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by hjay 4811 days ago
Reading this post makes me wonder if I have Asperger's...it pretty much described me to a tee.

Extremely uncomfortable in crowds/parties (actually, I pretty much refuse to attend parties at all), always looking at something else when speaking to someone 1 on 1, "rambling" when describing something or telling a story when someone else would only take 1~2 sentences, speaking my mind and a tendency to avoid small talk, and sensitive in terms of how I react to something (I tend to over-analyze and find a reason for everything that involves me).

That being said, does anyone know how accurate his list is?

2 comments

If you really are curious, you should go to a psychologist. Self-diagnosis will do no good.
Does there is any interest to diagnosis you are aspie or not? From what I read here, it can be very helpfull for children, but it is not clear for adult people.
If you are self-aware of these things and able to make an effort to change or work-around them when they give you trouble, you are extremely high-functioning.

I can rattle off a list of problems that short people have (trouble reaching things, inability to chase down a bus, etc), and realize that I am short, so I have to make extra effort in some parts of life to cope with that. (And in some areas of life my particular height is an advantage.)