blackcat
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i am a currently 10th grader in high school.i have been reading since i was two. i never crawled, i just started walking one day. i was potty trained befor 2 and talked at 8 months(also whistled the song my little micky mouse thing played)i wring my hands alot when im excited. i wrung them so much at the game friday(in the band) that i wore a hole in my friends gloves(luckily shes very fond of me and my "weirdness")i wear my hoody nonstop. it is 4:32am where i am right now and i dont plan to remove until i go to bed.my cd plyer must be with me at all times. u'll c me hoodyless b4 u see me musicless. i used to copy ppl rather than answer their questions(which they got me to stop in like a month with constant yelling...i HATE yelling)i have been playing the piano since i was 4. no lessons. if i've heard it i can play it. i am constantly tripping over nothing, falling, running into something or someone, or,more recently, rolling down a big hill,yet, i am very balanced on a skate board. scared to death, but balanced. i rock but can force my self to stop,very hard though.i spin,bounce,,and,ive been told, hum both insessantly and repettivly. i(aparrently) have a fatial tic ive never seen.i have difficulty spelling, doing simple math and geometry, reconizing faces(when they get hair cuts or color)and recalling words.i cant stand bright lightes, flickering lights, loud noises(vacumes suck so bad)or ppl randomly touching me, especally my ears,dont do that(i may scream and fall down).i never seem to get jokes or sarcasm but ppl comment on how funny i am and how im always sarcastic.  i would write more but i feel this is already too much.please help  |
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blackcat
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| Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 6:06 am Post subject: |
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| ive also made excuses to leave class when i ve felt like i was going to screame or punch someones lights out cause its so loud while my friends follow askin if im ok. i spend lunch with mi fingers in my ears and have had weird crying fits 4 no reason(never at skool thank god) and couldnt be calmed down fo an hour or 2... |
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| Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 6:34 am Post subject: |
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| You're a freaking autie and ought to be proud of it. Tell the parents, and get yourself diagnosed. Diagnosis has its disadvantages, but it can also work to your advantage on some occassions. It's quite lovely that you've been coping so intelligently. Don't mind the crying fits. They're nothing. Wait for them to pass, and move on. |
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Those are some very classic symptoms of autism. In your case, I'd say the Asperger Syndrome variety, because of your early speech. It seems you have quite a lot of sensory integration craziness going on--the hoodie, the music, all the stimming (repetitive movements)... If you're not autistic, I'll be very surprised. They might diagnose PDD-NOS or "sensory integration dysfunction", but those are both pretty much on the spectrum.
Go get yourself an evaluation--by a specialist, not some random psych who doesn't know autism from the nose on his face--and see if you're on the right track. You might be able to get yourself accomodations in school, like the right to take tests in a quiet place by yourself--when they let me do that, it did wonders for my scores, since I was constantly distracted by things like air conditioners and my fellow classmates' breathing!
Do you have special interests?--that is, one or more subjects you're very fascinated with, and others might say you're "obsessed" with? That's a common Aspie thing... mine are cats, physics, and D&D.
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"Am I aspie ....or just weird?"......you can be both .  They arent mutually exclusive.Sounds like you have friends,lucky you.
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I could read complete sentences by the age of 1 1/2, work a computer at the age of 2, bullied until the age of 12, didn't have friends until Middle School, Always worked with computers and music, and I can think up of an entire symphony in a few hours. Welcome to the world of autism  It's not a bad thing by the way  Everyone else would like to make you think that. I've noticed more and more people either fear the odd variety (because they can't predict what we can do) or love it (many girls love someone who isn't just a muscle head jock). |
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Yep Blackcat!
Sounds like Aspergers, which IS a type of autism!
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| Murdal wrote: | | I could read complete sentences by the age of 1 1/2, work a computer at the age of 2, bullied until the age of 12, didn't have friends until Middle School, Always worked with computers and music, and I can think up of an entire symphony in a few hours. Welcome to the world of autism It's not a bad thing by the way Everyone else would like to make you think that. I've noticed more and more people either fear the odd variety (because they can't predict what we can do) or love it (many girls love someone who isn't just a muscle head jock). |
Whoah, we've really got to get a music project/collaboration going.
