All through his highschool years, when my husband would be on school holidays (in Oz we get 3x2 weeks holidays and 1x6 weeks holiday in the year) he would rather rent the whole series of Star Trek and watch it from morning to night time, rather than be out with friends. I am more and more convinced each day that he may be very mild AS.
Oh, and he says that his mobile phone and his laptop make him happier than spending time with people because, at least with technology, you can control it and it can be more predictable.
Another thing, from when he was a very young child, any toy he had, he would open it with a screwdriver first because he had to know how it was put together, or if electronic, how it worked and was wired up, then put it back together and accept it for what it was.
I used to take apart the vacuum cleaner. I take lots of things apart. I prefer technology to people. I'm more comfortable in the worlds of Star Trek and Star Wars than here. Yes, he sounds AS. If not knowing doesn't bother him, and the traits don't bother you, don't worry about it.
sounds like he's just a nerd. Just Kidding!
But these are just such "Aspie" traits.
Yep, that's pretty Aspergian. ^^
I can understand technology a whole lot better than people, which is why I would much rather be playing a videogame or colouring something on Photoshop than going to a party.
I've been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome from an early age.
The interesting thing is that I've made it my special interest to understand people, i constantly analyse behaviour and emotions, and I've actually gotten quite good at predicting emotions and thoughts. Although most of all I'm good at knowing the "Why's" of people's actions. Even to the point where my (NT) friends often turn to me when they want consolidation or when they need advice in some matter of the heart or when they want help straightening things out.
This is SO not an aspie thing to do, right?
Can you imagine the amount of pride i derive from being so good at human psychology, even though i've got Asperger's Syndrome? I am guessing you can
Well, it could still be Aspie as it's obviously an area of very focused interest for you.
I've been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome from an early age.
The interesting thing is that I've made it my special interest to understand people, i constantly analyse behaviour and emotions, and I've actually gotten quite good at predicting emotions and thoughts. Although most of all I'm good at knowing the "Why's" of people's actions. Even to the point where my (NT) friends often turn to me when they want consolidation or when they need advice in some matter of the heart or when they want help straightening things out.
This is SO not an aspie thing to do, right?
Can you imagine the amount of pride i derive from being so good at human psychology, even though i've got Asperger's Syndrome? I am guessing you can
Ive got an interest in this too, I have always been from a very young age, and been the one friends turn to for advise, which I have never got why they turn to me, as my knowledge comes from reading not real life. I did just about every quizz on personality in the magazines when I was growing up.
Ive got a personal ambition to be an excellent communicator and would like to help other people in general communicate better, it really frustrates me the way people treat each other. Maybe I am not aspie.
But My result was Aprox 130 Aspie 70 Neurotypical
I take a lot of things apart, too. Though, I get so bored when I find something else interesting to do that the thing might not ever be back together. I'm pretty weird.
A few years ago, I decided that I needed to organize my books in a more logical fashion. I settled on the U.S. Library of Congress system rather than the Dewey Decimal system, since it seemed to me to give more precise classifications (plus most university libraries use it). Over the course of a several evenings and weekends, I went through all of my books and looked them up on the Library of Congress' website to get the call number, then wrote it on a sticky label and affixed it to the book.
The project made a lot of sense to me at the time, because I had previously grouped them by subject, but I was unsatisfied with this because of overlapping subjects: "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" by William Shirer might be placed with books about Germany or with books about World War II.
Evenually, I decided that the point was to be able to find something quickly, but since I already knew where everything was, and I was the only one using my library, I didn't need a formal classification system. A lot of people that I know thought I was being obsessive-compulsive, but I was only trying to take a systematic approach to the problem.
Just because you master the skills of socialisation doesn't mean that you're no longer Aspergian.
I have the Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. It's sitting on the family bookcase, bearing a huge Swastika.
Of course you can be an Aspie with good social skills. We may be bad at them but that doesn't mean we can't learn. Especially if, as Derenoc did, we use our unique skill at focusing intently on a single subject to help us learn.
Personality theory is one of my special interests. Currently, it's enneagram, but has been MBTI and astrology in the past. You can understan how to get around the terraim better if you have a map.
"Star Trek: TNG" was my first special interest.
I'm constantly trying to figure people out too; I'm always asking my sister why people do certain things. I've always felt everyone else knew something I don't, that they all have a connection that I'm left out of. I'm new to the Aspie-world, but it seems logical to me that an Aspie would want to understand people better.
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Athie