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Tanith_4486

PostPosted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:22 am


they say people with autism suffer from sensory overloads.
PostPosted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 5:42 pm


I have minor cases of aspergers syndrom, add, and bipolar disorder. My medecine helps my add, but it doesn't do anything for the other ones.

My case is bad enough to were It's hard to socialize. Somone could say to me,"Whats your problemb?" and I would spend a while thinking about waht was my problemb, before I realised that they weren't literally asking me a question, but instead implying that there was something wrong with me, and although they did not know what it was, the latter question implied that they did not like whateverit was.

However, I still am a bit better off than most aspies socially, becuase of my mother. Socially, she is a very perceptive person, and I inherited that from her. In otherwords, I can understand what people are feeling by looking at their facial expressions, but I have trouble understanding what they are implying when they talk to me, and if they are wearing a yellow dress I have trouble looking at them.

I've found that not all cencory things are bad(I don't know a better phrase than cencory thrings). For example, I eat alot of sugary foods every day, uncluding very large bowls of ice cream; when I do eat ice cream, I usually start thinking of poems. Also there is a callus just below my pinky finger on the palm of my hand, because I always like to pick at it.

Although I do have bad cencory things, they usually don't cause me pain, but instead make me very sad. For example, there is a girl at my school who I think is attractive, but she always wears a dark blue shirt, so when I look at her I get sad, and when I dont I keep thinking about her.

I find it easy to talk to girls, as in I can talk to anyone really. I usually say whatever I am thinking, and I really awnser any question truthfully. I basically have no social walls. The thing is though, when I talk with them, I'm still not able to do it well. It's not just with girls, it's with anyone.

I don't like being touched on my head, or face. I've taken blows to many parts of my body, but whenever something hits my head I immediately start crying. I am hoping that this won't apply to kissing, because that would be a disadvantage, although I suppose I will soon find out.

I am not a member of this guild, but I have applied.

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 6:51 am


My brother, known as Steel the Stoic on this site, has Aspergers Syndrome. Back in the 1990's, when little was known about Autism and no one ever heard of Aspergers Syndrome, people thought that my brother was being weird. When my brother became an adult, he tried for every branch of the military and tried to apply for jobs locally. No one would hire him for a job because they said he had an "off" quality. When my brother was in Baltimore trying to get into the Marines, a Navy psychitrist noticed something different. He gave my brother an evaluation and diagnosed my brother with Aspergers Syndrome.
PostPosted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 1:38 am


maybe it's related to my dad's side. my dad's sister has schizophrenia. Maybe illness are related?

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 3:54 pm


According to books on Research Articles : ADD/ADHD and Aspergers all share. some of the same characteristics so just because you are obsessed with one thing or get distracted easily does not mean you also have ADD or ADH. Also People with Apergers Are known to get obsessed with things easily, that is also a characteristic. We also tend to have less serotonin then normal so it is harder to revert back to being calm after being in a stressful situation. Also Aspergers can be hereditary, though it is rare for a girl to have it, unless both parents have it as well, which they do in my case.
PostPosted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 3:51 pm


Psychedelic Whisper
"The most common thing with Asperger's/Autism is depression or anxiety. Social anxiety, paranoia, chronic depression, etc., etc., etc."

I'm diagnosed with depression and anxiety as well as Asperger's Syndrome. I may have social anxiety, paranoia, and maybe even chronic depression. However, I've only been diagnosed for the first three. At 10, I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety. When I was 16, I realized this diagnosis isn't going to go away; it's a permanent condition I have no control over. When I was 12, I got diagnosed with Asperger's, but my doctor didn't think it was important to tell me I have it. Idiot. I thought something was wrong with me and it affected my mental state. ><

fair_haired_lass
Aspergers is not easily recognizable - in fact, many children are misdiagnosed with other neurological disorders such as Tourette's Syndrome or Autism.

If Tourette's Syndrome can also affect muscle movement and force a muscle to move, I /have/ been diagnosed properly as having it. Back in middle and high school, I started having these strange mouth ticks that people found irritating. I had no control over the muscle movement in my mouth which caused me to socialize very strangely. This is still a problem, but it's minor as it's well-controlled with medication.

fair_haired_lass
Asperger's Syndrome, also known as Asperger's Disorder or Autistic Psychopathy, is a Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) characterized by severe and sustained impairment in social interaction, development of restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, and activities. These characteristics result in clinically significant impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.

My interests are very repetitive and restricted. As a result, my ability to do normal activities are substantially affected. Things that are normal for people my age to do are difficult for me to accomplish. That isn't to say I can't do them; I just find those things to be of less importance than getting work accomplished and my every day needs satisfied.

Nhari
Also! You left out the interesting bits. Like the hyper-sensitive senses (esp. touch and hearing), the eidetic memory, the possible synesthesia.

My ability to eat food is greatly handicapped. There are a lot of things I cannot eat due to texture, smell, appearance, or ingredients. Would this be a hyper-sensitive sense for touch? Also, my ears are a bit sensitive too. I despise loud noise and being in a room full of chatter. Having lots of people in one room talking to each other isn't as pleasant as it sounds.

I can also visualize things to a great velocity. <---Dude, wtf? I just looked up "velocity" and I think it can be used correctly that way. ><" My way of speaking is becoming more and more confusing. Sounds are easy for me to remember and certain images can stay in my head for years.


Angel Shadowstone
Also People with Apergers Are known to get obsessed with things easily, that is also a characteristic. We also tend to have less serotonin then normal so it is harder to revert back to being calm after being in a stressful situation. Also Aspergers can be hereditary, though it is rare for a girl to have it, unless both parents have it as well, which they do in my case.

I get obsessed with things easily. That's definitely one of my flaws. I'm stuck with an obsession I cannot control and at times that makes me really mean. After a stressful situation, I do lack the ability to be calm for awhile. My dad may have Asperger's, but only I am diagnosed. Mom doesn't have it.

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