Is it possible to be "aspie" without knowing?

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So I was reading about Aspergers through various sources and I all of the symptoms and situations I have come across daily in my life. I read about what you guys go through and I have the same problems.

I can't work with people because I don't really understand the goal that is being achieved and I end up doing something wrong because I am slow.
I do very eccentric things for no reason like sleeping on the floor and closing doors every back and forth before I go to sleep to feel it correctly on my fingers.
I never really enjoyed social stuff because I don't know how to respond to other peoples conversations in a flowing matter but people just get bored of what I am trying to say.
I am left handed kind of at least I write with my left and I do everything else with my right. I could also write with my right if I really worked at it I mean it flows ok.
It takes me a while to learn things that others learn quickly.
I wake up in the night since I was younger and I still do it and I can control what time I wake up naturally because of my clock on the inside.
I tend to be into details like collecting every videogame on the NES and I like to go into details about unknown games.
I don't look at people in the eyes and when I talk to people I don't follow up the next day.
I don't know I could be wrong...I am just confused...How do you find out for sure if you're "aspie" or anything for that matter? I mean a doctor or a physicist or what.

Welcome to WP!

Welcome to WP!

Welcome to WrongPlanet, and welcome to my time warp.

I'm Shelby, and I like the 60s.

It is possible to be an Aspie and not find out for quite some time, yes, especially since it's a relatively new diagnosis.

Welcome!

Nice to meet you, Plywood - and welcome to the WP community.

I was an Aspie for 22 years before knowing it.

Elodie

It's very, very, very, very, very possible to be something you have no idea of, never connecting the fragments of the picture at first.


Utterly rejecting yourself in every way just because you don't know of another way to live and there's no one to help you find your way.




Great to have you here.

Hello Plywood, welcome, enjoy your stay on the Wrong Planet!

Oh my yes it is very possible to be Aspie and not know it for several years! I was 43 before I got my diagnosis! You might also want to read the following authors:

Tony Attwood
Temple Grandin
John Elder Robison
Lianne Holliday Wilson

I think it is possible.

Hi Plywood,

As I've said in my previous posts, I was only diagnosed last year and I'm 42 years old.

I got information from internet, took it to my doctor and he referred me to a psychologist.

So you could try that and see what happens.

I hope you find the forums useful.