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Autism, Aspergers syndrome etc.

Hi, I'm new (to the forum in general) and I love that someone has started a topic for AS/ASD. I have Asperger's Syndrome. I was diagnosed at 13 (I'm now 19) and even though I was lucky to have a load of help and support, I still struggle with stuff.

I have all the obsessive qualities (I did a similar thing to NoBel ToKYo, except that I had a female friend and I was too possessive over her; she got freaked out and tried to ditch me in the meanest ways possible and I wouldn't let go.) My boyfriend is an amazing person because he has to put up with the brunt of it (I am very childish sometimes; I have little squeaky voices, I like to be fussed over, if he upsets me I don't tell him because I expect him to know what he did to the letter, and then I refuse to talk to him when he doesn't know. Then I get upset because I know I'm being mean but I can't help it because I feel it's...kind of...justified...) and although my family are supportive, they sometimes get frustrated when I can't understand instructions and such. I think it came from my Dad's side of the family too, so my Dad and I clash quite a bit over things like that.

@NoBel ToKYo: I have the same thing with mayonnaise. If it's in sandwiches I can't eat the sandwich. If you asked me to eat a spoonful of it I'd be sick...yet I can eat tuna mayonnaise. In jacket potatoes, baguettes etc. Just tuna.

Ooops, sorry for length...I'd love to join your group though (if I can find it!) and Misayu, I looove your layout, even though I'm sorry, I don't know who Alice Cullen is!
 
Hi, I'm new (to the forum in general) and I love that someone has started a topic for AS/ASD. I have Asperger's Syndrome. I was diagnosed at 13 (I'm now 19) and even though I was lucky to have a load of help and support, I still struggle with stuff.

I have all the obsessive qualities (I did a similar thing to NoBel ToKYo, except that I had a female friend and I was too possessive over her; she got freaked out and tried to ditch me in the meanest ways possible and I wouldn't let go.) My boyfriend is an amazing person because he has to put up with the brunt of it (I am very childish sometimes; I have little squeaky voices, I like to be fussed over, if he upsets me I don't tell him because I expect him to know what he did to the letter, and then I refuse to talk to him when he doesn't know. Then I get upset because I know I'm being mean but I can't help it because I feel it's...kind of...justified...) and although my family are supportive, they sometimes get frustrated when I can't understand instructions and such. I think it came from my Dad's side of the family too, so my Dad and I clash quite a bit over things like that.

@NoBel ToKYo: I have the same thing with mayonnaise. If it's in sandwiches I can't eat the sandwich. If you asked me to eat a spoonful of it I'd be sick...yet I can eat tuna mayonnaise. In jacket potatoes, baguettes etc. Just tuna.

Ooops, sorry for length...I'd love to join your group though (if I can find it!) and Misayu, I looove your layout, even though I'm sorry, I don't know who Alice Cullen is!

Alice Cullen is from the Twilight Series you always hear about. D:

My boyfriend is the same way! He is very understanding and tries his best to be very patient with me. He's very supportive and knows that sometimes I can be a little weird. I love him for loving me for being me and not someone I would never be and that's what makes him special. :3

I love Tuna but another thing I hate is onions and my mom sometimes places onions on the tuna and I hate it. I mean i can eat this fun-yuns but anything with onions I will turn away from and I also hate pickles and tomatoes.

I used to hate spinach but my mom pulled that whole, "Eat your spinach so you can be like Popeye!" and lol, it actually worked. Now I LOVE spinach. XD

I used to hate peas but once I mixed them into my potatoes, I actually took a liking to them.

Um...let's see, what else do I hate? Oh! Tapioca pudding...ugh. It's disgusting and I also hate nuts but I can eat peanuts and cashews. Any other type of not and I get really bad headaches.

Same for root beer. I like it but I don't drink it as much because I get bad headaches from it for some reason.
 
I have quite a few OCD Qualities myself. My clock has to boeon a number divisible by five or I won't get out of bed. I HAVE to shower EVERY MORNING for atleast 30 minutes or Im Fidgety for the rest of the day. I love talking to animals, I cant stop myself! Somepeople ask if I'm Crazy. Its fun, being different. I also have problems controlling my emotions, but I atribute that to my Physcic Tendencies. But its getting better, Im starting to learn Medatation.
 
