Asperger's Syndrome

[Aquacorde]

I don't know if I would have come to PC if I had not had Asperger's. (wow convoluted sentence there. sorry ^^;). I may not have stayed as long as I did or done the same things, or even came back after four years. However, PC did help me become more sociable, and so I'm glad that I did find my way here.

 

[Zeta Sukuna]

People can use Autism/Aspergers as an excuse? Whenever I try it, it always ends up screwing me over.

Excuse me, let me try again, I have high functioning autism, I have a hard time understanding emotions, though I used to have a better grasp of them, in order to get through Middle School, I had to reset my personality, leaving me with little to no emotion. Even now, I have a hard time knowing what an emotion is.

I can not non-verbally communicate, and it's hard to understand for me, I have urges for the internet, and I care not for other human life. I care more for animals then humans, and I care more for humans then myself. I have a strength in writing, which is damning to me, since I don't understand emotion that well, so a career as a writer will be tough to go after (Though I'll still try), though my other strengths are reading, and I guess just picking up new things.

My memory is weird, sometimes it decides to work, and when it does, the picking up new things kicks in, if it doesn't, then I will NEVER remember it, even when I am showed a video of it.

I used to have anger problems before my personality change.

I am also a good actor, and to appear normal, I act throughout the school day. When people laugh, I laugh, and honestly, that's all I really need to do. No one thinks I am autistic and when I tell them, they say I'm lying.

And no, I have no notions of suicide. I never would think of it, it's pointless.

 

[Dark Pulse94]

also - インフェルノの津波 and Quilavaking, I was exacty the same...

as a child, I was top of my year, better than some kids the year above me even (not kidding!) - I had a perfect posture, would be outside at every opportunity, and was brilliant.

Highschool came, and my tower of genius came crumbling down...
although now I am getting outdoors more often, most of the time balancing along my fence, I spend most of my time indoors, I gave up playing Clarinet (the musical instrument I play) for 8 weeks straight, although now I play it on occasion, and my grades went downhill at an accelerated rate.

I just really hope that where I am now is the very bottom, as I don't think I can handle much more of this...

Spoiler:

this year, I started having scuisidal thoughts
things have gotten so out of control, that it has been horrid... if things get much worse (to TSO's delight) I may not be alive for much longer...

now, I

 

[Aquacorde]

To give in and commit suicide means weakness. If you commit suicide all you are doing is giving up everything, giving in to the pressures that led you there, instead of rising up, fighting back, and overcoming them. Everyone needs to be strong and face what they have to, regardless of what it is. And I don't see how anyone who has this kind of intelligence gifted to them could ever stop thinking of new ways to fight back.
These are my personal beliefs on that matter.

 

[Alice]

^ Not quite how I would have put it, but I can't argue with you there.

There are so many amazing/fun/funny things you haven't done/seen yet, that there is no possible problem you could ever have that would be worth giving up the chance to see/do those things. Life may not be easy, but the joy you would experience from even just playing a new game makes life worth it. (And there are a billion things better than playing games. lol)

 

[otaku-dono]

My gf's uncle has this. I won't go into any detail but it's damn annoying, although I feel kinda bad for thinking so because I know it's not his fault.

 

[OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire]

I think I might have it...
I'm clumsy...
I have abnormal habits similar to those mentioned by others in this thread (Ex: sleeping for 12+ hours, playing Ds too much, lacking social skills, clumsy, cares more about animals than humans...)
Plus I am quite smart...I wonder if that's what I "excel" in.
Also I tend to misread words and I'm embarrassed when I do so...

 

[professor plum]

I don't have Asperger's Syndrome, as far as I know, but, even if I did, I wouldn't let it stop me.

I'm actually fortunate, really. Before I was born, my mother's doctor diagnosed me with several disorders such as down syndrome, autism, et cetera. A series of specialists were flown in from San Francisco simply because I, apparently, was a very rare case. They concluded, somehow, that I was to be born with several organs on the outside, and essentially I would die at birth. One out of the fourteen specialists finally realized it was merely a shadow on the x-ray, but I would still likely be born with aforementioned mental problems.

Yet, I was born, and the only problem was my club foot. Obviously, the diagnoses were incorrect, and I have lived a normal life. I retain a side effect of an elongated head (the side of my head is strangely long), but my forehead and whatnot are normally proportionate.

However, I must mention that I was diagnosed with ADHD as a child, and I was medicated afterwards. Whether or not it was accurate, I do not, know, but I am, now, rather dependent on my medicine.
Yet, I didn't let phase me: my medicine tamed me, and, today, most people would never guess I even have it unless I tell them. Lol.

I fully think that people who fall back and use their ~mental problems~ as an excuse for not living are silly. There's only something wrong with you if you let it be wrong. :)
It's all about your outlook on it.

 

[Alice]

I wouldn't let it stop me.

Well, it doesn't really work quite like that. If you had it, your personality would be completely different.

However, I must mention that I was diagnosed with ADHD as a child, and I was medicated afterwards. Whether or not it was accurate, I do not, know, but I am, now, rather dependent on my medicine.

If you didn't have it, the medication would actually have the exact opposite effect on you.

 

[professor plum]

Well, it doesn't really work quite like that. If you had it, your personality would be completely different.

