Am I Aspergerous?

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lol I really like where this thread is going

I wonder what aspergerous tastes like...?

*bites arm*

*chews for a bit*

*chews some more*

*swallows*

Man, that was stupid... Oh, by the way, we taste kind of like BBQ pork ribs, for some reason... Come to think of it, I havn't seen those foreigners leave that restaurant... Hmm...

Baked sweet potatos are sooooo good, same as Pumpkin Pie.

uncooked? you mean you eat it raw?

Have you tried them raw with the ends cut off? (not the fuzzy ends, the other ends) and in a dip of some sort, like yogurt/dill/ cucumber. Salmon patties are also really good with said dip.
You should try them like that, with some celery. They are really good crisp.
I agree with Daniel, if they are cooked too much they are mushy and really yucky.

Last week I went to a China food house, and on the sign it was supposed to say something about a dish with asparagus, in Danish it is "asparges", but then they had misspelled it so it became "asperges". Made me laugh a lot.

I like asparagus. But ever noticed it gives your piss a strong, odd smell?

do you mean the green asparagus or the white one?

Green.

I'll get a bunch of them tomorrow to test your theory. I guess eating them raw will be most effective...

nah, not really, just wanted my 500th post to sound a bit more ridiculous than usual.

Hi Introvert,
I would not see any point in discussing your Aspie traits with your work colleagues unless you already have a very close, supportive relationship with them. And if you already have such a relationship, then you are doing fine without mentioning anything! If you tell work colleagues about your belief that you are an Aspie, or if you get an official diagnosis and inform them, sometimes this can backfire. It can leave you vulnerable to being scapegoated and targetted in the workplace.

Yes. I don't plan to do that - I just mean that it's entertaining concept, in theory.

I'll probably not bother asking my doctor. I feel comfortable with who I am, whatever that is. I don't feel any need to fit into any sort of slot.

Wow. I have quite a lot of other things i've noticed. I have recently had some trouble relating to my parents in normal conversation: I tend to estimate that they're sort of 'having a go' at me or telling me off, when they're probably not. A few weeks ago I got it completely wrong and we were having a pretty normal conversation which I thought there had a kind of undertone which was unpleasant and direct towards me. So I made some comment and they flipped and they were like 'we were just having a normal conversation!' I completely misread the whole thing. I think I am quite paranoid most of the time when it comes to conversation, body language, social situations. Does anyone else experience this 'paranoia'? I don't feel very objective about understandin conversations sometimes.

More notes to come.

hi- im also in england. i heard abuot aspergers a while ago and took the autism quotient test - http://msnbc.com/modules/newsweek/autis ... efault.asp an aspie test. i ahve just been sent the same test on paper by a shrink who is assesing me for it, so its pukka. i score very highly. i dont think its great, thuogh- no mention of the sensory problems which are highly indicatative, or dyslexia, dyscalculia also are common.

you sound very aspie- eye contact, loner etc.

getting an official diagnosis? depends on whether you feel it would help you, make any diff? you are obviously coping well- you work, for example. for other people its important, as they have speant years being harassed for being weird, dificult, not trying etc, and never being understood, always feeling akward and alone. though i bought whether you'd have to have any contact w social services. that's only in case of really low function.

once i get diagnosed, drs etc will at least take me a little more seriously, and give up trying to force me into group therapy when i have said i HATE BEING AROUND OTHER PEOPLE.

you might do just as well without it, but just getting a full understanding of the condition; i LOVE knowing there are otehr people who think in the weird way i do, obsess the same way, hate light touch and being hugged etc. it wont change much for me, but will just confirm that i have something real, and that im not being truculent for the sake of it, and that there is a basis for me weirdness.
good luck with it.

Thanks for your advice. So I did the test and I got 35 out of 50. Apparently the average for someone with Asperger's is 35. Not that it's a substitute for clinical assessment by a qualified doctor

I haven't made a decision about whether or not i'll tell my doctor.

Another thing that I recall is that I had a problem with sarcasm when I was around the age of 10 or 11. I got myself into a lot of trouble through apparently inappropriate use of sarcasm towards teachers at school. I vividly remember lying on my bed, very upset, trying to explain to my mum that I didn't understand what I was actually doing. I think I must have copied a cartoon character or a film character and didn't understand what I was saying. I'm completely fine with these types of speech now (metaphor, irony, sarcasm), if anything I use much more of these than any of my peers might in normal conversation. I guess I must have learned what sarcasm was eventually because the problem didn't repeat itself when I moved into high school.

Anyway, just more thoughts.. I think I read somewhere that Asperger's kids don't have a goods understanding of sarcasm, metaphor, irony, etc. But, then again, these are quite abstract elements of speech - do normal 11 year olds understand these things?

I remember copying a film character (Saavik, maybe) at that age by raising my eyebrows and turning my head sideways. I thought it meant paying attention. Turned out it means something like mild disbelief. The teacher yelled, "I didn't say raise your eyebrows, I said pay attention!" I didn't understand what I'd done wrong until I was 18 or 19 and told a friend about it, who explained.