I have quite a few OCD Qualities myself. My clock has to boeon a number divisible by five or I won't get out of bed. I HAVE to shower EVERY MORNING for atleast 30 minutes or Im Fidgety for the rest of the day. I love talking to animals, I cant stop myself! Somepeople ask if I'm Crazy. Its fun, being different. I also have problems controlling my emotions, but I atribute that to my Physcic Tendencies. But its getting better, Im starting to learn Medatation.

There's nothing wrong with talking to animals. I talk to my dog all the time. :B

I have problems with controlling my emotions too and I also believe to have this psychic medium ability where I can feel the presence of a spirit. It might sound crazy but its not and I really do have the power.

I think in some way, Autistic people can have psychic abilities. The reason for this is actually because autistic people have a higher sensitivity rate than non-autistic people do.

It makes up for their unusually high sensitivity to their senses. I'm not saying all autistics have it but some probably can because of their high sensitivity to sensory input.

Anyway, I know I hold a couple traits of OCD but they are mild and unoticetable. Normally, I have this thing where if I'm eating a cookie and I took something dirty, it's like I can't eat with that hand, I have to eat with my other hand.

I also get a bit picky about my anime stuff. I like it to be there when I leave my room and come back but sometimes it doesn't really matter, though sometimes you can find my constantly moving it from one place to another. XD
 
(I really need to read Twilight!! Thanks for the enlightenment <3)

I was the same with spinach and peas, used to hate it with a passion as a kid but now I love spinach. Pea-hating stopped when I was given them frozen as a snack by a vegetarian friend's mum. Also, at dinnertimes, I didn't like anyone touching or turning my plate (it had to be in the exact same position it was when mum put it down on the table) and I couldn't mix my foods. I had to eat one thing at a time, then move onto the next item of food. Now I'm a lot better.

Boyfriends are great Misayu, you sound like you're a lucky girl just like me! My boyf's mum had experience working with AS kids so he knew a bit about it, I think he puts up with it because he knows I love him so much.
 
Oh. My. Gosh.

Nobel, I am so honored to be quoted in the group description! :.D (I joined, btw, obviously)


Back on topic...

I can't eat any sort of sandwich unless it only has meats on it (with the exception of McDonald's cheeseburgers w/ ketchup only). BBQ sauce is the only other thing I'll have on a sandwich. Also, there are only 4 beverages that I'll drink: water, fat free milk, Sprite, and Mountain Dew. I used to also drink 7up before they changed the taste. I have to say water is the one I drink least, because I don't really like the taste of a lot of water. It's often stale tasting, especially bottled water. Drinking fountain water is good, though. I consider the milk to be more of the life-sustaining drink than any of the others. I'll go through a gallon by myself in a few days' time. Mountain Dew is my coffee, and I actually like coffee, too, though it's gotta just be plain coffee with a ton of sugar to mask the coffee-ish bitterness. It's tedious so I don't drink it much. Sprite is just a nice drink, especially if I'm at a restaurant that serves Coca-cola products rather than Pepsi.

Also, I talk to my cat all the time. I don't intend to have kids ever, so he's like my son. Pity he doesn't actually understand what I'm saying, though. XD

I take unusually long showers, too. Not as long as I used to (they used to be 30+ minutes), but long nonetheless. Although I think my showers are long because I get distracted by thoughts and lose focus on actually taking the shower. XD

If there was any one word to describe me, it would be "thinker"
 
Oh. My. Gosh.

Nobel, I am so honored to be quoted in the group description! :.D (I joined, btw, obviously)


Back on topic...

I can't eat any sort of sandwich unless it only has meats on it (with the exception of McDonald's cheeseburgers w/ ketchup only). BBQ sauce is the only other thing I'll have on a sandwich. Also, there are only 4 beverages that I'll drink: water, fat free milk, Sprite, and Mountain Dew. I used to also drink 7up before they changed the taste. I have to say water is the one I drink least, because I don't really like the taste of a lot of water. It's often stale tasting, especially bottled water. Drinking fountain water is good, though. I consider the milk to be more of the life-sustaining drink than any of the others. I'll go through a gallon by myself in a few days' time. Mountain Dew is my coffee, and I actually like coffee, too, though it's gotta just be plain coffee with a ton of sugar to mask the coffee-ish bitterness. It's tedious so I don't drink it much. Sprite is just a nice drink, especially if I'm at a restaurant that serves Coca-cola products rather than Pepsi.

