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Asperger's Syndrome(or relating to an alien mindset)

I am not sure what the point is of even having a name for this syndrome. Some people are bad at social interaction. So what? Some people are bad at writing, or math, or music, or sports.

After reading some more on the subject in addition to what I have already read and know, I would be fairly confident in saying that I have this "syndrome."

I just don't see what difference that makes. Supposing I do have it, then what? It isn't going to change the way I do anything. There's no "cure."
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Exactly. That's why I at this point consider it a bit of a futile 'disorder'.
 
There is too a cure, and it's called practice. I remember reading about aspergers and sooo many other 'disorders' while thinking ,"That is ME, I must have that."

Self-diagnoses is the downfall of your will. It's a form of surrender.

Every day you face battles-that is the reality for all creatures in their struggle to survive. But the greatest of all is with yourself-your weaknesses, your emotions, your lack of resolution in seeing things through to the end. You must declare unceasing war on yourself. As a warrior in life, you welcome combat and conflict as ways to prove yourself, to better your skills, to gain courage, confidence, and experience. Instead of repressing your doubts and fears, you must face them down, do battle with them. - 33 strategies of war.
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Well, yes, obviously practice can help one improve in that regard. I did not mean to imply that one is going to be "stuck" at his present level of skill in social interaction.

And I suppose anti-anxiety meds might help as well.
 
I found this on /. - it's a class for Aspergoid personality types. I should see if there is a class in my area.
PeterAitch writes "According to Reuters, Potsdam University in Germany is now teaching social skills as part of their IT courses. This is intended to 'ease entry into the world of work'. The 440 students enrolled in the master's degree course will learn how to write flirtatious text messages and emails, impress people at parties and cope with rejection(s)." The class is taught by a superficial model, who will fall in love with the nerdiest student at the end of the semester after realizing that he is beautiful on the inside.
original article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090109/od_nm/us_flirting_odd_1
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I scored 23. Social skills/situations are easy for me because i'm a mother fucking mime and have been since birth(I probably popped out with badass bowler strapped to my head, only to take it off it fit in with the other new borns;)). I can just act like everyone else is because its the "norm" and what not then go back to my funky self whenever proper. As far as other things, i'm slightly obsessive(only about certain things and to no real serve degree), loud, and don't really enjoy social things though I don't really hate them(you can say this is more from life's conditioning than my own personality though). The main portion of AS I identify with is not understanding other people and their interests. I suppose as well I am far less touchy than others and especially as a child had a hard time understanding why others were often so offended by simple and most often fairly apparent truths. You know, the "white lie" style truths and the like. I never got why other people spend so much time on or put such importance on such silly things, including social situations. Sometimes we put so much fucking effort into tip toeing around one another in certain and sometimes all relationships. Such a silly dance we do and I just never understood why. All in all, im just a weird mother fucker, even if a medical professional told me I had AS I would most likely just forget about it. Such things are simply not very important to me and it would not change anything physically, so for me, fairly useless. I guess maybe I would have that cliche, "HOE MY GOD SOOO DATS WHY.....?!" moments/thoughts but then I would just probably remember that I don't give a fuck and something like that holds no real weight for me....other than that one moment possibly. Just think like Dennis Leary, were just weird and fucked/lazy/etc, no need to diagnose that!
 
how SAD (an interchangable lifestyle condition); is being compared with aspergers; and its long term rigid side effects is absurd.

i dont even

...kytnism...:|
 
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Mariposa said:
Also an 11. I didn't expect to test as Aspergers - if you google "highly sensitive person" or "empath" ... that be me. It's got its own share of problematic stuff. People think I am more extroverted than I am much of the time.
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I scored 10, was a very sensitive person myself. Still am in some ways (I get touchy and pissed off and therefore seem insensitive), but nothing is rigid and I improved quite a bit. It seems like people on BL are either very sensitive or on the other end - aspie. I do take certain liberties on the net that I wouldn't IRL. I should take some time to apologize for this behavior.

but, don't get hung up on these classifications and "disorders." The mind is very flexible.
ebola? to be a 41, you are an interesting person to discuss things with and are a very considerate person. I think you are OK.
 
Well, don't feel bad if you score high. People like me do have a hard time at the social and dating life etc. too. Even though I'm "empathic" and sensitive, I often don't understand why some people are the way that they are or the social behaviors they have.

People can be ruthless and judgemental and it can be hard to socialize and find true friends or lovers. Nobody really has it that good.
 
Fjones said:
After reading some more on the subject in addition to what I have already read and know, I would be fairly confident in saying that I have this "syndrome."

I just don't see what difference that makes. Supposing I do have it, then what? It isn't going to change the way I do anything. There's no "cure."

Maybe I am missing something here. If someone can shed some light on this issue I would appreciate it.
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from an educational standpoint, child with a diagnosis of autism or asperger's tend to receive more specialized services. students with a diagnosis can receive speech, social, physical or occupational therapies thru their school. plus they can be enrolled into special education classes or have their schoolwork adapted.

i am not sure what difference it makes if you are diagnosed as an adult.
 
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