Tell me why I can't have AS

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"What type of obsessions are you talking about that you have?"

Well, as you say, maybe they're not actual obsessions. Nice to have a different viewpoint on this This is a bit hard to explain, but it's usually something that I get interested in for whatever reason, and read about or do compulsively for anything from a week to a month or two. The internet's great for that :p I say compulsively because I literally don't think about much else besides my interest of the moment. It's not weird things like vacuum cleaners or train schedules. Mostly technical, academic or artsy stuff. Right now it's ADHD and AS, big surprise there :p I know that this will go on until I stumble across something else that will interest me more. So... Not sure if obsession is the right word, at least in the AS sense, but I don't see them as healthy interests either - mostly because I get too caught up in them. I don't seem to have any control over these interests, or when to start or stop having them For example, I would really like to work on my writing, but so far my record is about 50 pages before I got sidetracked by some other interest. Am I making any sense? Come to think of it, I do have hobbies, writing and music mostly, but these other interests override them every time. I'm not sure how AS obsessions actually work, does this sound more ADD-ish?

At the risk of butting in here, I'm another person who's wondering whether the Aperger's label fits, and I agree -- I'd very much like to understand what form an Asperger's obssession takes as opposed to a normal one.

Stitch, it simply sounds like you are looking for a hobby or like learning about new things because you're human.

It's even worse when you have some brains. You get intrested in a lot of different things and really want to know all about each one. That's pretty normal for anyone that is fairly intelligent.

Then you think of all these ideas and things you want to do....you start them but lose intrest. Now are you losing intrest because you have ADD? Could be.

Though you listed many traits in common with 'your average aspie', it's hard to know for sure...

You left out a poll option! Could be AS, could be ADD, not sure!

doesnt sound like you have aspergers to me, or if you do its so mild its not even noticable

I'm sure you're all pretty sick of me by now, but nvm :p Thanks for all the replies, this is very interesting to me

"Stitch, it simply sounds like you are looking for a hobby or like learning about new things because you're human."

I'm still not sure about that one. What's the difference between a normal hobby or interest and an AS obsession? I'd appreciate it if somebody could explain a bit. Like I said, the reason why I think I'm a bit obsessive is that these interests take over most of my life, and everything else is less important. I don't think that's how other people see their hobbies, but I could be wrong. When I was little, the big interest was reading. Later astronomy. When I was 9-10, I was convinced I was going to be an astronomer when I grew up.

"You left out a poll option! Could be AS, could be ADD, not sure!"

You're right about that Wasn't really thinking about ADD when I posted here.

"doesnt sound like you have aspergers to me, or if you do its so mild its not even noticable"

Thanks, but I just have to comment on the noticable bit. I'm probably a high-functioning something-or-other. But whatever my problem is, even if it's just depression and anxiety, it's definately noticable to me. I'd rather die than live my childhood over again, I think. I've lost two jobs in the last year because I couldn't keep the deadlines, I haven't had a friend for 30 years...and so on. I'm sure you didn't mean it that way, but I just had to point that out.

Thats what destroys me

Try taking the Aspie quiz. http://www.rdos.net/eng/Aspie-quiz.php

I'm curious about the difference between an AS interest and a normal one is too.

When I was a child I used to be obsessed with komodo dragons, that and vampires. Almost every halloween I was a vampire. My mom got me some sort of animal book on a three ring binder, and while I looked at all, mostly I just liked the fact sheet on komodo dragons. And then for most of adolescence it was horrorpunk, with the overlap of religion/spirituality that continues today. I used to talk about all that stuff so much that it annoyed other people. Now I don't have so many people to annoy. *big anime tear* And I've learned more or less to keep my mouth shut most of the time. When I meet somebody new who might possibly share an interest though, I get really into it. In most cases I've read them wrong and they just get annoyed with me.

According to the test I'm 134 out of 200 aspie, 54 out of 200 NT and very likely aspie. But it doesn't seem to differentiate at all between AS and NLD. Will probably have to wait for neuropsych testing to get a better idea.

I got this, but a lot of the questions seemed a bit weird, scabs and slowly flowing water... Shouldn't take a test like this too seriously, I guess.

Your Aspie score: 135 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 76 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie

That's probably because some authorities consider AS and NLD to be one and the same.

Dr David Dinklage (google him) likens assessment to the elephant and the blindfolded men: one will reach out and touch a part of the elephant and call it a foot, another will find a tail etc. In other words, it depends on who the observer is AND their particular bias. Certainly Dr Lorna Sage, writing for the UK's National Autistic Society considers NLD to be firmly on the spectrum and akin at least to AS.

I agree with Erich , you are certainly not AS

and the best prove is this :

Sorry .... but this sounds too NT : having girlfriends since age 15 means that you have very good social skills or you might be a drop dead gorgeous aspie but I think even a drop dead gorgeous aspie wouldn't always have a gf since 15 ....are you drop dead gorgeous man??

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ah btw , I don't trust rdos quiz , I think it sucks (sorry rdos) .... just read his Neanderthal theory and you ll understand why i am saying that .....what a load of crap .


Just take the Cambridge autism test , it's the best one that you can find online and it's created by an Autism Research Centre ....ny real professionals in the field.

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aqtest.html

ahhh and this one is a good quiz too , probably based on the AQ test but it shows the result as graphical plot : http://www.wrongplanet.net/modules.php? ... equalstrue

Just because youve had girlfriends doesnt mean you arent AS. If I recall correctly I had one of my first gfs when I was 15. Its all about the level of attractiveness, otherwise you will have a very slim chance with females in general. Unless you get lucky and find someone who will understand. None of my relationships lasted more than a week or two though, and it was because of AS. All together Ive dated 6 girls in my whole life. Although it has been quite some time since the last and Im very very lonely