Also, I talk to my cat all the time. I don't intend to have kids ever, so he's like my son. Pity he doesn't actually understand what I'm saying, though. XD

I take unusually long showers, too. Not as long as I used to (they used to be 30+ minutes), but long nonetheless. Although I think my showers are long because I get distracted by thoughts and lose focus on actually taking the shower. XD

If there was any one word to describe me, it would be "thinker"

OMFG I CAN ONLY HAVE KETCHUP ON MY CHEESEBURGERS TOO.

I'm also a coke person as well. I usually only like coke products.

lol, I made friends with trains. :'D It's true, I really did but it's weird to other people that wouldn't understand but I would seriously start talking to objects. I never really let it out because some people would think its so weird.
 
I can't have condiments on any of my food (basically that means ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard, etc.). I can't eat cereal with milk, and I have to eat cereal with my hands. Actually, I basically eat everything with my fingers. Except when my Mom tells me otherwise or when my sister gives me disgusted looks.

As for talking to things, I talk mostly to my dog and my books. Other things on occasion, but mostly just those two. Oh, and I used to talk to my two rats (Mac and Cheese) until they died.

Something else I want to bring up (and it might just be me), but how "brutally honest" I am -basically I "speak without thinking," though a better view on this is that I talk without any care for other's feelings. Such as today, in Career Investigation we had this project called a "Me bag," where you fill a bag with ten things that represent you. Anyway, whenever I say something dumb or the like, I'd comment about it openly, not caring who heard it. Such as I'd do that slapping of the hand thing (when you hear something dumb and drop your arm on the table), and I'd be like "Yah," sarcastically when someone said something. And later when I rolled my eyes when someone was singing and I told them that "When people who can't sing decide to sing, I don't like it. Could you refrain from doing that?" Just stuff like that, that's just the most recent example.
 
I can't have condiments on any of my food (basically that means ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard, etc.). I can't eat cereal with milk, and I have to eat cereal with my hands. Actually, I basically eat everything with my fingers. Except when my Mom tells me otherwise or when my sister gives me disgusted looks.

As for talking to things, I talk mostly to my dog and my books. Other things on occasion, but mostly just those two. Oh, and I used to talk to my two rats (Mac and Cheese) until they died.

Something else I want to bring up (and it might just be me), but how "brutally honest" I am -basically I "speak without thinking," though a better view on this is that I talk without any care for other's feelings. Such as today, in Career Investigation we had this project called a "Me bag," where you fill a bag with ten things that represent you. Anyway, whenever I say something dumb or the like, I'd comment about it openly, not caring who heard it. Such as I'd do that slapping of the hand thing (when you hear something dumb and drop your arm on the table), and I'd be like "Yah," sarcastically when someone said something. And later when I rolled my eyes when someone was singing and I told them that "When people who can't sing decide to sing, I don't like it. Could you refrain from doing that?" Just stuff like that, that's just the most recent example.

That's an autistic trait, alright. I am like that too and I tend to say things without actually thinking but I really don't have that many examples, unfortunately.

It can be hard when alot of people fail to understand you. When you do things without knowing what the consequences are, it can make it hard for you to even explain because then their like, "You don't have autism, you're just making excuses". As I've said in an earlier post, Autism is a very complicated disorder and what it needs more is awarness. It doesn't need a cure and people only say that because they just think its such a bad thing and it really isn't.
 
Hey you guys, this isn't 'my favorite foods' discussion. This is an Autisum/Aspergers discussion. Let's keep it like this ok?
 
Okay well...um, let's see...

I'll spill about an experience I had in life skills because it resulted in a meltdown and was one of those times when I was pushed way too far.

Anyway, every friday we get a chance to go out into the community and for lunch we went to Subway, when we came out we experienced this car crash and we all were pretty scared and shaken up by it.

