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hi everyone, new to the community...just wondering if i have aspergers, i do find social situations awkward, find maintaining eye contact difficult at times, feel people are judging me, but then again i do suffer from anxiety so i think it stems more from that, i have ocd which I've had for years..i don't know to be honest, i do feel that people esp at work, treat me differently, i sometimes feel like they treat me as if i am not quite the full ticket, perhaps I'm not!!
sometimes i feel that my brain doesn't function as it should, i feel like I make lots of stupid mistakes that i should know better...i dont think i'm stupid, in fact i'd say i was quite intelligent..
i am a worrier, that comes with the ocd and i do obsess about things; to the point of excluding other things that maybe matter more..
when i was at school, my school reports used to say my comprehension skills were poor, and i remember obsessing about things even then
so that's me. female, 43 a little obsessive but hey, no one's perfect, right?

Only way to know is to get official diagnosis (and maybe second opinion to be on the safe side), but you can use this screening tool to do pre-diagnosis test: Autism Spectrum Quotient AQ Test, google it (I can't post links yet )

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Mick

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Welcome to WP!

thanks all for welcome
did the aspie quiz and scored 94, apparently i have both aspie and 'neurotypical traits' whatever they are!
i am good at remembering phone numbers, and where i work, certain alpha/numeric codes, and i was always top at spelling in school!
i can still remember my dad's car registration numbers from years back
the more i think about it, other things crop up but is that because i have aspergers or am i confusing it with something else?
i am a bit of a hypochondriac at times, perhaps that's it??

hi Kazz, welcome to WP

I was self diagnosed with AS yesterday,
and part of my realization had to do with work that day.
I've always felt like I never fit in
and that others tended to mock me behind my back
or even to my face (sometimes subtle, sometimes not so much)
that day was especially bad, a few people seemed to be unusually mean to me
I came to the realization that I had been the victim of subtle bullying
in countless ways for almost my whole life.

Regarding stupid mistakes... I also make a lot of stupid mistakes
and feel badly about it,
and it used to frustrate much more,
but I guess I'm used to it now

At work, it often starts when I get in a bad mood
and then afterwards I start making all kinds of silly mistakes
on stuff I normally have no problem with.
It almost feels as if my brain is purposely messing with me
just to make me look bad and incompetent.

well you can pm me if you're interested in chatting. (28/male/wisconsin)

I've never been able to fit in at school... I moved around Australia a lot; at each place I only had 1-3 friends. I sat on my own, I used to draw ALL the time and write stories. Now I'm always on the computer.
I've only recently diagnosed myself too! 3-4 hours xD
Most importantly....welcome! I'm new too..been registered for....10 minutes hehe.