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Is this aspergers?

Postby jaystahr » Mon Nov 16, 2015 4:04 am

I am having difficulty differentiating Aspergers Social Anxiety and Avoidant personality disorder because most of the symtpoms are the same to me.

I have a lot of the aspergers traits except for the fascination with numbers and patterns and I also can understand social cues and tell if someone is upset, bored, etc and I also use facial expression. but just about everything else I believe I have. And some people have mentioned to me that I can have a delayed reaction and I'm not sure if that is due to me having to proccess what happened or what.

But I do know that almost every single trait of avoidant personality disorder fits me and I also have a mild case of social anxiety. So can someone who knows help me to determine how you can differentiate these things? My phychatrist prescribed me medicine for anxiety.
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Re: Is this aspergers?

Postby seabreezeblue » Mon Nov 16, 2015 11:14 pm

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Re: Is this aspergers?

Postby Ambodexter » Tue Nov 24, 2015 12:35 am

It seems to be a very common misconception that autism equals avoidance, social anxiety and/or awkwardness, schizoidism or even an antisocial personality. Sure, many autists experience some of those as comorbidities. I myself am a social phobic avoidant schizoid Aspie! The baggage is heavy to carry, in case you are wondering. Other common experiences are repetitive behavior, intense love of routine, and higher likelihood of ADD and ADHD, selective mutism, depression, etc.

Do you have sensory processing issues; hyper or hyposensitivities? Special interests? Meltdowns or shutdowns? If not, you very likely are absolutely not autistic. We have a different perception of the world, which has absolutely nothing to do with anxiety.

Are you an Aspie? We can't know that. HFA, Asperger's, PDD-NOS, Kanner's and the new term ASD are all autism and the label you would be given is chosen by how another person; most likely not autistic themselves, perceives you and how they think they can "rate" your autism. Not by how you actually perceive the world. So, are you autistic? You tell us!
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