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I had a test where you had to look at a single photo and make up a story. I don't think I did well on that one.

Now that you mention it, I think they did that also. The guy seemed nice, but it WAS 1969 and before autism or AS. I was there because I didn't socialize. BTW you could talk, but didn't, so they kicked you out? I didn't talk much EITHER, though I guess I talked more than you.

Steve

Steve, yes they told my mother that I was too immature for kindergarten (private school, optional at that time) and then in 1st grade, told her I was "gifted." That seemed to satisfy her until I was in high school, although she put enormous pressure on me to live up to her expectations of never getting any grade less than a B on anything.

In high school, I had all sorts of problems and my mother then believed I must be a drug addict because that was what she saw on TV at the time. That was the only thing that could explain my behavior in her mind. That is when I got run through the testing mill and after that, my mom just stopped caring what I did or what happened to me. I have no idea what they said to her as she wouldn't talk about.

I left home soon after that and began my quest to understand and adapt.

I remember the pediatrican started talking to me about drugs and I was like they are bad, ect. It took a little while to understand that he was talking about ME. I wasn't on any but I guess my behavior made it seem like I was. I also remember taking this test at the psychiatrist and some of the scary questions. Even though I was pretty young I thought these people must think I am really crazy (lol). And after the medication they put me on it was certainly a motivating factor to be as normal as possible after that. I still didn't fit in at all - just made sure I kept under the radar to avoid a repeat of those pills. When I looked at a rorschach before (not professionally - just online) - lots of things looked ominous to me. It said I was a peaceful person focused on avoiding conflict or something.

I find it nearly impossible to answer psychological tests. I end up selecting "no" for most things, simply because I don't like the way in which something was phrased or generalized. This obviously skews the results.

That has definitely been my experience. The person who had me diagnosed with Asperger's was met with absolute fury from the psychodynamic therapists/consultants [one even cornered my mum in a DIY store to rant at her ]. It's taken a lot of legal action to make anything happen, especially in the way of support and funding.



I would like to study psychology just so that I could potentially be one more person in the field with experience and knowledge of AS disorders. However, like yourself, I simply cannot bring myself to write the "correct" answer if I feel strongly that it is wrong, illogical or a "broad brush stroke".

Thank you for the replies and opinions of all of you.

I feel that what ever choise I put in the test, it is not really true, so what is the use of the test?
Yes, feels like there should be given a possibility for own answere.

Also I feel these tests do not consider different points of views about life.

And I do not think emotions like sorrow and depression would be same thing. It is possible to feel very sad without feeling depressed at all I think.


I also find it hard to start to study something what I do not really believe and is against of my logic.

Yep. I can't do things like questionnaires where the answer is not in the options. It is annoying. Apparently some shrink got e to draw something when I was a tot. I drew a man. She said to my dad that it was an imposing male figure, i.e. him. Do they still do the ink blots?

Oh wow, childhood flashback to being tested, probably 2nd grade. I remember it because I didn't do to well. I was shown a picture of a bomber plane and told a pretty respectable Hollywood WWII story, but then I was shown a picture of a happy couple and kinda froze.

What were they testing me for?

When my son was tested they had him draw a person. He drew the person which was an odd stick figure which was supposed to indicate something about perception or thought process. I thought it indicated a 4 yr old who had trouble holding a crayon.

Emotional relatedness and empathy. How well you can pretend to be another person I suppose. Your story is supposed to be emotionally connected to the people, like they are your parents, or someone you know.