I've known some people who've gone on to live normal lives and whatnot despite those problems.

If you didn't have it, the medication would actually have the exact opposite effect on you.

While this is true, I still have to wonder if the medication caused it. I was on it every day for like 13 years, and then, I switched to a different brand. The medicine, needless to say, caused me to have like..little ticks. Like, twitches. D:

 

[Stratos99]

Same here with the ADHD as a kid, however when I look back I was hyper as all hell as a little kid and I probably did need it. I think the medicine helped a lot though and sort of.. balanced me out because I haven't taken medicine since I was probably 10 or so and you would never think it possible for me to have even had ADHD before.

Or maybe I just grew out of it. :]

 

[Alice]

I've known some people who've gone on to live normal lives and whatnot despite those problems.

Oh yeah, I have myself. What I was saying is that, since you really wouldn't even be the same person, it really doesn't make sense to just say "I will never be like that."

 

[Meduza]

I have Aspergers too.

My parents told me I was diagnosed at 5 or 6 but I only found out at 10.

At first, I didn't believe them, as i thought I was completely normal. But after a while, I saw I had most of the aspects.

The worst part of it for me is not being able to keep social relationships.

In real life, I'm always ending up in a fight with someone, so I decided not to even try anymore.

I don't know why this is, or even if it'll ever stop, but it's gone to the point where I don't even want a lot of friends anymore. And any friends I do have I just keep at school.

I get sad sometimes, thinking "what ifs" and maybe ifs". I get mad too.

I wish it could be easier.

 

[インフェルノの津波]

Meduza, I can agree with you at friends at school. I used to have many friends, but now...I find them all pointless.

At least on here I can find people who actually give a damn about my feelings.

 

[Zet]

TSO, that was kind of harsh.

Alright, I guess I should explain my origins.

Truth is, I obtained Asperger's Syndrome when I turned 8. Before then, full blown Autism.

I was a mess. I walked away from my mom, IN NEW YORK CITY. I got lost. Daily.

I used to put m Pokemon toys in a straight line. If someone even touched it, I screamed like a banshee. Also, my Pokemon addiction back then makes my PC addiction look like a joke. If I didn't have the toy I wanted, I screamed and screamed and screamed.

But my mom went through it, denying everything I wanted so I learned I couldn't get everything I wanted. And that is how I now have Asperger's.

How do you make Autism become Asperger's Syndrome? it really isn't something that can be "fixed" as of yet.

 

[Aquacorde]

You got it the wrong way 'round, Zet- インフェルノの津波 had Autism and it turned to Asperger's.

 

[Trap-Eds]

After reading this page, I'm fairly sure I have this syndrome. I have difficulty speaking with others, I tend to speak formally and quickly enough to the point where I have to annoyingly repeat what I just said, and the big one:

The issue is mostly a communication problem: Not knowing what the other person is feeling, they will not know how to respond; once informed, they may not know which response is wanted. People with AS may be completely unaware of, or unable to understand and "correctly" follow, social rules that seem utterly self-evident and obvious to everybody else.

It's kinda hard to explain that one...but for example, say you tell me a sarcastic comment. I'll be able to know it's sarcasm, but I'll find myself anxiously unable to respond in an "appropriate" way. Does that make any sense? :o

I haven't officially been diagnosed, since I literally only really understood this syndrome about a week ago (thank you, TVTropes!) so I probably shouldn't look too much into this. But if I DO have this syndrome, boy would it explain a lot...

 

[Alice]

^ Oh yeah. I have no problem understanding all of the social intricacies, as well as others' feelings, and even knowing roughly the kind of response I should give, but I tend to have trouble figuring out exactly what I should say. For example, my friends tend to be really obnoxious, and are always joking around, but I never know how to react to their jokes. I mean, I could just laugh, but there's obviously more that I should be saying.

 

[Trap-Eds]

^ Yeah! Exactly. I usually don't respond because either I can't think of something or it just doesn't sound right to say...plus I'm not very confident with my speaking ability in general. I also tend to assume people will just know what I mean whenever speaking, even if it's reaaally vague...

 

[Livewire]

TSO, that was kind of harsh.

Alright, I guess I should explain my origins.

Truth is, I obtained Asperger's Syndrome when I turned 8. Before then, full blown Autism.

I was a mess. I walked away from my mom, IN NEW YORK CITY. I got lost. Daily.

I used to put m Pokemon toys in a straight line. If someone even touched it, I screamed like a banshee. Also, my Pokemon addiction back then makes my PC addiction look like a joke. If I didn't have the toy I wanted, I screamed and screamed and screamed.

But my mom went through it, denying everything I wanted so I learned I couldn't get everything I wanted. And that is how I now have Asperger's.

You can't be Autistic up to a certain point, then magically have Asperger's instead. Asperger's symptoms manifest early in life just like Autism. They may be related disorders, but they are still seperate developmental issues. My guess would be you've always been either Autistic or had Aspergers, one or the other. They're still one of the most mis-diagnosed developmental disorders there is, and this is especially true if you were diagnosed in the 90's.

I'm neither myself, but my mother is a teacher with a M.E in special education, so I've been surrounded by it for awhile now, and I have taken several hours of College psychology classes that pertain to this subject. She's been teaching Learning Disorder/Special Needs kids for almost 10 years now.