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Do I have Asperger's?

Postby howyoudoin » Wed Jun 29, 2011 7:03 pm

Hi everyone, I'm new here.

I've been wondering for a long time what's the problem with me, and now that I've read a little about Asperger's I'm figuring this might be it.

Let me tell you a little about myself. I learned to read when I was very young. I'm really good at reading, and I read very fast. I have problems behaving socially and don't seem to be very good at facial expressions. For example, it looks really awkward when I'm smiling. I have a tiny amount of obsessions. Certain bands, certain football teams, certain movie directors. I know EVERYTHING about them, and I get upset when people don't know about these interests of mine.

I've always had weird obsessions. I've always been secretly making lists. (I still do, statistics and lists fascinate me) Don't know why, it just feels good. When I was younger I could sit all day writing long lists for like TV schedules, just copying them off magazines. And I could make up my own music albums. I used to take long walks singing melodies and hearing the music, drums and instruments in my head. And I would take the time. For example, if a song was 3:02 I would write that down on a paper along with the title of the song. Then I would write the lyrics.
I could also sit for hours just imagining football matches, for example Arsenal - Manchester United, and what the score would be, and then write that down on a paper. Next day, I didn't care about what I wrote. It was just a pleasure to write down statistics and stuff. I could talk a lot about the weird stuff I did when I was a kid.
But I was also a pretty normal kid. I played different sports, socialized a lot and played usual kid's games. It's just weird. I don't know anyone else who's done these things when they were kids.

What's wrong with me? :D I love having these obsessions though, it's fun for me. I'd just like to know what the problem is. Something's not right. I'm suspecting I might have some sort of Asperger's trait?
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Re: Do I have Asperger's?

Postby petrossa » Wed Jun 29, 2011 9:10 pm

Mmm. more like above average intelligence with some OCD but then again i am not medically qualified so my opinion is just that.
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Re: Do I have Asperger's?

Postby insurgent » Thu Jun 30, 2011 6:39 am

Theres nothing wrong with you. By the looks of it it doesnt sound like youre suffering. Reading what you wrote theres no reason to think you have aspergers. You might have some traits of it.....but thats not suprising since alot of aspergers symtoms can overlap with other problems or just personality traits.

You dont have to have aspergers to have obsessions. Sure it may sound abit odd that you are obsessing over all these different things, but NT's can be just as obessed with somethings as aspergers person. Also its near impossible for us to tell you if you have it, Its a really dificult problem to diagnose even a professional will have to scratch his brain for hours and work it out, so the chances that we can are very rare.

I wouldnt worry about it to be honest , Nothing you wrote sounds to weird or abnormal .. If you are happy then thats all that matters, if you are suffering or you have problems that haven't got clear answers then its a good idea to seek a diagnosis,, For me it was quite a few things that where effecting me from aspergers , my psychiatric needed answers so he got me tested for things like aspergers.......

Theres nothing to worry about honestly if you arent suffering then enjoy life and dont worry if you seem abit adnormal at the end of the day no one is the same.
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