can you advise please?

dogtanian,
What you describe with the ipod actually has a technical name: "audio cacooning". I think its interesting how Schizoids develop there individual defense systems.

AC,
I was actually assessed for Asperberger's Syndrome, which was ruled out. Your observations are very estute.

Layered wrote:AC,
I was actually assessed for Asperberger's Syndrome, which was ruled out. Your observations are very estute.

Asperger's Syndrome was what I intially thought for myself. The idea being that somehow my emotions were "held back" from developing normally, so emotionally, I'm still like a child except in an adult body, which effectively isolates me from society. But again, it's pure speculation.

Do you know why it was ruled out in your case?

AC

I'm too proficient in reading social cues, so that is one thing that definitely ruled it out.

I SO relate to what you said about feeling like a child in an adult body. Even though I am self-suffient and independent (adult-like), I still basically live like a teenager.

Layered wrote:I'm too proficient in reading social cues, so that is one thing that definitely ruled it out.

I SO relate to what you said about feeling like a child in an adult body. Even though I am self-suffient and independent (adult-like), I still basically live like a teenager.

I know that people with Asperger's feel like they are pretending to be normal and since they tend to develop strong skills mentally, they are often very good at it. I wonder if heightened thinking and reasoning ability could allow some of these people to get good at reading social cues, even though there is something different about their brains that makes it not come naturally to them.

But in any case, what you are saying leads me to believe that my speculation is not enough to think I have AS, and that it may be an area where schizoid and AS overlap.

AC

I think some people could learn to fake normalcy. Especially if they had a high IQ. Lower-funtioning individuals would have more trouble hiding it.

There seems to be areas where AS and SPD overlap. I definitely have the sensitivity to touch. I can see it in myself with my preoccupation with tight, layered clothing and my sensitivity to light (I don't like sunlight on my skin) and sound.

Layered wrote:I'm too proficient in reading social cues, so that is one thing that definitely ruled it out.

I SO relate to what you said about feeling like a child in an adult body. Even though I am self-suffient and independent (adult-like), I still basically live like a teenager.

yeah, totally the same. my Tdoc is always saying that for all my super-independence and self sufficiency and intense need to be apart, i actually react to other (adult) people more like a child than a self sufficient adult, and to ageing generally.

I wonder if heightened thinking and reasoning ability could allow some of these people to get good at reading social cues, even though there is something different about their brains that makes it not come naturally to them.

iv never met an AS an im not one. but my guess would be that they are mind blind. but reading can be learned. which in the process we become more proficent at it then so called normal people. it makes sense. iv stated this theory before. but of course there still mind blind

I think everything Dogtanian posted in this topic describes me as well. Well, nearly everything (I'm not bipolar and I do like some affectionate and sex). I'm partly sickened with myself for being so repulsed by people who did nothing to me. I feel like I'm a brat for having these thoughts.

Son of Sparda wrote:I'm partly sickened with myself for being so repulsed by people who did nothing to me. I feel like I'm a brat for having these thoughts.

part of me just accepts it: i don't have to be around people if i don't want to, i can avoid people, and if i'm happier with no contact, that's my lookout.

but another part can't accept it: how can i avoid people completely? and isn't it ridiculous that i get so repulsed by people who've done nothing more than be male or wear certain clothes?