I am serious about getting tested for Aspergers syndrome - General

Also I'm still social but I have to work harder. Ninja's

this is one shit thread, it looked so good at first

The guy who created Pokemon was an Aspie, I think.

[quote] Agree: 2,4,5,6,7,9,12,13,16,18,19,23,26,39,41,42: 1 point Disagree: 1,10,11,15,17,24,25,28,29,30,32,34,36,38,40,44,47: 1 point Score: 33 [/quote] Woohoo! I'm a git! Though my therapist has told me that I am on the autism spectrum, so eh. Also, I like using suffixes that mean the same on a word but aren't exactly the norm, does that count as atypical?

ITT: Nerds excuse their lack of social skills with an uncommon disorder, thereby relieving themselves of any responsibility for their actions or in-actions.

[QUOTE=chamon;19445417]Agree: 21: 1 point Disagree: 14,30,40: 1 point Score: 4 Is... that bad or good?[/QUOTE] I think it means you're going to die. Or you're not an aspie, either way.

Guys guys, is 4 a bad or a good score :(? The average for a man is 16 D:

I was told that I had it when I was a teenager, I think its a load of shit though. It's just that I dont like most people and dont wanna be around them, not only that but I seem to function better then most so-called aspies.

[QUOTE=chamon;19445509]Guys guys, is 4 a bad or a good score :(? The average for a man is 16 D:[/QUOTE] It's neither a good nor a bad score, it's just a score. It could mean the way the questions were phrased caused you to contradict yourself, it could mean that you're above average in an unspectacular fashion. It's not like that you have to be in the range of 16 to not die of cancer.

I got a 31 D: but I guess that just means I'm not very social. Getting better though so I really doubt I have autism or something like that.

Aspergers is very diffcult to diagnose properly, particulary in teenagers. It took about two years and quite a few people for me to get diagnosed with AS.

To be honest, you would much more than likely have been picked up for the syndrome by now if you're in university, If it really were any problem, you're parents/lecturer/peers would have long ago raised a concern. You are just a bit shy is my diagnosis, I mean if you want to go check, go ahead, but I really doubt that it will be anything more than snyness. Dr.Facepunch diagnosis complete. Also i'm on the AS aswell, and I got a 7 in that test, but then again I have Dyspraxia which in my opinion is a load of bollocks :v:

I got 27 am I an aspie? [editline]04:55PM[/editline] i suppose any fper with over 1000 posts probably is.

James, can I call you James? James, you're attending Portsmouth University? Is this [i]my[/i] Portsmouth or Portsmouth in Ohio? If the former, High Five! :smug:

go to a hospital and get that brain scanned to see if you have it

[QUOTE=Jallen;19444505]My reasons for this is that I could get it done by myself in maybe 3 hours without having to mess around with anybody elses opinions or thoughts and that my mark would be representative of MY skill, this is a degree in computer science, not fucking team work, I was raging when I got back to my room after my lecturer said I can't do it by myself so much that I was able to get a new record on my powerball... anyway, I digress. [/quote] I'm in my second year of Electronic Engineering at Southampton (we're practically neighbours :P) and I can say that teamworking is absolutely essential for most Engineering or Computer Science jobs. The fact that you 'could do it faster' is the whole point, it is about your skill at working with others and minimising the impact working in a team has on the overall performance. Think about it; you may be able to do some simple coursework quickly on your own, but when you are making a complex computer system it would take years for a single person to complete the work. You'll most likely see this as you progress through the years and the projects get more and more complex - at some point the tables will turn and it will actually be way faster to do it in a team, hence the need for good teamworking skills. If you really can't do teamwork it's not necessarily a bad thing, being independent is always good, you'll just have to slug through the teamwork exercises and look forward to your freedom at the end of your degree. [quote] I have been at university since the end of september now. I haven't been out socially once. [/quote] Plenty of people at uni don't go out much or even at all. You just don't notice them because they're the quiet and shy ones, and they're hardly going to blurt out how much fun they had doing nothing last night. I personally hardly went out at all in my first year, but that was mostly because I just didn't feel confident around the people I lived with. This year I'm far more confident, and care far less about how people perceive me. Realise that deep down, the majority of people are far less outgoing than they present themselves as being, no-one understates how often they've been out or got smashed, it's always a little (or a lot) more than the truth. [quote] As for the whole obsessive thing, I spend 8+ hours on my computer a day and I do a lot of programming, I know a very large amount about computers, all self taught. As well as this I can solve a rubiks cube, do some pen spinning stuff and for no particular reason decided to learn swedish several months ago, which I am doing fairly well with. I love to self learn, the only reason I'm here is to get a degree which is essential for any good job these days in the UK. [/quote] That's not too obsessive at all. They are a fairly wide range of interests, which is kinda the opposite to being obsessive. [quote] I share a kitchen with 7 others and I haven't had a conversation with any of them longer than 5 sentences despite living here since the end of september. [/quote] What's the reason for this? Is it because you are shy, can't think of what to say, or just can't be bothered/don't want to speak to them. [quote] I feel like an alien here and I want to go home. [/quote] That's pretty common with shy people, trust me. [quote] I hate the whole make every meal wash everything up sit in my room (maybe a tad lazy), sleep, go to class etc and I don't want to go out socially. [/quote] Lord, I hate all that stuff and so does every other student! It is, however, part of life and you just have to suck it up and do it.

