Am I on autism spectrum ? You be the judge

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Now I'm leaning toward a persecution complex or some kind of rage disorder.
Some Aspies can be pretty emotionally immature, however, so perhaps that's what's going on with the OP.

BTW I'm pushing 40, but I do still get carded almost every time I buy alcohol. Does that count as young and dumb? I want to be part of the young, dumb crowd.

You can ignore us all you want but the point still stands that you're hugely hypocritical and full of yourself. Most people easily fit into here one way or another, but my god you wanted to make it hard for yourself. You are forcing yourself in no matter what while purposely ignoring anyone under 35 which makes up a large percentage of the community. You are being one hell of a selective ass about this. You made it hard for yourself and are claiming we are not open. For the most part this site definitely is, but not if you go around insulting members for disagreeing with you on something you asked them to say.

I almost feel like you just came here to troll people.
Some of your posts in this thread seem like they served no purpose other than to insult and/or try to aggravate other members.
Not to mention that comment in the other thread in which you told the OP to kill themself.

But, hey, feel free to prove me wrong.

The "full of himself" aspect of his replies here made me wonder if he's got some sort of narcissistic personality disorder and in desperate need for others to confirm his view of himself.

To the op:

It would be of no use to you, for me guess as to what if anything you might have. As what many are failing to see is that you probably just want acceptance. My guess is that you have experienced a lot of this type of mob mentality throughout your life for being very sensitive. Hence why you might find older individuals more appealing as they are more likely to forgive or overlook your errors. I can't say that I blame you for that.

Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that you are experiencing anxiety over the category in which you fit? You know the answer, but just want it to be 'right' more than you're unsure of it. Does that sound familiar to you?

Thank you. I am a 57 year old male. There are many varied ages ages here including 50 and 60+ and their are very knowledgeable people of all ages. Starkid's immediate reply was good also.

The different ages seem often to bring different prospective not based on lack of knowledge but differing perspectives based on differing experiences. Us oldsters grew up at a time when only the most severe autism was recognized and thus many of us did not find out we were Autistic until middle age so the process of discovery and recognition of OMG I fit these traits is instantly recognizable and important to us. Many in the younger age groups were diagnosed at early age and grew up with Autism all over the media with TV characters with Autistic traits, celebrities declaring they are Autistic and so on. Some have described experiences of people they know thinking they are are autistic and suddenly presenting exaggerated traits. Thus there is suspicion of fakery and overdiagionis and trendiness hurting people who are actually autistic. These suspicions seem baffling and bizarre to a me as a person who for decades believed my struggles the result of flawed character if I knew why they were happening at all.

I have noticed that that nearly every thread goes off topic in some manner and many times is completely irreverent to the original post. It was quite disconcerting to me at first but I have figured out it must be an autistic thing perhaps related to executive dysfunction but I am not sure.

Funny you should mention this. I was just thinking about this last night. As I frequently “talk about” stuff in a thread that is somewhat tangential to the original topic. While reading a “thread”, a thought gets triggered and I just want to blurt it out. I could just write that thought in my journal and be done with it. But, it’s much more satisfying posting that thought in the same thread.

Interestingly, I believe I do the same thing in the real world, when in a social situation. In fact, I noticed this last night, when I was with by life-long friend.

He was telling me something (that he wanted to share) and I responded by saying something that was related, but off topic to his original topic. We were talking, but we were not at all synchronized. He was telling me what he wanted to share. And, my mind was on some tangential topic. He then interrupted me and redirected the conversation back to what he wanted to tell me. But, my mind, was still focused on my off topic thought.


I wonder as well if this is an aspie thing? Or, am I simply rude?

Maybe this this will show up in the diagnostic criteria in a future DSM Ooops I did it again

This very thing does already show up in the diagnostic criteria of the dsm under A1

I was thinking the same myself.

As I think about it, I wonder if this tendency to do this (go off topic) is related to my obsessive detailed-oriented mind. I get a thought in my head and I can’t “shake it loose”. Even though the other person is talking about X, my mind is focused on X’ or possibly X’’.

OP is a blind tool. Only a few posts and already attempting to disgrace age groups and neurotypes.

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I concur.

If you're going to join a new group you don't come in bitching, complaining, and insulting members of that group. We disagree with each other here a lot, but for the most part we respect each other and attempt not to insult them for having differing views. Most people here can handle disagreement without turning it into a persecution complex. Also, I'm with a few other people here and think you need to get looked at for narcissism. That's not an insult, it's what I think is your best approach at finding help.

That's just the nature of conversation, it's a flowing river not a straight flat road through Kansas. How boring would conversation be if it never warped and changed? It's probably worse here than other forums though, because one member sees a "tiny detail" on the first page they don't agree with and then the conversation turns into a debate about the "tiny detail".

What I find amusing is when 2 or 3 branches deviate from the initial posting and you get a few arguments clusterfucking the entire thread-- by page five or six there could be four or five different topics being discussed entirely and that's when you get the one late bloomer to the conversation who posts an opinion on the original topic and it sounds completely out of place.

I love it when that happens.

I was just about to post basically the same thing you posted — conversation drift seems universal.

Your welcome.

I had no idea I was on the Autistic Spectrum for the first four decades of my life. It came as a shock when my Mother casually mentioned that I had been diagnosed as a young child. I had suffered another life failure and she said "Do you think autism could be the reason?" She then went on to explain that when I was 3 years old she had me evaluated and the diagnosis was succient: "Genius with borderline autism". She says she was told I would probably out grow it, and to NOT try and socialize me.

Needless to say I did not out grow it.

Like you I then spent copious amounts of time researching everything I could find about Autism. I particularly found that I could relate to the work of Lianne Holiday Wiley, a doctor of education who wrote the book "Pretending to be Normal". It shows the difference between how females with autism present vs. the more well known male version of autism.

I hope you find the answers you are looking for. Basically I have found that what matters is figuring what works and not really worrying too much about labels.

About the toilet paper discussion earlier, I would buy the toilet paper that I normally buy at walmart.
The Scott's unquilted plain toilet paper is my favorite.