Who's /aspergers/ here?
Not diagnosed but have some signs:
> stay alone in my room 95% of the time
> hardly leave house
> don't like small talk
> no desire of socializing
> have trouble with normal functioning
> sometimes slightly sperg out
> lazy
counter signs:
> good social intuition
> recognize faces
> no strong interests (drop things out/get bored quickly)
>>24668761
same anon. i don't know if it's autism or not, it'd be nice to have an excuse though.
>>24668761
Yep, you described me
blockaroo11
>>24668761
You aren't asperger's OP, just introverted as fuck. I am asperger's (actually diagnosed), and the most key symptoms to look out for are social interaction problems and obsessions.
19 Male
Diagnosed
Signs:
>Sometimes shy
>I don't hang out with peopke my age a lot
>Virgin
Counter signs
>I'm not a pain in the ass to be around
>>24668955
> social interaction problems
i cannot stand in a room with another people for more than 2 minutes or shit gets strange. If i don't have aspergers then i'm probably schizoid.
I am 26, assburger, college student, work in foodservice
>socially inept
>maintaining eye contact is gay
>loud noises make me angry
>single-minded in hobbies/interests (literature, history)
>hate everything else
>flat affect
>spergy gait
>have a strange phobia that, since I can't see my face, when I am talking to somebody, I'm afraid that I look like a weirdo/maniac
>sperg out and end convo ASAP
>get home, look in mirror, look normal, and get mad at myself for sperging out earlier
plus 100000 other related problems. everyday is an extended exertion of willpower not to give up and isolate myself, because I know ultimately that would make it worse.
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>>24669083
don't label yourself just to make you interesting
i could say i have paranoia but in reality i'm just a boring, depressed, introver guy, just like you
19, male
Setting up appointment in my area soon
Signs
>Obsessed with military history since 12
>When young, memorized pointless facts about dinosaurs, but moved on. Learned a decent bit of bio while at it though
>Walk like doing a military march
>Get rotating military history obsessions every week or so
>pace in circles for several hours straight
>More comfortable talking to Professors than fellow students
>No friends at campus
Countersigns
>Some friends
>experience empathy
>feel very lonely
Pic related: How I walk, tbhl
>>24668761
>Nonverbal Learning Disability
I just wanted to be diagnosed with full-on Aspergers but instead I got 'NLD.'
>>24670277
With regard to the picture: the Kaiser and August, not the others.
More signs I remembered
>Prone to emotional and angry physical and verbal outbursts
>Paranoid.
Is the weird posture and walking too fast a typical Aspergers trait? My cousin told me that I walk strangely the other day and it seems like I'm always in a rush, even if I have nowhere in particular to go
>>24668761
You are me exactly, all of it.
Not aspergers though. I was in Sp Ed classes with aspergers kids, I know I'm not.
>>24670366
I know that I often am noted for weird posture, have been made fun of for bouncing while I walk (samefag of Wilhelm-poster), and my average walking speed is above that of most powerwalkers.
>>24670277
Do you have a cousin named carl?
>>24670277
>>feel very lonely
Not sure if that's a countersign, per say. Spergs can in fact get lonely and crave social interaction. It's just that they're shit at it, making having a social life more difficult than the average person. Though then again there are some who don't give a shit about being with others anyway.
>>experience empathy
I've heard some of those people can be empathetic, in face sometimes way too empathetic causing them to freak the fuck out. They have good emotional empathy, but bad cognitive empathy. They're usually shit at expressing empathy, however.
>>24670521
Don't think so. Are you Carl?
>>24670559
No i remember a friend mentioning having an assberger cousin who lives for dinos.
>>24668761
> stay alone in my room 95% of the time
If you have close to no friends or all of your shit you use is in your home, there's nothing wrong with that.
> hardly leave house
You can get virtually everything you want from your pc and the internet anyway.
> don't like small talk
It can be extremely boring and full of retards doing nothing but giving incorrect facts, rumors (I don't give a fuck who slept with who) or talking about menial shit like the weather or sports. I DON'T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT THOSE.
