside and got the phone and just stood there with the phone in my hand. I couldn't do anything because I was afraid to call the police. I tried to and was relived when I got the automated voice and busy tone and left it like that. And looking back I shoudln't have. So I felt helpless and my mom came out and called the police and everything went fine. But I did nothing. I just stared at them. And I felt bad and sad because I couldn't help.

Apparently i'm repeating myself and obviousely egocentric. lol

Maybe you all can help me realize if I am an AS or not.  I might have someother mental thing going on in there.  But I have a feeling that I might be one.  If so then alot of questions will finaly be answerd.  Thanks

You definetly sound like you have some kind of asperger's.

That zoning out part definetly sounds familiar to me. Now I just close my eyes so people don't wonder why I'm staring blankly.

I think is a combination (or lack thereof) that identifies someone as Aspie.  And it's more in how thoughts are processed than in the things that can be listed off.

I don't consider myself Aspie (it's my son that is) and I zone out all the time, lol.  Just what I do.  So, I don't consider that trait telling.

A person can have social fears and still not be Aspie, instead just being a person with social fears.

If you can identify with the types of comments people on this forum make, and experience similar issues more often than not, it's a good chance you are an Aspie.  Read various threads  and see how you feel about them.

Very often I (as a non-Apsie), find myself chuckling (*) as I read threads and thinking, now that is something I never think about, but my son might.  Or, I would never phrase it that way.  Or, that doesn't interest me at all, but I can my son being all over it.  Or, I have absolutely no idea what they are talking about!

Other times I can indentify totally, and wonder if it's an area I'm more like Aspies than NT, or if it's an area where Aspies and NT's just aren't that different.

Overall, though, coming here has made me realize I'm much more NT than Aspie, even if I do have a little mix (given that I follow the theory it's a whole combination of genes, it isn't surprising to find the parent of an Aspie child with a few of them).

So, read on.  See how it fits!



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(*) In a good way, as in seeing different ways of thinking is a joyful thing; I'm not chuckling AT the ideas; I am not thinking they are ridiculous - it's different.  I find joy in the everyday unexpected uniqueness of life; it's supposed to be that way.  Hopefully everyone who read this got that the first time, and usually when I say things like that people know what I mean, but I was remembering this morning how sensitive some in this community can be, because they have been laughed AT far too often, so it seemed I might need to clarify.

Last night I took one of those tests to see if I might be an Aspie. I scored a 39. :shock:  I know that I hate routine to change at work. If I do something different than usual on that day I feel off balance mentally all day.  :roll: I don't socialize that well with others prefering to read a book rather than hold an empty conversation with someone.  I catch myself boring people with long lectures on medieval history.  :oops: My son & I tend to go to our separate rooms when alone after he goes through his usual bedtime kiss & hug routine.  :smile: I do enjoy some social interaction when I go to a Celtic Festival as long as it isn't too crowded. When I begin to feel overwhelmed I go to my clan tent and people watch. I've been learning  gaelic at a friend's house because it is a small setting. My mind doesn't always quickly translate the two languages as fast as I would like. This leaves me standing there staring at that person with blank confusion. :o  :? I think those of you who are having trouble with "spacing out" might want to be careful when you drive etc. That might be a sign of petit-mal or absence seizures. This activity in school landed me with my first EEG. I am now "offically" declared as having epilepsy.

Yep sounds alot like me