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Hello,
A colleague and I have been discussing characteristics of adults with asperger's and high functioning autism the past few months - we seem to share them. Stopped in my tracks, I am here to learn, especially about coping a bit better.
--Humm

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Hi Cyberspan,

No, I am not here as a professional. I suspect I may be an apserger's syndrome person. So I am looking for insight.

Humm

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Hi Humm,

Do you mind if I ask what about the things you have discussed leads you to suspect your may be on the spectrum? I am interested in talking to anyone who may be dealing with adult AS as a means of better understand my husband, who we suspect has AS. My husband is not really open to much discussion.

welcome to wrong planet , may I ask what you do as a career ?

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Hello.

No, I don't mind. My friend, her partner and I are all in the arts. We each have some social deficits (awkwardness, tendency to isolation contrasting with overcompensating gregariousness), and we each can become singularly obsessed with specific aspects of projects to the detriment of other aspects of our lives. These are common artist traits, though. One of us is terrible at empathizing, and two of us are very self-absorbed. We all score quite above normal on IQ tests.

In my case, I have difficulty maintaining eye contact, even after training myself for years to connect with the eyes; I tend to be naturally aloof, and in childhood would regularly leave the school ground in the middle of the day because I just could not be around so many people, nor could I cope with my lack of understanding of what was going on socially. As a child, I also rocked, and rhythmically moved my feet and/or hands and fingers constantly, although this is no longer a problem. I am high functioning in other ways (skipped a grade in school, have good comprehension, analysis and other skills), but I seem to be quite inept socially without quite understanding why - I do know I tend to talk either not at all or way too much, kind of like an on or off switch. I also have difficulty with writing - I write great funding proposals, apparently, but struggle with personal essays and composition.

I was diagnosed with clinical depression about 2.5 years ago, but have not quite accepted that diagnosis.

All of this could perhaps be explained by personality issues, character flaws, unhealed traumas or other things. But I am curious to see if asperger's might something I should look at. My friends are looking at high functioning autism information in their community.

That's a lot of information! I hope it helps a bit.

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