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Mild or not so mild?
Mild aspie 49%  49%  [ 29 ]
Not so mild aspie 32%  32%  [ 19 ]
Not aspie, but very mild on the spectrum 5%  5%  [ 3 ]
Not aspie, on spectrum, and not mild 12%  12%  [ 7 ]
NT 2%  2%  [ 1 ]
Total votes : 59

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13 Dec 2011, 7:11 pm

Tuttle wrote:
Verdandi wrote:
I think sometimes, it's a matter of people thinking they're mild and not really knowing how severe their problems really are.

I say this because that was me, until other people told me I didn't sound mild at all.


I'm going to second this.

I thought I was a very mild aspie, why else would I have not been diagnosed yet, until I really participated in these forums. It wasn't until after that point that I realized that, no, there were reasons other than being mild that I wasn't diagnosed and for the people labeled with 'Asperger's' instead of something else on the spectrum, I was not a 'mild' case, just a very hidden case.

I was not mild pre-diagnosis too. In fact, someone told me they suspect ASD in me to my mother. She read up about it but didn't tell me. Later she told me and I didn't believe her. You meet me and if you know your ASD's you can see it. Staring, rigid, monologue, stimming, dominating conversation or barely speaking, "hey, wanna see my planes/photos/sci-fi collection/cat etc", and "ugh, loud...loud."


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14 Dec 2011, 12:58 am

While I am currently awaiting a real diagnosis (one month to go!) and am currently just "suspected" of having aspergers by my GP, I would have to call myself moderate. I am unable to live on my own and so still live with my parents, I can't keep a job because I get overwhelmed by sensory issues and other people, I had to quit college for the same reasons and some learning issues. I am terrible at keeping house because I never seem to notice what needs to be done and I'm sure I would eat nothing but cheese whiz sandwiches if my mom didn't make me eat what she cooks. I can drive, though, and I have a fiance. I've been doing far better with my depression and my case worker is even thinking of "discharging" me from her caseload in a couple months. My "friends" include a cousin that lives on the other side of the country but she calls me sometimes and a girl who lives 3 hours away that I text about once a month and see once every 3 months or so. Could be much worse, but could be much better. So, moderate, I guess...