> no desire of socializing
People can be extremely stupid and degenerate, I'm not going to waste my time on them.
> have trouble with normal functioning
Elaborate, this can mean anything.
> sometimes slightly sperg out
Oh no, you had a reaction to something. As long as you weren't laughing at a scene where you were supposed to cry or something.
> lazy
This has fuck all to do with a mental illness.
Asperger's is such a meme "disease", it's basically "this person doesn't act like a total normie" the condition.
>>24670596
It is common among Asperger children. I grew out of it, though I still laugh at plebs freaking out over Quetzalcoatlus.
>>24670695
He's not an aspie, he's just an introvert. Probably spends most of his time on r/socialskills
>>24668761
I love going out and socializing, I like small talk a lot, and I do push myself, and I have been diagnosed as PDD-NOS, which is a step away from AS
you just sound like a loser, or schizoid at best
>>24669386
>>24670277
>tfw I get uncontrollable obsessions
>tfw it's hard not to thinking about an obsession
your brain just does it naturally
>tfw obsessions restrict you from getting into other things which can also greatly affect your school grades
>tfw noise feels way twice as shocking than the normal person. (Justfuckmyshitup.jpg) Also dogs are living jumpscares
>tfw this feeds into your understanding of social constructs making you oblivious
>tfw have to think intensely before saying anything even simply 'hello' or you'll sound spergy
>tfw writing in english fucked my shit up because I got anxiety that I'd write something cringey due to my obsessions getting in the way of my creativity
>tfw was a huge cringelord throughout school and still live in same town where everyone knows me (I just want to start fresh and not be a sperg)
>tfw language centres in spergs brains are fucked making social imagination non existent
>tfw I try to be normal I sound really dumb
>tfw some people who know me even treat/talk to me like a child
>tfw no cure for autism
I crave to be a smart neuro typical, but I guess you can't have everything.
I'm probably a sperg but I can pass for a normie in public. I'm extremely high-functioning but a sperg nonetheless. Most people can't tell about my brain problems until they have a conversation with them because my eye contact, hygiene, clothing is fine. I'm caught in this really bad limbo of being normie enough to be self-aware but too autistic to change it.
>>24670853
>Severely photophobic, but that could be due to injury
>whenever go outside when it is bright, have to close my eyes to adjust for about ten minutes
>look retarded walking to places in these conditions
>have people ask me if I am crying
>office party at work
>hung out in the back office reading a book until my shift ended and I could leave
>the multiple directions of the noise and not being able to make out the words everyone was saying gave me a panic attack.
t. Wilhelmanon
>>24670971
I'm with on this, I'm a sperg with self realisation, If I'm careful I can pass for normie, I clean myself, wash my hair as the start of the day, wear aftershave, don't wear autism shoes like most spergs but in social situations thinking of stuff to say that wouldn't sound dumb is challenging, a lot of people who are dumber than me in most areas think I'm the pinnacle of stupid. I swear normies have a sperg radar and somehow know you're not one of them.
probably. signs:
>very introverted and shy
>stay in room unless specifically invited to something, class, or lifting
>hate small talk
>sperg out every once in a while
>high anxiety when surrounded by lots of people i don't know
>have a hard time recognizing faces until i've met them 4-5 times
counter signs:
>decent social intuition
>decent amount of friends
>have had a qt gf before
>able to go to parties and stuff
in high school i was sure i was an aspie but idk anymore desu
>>24671123
What do you consider "sperging out"?
>>24671177
saying something absolutely fucking retarded that i think is funny or whatever but isn't.
it's like after i say it i'm like "holy shit why did i say that" but at the time it seems perfectly acceptable.
or just do something that i think will be funny or cool that is dumb as shit.
>>24671319
Examples? I am honestly pretty skeptical, based on your countersigns.
