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Any Autistic/Aspie Forum Users?

ClementineCultistClementineCultist
edited April 2014 in General Chat

Are any of you autistic or have asperger's here in this forum? I have Asperger's

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  • xboxplayer_12xboxplayer_12

    I might have Asperger's but I haven't been diagnosed. Or it could be my paranoid brain making me thing I have Asperger's.

  • JenniferJennifer Moderator
    edited April 2014

    I was diagnosed with high functioning autism when I was a kid (which was at one time classified as Asperger's, but is apparently back to being classified as high functioning autism again, as of 2012).

    I've learned to hide it in my writing very well, but I still have trouble with social interactions in real life (which usually surprises people if they met me online first).

  • xboxplayer_12xboxplayer_12

    Yeah, I find it easier to socialize with people on this forum rather than face-to-face. It's why I don't have Skype :)

    Jennifer posted: »

    I was diagnosed with high functioning autism when I was a kid (which was at one time classified as Asperger's, but is apparently back to bei

  • deleted_krwgs2hm1473705deleted_krwgs2hm1473705
    edited April 2014

    No, but my cousin has asperger's and my girlfriend has autism. Her autism is barely noticeable, she only told me a month ago that she had it, and I would have never known otherwise. My cousin has asperger's really badly, he has the social skills of a seven year old but he is 13, I used to go to the same school as him, so I was able to protect him some, (i was in eighth, he was in sixth) but now I am in high school, and he is still in middle school.

  • LingvortLingvort
    edited April 2014

    I supposedly have Asperger's, but I was never diagnosed with it. I seemingly show certain signs of it, but I'm not sure.

    EDIT: People seem to be offended. Very well.

  • ClementineCultistClementineCultist

    This is a bit random, but I read somewhhere that you were Ukrainian. Is that. True?

    Lingvort posted: »

    I supposedly have Asperger's, but I was never diagnosed with it. I seemingly show certain signs of it, but I'm not sure. EDIT: People seem to be offended. Very well.

  • LingvortLingvort

    Umm, yes, but why is it relevant?

    ClementineCultist posted: »

    This is a bit random, but I read somewhhere that you were Ukrainian. Is that. True?

  • ClementineCultistClementineCultist

    Oh sorry, it's not really relevant other than ancestry, but I felt like asking.

    Lingvort posted: »

    Umm, yes, but why is it relevant?

  • TWDFan86TWDFan86

    I don't think I'm either. I'm just depressed all the time and have a lot of self-hatred. I also tend to feel lonely at times, but I have a lot of friends. Idk, I'm just weird :c

  • iHeartTWDiHeartTWD

    My teacher believe I have autism cause I kinda move in a weird way but so far nope.

  • BigBlindMaxBigBlindMax Banned

    There were a kid with autism in my Boy Scout troop and their dad asked me to look out for him. It was tough getting them integrated with the rest of the guys, but they were really cool when they got used to us.

    My parents actually thought I was autistic as a toddler because I couldn't stand certain sensations and hated being touched. Turns out, it was actually sensory overload. It took a shit load of 'desensitization therapy' by my parents and the local blind association to get past it...mostly.

    Fun Fact: Touching chalk or unfired clay makes me physically ill. It's kinda strange.

  • Debbie82Debbie82

    I have autism spectrum disorder and yet I'm still smart and intelligent.

  • FangsterFangster
    edited April 2014

    Hmm.. I have some Problems to interact with People on a 'Daily' Basis when it comes face-to-face. I'm horrible at Smalltalk then. But i don't think it goes as far as Autism. I guess many would say i have shown Signs in my Childhood and even Teen Days cause i was pretty calmly. But i just was too mature for my Age. Some People always missunderstood this and thought kind of 'special' of me. Uh.. I don't know. I'm a complex Dude x)

  • BigBlindMaxBigBlindMax Banned
    edited May 2014

    Sounds like clinical depression...or adolescence. One or the other.

    TWDFan86 posted: »

    I don't think I'm either. I'm just depressed all the time and have a lot of self-hatred. I also tend to feel lonely at times, but I have a lot of friends. Idk, I'm just weird :c

  • TWDFan86TWDFan86

    I haven't been officially diagnosed yet, but it could be depression.

    BigBlindMax posted: »

    Sounds like clinical depression...or adolescence. One or the other.

  • ClementineCultistClementineCultist
    Yep, I'm a smarty pants too. It's stupid that people think we're retarded because we're autistic/aspies.
    Debbie82 posted: »

    I have autism spectrum disorder and yet I'm still smart and intelligent.

  • GengarGengar
    "I've learned to hide it in my writing very well, but I still have trouble with social interactions in real life (which usually surprises people if they met me online first)."

