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15 Apr 2013, 8:52 pm

Hi there,

I was wondering if anyone diagnosed with an ASD could answer the following questions. If your not diagnosed, please feel free to reply too, but please mention that your not diagnosed.

As a child, could you pretend play? (to any extent)
As a child, could you create fictional stories? (to any extent, or was it just not possible?)

As an adult, can you create fictional stories?

By stories I don't necessarily mean a story as in a book, but also can you create and share a fictional scenario with someone.

Is your long term memory good and do you consider it to be better than others?
Is your short term memory good and do you consider it to be better than others?



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15 Apr 2013, 10:10 pm

Yes to all questions.

Except the last two- also "yes" that I have a good short/long term memories.

But "better than others?" - I dont know.

Never thought about how mine compared to others.

Am an officially dx'd aspie.



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15 Apr 2013, 10:18 pm

Short version: yes to all

I severely limited the friends I played with when I was a kid, and sometimes I had to fake play to try to get the few I had to stay friends.
As a kid, I did have a very active imagination, and I still do (I am 19 years old).
The memory questions are very iffy; I tend to remember things from early childhood, and I can reliably repeat 7 digits of numbers backwards. However, I struggle to remember directions and certain events that happened a long time ago.



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15 Apr 2013, 10:19 pm

My experience is yes to all, though that response is somewhat subjective and lacks any formal scientific proof.


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15 Apr 2013, 10:49 pm

-Yes, though mostly by myself, I had trouble pretending with others.
-I could after a lot of thought, I often asked for extra time to write short stories in school.

-Yes, it comes easier now, but it can still be difficult to organize my ideas into a comprehendable story.

-I often remember things I don't even try to remember, such as a specific/approximate call number for a book at the library where I work, or that "Rango" is DVD number 850 and "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" is DVD 412. I also remember the colors of the covers of books more often than their names, and if I had shelved it that day. I have barcodes memorized, such as 481091001180103 is for in-house paperbacks and 481091001185089 is for VHS checkouts. I tend to function as a biological card catalog when the computer/internet based one goes down. Sadly, I do very poorly at math and I'm often dyslexic when it comes to numbers and have to look at it several times to make sure it is correct. I'm terrible with people's names and faces too.
-My short term memory is more susceptible to interruption, often asking a person a question they had just answered moments earlier whenever I have to answer the phone or something. It is probably above average if I can keep focused on it, but otherwise it is rather poor.

Overall, I'd say my memory skills are pretty average, but function in specific ways that make them abnormal. I am not currently diagnosed, but I am seeking a diagnosis.


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15 Apr 2013, 10:56 pm

As a child, could you pretend play?

No, not possible. I didn't pretend play or try to pretend play.

As a child, could you create fictional stories?

No, not possible. I didn't create stories or try to create stories.

As an adult, can you create fictional stories?

Yes.

Is your long term memory good and do you consider it to be better than others?

Yes.

Is your short term memory good and do you consider it to be better than others?

Yes for some things, e.g. pictures, music, random strings of numbers and letters.

No for some things. e.g. speech.


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15 Apr 2013, 11:12 pm

MrJosh wrote:
Hi there,

I was wondering if anyone diagnosed with an ASD could answer the following questions. If your not diagnosed, please feel free to reply too, but please mention that your not diagnosed.

I'm in the process of being assessed, but I'm not diagnosed currently.
MrJosh wrote:
As a child, could you pretend play? (to any extent)

I could a little bit... but I didn't do so very much, and when I did it was usually in a fairly passive way. I could sometimes contribute ideas, but couldn't comfortably act in a manner that differed significantly from my normal behaviour. I was also much more interested in making things and figuring out how things worked than I was in pretending anything.
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As a child, could you create fictional stories? (to any extent, or was it just not possible?)

I could, but usually had a lot of difficulty starting. Once the basic idea was in place I could elaborate on it and add detail quite well, though. I could work with hypothetical scenarios quite well too, but needed a starting point and a direction to work in first.
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As an adult, can you create fictional stories?

By stories I don't necessarily mean a story as in a book, but also can you create and share a fictional scenario with someone.

It's still much the same as when I was a kid... I have trouble starting off, but once the basics are worked out I can elaborate on them well. So yes, but I have a lot of trouble getting started.
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Is your long term memory good and do you consider it to be better than others?

Better in some ways, worse in others. I pick up information easily and remember things clearly long after they happened, but have trouble recalling information when it doesn't follow my train of thought.
MrJosh wrote:
Is your short term memory good and do you consider it to be better than others?

It's probably about average.



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15 Apr 2013, 11:16 pm

MrJosh wrote:
As a child, could you pretend play? (to any extent)


By myself yeah, of course. With others involved, no not really very well.

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As a child, could you create fictional stories? (to any extent, or was it just not possible?)


If you mean author fiction, no not really. And If I did, it was probably in the form of plagiarism rather than coming up with something completely on my own.

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As an adult, can you create fictional stories?


Same as above.

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By stories I don't necessarily mean a story as in a book, but also can you create and share a fictional scenario with someone.


If you mean do I know how to make stuff up, sure. But even that usually involves borrowing from others.

