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Hey Guys.
I'm relatively new to this forum, and as such, I just wanted to say that the idea of me potentially having aspergers' is one that has recently come up with my life. Anyhow, my question pertains to this topic on the forum. It goes by the name of...

Questions. Imagination and escaping into your own world

Basically, I stumbled upon this scenario that the topic author described, and I could heavily relate to it. As such, I myself wrote on the topic, so if it helps to answer my question, you can read it there. But to get to my actual question...

The thing about having mental "worlds" that you go to...is this a potential indicator to AS (aspergers), and if it is, how does this pertain to aspergers'?

Oh, and this is a small question aside from my main one, and it may be a little naive, but is it possible to have mild aspergers'? As in only certain symptoms of it?

Thanks alot guys. Really Appreciate this

As I understand it, escaping into our own world is not just an aspie thing. You may wish to try the tests at the top of this forum to discover more. And yes, non-aspie people can have some aspects of it. This has been written about in an often mentioned book - The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome, by Anthony Attwood. He talks about people having 'fragments' of Asperger's syndrome that are insufficient for a diagnosis.

Myself, I doubt there is a set entry point where the spectrum begins, but more a continuum that continues on into NT territory. Of course, this is just my view and is open to correction. And as has been said to me, the spectrum isn't a linear thing but one that has several dimensions, and is different for each individual.

Isn't it common in the schizotypal personality type too?

I imagine it is, but it's also not uncommon in NT personalities. On its own it doesn't mean much.

Ah alright then...I will say besides this I believe I do have a few other traits that point to at least some type of minor aspergers. I mean, I took the Aspie quiz and was put on the NT group, but I suspect that my actual diagnostic can vary. Hopefully I can get to a professional soon and they can sort it out for me.

As Attwood said, those with Asperger's traits (but not enough for a diagnosis) could also benefit from some of the strategies designed for such characteristics.

I've read that severely affected autistic people who are NOT intellectually handicapped used to be diagnosed with schizophrenia or a related disorder. By "used to," I mean before Autism was identified and early diagnostic criteria established.

I believe that the spectrum could be meaningfully expanded to include, on one end, schizophrenic disorders, and on the other (less severe) end, ADHD.

The problem is, that you answer the questions yourself, and tests like that doesn´t reveal how much intellectual effort it took you to learn the correct responses, and you probably don´t see that yourself, as being you is the only experience, you have.
You have to have a pair of trained professional eyes on that.

Maybe you should look into BAP.

I agree totally with this. I take one of these tests and answer everything truthfully and I come out in the 'probably aspergers' camp. However I can look at those questions and be pretty sure that if I took that test in my teens I would be in the 'definitely aspergers' camp because I know for sure that many of the answers I give are things that I do now but didn't do back then.

The tricky thing is knowing which things I have learnt to do because of Aspergers and which things I have learnt to do just as part of getting older and wiser I would say most of them I have learnt to cope with yet are un-natural to me whereas a few of them I have maybe just learnt to do because I've been more exposed to those situations over time.