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27 Nov 2013, 10:27 am

Between zoning out often, responding in a semi-monotone voice, thinking out loud and barely speaking in certain social situations....yeah, I'd say I'm aware of my Aspie-ness.

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27 Nov 2013, 10:33 am

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Between zoning out often, responding in a semi-monotone voice, thinking out loud and barely speaking in certain social situations....yeah, I'd say I'm aware of my Aspie-ness.

I'm pretty much the exact same way. The awkward, confused silence just screams "This guy is autistic", but most people are trained to translate it as "This guy is un-fuck-able!"

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27 Nov 2013, 10:49 am

OMG sometimes I could just KISS you lot if I knew it wouldn't send us all into a major meltdown :wink:

Am now very conscious that some of my "things" that I previously just labelled as odd are probably actually aspie traits. I bounce/walk on my toes, tap my thumb and forefinger together, zone out ("what are you thinking?" "nothing" "but you were staring at me" "no I wasn't" etc), go off on random thought associations trips with my mind, keep my mug and a plate in my drawer at work, get shirty if people don't clearly answer questions I ask them, roll my sleeves up because I don't like my forearms being covered....

There are so many things that I've just always done that apparently not everyone does. Some people can carry on using a fibre tip pen after someone has borrowed it. Really? And it's not normal to keep your pens in colour order in the box?!?

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27 Nov 2013, 11:08 am

pleasekillme wrote:

micfranklin wrote:

Between zoning out often, responding in a semi-monotone voice, thinking out loud and barely speaking in certain social situations....yeah, I'd say I'm aware of my Aspie-ness.

I'm pretty much the exact same way. The awkward, confused silence just screams "This guy is autistic", but most people are trained to translate it as "This guy is un-f**k-able!"

Oh......that's a fascinating translation.

But yeah, an awkward and long silence fills up 90% of my phone conversations with anyone, so I'll either try to talk about something I like or just end with "okay, I was just checking up on you."

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27 Nov 2013, 11:12 am

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micfranklin wrote:

Between zoning out often, responding in a semi-monotone voice, thinking out loud and barely speaking in certain social situations....yeah, I'd say I'm aware of my Aspie-ness.

I'm pretty much the exact same way. The awkward, confused silence just screams "This guy is autistic", but most people are trained to translate it as "This guy is un-f**k-able!"

Oh......that's a fascinating translation.

But yeah, an awkward and long silence fills up 90% of my phone conversations with anyone, so I'll either try to talk about something I like or just end with "okay, I was just checking up on you."

I'm confused by your response. I was being semi-facetious, but often the obvious signs of autism are simply taken to be signs to "Stay away!" from the weirdo.

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27 Nov 2013, 11:20 am

My co-workers will often point out my unusual facial expressions. Which I'm invariably unaware of when I do them. I guess I make faces when I'm thinking of things.

I hate talking on the phone for the most part. I don't mind it if I'm talking to a friend that I enjoy talking to in any capacity. However, I do have those friends that I like to hang out with in person but hate talking to on the phone. They usually don't talk about anything remotely interesting to me and I pretty much have to "Yeah" them off the phone anytime they call.

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27 Nov 2013, 11:57 am

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micfranklin wrote:

pleasekillme wrote:

micfranklin wrote:

Between zoning out often, responding in a semi-monotone voice, thinking out loud and barely speaking in certain social situations....yeah, I'd say I'm aware of my Aspie-ness.

I'm pretty much the exact same way. The awkward, confused silence just screams "This guy is autistic", but most people are trained to translate it as "This guy is un-f**k-able!"

I'm confused by your response. I was being semi-facetious, but often the obvious signs of autism are simply taken to be signs to "Stay away!" from the weirdo.

I meant that I've never heard of that being an ultimate conclusion.

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27 Nov 2013, 12:12 pm

micfranklin wrote:

pleasekillme wrote:

micfranklin wrote:

pleasekillme wrote:

micfranklin wrote:

Between zoning out often, responding in a semi-monotone voice, thinking out loud and barely speaking in certain social situations....yeah, I'd say I'm aware of my Aspie-ness.

I'm pretty much the exact same way. The awkward, confused silence just screams "This guy is autistic", but most people are trained to translate it as "This guy is un-f**k-able!"

I'm confused by your response. I was being semi-facetious, but often the obvious signs of autism are simply taken to be signs to "Stay away!" from the weirdo.

I meant that I've never heard of that being an ultimate conclusion.

Haha, oh, I see. I just meant that that's the conclusion in practice, if not in principle.

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27 Nov 2013, 1:03 pm

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When I discovered Asperger's, I read everything I could find on it (special interest, anyone?). After I had familiarized myself with the traits, I started noticing how many of them I was doing. I seriously thought that I was "putting it on"...trying to be as Aspie as possible to convince myself that I was on the spectrum. But when I asked my mother if she had seen any difference in my behavior since I learned about ASD, she said "No, not at all. You've always been weird.")

I went through the EXACT same thing after learning about aspergers. I also asked some people in my family, who only see me a couple times a year, if I seemed different lately (I was wondering if I was subconsciously exaggerating aspie traits) and they pretty much said I was the same old odd me.

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27 Nov 2013, 1:59 pm

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... roll my sleeves up because I don't like my forearms being covered....

Ahahahahahaha.

During my session with the psychologist, she asked if I had any sensory issues. She noted that I kept pulling my hoodie sleeves down then pushing them straight back up again.

Every single long sleeve piece of clothing I own either has the elasticated wrists stretched out or the long sleeve shirts have been folded back to the forearm.

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27 Nov 2013, 2:01 pm

WarWraith wrote:

schnozzles wrote:

... roll my sleeves up because I don't like my forearms being covered....

Ahahahahahaha.

Ahaha indeed!

Weird thing is I also don't like short sleeved shirts so I always buy long sleeve ones and roll the sleeves up!!

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27 Nov 2013, 2:03 pm

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Webalina wrote:

When I first became aware of me rocking, I had to ask someone if I always did that. His answer: "Yes--when you're panicked." Having others describe my quirks to me makes me feel less like I'm imagining this whole thing.

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27 Nov 2013, 2:08 pm

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I bought two identical copies of the same mug, kept one at home and carried the other back and forth to work in my bag, so nobody else could use it.

But I also carried toothpaste, a toothbrush, mouthwash, a can of Lysol, a hairbrush, sketch books, a full set of colored pencils, drafting pens and design markers, a wooden ruler and a compass, books of crossword puzzles, a small sewing kit, a wooden yoyo, a utility knife, an address book, a calculator, a pistol, a large deck of tarot cards and a standard playing deck, a set of studio headphones, a cell phone, my lunch and whatever books I happened to be reading at the time.

It was a big bag.

What? No satelllite dish antenna and receiver, dictionary and full set of encyclopedias?

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27 Nov 2013, 2:19 pm

Sethno wrote:

Willard wrote:

What? No satelllite dish antenna and receiver, dictionary and full set of encyclopedias?

Yeah, that was Willard, not me

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27 Nov 2013, 6:57 pm

ExceladonCity wrote:

My co-workers will often point out my unusual facial expressions. Which I'm invariably unaware of when I do them. I guess I make faces when I'm thinking of things.

Some Aspies have stone-faces. But a few of us have super-exaggerated facial expressions. I actually had to have my therapist tell me to stop my continual smiling because in his words, "You look weird. Just relax your face." It's been worth it, but I've learned!

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27 Nov 2013, 9:08 pm

I don't think I change facial expressions at all over the course of a day, unless something is funny or irritating.

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