>>24671355
pretty much all my friends are from being forced to spend time with people. had to spend 10-12 hours a week with the same people when i ran track in high school, so i eventually made friend after literally a full year of being the weird quiet kid.
only reason i've ever gotten laid is because i lift regularly and am decent looking, and girls on tinder message me first because i'm too pussy to message them. i'm kinda redpilled though and every once in a while when i'm with a girl i'll say something kinda redpilled and never get asked to hang again.
part of the problem is i guess my filter isn't the same as a normie's filter. i wish it was but it isn't.
as for an example of sperging out, this is pretty tame, but one time i was at the pool swimming with a friend and these girls came up to us and asked if we swam. this is a pretty stupid question so i was like "no, never" and they all looked at me like i kicked a puppy or something.
i've sperged out like this a few times: i've told new friends about problems with my ex gf when i had met them pretty recently. after i do it i realize it was probably too early but i know it's too late and they think i'm fucking weird. they aren't really wrong though.
>>24671608
That just seems like them not getting a joke than sperging out.
When I sperg out, it becomes basically a lecture.
Do you have a special interest? If not, I would just say you either are just introvert, not autist
>>24671674
yea, it was a lot worse in high school so i still suspect that i'm not normal a little bit.
>>24668761
Same here f a m
I'm afraid to interact with people
>>24671797
What is the interest?
>>24668761
>Not diagnosed
You're probably just Schizotypal or an INTP or a Cancer.
> Or just nihilistic, smart and wickedly funny
>>24668761
I'm similar, but went to a psychiatrist who told me I have real symptoms. I seem pretty normal in conversations one on one, but as soon as there are more people around I almost shutdown. Being at parties or pubs almost feel like torture to me. People are mostly nice to me and I tend to make a good impression, but most people seem to notice that something is a little off about me.
>>24668761
You just described my life. I'm almost positive I don't have asbergers since I was a normie until I was like 14. I'm an INFP so that might have something to do with it.
>>24668761
I'm diagnosed and it doesn't sound like you have aspergers. People tend to just think of it as poor social skills but it's really more like not being able to pick up on nonverbal social cues. I'm pretty introverted myself but I went to special ed for kids with aspergers and some of them were pretty social even if they sometimes made fools of themselves. There are also physical symptoms such as awkward gait, poor hand-eye coordination and poor manual dexterity.
>>24668761
shiieeeeet dude, all those signs, you definitely have aspergers. go see a doctor immediately, stop putting it off
How do I get my shrink to give me a clear diagnosis? I'm too chicken to ask him directly.
There is no doubt I have some kind of anxiety disorder but I've had hallucinations and paranoia in the past and the symptoms of schizoid personality disorder fits me to a t.
Even living with my family is getting tiring: I just want to get some kind of pension and live completely alone.
>>24668998
I think that me trying as hard as I possibly can to make sure I'm not a pain in the ass to be around indirectly makes me a pain in the ass, it's a vicious cycle
>>24672764
What would OP gain from getting a diagnosis?
i don't really think i'm an autist but there are some signs
almost everything what op said + i memorize the most useless bullshit (i know all the african, asian and usa states despite never really trying to learn them) and i was able to memorize a 950 word long funny comment about a movie because i read it all the time.
>>24668761
I have Asperger's but I'm on the very mild side of the spectrum. Throughout school though, I always managed to attract the even spergier/more retarded kids so I still got dragged down to their level. Anyway here are my special snowflake signs.
>trouble maintaining eye contact
>can't hold conversation
>sometimes rude/inconsiderate/act inappropriately without realising
>shit handwriting
>panic over small things
>very low self-esteem
>come across as shifty and nervous to strangers, especially girls
>obsess over things I like and block out other more important things
>chew fingers/fingernails to the point where I have calloused skin on my fingers
>terrible listening skills
>sometimes find it hard to empathise with others
>certain speech patterns/phrases annoy the fuck out of me
>sometimes avoid/turn down social invitations with no explanation
And some stuff that makes me more normal
>witnessed more severe cases of Asperger's/Autism so I'm pretty self-aware of what would make me stand out
>pretty good at not drawing attention to myself
>ended up with a fairly decent friend group now that I've left school, not too normie but not too autistic
>I like socialising sometimes
>not overly sensitive to light and sound like some aspies are
>maintain decent hygiene
>have had a gf before (still a virgin though)
>>24673394
I'd hate to find out what the spergier kids were like.
