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29 Nov 2013, 6:05 pm

JSBACHlover wrote:

anyone else's

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Does that mean you play your own music? If so, what do you listen to and do you use headphones or out load?

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29 Nov 2013, 6:27 pm

I have to eat my foods in a certain order just so I can balance out the taste.

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29 Nov 2013, 6:29 pm

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Does anyone else ever find themselves doing something and thinking "this is a really aspie thing to do"?

Like... sorting through the cutlery drawer at work to find the "right" teaspoon or fork.

Getting cranky when someone at work uses your mug (like, literally, I have two of my own mugs at work).

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29 Nov 2013, 7:55 pm

TheCrookedFingers wrote:

Sometimes whenI'm in a loud place I sing to myself to cover up the noise, then I get an "aha!" moment.

I find I do this sometimes at work: I have to talk or hum to myself to cover up background chatter and be able to focus on whatever I'm working on. Music helps, too, though sometimes even that gets distracting.

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29 Nov 2013, 11:59 pm

Absolutely, though I don't have that many overtly aspie behaviors, I tend to be hyperaware when I have one and I get really secretive about them. I don't tell anyone about them except for certain others with ASD and my therapist...and my therapist still insists and is convinced that I don't have AS, strangely.

My AS behaviors are mostly interest/order related, like making meticulous lists of names and having intense and very weird/specific interests at times, like researching nuclear power plants. Still, she insists that these are just AS traits rather than the whole picture, but even still, I think that they are very strange for someone my age.

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30 Nov 2013, 12:56 am

triple post :S

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30 Nov 2013, 12:59 am

triple post :S

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30 Nov 2013, 1:14 am

WarWraith wrote:

Webalina wrote:

I know several people who identify with Asperger's (and a few that should). We all sort our M&Ms by color before we eat them. I always thought it was an odd thing to do, but once I discovered "the Spectrum", I thought exactly what OP said "this is a very Aspie thing to do."

I sort my M&Ms by colour, and my mixed nuts into their groups, then eat peanuts, almonds, pistachios then cashews.

I can't eat trail mix because I get so stressed out with everything touching each other. I also can't eat mixed vegetables, stir fry or basically anything where it is nearly impossible to sort everything. (I will eat Japanese food - rice, chicken and carrots - but I always eat the carrots, then the chicken, then the rice, in that order.

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30 Nov 2013, 11:57 am

Aria wrote:

When I was a kid, I ate each item on my plate separately and totally before I started on the next one. I got yelled at so many times for it that I was forced to eat a little bit of each one like "normal people". Even to this day, I get criticized for "playing" in my food. But it's not playing, it's just making sure it's "right" -- as I'm eating, I'll stir whatever it is so the temperature is uniform throughout the dish, and that the gravy or sauce is distributed evenly. And when I eat a burger, I always open it first and make sure that 1) there are NO tomatoes! Blech! And 2) the veggies are distributed and the meat is centered on the bun. I hate to bite into a burger and get a mouthful of pickles or whatever. I need to get the full mix to really enjoy the burger.

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30 Nov 2013, 12:45 pm

Webalina wrote:

I always do this when I go out to eat - especially at buffets - or even just when I am eating at home. I actually never knew you are not supposed to eat everything one at a time (and counter clockwise from 4:00, in my case)... Haha, I guess that's why people look at me oddly when I am out eating. Life is a learning experience.

How do people manage to eat everything a bite each? They would have to clean their forks off after each bite... Ugh...

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30 Nov 2013, 12:54 pm

Whenever I go to a fast food restaurant I never eat my french fries first, I always start with my burger, then fries, then my drink.

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30 Nov 2013, 1:17 pm

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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!"

Uh.....WHAT? Pleasekillme, I don't understand.

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30 Nov 2013, 5:27 pm

JSBACHlover 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!"

Uh.....WHAT? Pleasekillme, I don't understand.

I DON'T understand. I'm a proven Aspie and there's no denying it. Any attempt to deny it to those who know me is met with uproarious laughter

AND

I can REALLY relate to the "zoning out often, responding in a semi-monotone voice, thinking out loud and barely speaking in certain social situations" and the "the awkward, confused silence"

AND I CAN REALLY RELATE TO the "This guy is un-f**k-able!"

AND it does make for a sad and lonely life even though I prefer to be alone (I don't want anyone - it'd just be nice to be wanted. Leaves me wondering "Why do people want to socialise with each other and not me? What's wrong with me?"). Correction - not sad and lonely - sexless & sad life. I've always felt like I've been left out of life. I've never felt like I belong here on Earth amongst other people.

BUT... Given all that, I don't want to kill myself or have others kill me or even want to give up all of the terrific things and talents I wouldn't have if I wasn't an Aspie. Being an Aspie is fantastic. I enjoy being different. I'm comfortable with myself and who I am and wouldn't give it up for anything in the world. I've worked too long and hard at it to give it up, especially for some stupid messy sex life. I just get sad sometimes but it doesn't last long.

I LOVE being me :!:

I LOVE being an Aspie :!:

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30 Nov 2013, 6:06 pm

ImAnAspie wrote:

JSBACHlover wrote:

anyone else's

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Does that mean you play your own music? If so, what do you listen to and do you use headphones or out load?

It means that the others are far enough away from me that I can't hear their music. I don't play music in my office.

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30 Nov 2013, 6:16 pm

JSBACHlover wrote:

ImAnAspie wrote:

JSBACHlover wrote:

anyone else's

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Does that mean you play your own music? If so, what do you listen to and do you use headphones or out load?

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JSBACHlover wrote:

It means that the others are far enough away from me that I can't hear their music.

Yeah, I got that bit. I was purely enquiring about YOU and YOUR music preferences!

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30 Nov 2013, 8:55 pm

Oh. Sorry for being so daft.

Well, I'm familiar with the entire Classical tradition, but I've gotten to the point now where I can only listen to Bach. However, right now I'm at a place in my life where I just need quiet, and I try not to listen to any music at all. Music just affects me too much, and it makes my brain lose track of reality and of myself.

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