Childhood personality question

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I was an extremely well behaved child and I always did as I was told, at home and at school. My parents say I was a dream child and I've never caused them to have any worry. Although I wasn't happy about a lot of things in my life, I kept it all inside. My daughter is the complete opposite and hit the terrible 2s at just over a year. She's very strong-willed and has been a lot of work since the day she was born. But we are alike in so many other ways.

I didn't cry as a baby, however once I was a toddler I cried about everything. Then once I was 7 I stopped crying again. I really don't think this is an indicator of autism.

same thing here too, but I don't cry often like I used to, I get more on the verge of tears than actually bawl out nowadays

i was well behaved after a certain point but i think before that i wasn't. i remember storming into my room a lot to cry in the closet (i always hid my feelings). for years after that i was obediant and didn't cry or show any other emotion until i started developing a personality that my parents didn't like. then i didn't obey them. the thing they didnt like about me(among other things) was that i was "too good". i wasn't cheeky or outspoken like the other kids and this was bad for some reason. i learned to show emotion or fake it but i still don't cry. i don't think this is necessarily an autistic thing either.

I too was EXTREMELY well behaved. Check out this website.

http://www.myaspergerschild.com/2009/12 ... c-boy.html

It explains a lot of the concept.

Thanks for sharing. I think I was "The Rule Boy—Over-controlled", except that I was a girl.

My parents were never much into rules and this distressed me greatly. They used to ignore "No trespassing" or "Private Property" signs when they were out looking at real estate and they would go off the written path when we would go hiking. It would cause me a lot of distress because they were breaking rules. It was a very long time before I learned that it was sometimes OK to cross the street when the light was not green.

I was very passive and obedient as a child. Except for the time when I was 12 and my Mum prepared dinner earlier than normal and told me to stop watching Dr Who. I explained that I'd rather not eat than not watch Dr Who.

I rarely cried as a child, because I didn't feel much pain.

I was harshly bullied so I might have cried when things passed the breaking point. I had the twin bullies squirt harsh chemicals in my eyes and then laugh and chant names at me as i frantically tried to flush my eyes in the back yard spiggot.

I had little understanding of rules and boundaries. I did not set out to break them..I was unaware...and also had few defenses...but I might have so stoic that i could have been in very harmful situations and nobody would have suspected.

Was a cross between a Rule Boy and a Logic Boy.

I was very good at school and terrible at home and always needed to know "why?" and "because I said so" was not a sufficient answer.

I never, ever cried. I also did what I was told, taking everything literally. I had a very sarcastic (and cruel) stepmother who, as an example, sometimes would say something like, "Don't bother putting your clothes away". I didn't realise that she meant the opposite and so I wouldn't put them away and so she would punish me even more. Growing up was horrible.

Apparently I was the perfect baby, hardly ever cried, I was fairly responsive. I had a little speech delay, but I'm still Aspergers because it's normal in multilingual households (in my case, tri). My mum was home all through my childhood and when I was a toddler she'd stick me in front of a paint palette and a big sheet of paper and I'd be occupied for the day. I laughed a lot (think minature grinning idiot). She also did roleplays with me- with toys and I responded to that to (pretended to feed myself etc).
I hardly ever disobeyed or lied to my parents, hardly entered my head, apart from one thing, to do with sensory issues...so not so autistic apart from that.

I was considered to be very withdrawn and sullen as a child. People considered me to be argumentive when they tried to change rules without a day or two advanced warning. Even at a young age I could argue and reason as well as most adults it drove my teachers insane to have a seven year old who verbally go up against them.

I was a fairly quiet, but quite needy baby. I only started crying when my sister was born, but after a while, I calmed down until I started school.

At school, I didn't understand other children at all and I had hearing problems. I'd cry at anything I found unfair...which was a lot of things. I thought most of my peers were cruel and their thinking made no sense. The sheer confusion that I felt around people would make me cry.

I would do whatever an adult told me to, no questions asked, unless they were a stranger.

I was quite rebellious as a teenager, but not in the joy-riding/underage sex kind of way the other kids were.

What are the other types called? Curious. I don't have the book..