A Different sort of test to try.

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This is quite unlike most of the tests for Aspergers I have come across.
The questions are looking for a positive answer to see if you qualify.

Please relate how you scored.

* Are intelligent, though may not have had top grades.

* Are very creative and enjoy making things.

* Always need to know WHY, especially why they are being asked to do something.

* Had disgust and perhaps loathing for much of the required and repetitious work in school.

* Were rebellious in school in that they refused to do homework and rejected authority of teachers, OR seriously wanted to rebel, but didn't DARE, usually due to parental pressure.

* May have experienced early existential depression and feelings of helplessness. These may have ranged from sadness to utter despair. Suicidal feelings while still in high school or younger are not uncommon .

* Have difficulty in service-oriented jobs. resist authority and caste system of employment.

* Prefer leadership positions or working alone to team positions.

* Have deep empathy for others, yet an intolerance of stupidity.

* May be extremely emotionally sensitive including crying at the drop of a hat (no shielding) Or may be the opposite and show no expression of emotion (full shielding).

* May have trouble with RAGE.

* Have trouble with systems they consider broken or ineffective, ie. political, educational, medical, and legal.

* Alienation from or anger with politics - feeling your voice won't count and/or that the outcome really doesn't mattter.

* Frustration with or rejection of the traditional American dream - 9-5 career, marriage, 2.5 children, house with white picket fence, etc.

* Anger at rights being taken away, fear and/or fury at "Big Brother watching you."

* Have a burning desire to do something to change and improve the world. May be stymied what to do. May have trouble identifying their path.

* Have psychic or spiritual interest appear fairly young - in or before teen years.

* Have strong intuition. * Random behavior pattern or mind style - (symptoms of Attention Deficit Disorder). May have trouble focusing on assigned tasks, may jump around in conversations.

* Have had psychic experiences, such as premonitions, seeing angels or ghosts, out of body experiences, hearing voices.

* May be electrically sensitive such as watches not working and street lights going out as you move under them, electrical equipment malfunctioning and lights blowing out.

* May have awareness of other dimensions and parallel realities.

* Sexually are very expressive and inventive OR may reject sexuality in boredom or with intention of achieving higher spiritual connection. May explore alternative types of sexuality.

* Seek meaning to their life and understanding about the world May seek this through religion or spirituality, spiritual groups and books, self-help groups and books.

* When they find balance they may become very strong, healthy, happy individuals.

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I answered in the affirmative to all the questions apart from "rage" and the one about electrical devices being effected by me.

Can I ask where did you find this? Is it your own work?

Majority of answers are yes for me too.

No suicidal feelings at school.

Not spiritual or psychic, more scientific, used to hear voices though.

I do seem to have a lot of problems with electrical/electronic items malfunctioning.

Not my own work, I will reveal the source later, you will see why, so please keep watching the thread.

Yes to all of them but:

"* Have had psychic experiences, such as premonitions, seeing angels or ghosts, out of body experiences, hearing voices.

* May be electrically sensitive such as watches not working and street lights going out as you move under them, electrical equipment malfunctioning and lights blowing out. "

Does Deja Vu count? I had that a lot as a kid. But I cant' say I've ever saw ghosts/angels or heard voices. That sounds a bit like schizophrenia.

I'm not sure what "electrically sensitive" means. The examples sounds like coincidences and confirmation bias. However, I have always been able to hear noise given by electronics (though, less common now that there are regulations for that kind of stuff).

Edit: Actually I do hear voices. I just forgot . Mostly when there are fans (loud) on. I also heard some when I was pretty tired and was going to sleep. Other than that, I don't hear them.

It's okay, I figured it out. Are you on a recruitment drive?

* Are intelligent, though may not have had top grades.

True, my grade issues was due to how hostile school was to me.

* Are very creative and enjoy making things.

As a kid, yes. As an adult...well, things have changed due to stuff I've been through.

* Always need to know WHY, especially why they are being asked to do something.

It was the norm, but I've learned to stop asking all the time unless its really pertinent to the task at hand.

* Had disgust and perhaps loathing for much of the required and repetitious work in school.

Yes...normal school was very boring for me. I had very few teachers who made learning interesting.