Well, Sue, the teacher let the two down syndrome kids go, my friend Melissa, Farnaz and Nina go...BUT she didn't let me go.

I wanted to go because I had a really bad headache and I was suffering from a mild form of heat exhaustion, still shaken and whatever. I was in a total anxiety attack too but she went and overlooked it and didn't let me go with Jay.

I sat on the curb and I seriously cried and wouldn't look at her at all. I was that ticked off at her because I swear, she made me so mad.

I mean I was ready to die from this attack I had and she still refused to let my go. Her excuse was, "I didn't let her go because there wasn't anything that could be done anyway", which is all lies because there was no reason why she couldn't have let me go.

I was in a fricken panic because of all of it and...ugh.

I have never felt that terrible about something and I was just crying into a huge panic. I really couldn't stand her at all and that was actually when my doctor had diagnosed me with severe anxiety.

Like I mentioned before, I can panic when I get pushed into something and even my parents have this problem with me because when they want me to do something, clean my room, cook my own food, etc...I get into screaming fits and start crying because I panic.

I don't know why I do it but it just has so much to do with terrible anxiety issues and meltdowns.

I recently found out that in my old records my mom kept, that they had diagnosed me with mild to moderate mental retardation.

It affects my ability to do any daily living skills. I always forget how to do them, even when my mom or dad shows me a million times, they have to do it for me just because I forget to do it.

Have you ever had any meltdowns that seemed very severe? I mean maybe when you were younger or even now, if you still have them?

I mean mine are bad when I get pushed to my overall limits. I get severely emotional and cry myself into a panic.
 
Yes, I don't get outbursts like you. I get angry and attack the nearest thing to me. Oh, and to add on to it, I forget about it for a few weeks afterwards. Imagine how hard it was for me to remember my outbursts, yeah... it was really hard.

I don't think I've ever had any outbursts before. I just know that I am extremely emotional when I end up being pushed over my limits.

People regret having to push me and sometimes they don't because they end up acting negatively towards the behavior. I think even trying to guide the child away from a meltdown/outburst will still cause alot of panic because the child isn't going to understand you are just trying to help.
 
I'm also a coke person as well. I usually only like coke products
Mountain Dew is a Pepsi product. I mean I drink Sprite at places that have Coke products. 'Dew and Sprite are the only sodas I drink. Actual Coke or Pepsi is nasty. I really don't see the appeal of colas.

Hey you guys, this isn't 'my favorite foods' discussion. This is an Autisum/Aspergers discussion. Let's keep it like this ok?
Apologies if I'm stepping out of line, but food has a whole lot to do with this topic. Maybe read the posts a bit more thoroughly? A lot of autistics like myself have a hyper-sensitive palate, so food is a very on-topic discussion.
 
Mountain Dew is a Pepsi product. I mean I drink Sprite at places that have Coke products. 'Dew and Sprite are the only sodas I drink. Actual Coke or Pepsi is nasty. I really don't see the appeal of colas.


Apologies if I'm stepping out of line, but food has a whole lot to do with this topic. Maybe read the posts a bit more thoroughly? A lot of autistics like myself have a hyper-sensitive palate, so food is a very on-topic discussion.

Oh, I must have misread. XD

That's what I wanted to say! o_o I just didn't know how to explain it. XD But anyway, my food sensititives are a bit mild at times.

Meatloaf is my only biggest sensitivity and I also can't eat yogurt, I think it might be the texture and the weird tastes. D:
 
Oddly, when I was a kid I used to be able to eat/drink more things than I can now. I could eat yogurt, but it had to be an exact kind, and like the few fruits I eat, it had to be flawless. I could drink apple juice, too. I also used to eat a lot of cheese, but now I only eat Mozzarella (in the context of pizza and breadsticks), Parmesan (the only one I can eat by itself, though also on pizza/pasta), and American (only on those aforementioned ketchup-only cheeseburgers or probably grilled cheese).

I never had much of a sweet tooth; even as a kid I could do without candy and stuff, but now I'm less and less able to eat sweets, even ones I love, like cookies, cupcakes, funnel cake, and candy bars. Certain brands of chocolate are even starting to taste funny.

