I don't think I have Aspergers anymore. :(

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I suppose only a diagnosis could truly tell.
I appreciate all of the input you guys give. I take it all into consideration. Yes, I love pork scratchings. I haven't had them in forever, though! I don't know what Turkey would have to say about Asperger's. My guess is they wouldn't be able to detect it in girls as well as American Psychologists would.

Whoever said they're ticklish, me too! To the extreme. I even scrunch up and start laughing when people pretend to tickle me. I giggle at the doctor's office whenever they touch me. It's kinda weird.

I think I still have HFA, but not as much as I used to.

They put me through some kind of light therapy when I was diagnosed @ 13, and I have learned some social skills from articles and being on a sports team.

I've been feeling the same except it's only because people who barely know me treat me normal as I can pull off snippets of interactions but still end up stimming with my hands however because I present normal in other areas they bypass it and most people don't really know much about aspergers or autism. Only what they see in movies unfortunately.

I have felt like I have outgrown being on the spectrum so I have been less active here and trying to stay away.

But my husband says I am still literal or too direct or too honest. Maybe I am just fooling myself again.

People do *outgrow* it, or just adjust very well.

Seems like those who were less affected in the first place are more likely to do so.

I'm probably a lot like you. An AS diagnosis would have fit me perfectly in middle school and the years prior, and explains A LOT of things but I'm just not the same person. I'm almost 27. I think I *got over* a lot of my issues around 18.

This site has helped to explain my past and a lot of things about myself that I never understood. I think my functioning level is too high to be considered Asperger's by most doctors, though.


But, of course, the neuroloigcal WIRING remains. I hang out here because I see so many things I relate to.

And because my account can't be deleted and now all of the internet can see my posts!

Thanks mods!

I know the feeling! But I think it is just because of age and learning more as I go. The more experiences I have around NT's; observing how they act, help me to better understand and blend in much easier than when I was a child. Some days too it seems that I am less "autistic" than the last but I just consider those good days/bad days.

I still am considered that weird kid though lol, so maybe I just don't notice it myself. You could try doing online tests and see how well you score! If you score more towards the NT range maybe you just are adopting "norms" while still hanging on to your autisticly wired brain?

you don't grow out of asperger. you're born with it and you die with it. you just learn to adapt and deal with the nt world. it's a habit, but doesn't change what's inside.

I've been feeling the same way lately because when I look at myself and my understanding of the symptoms it seems to really fit well, but when I look at some of the "celebrity" Aspies (well known aspies, fictional and non) I feel like I'm really not all that bad off.

So, for example, yesterday I went to a bridal shower for a friend and I felt a lot like an aspie. Sensory issues, saying the wrong things, not knowing the appropriate actions, etc. But then I came home and watched "Mary and Max" and "Mozart and the Whale" and I felt INCREDIBLY normal.

It's not like I feel completely disconnected from these portrayals. Max trying to reply to letters was a lot like me trying to reply to facebook messages, and Donald reaction to things and his ways of dealing with problems was also pretty similar to the way I act, even physically. But it's like looking at an extreme characterization of myself instead of an accurate picture.

"They" say that the difference between AS and a person with AS-traits is how strongly those characteristics present, not how many of them you have. So recently I've been thinking that if these portrayals are actually what AS looks like, maybe I'm just Aspie-minded instead of an actual Aspie. But then, when I stop comparing myself to others and just look at myself, my Aspie traits feel like such a huge part of my life and the problems I face.

I don't know, maybe this is completely different from what you were talking about, but you said something about not having to do "normal" Aspie things like pack ear plugs? I thought maybe we might be experiencing the same thing.

I will say, though, you might not want to speak too soon. Transitioning to college was kind of hard, especially socially. College doesn't have the same kind of "social structure" high school does. I don't make "lunch buddies" anymore because every day it's a hundred new faces in the cafeteria. I found it hard to make friends in class because there's not the same "downtime" you had in high school, like when you did assignments in class or independent work. You don't have a homeroom and you don't really see the same people walking through the halls. This all depends on your college, of course, but mine is a fairly big commuter college. When I first started, I drove to school, attended class, and went straight home. I wasn't forced around people the same way high school forces you around people. The "social structure" is much looser, so friends didn't just sort of gravitate to me. Now, to get friends I have to actively seek them out, which is really difficult for me. In college, it's much easier to be a "ghost" than it ever was in high school. I went months without speaking a word to anyone outside of classroom discussion.

But now things are going pretty ok because I joined a fraternity. Which sounds crazy probably, like I joined the cheerleading squad or something, but honestly I think it's the best thing I could have done. I have a big, which is basically an assigned friend, who turned out to be really kind and accepting. There's lots of people, but all of them know my name and treat me like a friend just because I'm a fellow brother. And the best part is that it's not really a social fraternity. It's nothing like you see on TV. We do things like sew blankets for hospitals, play board games, and go white water rafting. So the events I go to aren't crazy parties, they're fun activities. It's structured. There's always a task at hand so I always know what I'm supposed to be doing (for the most part). So if you get to college and you have a hard time making friends, maybe try joining a fraternity! Or a club, or something. I didn't like the clubs much because they were always so small. It felt like walking into a group of people who were already good friends. The bigness of my fraternity works for me because I can sort of float around with different groups/cliques within the fraternity. I don't end up wearing out my welcome with one particular group/person or them with me. It works for me. But I think groups in general could work for all Aspies, so maybe keep it in mind if you run into social trouble next year!

It could go either way for you though. Don't let me scare you. I've heard lots of Aspies say things like how college was so much better than high school socially, or how high school was an absolute nightmare. That's just my experience. Thought I'd share it just in case, you know?

In regard to the OP, I think she will find this discussion relevant: Trait(s) you can't attribute to your ASD

My point is; you probably still have AS, but you are still an individual and you still have a brain that can adapt.

I think it's called growing up and being correctly medicated for more often than not severe co morbid conditions, well that's been my experiences anyway , your lucky your in that mindset at such a young age, congratulations!