>>24670453
>I was in Sp Ed classes, I know I'm normal.
Errh... ok, I'll bite that one. Tell me more about the difference between the average Robots (avoidant, shy, socially retarded...) and dudes who are legit Aspergers.
People always talk about the similarities but I'm especially interested in the differences. Way too easy to recognize oneself in a brief definition.
>>24669386
>>socially inept
>>maintaining eye contact is gay
>>loud noises make me angry
>>single-minded in hobbies/interests (literature, history)
>>hate everything else
>>have a strange phobia that, since I can't see my face, when I am talking to somebody, I'm afraid that I look like a weirdo/maniac
>>sperg out and end convo ASAP
>>get home, look in mirror, look normal, and get mad at myself for sperging out earlier
This is what the signs of Aspergers are? Because this is my entire life summarized here.Should I get checked? Who would I even go to to get checked?
I'm sure I am some where on the spectrum but, like >>24672895 said, What's the point? There is no treatment, there is no not being this. I get it if being Autistic/Asperger causes other issues that are treatable.
>>24673195
I can relate to that. Sometimes I feel the urge to memorize something, movie quotes, arabic alphabet, random deck of cards...
Last time, I memorized a full random deck in ten minutes, 54 cards in the correct order. I think I'm getting better at it but I don't talk about it. It's just too stupid of a hobby.
>>24673746
Hence why I feel bitter toward people for not noticing. If it had been caught young, there would be things to help me, but since I am an adult, the world just says "Fuck you, beta, lol, what a loser".
2bh f@m, I would hope that the shootings stop, but nobody seems to understand the problem behind it, and people need to see it and address it without going "lol, losers!".
>>24673743
Not the guy you responded to, but robots generally have social anxiety disorder which means extreme levels of social inhibition. Asperger's syndrome is in the other end where their lack of social inhibition fucks them over.
You remember those weird kids from school who were a combination of weird and annoying, but still had some equally annoying friends? Those are aspies.
>>24673911
To be clear, we need a more sanitized version. No dead innocents, just more manifestos and barricades to get media attention. People don't have to die, just create the illusion that people are in danger to get the attention.
>>24670277
Were you the guy in the last aspergers thread?
if so, monaco guy here
>>24673743
>I was in Sp Ed classes, I know I'm normal.
You twisted that a little too hard. I didn't say I was normal, I just said I know from seeing actual autistic kids and knowing I'm not autistic and I'm exactly like as OP describes. If I was "normal" I would have been mainstreamed
You know the extremes /r9k/ imitate? Like "RRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEE", well that's not too far off at all. We had one kid who would freak out at sounds. Example: say you tap your pencil on the table hard like: TICK TICK TICK....TICK TICK TICK.....TICK TICK TICK. He will literally finch over and over when he senses the pattern (so like the third time you do it, he'll start doing some hard finching). If you keep going he'll start growling and looking at at you. Keep going and he'll smash his fist on the table and growl and say: "HHRRRRRRRRRR. STOP. DOING. THAT!" Do it again, and he'll go ballistic. "HRRRR STOP DOING THAT!" At this point the teacher/his aid steps in and tell you to stop and they will tell him to calm down. He'll tell the aid "GGRRRRRR. HE. KEEPS. DOING. THAT." And if you said you can't help it/just doing it out of habit/etc the bomb drops. "YOU'RE LYING! HE'S LYING! YOU'RE A LIAR!" and the aid will tell him to come take a walk with her and he will stomp like an elephant to the door and, if closed, will kick it. A few times he would lay on the floor kicking and scream. I could go on and on about other kids and that particular kid, but that should be enough.
>>24674734
Noice, welcome, m8.
I've spent 21 years on this planet compulsively identifying the middle letter or 2 of words in my head. Would somebody who isn't retarded do this?
>>24674894
I hate those stupid fur hats, they look idiotic and probably smell like ass from being in the rain or something
pic is pro-german ww1 american march before the submarine incidents
>>24674999
They are cozy as fuck though.