I hope I'm not getting worse! TT^TT

Meatloaf is one I could never eat, either, as well as lasagna or any Mexican, Asian, or other food that has odd flavors and/or mixes a lot of stuff together. I can't eat salad, either (well that's probably obvious at this point). I can only eat potatoes as fries or chips, and the fries have to be thin, crispy, and have enough flavor to mask the potato-y texture, like McDonald's fries.

I'll spill about an experience I had in life skills because it resulted in a meltdown and was one of those times when I was pushed way too far.

Anyway, every friday we get a chance to go out into the community and for lunch we went to Subway, when we came out we experienced this car crash and we all were pretty scared and shaken up by it.

Well, Sue, the teacher let the two down syndrome kids go, my friend Melissa, Farnaz and Nina go...BUT she didn't let me go.

I wanted to go because I had a really bad headache and I was suffering from a mild form of heat exhaustion, still shaken and whatever. I was in a total anxiety attack too but she went and overlooked it and didn't let me go with Jay.

I sat on the curb and I seriously cried and wouldn't look at her at all. I was that ticked off at her because I swear, she made me so mad.

I mean I was ready to die from this attack I had and she still refused to let my go. Her excuse was, "I didn't let her go because there wasn't anything that could be done anyway", which is all lies because there was no reason why she couldn't have let me go.

I was in a fricken panic because of all of it and...ugh.

I have never felt that terrible about something and I was just crying into a huge panic. I really couldn't stand her at all and that was actually when my doctor had diagnosed me with severe anxiety.

Like I mentioned before, I can panic when I get pushed into something and even my parents have this problem with me because when they want me to do something, clean my room, cook my own food, etc...I get into screaming fits and start crying because I panic.

I don't know why I do it but it just has so much to do with terrible anxiety issues and meltdowns.
Being forced to stick around after witnessing a car accident? That's ludicrous! How old were you? I've been in a couple of fender-benders of my own, but I've never actually seen a bad accident. I can't even look at that stuff on TV. I'll get really emotional and won't be able to put it out of my mind for a long time. That excellent memory that allows me to not need to study also makes it next to impossible to erase even a slightly traumatic sight from my mind. I still remember news stories from God knows how long ago about incidents of animal abuse and such like I saw them yesterday. I'll lose sleep if I can't keep my poor mind calm.
 
XD it looks like plenty happened while i was off! :P

That's very unfortunate, Misayu :( Her excuse to jot let you go did sound very stupid. People should be a lot more understanding towards this kind of thing.

Also, i used to be a little like that too, Kinarii. Weirdly, if a girl died in a movie i watched, i'd start crying :S I also couldn't look at anything bad on the news and such.

And of course you can join the club Neety! ^__^ It's called A.S.D, and you can find it on the clubs section of either mine, Misayu's, Kinarii's or LATIOS (lot of things in his name XD) profile. :)

Oh, and did i mention? I HATE my mum talking to me. :P Because i think she talks so much, and find it extremely annoying if she talks straight after me.

Lol sorry Chibi-Chan, ':D XD
 
Oddly, when I was a kid I used to be able to eat/drink more things than I can now. I could eat yogurt, but it had to be an exact kind, and like the few fruits I eat, it had to be flawless. I could drink apple juice, too. I also used to eat a lot of cheese, but now I only eat Mozzarella (in the context of pizza and breadsticks), Parmesan (the only one I can eat by itself, though also on pizza/pasta), and American (only on those aforementioned ketchup-only cheeseburgers or probably grilled cheese).

I never had much of a sweet tooth; even as a kid I could do without candy and stuff, but now I'm less and less able to eat sweets, even ones I love, like cookies, cupcakes, funnel cake, and candy bars. Certain brands of chocolate are even starting to taste funny.

I hope I'm not getting worse! TT^TT

Meatloaf is one I could never eat, either, as well as lasagna or any Mexican, Asian, or other food that has odd flavors and/or mixes a lot of stuff together. I can't eat salad, either (well that's probably obvious at this point). I can only eat potatoes as fries or chips, and the fries have to be thin, crispy, and have enough flavor to mask the potato-y texture, like McDonald's fries.