I think there is around 10-20 musically minded/driven people on the forums and I think we could do something wonderful together.
Though I tend to need to work alone, maybe we could contribute one track each or something.
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| air conditioners mother u too?! u like music ALOT?! theres an EXPLANATION for the hoody?! thank u!!!!! i feel better now. what to do about rocking that wont stop? its been freaking me out for an hour. i cant make myself stop!!! |
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| blackcat wrote: | | air conditioners mother u too?! u like music ALOT?! theres an EXPLANATION for the hoody?! thank u!!!!! i feel better now. what to do about rocking that wont stop? its been freaking me out for an hour. i cant make myself stop!!! |
That's called stimming and it's common among those with Autism and AS.
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| Scintillate wrote: | | Murdal wrote: | | I could read complete sentences by the age of 1 1/2, work a computer at the age of 2, bullied until the age of 12, didn't have friends until Middle School, Always worked with computers and music, and I can think up of an entire symphony in a few hours. Welcome to the world of autism It's not a bad thing by the way Everyone else would like to make you think that. I've noticed more and more people either fear the odd variety (because they can't predict what we can do) or love it (many girls love someone who isn't just a muscle head jock). |
Whoah, we've really got to get a music project/collaboration going.
I think there is around 10-20 musically minded/driven people on the forums and I think we could do something wonderful together.
Though I tend to need to work alone, maybe we could contribute one track each or something. |
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umm... bosessions? i ilke music (i can play something on everything but french horn baritone, and tuba. i play clarinet and-when consert season kicks in-oboe)umm science, i luv science,and hats gloves n'...socks (dont ask) also anime. theme songs calm me4 some reason...like melfins song at the end of out law star. kindons hearts(when u walk a-way, u wont hear me say...) the 1st endig theme in inu-yasha put me to bed when i was 9 or 10, cant remember which part of 5th grade that came out in... oh and gimme your bday and ill tell u what day u were born.that song that was in ghost in the shell 1st i liked it. they changed the song and i got mad and stopped watching. so does this mean my mom SHOULDNT yell at me 4 beind weird? she yell so much and i want to chang for her if itll make her happy again but i just cant. i WANT to , she has been through so much these last two years. and is it normal 4 things to get so loud i cant understand the words ony more ant they just get all distorted and go over my head and into space? and then want to yell and scream and not be able to tell any1 whats wrong cuz i dont know?what about not wanting to lookit ppl? looking a ppl 1million times in a row?! i CANT step on cracks or let my food touch.
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Black cat,
if it makes you feel better:
I don't know WHEN I started reading, but am pretty sure it was by 3. I apparantly wasn't an early talker, but I DID talk in complete sentences.
I don't run into people. I never knew a time when I did. I DO avoid them a lot though, so maybe I did.
I rock, but I can stop. With me it is subtle, and I kind of like it.
I don't like the touching, lights, or sounds either. Just yesterday, a fire alarm went off, and I was the ONLY one plugging my ears.
I have some problems with math also. Luckily, I think most others do also. I'm finally trying to get better.
I have problems with some faces sometimes.
As for the jokes and sarcasm? You might as well have been writting about me!
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| *sigh* sometimes i fear im dyslexic. OBsessions and LIke. my spelling dosnt suck that much. and speaking of sucking, what can i do about my vaccume issue? my moms an obsessive cleaner.(she should just marry monk and b done withit)every cuple of days for nearly an hour. shes SOOOOO thorugh(the fact that i have serious allergies coundnt help!) feel free to correct my hitroshus spelling. im used to it and need all the help i can get! |
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| thank u steve.the rocking wasnt like this till thurs when my friend had a panic attack and scared us all sh--less. it was very slight and had to really stare to catch it which my friends did so they could either remind me to sto or try it themselves to see if it really felt good.(2 out of 3 liked i , one got dizy and felt sic- it was lunch-) my friend whose gloves i ruined is gonna trade me two of my soon to be destroyed for her(leather?) pair to try and solve that prob. |
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