| How old do you act? |
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13% |
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| 10-11 |
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11% |
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23% |
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| 14-15 |
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13% |
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38% |
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muslimmetalhead
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| Kareninovna wrote: | | Probably like a teenager. 6_9 |
Technically, I act like one too. But I still act younger than I am.
I have low muscle tone too.
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Asp-Z
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| muslimmetalhead wrote: | | Asp-Z wrote: | | muslimmetalhead wrote: | | Asp-Z wrote: | OP, did you make this thread just to belittle those who're mature or what?  |
Uh, no...
It's just that most Asperger's people act really young for their age. |
What's true for you isn't necessarily true for others. It's a spectrum. |
Right but the whole idea of AS is that we have less social understanding.
That would cause us to act younger |
That makes no sense whatsoever. How do you get from reduced social skills to acting younger? |
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muslimmetalhead
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| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 12:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Asp-Z wrote: | | muslimmetalhead wrote: | | Asp-Z wrote: | | muslimmetalhead wrote: | | Asp-Z wrote: | | OP, did you make this thread just to belittle those who're mature or what? |
Uh, no...
It's just that most Asperger's people act really young for their age. |
What's true for you isn't necessarily true for others. It's a spectrum. |
Right but the whole idea of AS is that we have less social understanding.
That would cause us to act younger |
That makes no sense whatsoever. How do you get from reduced social skills to acting younger? |
Because as people get older, they gain better understanding of social situations
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muslimmetalhead
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| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 12:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Asp-Z wrote: | | muslimmetalhead wrote: | | Asp-Z wrote: | | muslimmetalhead wrote: | | Asp-Z wrote: | | OP, did you make this thread just to belittle those who're mature or what? |
Uh, no...
It's just that most Asperger's people act really young for their age. |
What's true for you isn't necessarily true for others. It's a spectrum. |
Right but the whole idea of AS is that we have less social understanding.
That would cause us to act younger |
That makes no sense whatsoever. How do you get from reduced social skills to acting younger? |
Because as people get older, they gain better understanding of social situations
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Asp-Z
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| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 1:39 pm Post subject: |
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| muslimmetalhead wrote: | | Because as people get older, they gain better understanding of social situations |
Oh, so you're assuming everyone with Asperger's learns at the same rate as you? |
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muslimmetalhead
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| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 3:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Asp-Z wrote: | | muslimmetalhead wrote: | | Because as people get older, they gain better understanding of social situations |
Oh, so you're assuming everyone with Asperger's learns at the same rate as you? |
Not exactly mine, but we are slower than NTs
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Alexender
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| muslimmetalhead wrote: | | Asp-Z wrote: | | muslimmetalhead wrote: | | Because as people get older, they gain better understanding of social situations |
Oh, so you're assuming everyone with Asperger's learns at the same rate as you? |
Not exactly mine, but we are slower than NTs |
Your last sentence just looks awful if it was on its own. First you meant non-autistic and we are slower than them? I know that you quoted what you were referring to but it still looks bad.
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Asp-Z
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| Yeah, Aspies do not learn slower than NTs. Some do, I'm sure, but that's not a symptom. In fact, we generally learn faster... How else do we work out all the social rules without the benefit of the "natural programming" NTs have? |
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jojovossy
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my psych evaluation says i have the habit of acting like a 12/13 year old kid, even though i am almost 18
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About 8-9 years old typically, despite my being chronologically 19. I miss being that age, because everything was simple, there were no responsibilities, you could get away with acting weird (something I bet a lot of aspies miss), and you could still play with your toys without looking like a weirdo. I sometimes wish I could be emotionally "on par" with my NT counterparts, it would be a lot easier than leaving the child inside me to be responsible for this adult body.
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joannaaleksandra
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| It depends. I stopped acting like a child at the age of six, I miss these times, and I guess that's why I sometimes (but really rarely) laugh at things that are usually funny for a early elementary school child or do things typical for six - year - olds. Psychological evaluation said that my mental age is 23. |
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muslimmetalhead
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| joannaaleksandra wrote: | | It depends. I stopped acting like a child at the age of six, I miss these times, and I guess that's why I sometimes (but really rarely) laugh at things that are usually funny for a early elementary school child or do things typical for six - year - olds. Psychological evaluation said that my mental age is 23. |
If your mental age is 23 then you should be called a reverspergian, and you should know how to deal with socio-emotional things better than your age.
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IndieSoul
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It's hard to say because I don't act one single age all the time. Sometimes I'll "act out", especially in public places (or so I've been told)
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Lakelly
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| I'm 13 and I'd say I act more mature (in terms of outlook, interests, etc) than most of my peers, but have less developed social skills... |
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jumjummju
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