* Were rebellious in school in that they refused to do homework and rejected authority of teachers, OR seriously wanted to rebel, but didn't DARE, usually due to parental pressure.

Hated homework...too boring and repetitive. I also didn't see why I should have to do X hours of schoolwork AFTER 8-9 hours of that Hell they call school. Wasn't rebellious per se because my parents were strict disciplinarians. My biggest rebellion was not wanting to go to church. After confirmation, I was allowed to not go to church if I didn't want to.

* May have experienced early existential depression and feelings of helplessness. These may have ranged from sadness to utter despair. Suicidal feelings while still in high school or younger are not uncommon .

Hard to know to answer this one. I was depressed and suicidal all though middle and high school because it was such Hell, I struggled to find a reason to not kill myself. Fortunately, I had one friend, and his being there was the reason for not seeing myself as a complete loser.

* Have difficulty in service-oriented jobs. resist authority and caste system of employment.

I've had problems because I didn't interact properly with others. I don't think I had issues with authority per se.

* Prefer leadership positions or working alone to team positions.

I've always wanted to be a leader, but nobody wanted me to be one. I quickly learned that I was better off working alone.

* Have deep empathy for others, yet an intolerance of stupidity.

I don't know if I had deep empathy for others. I've always had issues with stupidity.

* May be extremely emotionally sensitive including crying at the drop of a hat (no shielding) Or may be the opposite and show no expression of emotion (full shielding).

Full shielding here.

* May have trouble with RAGE.

Anger issues for as long as long as I can remember...a lot of hurt and pain behind it all.

* Have trouble with systems they consider broken or ineffective, ie. political, educational, medical, and legal.

Yep...except I feel most everything is broken and ineffective.

* Alienation from or anger with politics - feeling your voice won't count and/or that the outcome really doesn't mattter.

Not initially. I was really into politics until I learned otherwise. I was angry at first, but I've learned to embrace apathy for sanity's sake.

* Frustration with or rejection of the traditional American dream - 9-5 career, marriage, 2.5 children, house with white picket fence, etc.

When you realize you likely will never have what most everyone else has, it's hard not to be frustrated.

* Anger at rights being taken away, fear and/or fury at "Big Brother watching you."

AS or NT, anyone should be angry about that.

* Have a burning desire to do something to change and improve the world. May be stymied what to do. May have trouble identifying their path.

That's me 100%.

* Have psychic or spiritual interest appear fairly young - in or before teen years.

Yes.

* Have strong intuition.

Ironically, yes. The problem is that I've still not mastered how and when to trust it or what is always the right response.

* Random behavior pattern or mind style - (symptoms of Attention Deficit Disorder). May have trouble focusing on assigned tasks, may jump around in conversations.

In the last few years, more so than before.

* Have had psychic experiences, such as premonitions, seeing angels or ghosts, out of body experiences, hearing voices.

More so as a child. Less so as an adult.

* May be electrically sensitive such as watches not working and street lights going out as you move under them, electrical equipment malfunctioning and lights blowing out.

Nothing like that, but I do seem to have a sense of when a traffic light will change.

* May have awareness of other dimensions and parallel realities.

Not sure how to answer this. I'm aware of other possibilities...what might have been.

* Sexually are very expressive and inventive OR may reject sexuality in boredom or with intention of achieving higher spiritual connection. May explore alternative types of sexuality.

Too personal a question. I can say (somewhat jokingly) that I'm into orgasms, but disinterested in sex.

* Seek meaning to their life and understanding about the world May seek this through religion or spirituality, spiritual groups and books, self-help groups and books.

Yes.

* When they find balance they may become very strong, healthy, happy individuals.

Still tying to get there.

Very astute, and Iam glad you haven't spoilt my experiment by demonstrating such.
As for a recruitment drive, Iam more inclined to think our camp is the more realistic, and I cannot see them preferring our label.

Not sure exactly what this is a test for. It looks like a list of traits for schizophrenics, written by a schizophrenic who believes they really do have supernatural powers and wants to encourage others to believe in themselves too, instead of taking anti-psychotics. But what the hell, I hardly ever pass up the chance to fill out a form!

