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I always thought i was just smarter than other ppl.....lol. But now i suspect the reason i am different than other ppl is that i might be an aspie. I am a very precise person usually. I also take ppl literally if i dont know what they are meaning. I definitely dont use eye contact. I try to avoid ppl if i can. I dont like big groups of ppl. I am most comfortable with my family. Even with family i am uncomfortable sometimes. I try to be aware of others emotions but, to me, sometimes those emotions dont make sense. I tend to think the sources of those emotions are irrational. I also get caught up in single minded interests and pursue em to an almost if not full understanding. I dont sit still much unless I am fully emersed in something. (interested) I am focused on details but do consider the big picture of things. I tend to have a good memory if i am interested in something, but a bad short-term memory at certain times depending on the circumstances in which i recieved the info. I do many other things that i cant think of now that remind me of an aspie. However, when reading the DSM criteria i cant help but think it is very general an can apply to many ppl in different ways. WTF am i am aspie, adhd, both, or just stupid. any ideas or suggestions. I cant afford a pyschologist at the moment and am feeling very insecure and need an answer.


EDIT..what other details do u think should be considered.

I've always wondered why I was always smarter and more mature than the kids on my school bus, at the age of 8, even though the majority of the kids on the bus were older than me. I remember me shaking my heads at them, as 'Let it Be' by The Beatles was playing on the radio, in the background. Was I really that much wiser than my peers, in terms of mental age. How was it that I could just sit quietly, while those kids were being loud, viloent with their horseplay and immature? I've found out, seven years later, that I was diagnosed with HFA at the age of 5. That explained everything, and I wasn't curiously dwelling on that, anymore.