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I'm a 20 year old male. I suspect myself to be autistic...probably having Asperger's. I've taken a bunch of online tests and they all give strong indications of autism, of course I'm not calling this a positive diagnosis.

I'll give some a little background to my suspicions:

- I've been told that at age 3, I could name every car I seen on the road, and every song I heard on the radio.
- By age 4 I taught myself to write in hieroglyphics.
- From my memory I know that I used to be obsessed with collecting things (including toe nail clippings at the age of 4), an obsession which continues to this day as bibliophilia.
- I never really played social games, rather I had the odd habit of playing by myself in vivid imagined worlds in the woods, quite actively participating as if I were there, up until the age of 13 or 14.
- Ever since the second or third grade I've known that I'm a bit different. During high school this difference culminated as downright alienation from my peers, with a lot of humiliating social faux pas mixed in.
- I'm fascinated by mechanics, processes and sequences. I love grammar. I love to fix electronics. When I was 14 I fixed a computer tower by toying with it.
- I have pretty narrow interests. When I was 8 or 9 my big interest was the Civil War. I knew all of the battles, the generals involved and the outcomes. I idolized Ulysses S. Grant...though today I realize he probably just won his battles because he had overwhelming numerical advantages.
- I couldn't pick up on social cues to save my life as a kid. Within the last year, I've been getting a little better at socializing, even though having a social life isn't important to me. I'd like to be better at it, so I wouldn't have to feel so inept or nervous in simple interactions.
- I have a keen interest in noises, the only way I can describe it is they are like flavors to me. That's why I listen to noise music and some other strange genres.
- I'm very in tune with my senses...I can hear things most people can't, notice details most people don't, am bothered by little things such as a crease in my sock or the tag of my shirt. I'm not too good at picking apart someone's voice from background noise. But I am good at picking apart background noise from someone's voice.

I love factual information. Some of my favorite topics include philosophy (I'm into materialism/determinism), the brain's individual structures & functions, evolution, molecular biology, and physics. I take science very seriously. When I'm watching someone do something, I visualize what areas of the brain they are using to perform the task. I also enjoy politics and history. This forum is pretty awesome from what I've seen so you can expect to see me around!

Welcome to WP!

Welcome lovely. Have you ever considered seeking a formal diagnosis?

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Hello mind1989, welcome, enjoy your stay on the Wrong Planet!