* Are intelligent, though may not have had top grades.
-Yes, highly intelligent, top grades

* Are very creative and enjoy making things.
-Yes, always loved drawing and writing

* Always need to know WHY, especially why they are being asked to do something.
-No. Never occurred to me to question instructions until recent years. Growing up, I was almost entirely focused on following directions correctly, didn't spare much thought about whether I should be following them to begin with. I was not concerned with WHY, only with HOW. If the HOW couldn't be explained (religion, for example) I would not accept information.

* Had disgust and perhaps loathing for much of the required and repetitious work in school.
-My initial reaction was no - I enjoyed school. But actually, what I disliked was when I needed to show how I got an answer even though my answer was correct, or practice something again and again when I had already proven that I'd mastered it. So I liked school when I was learning new things, but I did not enjoy the repetitive work which was unnecessary for me.

* Were rebellious in school in that they refused to do homework and rejected authority of teachers, OR seriously wanted to rebel, but didn't DARE, usually due to parental pressure.
-Never. Never once did it occur to me to question authority (until recently), and I was often left feeling lost and confused when I realized an authority figure had let me down.

* May have experienced early existential depression and feelings of helplessness. These may have ranged from sadness to utter despair. Suicidal feelings while still in high school or younger are not uncommon .
-Yes. Depression from an early age (around 7 or and a period of suicidal feelings as a teenager.

* Have difficulty in service-oriented jobs. resist authority and caste system of employment.
-I had difficulty in service jobs because it was too overwhelming (demanding customers, fast pace), but never because of authority. I was always a model employee.

* Prefer leadership positions or working alone to team positions.
-No to leadership. I generally prefer if someone else can tell me what to do so I can focus on doing it, rather than worrying about what everyone else has to do. I want to deal with the details, not the "big picture." I'm okay with working alone, though, although it can be overwhelming if I'm not confident about every detail without help.

* Have deep empathy for others, yet an intolerance of stupidity.
-My intolerance is more to ignorance than stupidity, but otherwise, yes.

* May be extremely emotionally sensitive including crying at the drop of a hat (no shielding) Or may be the opposite and show no expression of emotion (full shielding).
-I cry all the time, can't control it at all.

* May have trouble with RAGE.
-No.

* Have trouble with systems they consider broken or ineffective, ie. political, educational, medical, and legal.
-I would assume this is true for just about everyone.

* Alienation from or anger with politics - feeling your voice won't count and/or that the outcome really doesn't mattter.
-I am pretty apathetic towards politics.

* Frustration with or rejection of the traditional American dream - 9-5 career, marriage, 2.5 children, house with white picket fence, etc.
-Yes, I am not interested in this model of life.

* Anger at rights being taken away, fear and/or fury at "Big Brother watching you."
-Generally yes, although it doesn't affect me much where I live now.

* Have a burning desire to do something to change and improve the world. May be stymied what to do. May have trouble identifying their path.
-When I was a teenager, yes.

* Have psychic or spiritual interest appear fairly young - in or before teen years.
-I rejected all forms of religion and supernatural belief when I was about 15. I have my own theories about the universe but none of them are remotely similar to what anyone would normally call "religious" or spiritual belief.

* Have strong intuition.
-I'm not sure what's meant by this.

* Random behavior pattern or mind style - (symptoms of Attention Deficit Disorder). May have trouble focusing on assigned tasks, may jump around in conversations.
-In conversations I get lost in tangents, but there is always a logical progression from topic to topic. Trouble focusing in general, but hyperfocus on certain tasks that interest me.

* Have had psychic experiences, such as premonitions, seeing angels or ghosts, out of body experiences, hearing voices.
-No.

* May be electrically sensitive such as watches not working and street lights going out as you move under them, electrical equipment malfunctioning and lights blowing out.
-Everyone thinks that the traffic lights turn red just for them. This question makes me question the source of this list, if it is seriously suggesting that people can actually affect electronic devices just by being near them.

* May have awareness of other dimensions and parallel realities.
-Again, this question suggests that such other dimensions and realities actually exist and only a chosen few are aware of them. Again, no.

* Sexually are very expressive and inventive OR may reject sexuality in boredom or with intention of achieving higher spiritual connection. May explore alternative types of sexuality.
-Nope.

* Seek meaning to their life and understanding about the world May seek this through religion or spirituality, spiritual groups and books, self-help groups and books.
-Nope.

