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Hello! I just saw this site and wanted to check it out.

Xian

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Hello everyone.

I was just filling out another aspergers test, and decided to search around for more aspergers stuff. I ran into this forum, and thought I would say hi. I have not been examined for anything as of yet, as I am unable to afford it. I am hesitant to believe I may have anything without official proof, but when I learned about aspergers it sounded a lot like me. I am not sure whether obsessive thoughts and undecisiveness are also a part of aspergers, or whether that is in the realm of OCD or OCPD.

I tend to try to make everything fit in my mind. For example, I bought the video game Final Fantasy 8. I've spent hours pacing around figuring out what roles I want each character to play, which magic should go on which character, which character should get which guardian force, which junctions to select. There are a large group of options in the game and I've probably spent more time going over them repeatedly than actually playing the game. When I move into a new room, it can take me weeks to determine where to put the furniture. It all has to be in order, as symmetrical as possible. If I can not get something to fit in order, it bothers me so badly that I can't get it out of my mind and I can think of nothing but it. It's like trying to put a round peg in a square hole, over and over. Really annoying.

Anyways, that's just a little about my obsessive thoughts and inability to make decisions. As regarding aspergers, I usually score high on tests. I am clumsy and poorly balanced, tripping over my own feet often. I can end up spending days focusing on a particular subject. One day I might start reading up on everything Dungeons & Dragons, I read the D&D wiki, write out character sheets, start reading various D&D books, etc. My hands are very sensitive to certain things, such as cardboard, and my nose can't stand perfume or other strong scents. In social situations such as being introduced to people, I have to fake that I know what I am doing. In conversations with multiple people if I want to say something I hold it for the right time, and I then either interrupt someone, or end up never saying it. These are all from what I read, symptoms of having aspergers.

Anyways, this is probably way too much to read for you guys. I just thought that maybe someone could understand and relate.
 
Welcome to AC! Its nice to meet you. I hope you enjoy this place as much as I have. :) Its great and really supportive.
 
Hello Xian - welcome to the site - I really understand some of the stuff you are going through - sometimes it can take me more time to decide what to do next than actually doing it. I can spend ages researching the topic rather than progressing on to doing anything about it. In a conversation I often find that when I have something to say, I tend to interrupt the flow of the conversation and then realise that I have butted in to the conversation rather than listened to the person speaking, it is like I have a lag between what I hear and what I say. Sometimes I can become so obsessed with looking up references that I realise that hours have gone by, I haven't moved, had a drink, been to the loo or done anything other than the task. I also score high on tests and was accepted into Mensa - however didn't find this group very helpful! Decisiveness - hell, don't ask me to give an opinion on that...

Thanks you for sharing, I have very similar reactions, just don't know how to interact sometimes. However I have found that this can be a good thing - I am lucky enough to have a job where my obsessive remembering of facts can be seen as me being good at my job! It has taken me 25 years to find it however!!

I wish you well and hope you can find somewhere that you can find happiness, truly,

Delta Vee
 

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