Being forced to stick around after witnessing a car accident? That's ludicrous! How old were you? I've been in a couple of fender-benders of my own, but I've never actually seen a bad accident. I can't even look at that stuff on TV. I'll get really emotional and won't be able to put it out of my mind for a long time. That excellent memory that allows me to not need to study also makes it next to impossible to erase even a slightly traumatic sight from my mind. I still remember news stories from God knows how long ago about incidents of animal abuse and such like I saw them yesterday. I'll lose sleep if I can't keep my poor mind calm.

We weren't in the accident. We just witnessed it when we came out and this huge crashing sound it made, it was like a gunshot and it jumped us all.

I was the same age I am now, about 19/20 or so.

I like chicken salad but if I do eat salad, I have to have alot of ranch dressing on it. If not, I won't eat it and for asian food, I usually just eat Chinese and that's only teriyaki chicken and noodles. I won't eat the other stuff because even though I've never tried it, I'm very picky over trying new foods, especially if I can't sample them first. I used to be really picky and my mom got mad about it.

That's the same for me. Once I experience something scary or shakes me up, I can't shake it off. It stays with me for what seems like days.

Well, if I watch a horror movie, I get wicked nightmares for days on end. It's hard for me to keep saying that it's not real because it still freaks me out and it's so hard to accept that. Alot of people are truly misunderstanding when I say that horror movies scare the hell out of me because they'll be like, "Oh well I love them so they aren't scary for me. O.o" And I just think, "Yeah, well that's just you. I'm not like you because I'm autistic."

OMG I feel the same way about my mom and it's even more annoying when I'm focusing on the TV or something on here. It's like, I just snap at her.

I think it could be alot of sensory overload with so much going on, her talking the TV going and me doing something online. D:
 
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We weren't in the accident. We just witnessed it when we came out and this huge crashing sound it made, it was like a gunshot and it jumped us all.

I was the same age I am now, about 19/20 or so.

I like chicken salad but if I do eat salad, I have to have alot of ranch dressing on it. If not, I won't eat it and for asian food, I usually just eat Chinese and that's only teriyaki chicken and noodles. I won't eat the other stuff because even though I've never tried it, I'm very picky over trying new foods, especially if I can't sample them first. I used to be really picky and my mom got mad about it.

That's the same for me. Once I experience something scary or shakes me up, I can't shake it off. It stays with me for what seems like days.

Well, if I watch a horror movie, I get wicked nightmares for days on end. It's hard for me to keep saying that it's not real because it still freaks me out and it's so hard to accept that. Alot of people are truly misunderstanding when I say that horror movies scare the hell out of me because they'll be like, "Oh well I love them so they aren't scary for me. O.o" And I just think, "Yeah, well that's just you. I'm not like you because I'm autistic."

OMG I feel the same way about my mom and it's even more annoying when I'm focusing on the TV or something on here. It's like, I just snap at her.

I think it could be alot of sensory overload with so much going on, her talking the TV going and me doing something online. D:

That's the result i got aswell. When my mum tries to talk to me when i'm doing something else, or some other situation like that, it just..feels like theres way too much information at once. I'm sure it's what you mean by "sensory overload" am i right?

Anyway, just so people know...If you want to join the social club, The best option would probably mention it on this thread (do NOT just use this thread for club requests; I don't want any P'ed off Chibi's or Drifloons XD) Of course, you can PM/VM me or another member that you know of, ONE of us will direct you ^_^
 
Im not a medium, Im a Clarsentient.

Our neighbor has a speech porblem. It was originally thought to be Autism, but it was'nt.

What really annoys me is how people are so CRUEL. Sometimes it feels like Im shifted into and out of the conversation. One miute I'm chatting away and the next I'm listening to chat about me like I'm Not even there. This has happened to other friends of mine aswell. This partly Inspired a class progect about Hope and Love. Our class created a booklet of Inspirational messages, games ( like crosswaords), poems, and even a Catholic Prayer. Im working on creating an Internet versio. Im also desighning a Webs( Formorley freewebs) site to host an E-newsletter with messages recived from the general public. If you want a online copy of the packet, PM me.
 
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