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Is your long term memory good and do you consider it to be better than others?


Based on comments I've received from family members, my memory is exceedingly sharp. And much sharper than theirs in recalling events.

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Is your short term memory good and do you consider it to be better than others?


No. I'm very absent minded. In this case it's others who surprise me by remembering something I said a couple of weeks ago, that I had completely forgotten about. I also have to be constantly reminded about things I've discussed with others. But once reminded, I usually have total recall.



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16 Apr 2013, 12:52 am

As a child, could you pretend play? (to any extent)

When the neighborhood kids played house they included me but they always made me be the baby.
When my brother and I saw leaves blowing on the sidewalk we called them walking leaves. If they were broken or torn we put them in a walking leave hospital. I loved that game.
I created an imaginary horse because I could not have a real one.
Those are the only pretend things I can remember. I liked my dolls. I carried them around and displayed them but I didn't do any pretending with them. mostly I liked to make things or play with building toys or color.

As a child, could you create fictional stories? (to any extent, or was it just not possible?)
No. Not possible.

As an adult, can you create fictional stories?
No.

By stories I don't necessarily mean a story as in a book, but also can you create and share a fictional scenario with someone.
No.
I'm editing this to say I can do this if it involves solving a problem. My imagination is geared toward solving problems and making connections.

Is your long term memory good and do you consider it to be better than others?
My long term memory is selective. It's only good in that I can remember things from a long time ago as far back as my babyhood.

Is your short term memory good and do you consider it to be better than others?
My short term working memory is very bad.



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16 Apr 2013, 1:58 am

Professionally diagnosed.

As a child, could you pretend play? (to any extent)
Yes, though integrating with the pretend play of others not so much.

As a child, could you create fictional stories? (to any extent, or was it just not possible?)
To an extent; I could imagine vivid bits and scenarios but I think they would be too fragmented and incongruous to call stories. I did struggle with creative writing in school.

As an adult, can you create fictional stories?
I'd say its pretty much the same now as it ever was.

Is your long term memory good and do you consider it to be better than others?
Very good semantic memory, almost non-existent episodic memory.

Is your short term memory good and do you consider it to be better than others?
Quite poor.



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16 Apr 2013, 6:34 am

MrJosh wrote:
As a child, could you pretend play? (to any extent)
As a child, could you create fictional stories? (to any extent, or was it just not possible?)

As an adult, can you create fictional stories?

By stories I don't necessarily mean a story as in a book, but also can you create and share a fictional scenario with someone.

Is your long term memory good and do you consider it to be better than others?
Is your short term memory good and do you consider it to be better than others?

As a child I could pretend to be an animal, or a samurai. But I didn't play games like "mom and daughter" and such.
So I guess I could pretend play to a certain extent.

I could. My stories were quite good actually. But I could only write sci-fi, horror or fantasy stories.

I still write them now.

My long term memory is excellent. I can rememver even things that happened long long ago.

But my short term memory sucks. I often forget what someone has said to me just after a few seconds, I can forget where I've just put an object, and so.



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16 Apr 2013, 6:50 am

in terms of pretend play, I am forever reminded by my family that when I was young I pretty much lived in a fantasy world and told outlandish lies all the time.

This faded off as I went through junior & primary schools but I do wonder these days if that would have been related to ASD

Any thoughts?



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16 Apr 2013, 9:14 am

Yes to all except the short term memory one.


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16 Apr 2013, 9:58 am

I'm officially diagnosed.

As a child, could you pretend play? (to any extent)

Yes.

As a child, could you create fictional stories? (to any extent, or was it just not possible?)

Yes.

As an adult, can you create fictional stories?

Yes, when I'm provided with a prompt.

Is your long term memory good and do you consider it to be better than others?

Yes, and yes.

Is your short term memory good and do you consider it to be better than others?

My short-term memory is garbage.

Hope that helps.


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16 Apr 2013, 2:33 pm

Yes to all except the short term memory one-my short term memory is crap and my stories aren't very original either-after a while I realize they're a rip off of books I've read.

EDdit: Also I played pretend by myself almost constantly but the couple times I tried to/had the opportunity to play pretend with others I wasn't able to....I couldn't think of what happened next or what my character should do so I just froze. When I played on my own it was based on the stories I read, mainly. It wasn't word for word what happened in the books though. I think I just couldn't improvise.



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16 Apr 2013, 2:46 pm

MrJosh wrote:
As a child, could you pretend play? (to any extent)


Yes, to some extent, but clearly limited. Acting out things from fictional books, playing the character, not making up new stuff is what I'd do.

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As a child, could you create fictional stories? (to any extent, or was it just not possible?)


Yes, to some extent. Again, clearly limited. I needed to for school. I know how much more difficult it was for me than others by comparing me to others. I struggled here and people didn't realize how much because I got good grades.

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As an adult, can you create fictional stories?


If someone gives me a character I can play how that character would act. I can do roleplaying games. That's about what I'm limited to.


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Is your long term memory good and do you consider it to be better than others?


Yes, problematically so.

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Is your short term memory good and do you consider it to be better than others?

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It's better than average.