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How can you tell if someone is faking being aspie?

How can you tell an aspie is pretending to be normal?

Wow I'm even surprised you have alex on there too and he's the one who started this place. I know Tim tex has it because I have known him since I was 17 and he was in other aspie groups on yahoo and even ran one of his own along with his gf. he was diagnosed with PDD in 91 and it changed to AS in 96. I think mine would change to PDD too or not to having it at all if I went back to see if I'm on PDD or not. I'm currently diagnosed as AS but I can't possible have it if I had cognitive delays and little slow in self help skills or unless they're separate because I had hearing loss when I was a baby and it caused some of my behavior.

i started trying to read everything in this thread but was quickly overwhelmed and lost after the first 3 pages or so..

i can't believe that you tell fakers from just what they write, at least in most cases. i'm not saying it never happens, but.. i would think you'd have to be around someone in person as anyone can say anything over the net. You could possibly judge someone's writing as having when they don't or just as easily judge them as not having it when they do!! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!

i am upset at this thread. if anyone accused me of faking, i would flip a lid. i thought i found a supportive community. isn't that what this place is about!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? who is anyone to say that people do not feel the way they do or do not have a dx?!?!??!?!?!?!?!? I have some NT TRAITS, SO DOES THAT MAKE ME A FAKER TOO!?!?!?!?!?!?

i felt i could post or say anything here and get support - i felt comfortable upon finding this place, but now i'll be worrying about being JUDGED.

THIS IS SO STUPID!! Why would anyone want this??? i know I've stated in other posts that i wouldn't change it now as an adult and i LOVE ALOT OF THINGS ABOUT ASPERGERS. in some ways the dx has been a relief as I don't feel so much like a HUMAN ANOMOLY, A FREAK. After a lifetime of ABSOLUTE HELL, I realize there is a REASON and it's finally fallen into place.

I appreciate all the great qualities of aspergers but am also frustrated the the "issues" I thought I could work through to "heal" and become "normal" can never be completely worked through because of ASPERGERS. I don't want attention from it, I'm NOT FAKING TO FIT IN SOMEWHERE, even though in finding this place it the first time I've ever found anyone even remotely like me. Here there are so many people like me it's unbelievable.

BUT PERHAPS IM JUST A BIG FAT FAKER!! !! !! !! !! !!????????????????! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !

i have told no one in my personal life. I sometimes want to to explain my ULLTIMATE WIERDNESS but am worried of being judged or being seen as A MENTAL CASE, SO TELL ME HOW THAT COULD BE FAKING when I spend most of my time FAKING AT PLAYING NORMAL.

I know I was NOT personally accused (at least i don't think so as I said I can't read through all these pages of crap, SO MAYBE I WAS?), but it pisses me off. you can have your opinion but DON'T START ACCUSING. This could be very damaging to someone you mis-accuse who may actually be helped by this site.

****! !! !!VERY VERY ANGRY!! !!

What I would like to say on this subject is this: Why would I choose a lifetime of embarrassment? It's not the only issue with AS but it's one that most people would very much like to do without!

Didnt realise it was an issue.
I have virtually no sense of embarassment.

How can you tell if someone isn't though?
I don't think I'd be able to recognise someone with AS pretending to be NT or an NT pretending to be AS...
But I've never met anyone with Aspergers before (that I know of anyway)
I wouldn't want to assume somebody was faking it anyway, everybody is affected in different ways and learns coping strategies, so everyone on here is different.
But like other people have said, I don't really see why anyone would want to pretend they had AS if they didn't

Some people pretend to have legs amputated and go around using crutches.
Also munchausen syndrome (and -by proxy), and other such disorders which make no sense.
Given the existence of these we must assume that people do fake AS.
The real question is, how many ?

Yeh, I'm sure people do fake having AS, I just find it strange that people would want to.
I have no idea how many though, I think there are probably more people you genuinely think they have AS when they actually don't than people who know they haven't but pretend they have.

Well, I guess for us imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Well, I guess they aren't, but if some normal people admired us. And tried to be like us in some ways. But did not try and hijack us, I would see this as okay.

I'm sure there are some who DO fake AS like they can fake anything else.

BUT don't post a forum accusing OTHERS HERE OF BEING FAKERS. I think that hurts more than helps anyone here, as many aspies rather than stand up for themselves may again feel rejected and go elsewhere..

I have never heard of that before, that is quite disturbing to me

Yes, i recently watched a documentary.
There are also people with a compulsion to amputate their limbs; the only known cure is to do it.
Also people who are sexually attracted to only amputees.
Which may give some hope to the aspie ( i mean there should be some people somewhere attracted to just aspies).
Still, i agree rather disturbing, there are some strange people in the world and some things i will never understand.

How to you pretend to have a leg amputated? How do you fake the absence of a limb?

Sorry that made me laugh

People will try anything though

I'm attracted to aspie posers

Sorry, i'm taken.