>>24675064
So is crawling into the guts of a dead camel to stay warm, but I still wont do it
21 ass pie here
diagnosed a little over a year ago
haven't told anyone
try to act normal more now
things I can't get around
>associative prosopagnosia
You're welcome to ask about this and I'll explain as well as I can.
>sensory processing disorder
>wherein have extreme difficulty concentrating without either hearing protection or earphones with familiar music
>a lot of common smells make me physically ill
>red wine, cut grass, any febreeze shit, diesel, and a few other ones that don't come to mind
>light touches fuck me
This is actually a lot worse than aspergers, desu.
>rhythmic movement disorder
>hit my head on my pillow and bounce one of my legs to fall asleep, and continue doing it until I wake up
>tfw I will never be able to sleep in a bed with another person
>echolalia
>only thing I went through therapy for that actually worked
>now only repeat words or phrases I hear silently
>people will still point it out, but not very often
As far as sperg shit goes, you've all heard everything but here's my experience
>either make too much or no eye contact with people
>to the point where it will be mentioned by the other person
>have no fucking clue how to talk on the phone
>don't really know how to talk in actual conversations, so I just power through when I have something I want to say
>super fuckin obsessive about hobbies and interests
>I shoot USPSA and even people there get to a point where they don't want to talk about shooting with me anymore
>if I'm not interested in something, I cannot and will not learn it
>I'm 19 credits away from a bachelors in statistics, all of which are electives
>for 2 years now, I've started classes and dropped them a month or so later
>people say I walk weird, but I don't really notice it
>have extreme difficulty noticing body language or whatever it's called
>can't pick up emotions in social settings
>meaning if I'm talking to someone about a hobby, and they're annoyed, that shit goes straight fucking over my head
>>24675158
>tfw posted the wrong gif and the one I wanted to post is too big by 50 kb
>>24671120
i could probably pass but i dont care so i dress strangely, opting for the traditional autism boot rather than trainers.
i know some of the thing i do are strange based on the behaviors being pointed out but i dont see why
how do you guys dress?
>>24668761
The older I get, the more I'm convinced that I'm somewhere on the spectrum
>24 years old
>never had any friends
>KV (of course)
>spend almost all of my time alone
>crowds and loud noises make me dizzy and disoriented
>sometimes my head starts spinning even when I'm in a supermarket
I wish I had some sort of diagnosis, but then again, that'd probably spell the end for any sort of career I could ever hope to have.
>>24675527
wtf is going on in this picture I can't tell where the girl begins and where she ends
The censoring doesn't help any, either
>>24675527
>>24675606
MOSHI MOSHI I was literally just about to ask that desu senpai~I'm tired of trying to be original.
How does one get checked for autism/Aspergers?
>>24675527
Solid colors either neutral or natural colors pants and shirt with what ever color/decoration T-shirt underneath.
Today I am wearing black pants, grey shirt and a navy blue boy scout shirt.
Tomorrow I have set out brown pants, a blue shirt and a solid black t-shirt.
>>24675606
Why did you have to mention that. Now I can't stop trying to figure it out.
>>24675731
i went and got evaluated for symptoms of adhd and depression. depression was deemed to be almost clinically significant. was sent to therapy and the therapist did an intake eval. got diagnosed with terminal aspergers.
you could do an evaluation and get the results checked by multiple shrinks
>>24675777
cool. i usually stick to earth tones(pants/shoes/wallet/bag) and plaid shirts. i really like blue shirts in particular
>>24675731
Go to your GP and they'll point you towards a psychiatrist to go to. After a few sessions with them, if they think it's likely that you have something wrong, you'll be pointed in the direction of a specialist. At that point, it's basically just a series of interviews? I guess is the best way to phrase it. It'll be with usually 1-2 autism specialists.
Or if you're in a poor area, you'll be sent to a psychiatrist and they'll say if you have ass pie or not.
I got tested when I was about 12 but they said I just barely didn't have it. They'd probably diagnose me with it now, I've degraded a lot since then
