Aspies For Freedom

Lili-Marlene, I mean that persistent low mood is a separate condition that I've had diagnosed in addition to the Asperger's. This 2nd diagnosis occurred a year after the Aspergers and was from the same health professional.

Gareth, lucky you don't live here as in summer it can get to 35 or 36 degrees with 90% humidity. All the same, I find it hard to cope with temps above 26 or so unless it is dry heat. Bring on cold weather any day.

I think "low mood" is a nice way to say "chronic low-grade depression". It is the sort of thing where you have to think really hard about when you were last happy. I can certainly remember being happy sometimes but mostly it seems like it was a long time ago.

Mish, I agree completely with your comments about golf - it must be one of the most booooooring sports ever! Plus, I notice that some people who play golf tend to get a bit snobby and think they are the social elite. I also hate seeing it on TV when they have that really wussy clapping when somebody sinks a putt or even a hole in one.

I know footy matches can be noisy, but at least the fans show proper appreciation when their team scores a goal. As a hole in one in golf is a fairly rare occurrence, I believe it merits some really emphatic clapping and (shock horror!) even a bit of cheering from the fans.

One thing that does cheer me up about golf (and it is a bit mean) is when a player snaps their club in a fit of tantrumness.

When I'm in a low mood, I can't think of many things that I'd enjoy doing, but when in a good mood, I can think of lots of things. I find I just usually have to wait for the bad moods to pass and they do eventually.

Rats, I just love them. I have 15 pet rats and they are just lovely.

Oops, I just realised, this is a rant threat not a rat thread.  :wink:

The main rant I have at the moment is people expecting too much of me (even myself) and not realising that just because I might look relatively normal, it does not mean that I have all the social skills and understanding they seem to expect.

I hate feeling like a failure so often because there are many other areas where I am competent or even talented, but these are not noticed very much - only the deficiencies.

No easy answers unfortunately.

I'm grumpy about people who try and fob me off with advice that I find myself unable to follow. I don't want advice unless I specifically ask for it but too many people make far too many impractical suggestions and I find it annoying and makes the problem worse.

Oh, I wouldn't think so. I believe we will be here for ages and ages and ages.   :o

Mind you, it really gives me the willies to think how much sewerage goes into the seas. That is really gross. It will be a far better thing when it becomes commonplace to recycle things like that instead of dumping them into our waterways and seas.

coulbecousin, I wouldn't take any notice of what that woman said about adults wanting to have an official diagnosis. Getting an official diagnosis has certainly worked wonders for me and I think she ought to butt out and not dictate to you or anyone else what you should do about a diagnosis.

Depression has been hounding me yet again. I know now that I bore people by going on too much about some subjects and resolve not to do it again but sure enough I do, also I think I've lost some friends through saying stuff that was silly and inappropriate. Yet at the time, much of it was through not understanding the cues they they were getting bored or thought I was talking so much.

I see other people (NT's) saying worse things yet they don't seem to get penalised in the same way or see it as such a problem.

Medical people referring me to the wrong places for help because they don't want to deal with me.

Otherwise, apathy rules!

NyanChan, is that the same as "doof doof" music?

Honestly, I don't think it is worthwhile bothering with these people any more. They are probably not going to see reason anytime soon and it is only upsetting you even further to keep talking to them.

Timelord, I didn't realise. I thought he should also give Fore Sam a miss because it's only upsetting him and Fore Sam will be hit by karma at some stage if he's doing the wrong thing.

I was under the impression that LFA referred more to verbal skills and self help skills rather than  IQ. It's also very hard to test IQ with non-verbal people so therefore difficult to get an accurate idea of how bright they are. From what I read of Droopy's postings, she certainly had intelligence but was assumed to be unintelligent for years because she wasn't speaking. LFA to me does NOT mean that a person has low intelligence.

Aww thanks. .

Oh, those are wonderful!