    Well, in a way, we're actually the same. Although I don't have autism, I'm socially awkward. And the same as you, people find it hard to believe that its me when I speak to them in real life :D
    Jennifer posted: »

    I was diagnosed with high functioning autism when I was a kid (which was at one time classified as Asperger's, but is apparently back to bei

  • GengarGengar
    "I also tend to feel lonely at times"

    Wut?! I thought you had a girlfriend?
    TWDFan86 posted: »

    I don't think I'm either. I'm just depressed all the time and have a lot of self-hatred. I also tend to feel lonely at times, but I have a lot of friends. Idk, I'm just weird :c

  • GengarGengar
    So...powder is your Kryptonite?
    BigBlindMax posted: »

    There were a kid with autism in my Boy Scout troop and their dad asked me to look out for him. It was tough getting them integrated with th

  • GengarGengar
    Thats actually one misconception of Autism, people tend to think you guys are retarded but you're actually not. Your brains just behave differently from ours, thats it.
    ClementineCultist posted: »

    Yep, I'm a smarty pants too. It's stupid that people think we're retarded because we're autistic/aspies.

  • JenniferJennifer Moderator
    Yeah, I used to get called that all the time in junior high and high school. Having social awkwardness and other quirks (I have a tendency to use strange words in sentences, unless I focus to not do it, like using mond or cow as an exclamation) does not automatically mean that you have a low IQ.
    ClementineCultist posted: »

    Yep, I'm a smarty pants too. It's stupid that people think we're retarded because we're autistic/aspies.

  • GengarGengar
    Glad to see you're still here Jen :D
    Jennifer posted: »

    Yeah, I used to get called that all the time in junior high and high school. Having social awkwardness and other quirks (I have a tendency

  • TWDFan86TWDFan86
    edited May 2014
    Yeah, "had". That was 3 years ago, lol.
    Gengar posted: »

    "I also tend to feel lonely at times" Wut?! I thought you had a girlfriend?

  • lattsamlattsam
    I have been diagnosed with Asperger's since I was a child. I guess that's why I have a tendency to rant or cry sometimes. I've even been known to "stim" on occasion.
  • JenniferJennifer Moderator
    edited May 2014
    I have a tendency to rant on and on about non-important topics, which is good on an internet forum, but not so much in real life. ;) The only stimming behavior that I've noticed is that I have a tendency to pace quite often.
    lattsam posted: »

    I have been diagnosed with Asperger's since I was a child. I guess that's why I have a tendency to rant or cry sometimes. I've even been known to "stim" on occasion.

  • JenniferJennifer Moderator
    Thanks. I don't plan on leaving anytime soon. :)
    Gengar posted: »

    Glad to see you're still here Jen :D

  • BigBlindMaxBigBlindMax Banned
    Come to think of it...yeah, it totally is. Actually, just chalky things, mostly. Other powders are ok.

    Man, all I need is a superpower and badass origin story, then I'm set.
    Gengar posted: »

    So...powder is your Kryptonite?

  • ClementineCultistClementineCultist
    You're goddamn right.
    Gengar posted: »

    Thats actually one misconception of Autism, people tend to think you guys are retarded but you're actually not. Your brains just behave differently from ours, thats it.

  • GengarGengar
    (inserts cheering gif)
    Jennifer posted: »

    Thanks. I don't plan on leaving anytime soon. :)

  • GengarGengar
    Oh...sorry to hear that.
    TWDFan86 posted: »

    Yeah, "had". That was 3 years ago, lol.

  • TWDFan86TWDFan86
    It's cool. Wasn't fun while it lasted, anyway ._.
    Gengar posted: »

    Oh...sorry to hear that.

  • GengarGengar
    Then I'll be your sidekick :D
    BigBlindMax posted: »

    Come to think of it...yeah, it totally is. Actually, just chalky things, mostly. Other powders are ok. Man, all I need is a superpower and badass origin story, then I'm set.

  • BigBlindMaxBigBlindMax Banned
    Hell yea! Actually, I don't even need a superpower, I'll just fight crime with a machine gun.

    The White Cane Crusader! He has a bullet with your name on it...and he'll keep shooting until he figures out which one it is!
    Gengar posted: »

    Then I'll be your sidekick :D

  • GengarGengar
    Fuck yeah bro
    BigBlindMax posted: »

    Hell yea! Actually, I don't even need a superpower, I'll just fight crime with a machine gun. The White Cane Crusader! He has a bullet with your name on it...and he'll keep shooting until he figures out which one it is!

  • QueenLexiQueenLexi Banned
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    Jennifer posted: »

    I was diagnosed with high functioning autism when I was a kid (which was at one time classified as Asperger's, but is apparently back to bei

  • ClementineCultistClementineCultist
    Aw.... Look how mad you are. You call yourself Queen Lexi, and you have the arrogance and bitchiness of a queen. Just STFU and get a goddamn life, sister.
    QueenLexi posted: » [view original content]
  • kenlilleementinebenykenlilleementinebeny

    Aspies sounds a little offensive, but I have that.

  • ClementineCultistClementineCultist

    I don't, or at least try not to, sound offensive with it. I personally refer to others as such. If people consider it a slur, then I'll stop with it. But I've never heard anyone consider it a slur or something like that till this thread.

    kenlilleementinebeny posted: »

    Aspies sounds a little offensive, but I have that.

  • Markd4547Markd4547

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    You one of the nicest and funniest users around here no way

    TWDFan86 posted: »

    I don't think I'm either. I'm just depressed all the time and have a lot of self-hatred. I also tend to feel lonely at times, but I have a lot of friends. Idk, I'm just weird :c

  • TWDFan86TWDFan86

    Like I said, I'm weird, lol.

    Markd4547 posted: »

    You one of the nicest and funniest users around here no way

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