[QUOTE=Gprimeisback;19444631]Yes but you can sometimes tell alot from an avatar. In my case not because I'm not Duke Nukem[/QUOTE] I don't even want to know what you'd tell from mine.

[QUOTE=XSarcYX;19445799]James, can I call you James? James, you're attending Portsmouth University? Is this [i]my[/i] Portsmouth or Portsmouth in Ohio? If the former, High Five! :smug:[/QUOTE] Portsmouth, England. And thanks Hivemind, that's the best response so far I think. As for why I don't talk to the people in my flat, I don't know really, one of the guys is doing computer games technology so we've got stuff in common, but I don't really feel compelled to talk to any of them. Mainly because I'd rather be on my computer, which I know sounds terrible.

[QUOTE=samframpton;19445769]To be honest, you would much more than likely have been picked up for the syndrome by now if you're in university, If it really were any problem, you're parents/lecturer/peers would have long ago raised a concern. You are just a bit shy is my diagnosis, I mean if you want to go check, go ahead, but I really doubt that it will be anything more than snyness. Dr.Facepunch DIagnosis complete.[/QUOTE] He lives in England like me, I have personal experience of how hard it is to get a diagnosis, it also depends on how severe the AS is. Also it is very difficult to tell that someone has AS just by talking to them. I think you have AS but I'm not a doctor, I have quite bad AS and everything you said in your first post also applies to me. We also share the same name :-P

Shit I scored 6 is that bad? or is it higher is worse?

The higher the score the more likely you could have Aspergers. But just because you scored highly doesn't mean you have it.

I scored 25... Is that bad?

Rather than everyone saying LUL MY SCORE IS X IS THAT BAD?? You could just look in the article I linked in the OP which explains the score of the test.

[QUOTE=Jallen;19445845]Portsmouth, England.[/QUOTE] Snap, we're in the same City! :cool:

[QUOTE=Jallen;19445845]Portsmouth, England. And thanks Hivemind, that's the best response so far I think. As for why I don't talk to the people in my flat, I don't know really, one of the guys is doing computer games technology so we've got stuff in common, but I don't really feel compelled to talk to any of them. Mainly because I'd rather be on my computer, which I know sounds terrible.[/QUOTE] To be honest I could easily spend all day on my computer, and I pretty much did in my first year. I tend to be really fickle and flit between a load of different 'projects' like programming, games, graphicsy stuff etc. so it's so easy to spend all day at your computer and still be perfectly happy; especially if the people you live with aren't particularly interesting to you. However... when you find the right people you get along with and enjoy being with, it can be just as fun as sitting at a computer. Finding those people though, takes effort and luck - people don't become friends right away, some people you just won't get along with, and often it takes a while to discover what type of person someone is, that's where the effort comes in. I can only speak from experience and say that for me, my self confidence being low was the reason why I couldn't speak to people or get along with people easily. I.e. I thought no-one could (or did) like me therefore I never wanted to go out because I always thought of myself as a burden to everyone else, that boring kid no-one likes. I don't know if that's how you feel, but if it is I may be able to offer some advice. Oh and apparently it's snowing in Portsmouth?

I got 21 and I've been clinically diagnosed with Asperger's. However, I agree with this [QUOTE=tomahawk2;19444572]Asperger's is a "get out of jail free" syndrome, like ADHD. It is just an excuse for weird antisocial kids, claiming they have asperger's so they don't have to be responsible for why they're afraid to talk to girls. Since Asperger's is treated symptomatically, it is almost impossible to tell whether you do have the syndrome or not. People like Ulillillia (google him) have Asperger's, not you.[/QUOTE] It's my fault I'm a social reject, If I actually tried I might have a decent social life.

Portsmouth Uni UK?

[QUOTE=Hivemind;19446156]Oh and apparently it's snowing in Portsmouth?[/QUOTE] Hmm it's raining out of my window at the moment, but I'll keep an eye on it. As for finding the right people, I'd just going to leave it to chance and hope it happens by accident, I have no idea what I'm gona do for year 2 though since halls will be out of the question.

[QUOTE=Generic Monk;19446171] However, I agree with this -quote- [/QUOTE] I also think that's pretty much the case.. When tripping balls the other day i started thinking about if i had asperges, i scored 27 on that test so not exactly low. However when i compare myself to someone i know with a diagnosed asperges syndrome the difference is shocking, if you really have this syndrome i don't know how it would have been un-noticed throughout your life, it really does seem as if people with it aren't able to comprehend social interactions in the same way at all (obviously there is varying degrees of it but..) For the most i think it's just introspective people who are making excuses for not wanting things that "most" others do. Pretty much how i feel about it anyway.

[QUOTE=johny mcmill;19446215]Portsmouth Uni UK?[/QUOTE] Yes.