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Hello everyone,

I'm a 25 year old girl from Germany, currently failing university... (what a great way to introduce myself)

I'm confused whether I might have a mild form of Aspergers, so that's how I found the forum. I found the Aspergers quiz on a language forum (I'm once again a bit obsessed about language study) and decided to take it because I like quizzes I had never before thought of the possibility that I might be on the spectrum, although I thought that it fit my dad rather well. But when I took that questionnaire I was baffled that there were several questions which perfectly described some of my idiosyncrasies that I had never before found an explanation for and I had never before seen a relation between them. I only knew that I was a bit unusual. I dismissed that information at first, but eventually started to look into Aspergers more, because I was intrigued. When I read about Aspergers in girls I could hardly believe it - there seemed to be a connection between more supposedly unrelated things - starting to read early and a lot, being off in my own world with imaginary friends (unicorns and the like), being bossy and excessive copying as a child, feeling different, conversational issues, etc.

I still have no clue whether I have Aspergers or some other issues which just happen to coincide. I always thought I was good at reading people, I'm able to tell apart sad and angry faces and I can usually deal with people's emotions, too. I'm a bit socially awkward, but generally well-liked when I'm not bossy, I guess. But I still get the feeling that my communication is off at times - sometimes only slightly, sometimes noticeably. When I'm not totally in the moment it's like it takes me a little too long to process information - or I do process it, but it doesn't translate into me reacting to it. I'm going to talk to a psychologist soon, because of my academic problems, and I'm not sure whether I should mention Aspergers... I'll see how it goes.

Sorry for rambling. I'll leave you with the message that whether I'm an Aspie myself or not, from what I read there are many interesting and congenial people here, so I'd love to stick around.

hiya Typo
welcome to our über cool club
you might find it profitable for yourself, to take tests examining whether or not your body language transmission and reception are up to snuff. just a thought

Thanks for your reply! That seems like a good idea. Can you give me some more information about those tests?

Hi Typo! Welcome to Wrong Planet! Check out the many interesting and helpful forums here. Some of them are for non English speaking members. I took 3 years of Deutch in High School several decades ago, and that was one of the few courses I liked. I still remember a little of it, and still have the bilingual dictionary I used in the course. You are among friends here at WP! Auf Wiedersehen!

Welcome to WP!

Thanks for the welcome, everyone! Hallo questor

Thanks a lot for the quizzes! I found the first quiz a bit simplistic, the third easy, but the second and fourth were extremely instructive.

I've been wondering how much or little Aspies understand about body language and facial expressions... I read things like not being able to see whether someone is angry or sad. Is that the case for everyone? My overall impression from what I read is more that the challenges and talents of Aspies are as unique as their personalities, although they do follow a rough pattern. Are problems with facial recognition very common or even defining?

Hallo Typo, wilkommen in Wrong Planet

Greetings German possibly aspie human

Welkome to WP

Mick