New, not diagnosed, though suspicious that I could be! HI!

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Joined: 23 Jun 2011
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Posts: 325

24 Jun 2011, 9:28 pm

Hello everyone!

I might possibly be an aspie. I'm just looking into it for the first time but I'm definitely not diagnosed. Im certainly not going to self diagnose at this point because to be honest I dont really know how the average person thinks so I don't know if my thinking is different.

So if anyone has any interesting link or ideas or observations that might be helpful then please do comment or redirect me.

Here is why Im suspicious.

-Im constantly getting comments from bosses about how I explain things in far too much detail. Apparently I complicate everything
-I get extremely excited about things that most people dont care about in any way. Example: creating excel files to help coworkers (it has absolutely nothing to do with my job description), learning the alt symbol codes, and I can't think of anything more beautiful than math & physics
-I don't know how to communicate with other people in a normal way.. when I try to interact with people its very calculated. I sit there with a topic in mind and fit it in to the conversation even if its in no way related
-When I have an idea in my head it does become the topic of all conversations with everyone in my little circle (my parents and siblings, my fiancee, and coworkers) and I pay attention to little else
-Im always losing things (keys) and by always I mean everyday. Im busy thinking about whatever my new interesting idea are and find myself losing track of the things that im actually doing
-I take almost everything literally (It drives my coworkers nuts) especially sayings that are supposed to mean something completely different
-I have no idea what people are talking about and dont know how to approach certain things unless people explain things in a very detailed way (Im known for saying "I have no idea what you mean. You need to be more specific"
-My fiancee often interprets what im saying as offensive and it wasnt intended to be offensive in any way.
-small talk leads to me saying nothing because I cant imagine what could possibly be said and why anyone would want to say it
-hugs make me extremely uncomfortable, I dont like being touched
-Ive been told Im cold a lot throughout my life and I cant really imagine why
-The only people Im close to are my family and coworkers (there is absolutely no interaction outside of work) and I do have someone else I would concider a friend from childhood but we only communicate via email and that happens maybe several times a year.

And there are more things that seem to match the description of asperger's syndrome but because I don't want to make this too long I'll stop there.

I guess what Im confused about (because there are a lot of similarities) is what it is exactly that people with asperger's syndrome are not picking up on. I feel I can pick up on people emotions (does that even have anything to do with it?) but I just dont know how to interact normally.

So if you have any comments about this thank you.. and even if you dont, hellllloo anyways!