* When they find balance they may become very strong, healthy, happy individuals.
-OK, now that I'm finished laughing... Who decides what it means to "find balance"? If the basic meaning is that someone can be strong, healthy, and happy if they manage to sort their life out, then, well, yes, that would be true for everyone in the world.

Yes to most, I know what this is and it is bunk.

Why is it bunk? Because it could easily be the "were you a gifted kid with hippie parents" quiz.

I got top grades in subjects that interested me and poor grades in ones that didn't.


Depends on my mood. I used to be more creative.


Yes.


Definitely.


I dropped out of high-school because I couldn't make myself do homework anymore. I did much better in college and graduate school where I could study things that interested me along with other intellectually curious individuals rather than a bunch of teenage dumbasses.


Existential depression started at the age of 14 and intensified until the age of 17 or so as a high-school senior. I wasn't bullied that badly by then either. I just stopped caring. I dropped out of high school the final year and my parents had me hospitalized briefly. After that I spend a year or so not going out of the house.


I can't deal with the boredom. An 8 hour a day service job would make me want to kill myself.


I wouldn't want a leadership position. The combination of anal perfectionism and social passiveness would make me the worse boss ever. I'd rather do things myself so I can do them right.


This fits me to a 'T'.


I alternate between one extreme or the other with no in-between. I normally show very little emotion but when it does come it's like the flood gates open. It's embarrassing.


Yep. I have personality clashes.


Yea.


I find politics annoying. I try to laugh at it but it sometimes gives me a very dark feeling about the world.


YES! To a 'T'.


I don't necessarily like it but it's not my biggest concern. I think Americans who have that hyper-conspiratorial mindset are morons who are being manipulated. Overall we are still a very free society. The problem is the degree to which people are manipulated and fed BS to serve someone else's interests.


Not really. I wish I did and would probably be a better person if I did but I'm far too cynical these days.


I was skeptical of my religious upbringing from a very early age. I was more deeply troubled than the average child with the whole concept that over half the world was supposedly going to burn in hell for eternity for not choosing the "correct" religion.


This is me to a 'T'.


I've had interests in the paranormal when I was younger but now I'm just too skeptical to believe in any of that stuff. There's a part of me that finds such topics intriguing though, like I'd wish they were true. I'd love to change my mind some day but as of now I just haven't seen any convincing evidence. I see a lot of charlatans and manipulators.


No.


No. Too skeptical..


Not sure. I just recently found out I'm hetero-romantic asexual/demi-sexual which explains why I never tried to date before. Most of my life I was unaware that any other person like me existed. I thought one had to be either heterosexual or gay.


Not really.


Maybe some day. Either that or an early death.

Last edited by marshall on 28 May 2013, 10:26 am, edited 2 times in total.

Yea. It's not a test of Aspergers. It's a test for "Highly Sensitive Person" or "Giftedness". Such terminology comes off as pretentious or navel-gazey to people who don't fit it or get it (you're just a spoiled lazy brat who can't get with the program!! !) -- but for me it's mostly true. I don't consider myself anywhere near a hippie and my parents are definitely not -- and never were -- hippies. My views are my own.

Not quite, though you are not far off with the hippie parents/gifted children bit, probably a similar test though for a "Highly Sensitive person", but nor were I got it from.

Is this an indigo children test?

ooooh A test, goody

Did some of these questions come from the indigo child / adult test

This is quite unlike most of the tests for Aspergers I have come across.
The questions are looking for a positive answer to see if you qualify.

Please relate how you scored.

Above average, not quite superior, awful grades, really quite pathetic.

Oh Yes.

My intrest in web design stemed from a gut feeling there was something going on behnd the page, the view source code changed my life

Sometimes

Yes, i saw this on the indigo child adult test.

Yep

Grrrrr (this mean yes)

No and Yes

Absolutely

Both

Only against myself

Nope

It wouldn't

I'm British

Fear definatly

yep

. A little but always considered that to be normal

H Yep

Yes but I try to think of logical explinations

I always figure the street lights were just shy

None

A little

Quite a bit

kind of like discovering AS and fining understaning of ones life

Mostly yes to the above

Hysterical personality syndrome/histrionic personality test?

The mention of Aspergers + test in the first line - is that meant to deliberately mislead people to think it is a type of Aspergers test?