The test says not Aspie - Now what

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Hi,

I just wanted to say thank you all for sharing in these forums and while I have been visiting over the past couple of days I have been amazed at how many common issues I have with Aspies.

However I just took one of the self tests and the results say I am neuro-typical.

I am not sure how to react in that since learning of the syndrome I thought I may have found a reason for some of my quirks and issues.

I guess I'm just a normal wierdo.

Thanks again for the honesty and forthcoming nature you all seem to share and I hope I have not offended anyone in the forum discussions that I contributed to.

I expect to continue to check in and look forward to learning more about this condition.

Best wishes.

Bobby

What sort of test was this?

Weirdo or not, hope you stick around

Welcome, Bobby

You can have a few traits without being on the spectrum, however, you may also be answering with your "adapted self" as was stated earlier. Think back to young adulthood and teens when these traits tend to appear strongest because we haven't learned to adapt yet notice we are 'different'.

Either way, this place is for all that take a different path, whether just a little or the wrong planet entirely, and those that are dealing with those that are. Even just those curious and wish to learn more about differences. This is a great place to be to learn more about yourself and what you have in common with others. The latter may be something new for you as it is for many of us.

There are many other tests in the General Discussion part of the site and some of those may give you clearer insight to who you are. Don't worry about whether you are NT or Aspie or somewhere in between; each of us hears our own music and it's right for us. Learning about it is the goal
Welcome

Maybe you are and maybe you aren't an Aspie. As others have said, you may be so used to trying to conform to normal, that you answered too many of the test questions that way. There's no need to worry about it. Being an Aspie, or a family or friend of an Aspie is not a requirement of membership here. Besides, even if you are not an Aspie, and are just an atypical NT, some of what we have to deal with may be relevant to your situation, so stay with WP.

Don't forget! Some of the forums here deal with non Aspie issues, too, like games, computers, politics, etc., so you can still enjoy these other facets of the site, even if you are not an Aspie. So don't be a stranger to the WP community!

I wouldn't take it to much to heart...
I scored one in my EQ test and that is certainly not right

Thank you all!

I will continue to visit and contribute.

You all have noted that my time on this planet may have forced me to acclimate myself to NT responses, and the very well could have been different had I taken that test 40 years ago.

I have always felt "different" didn't fit in as a kid, got bullied.

They wanted to let me skip second grade and my parents didn't feel I had the maturity to be placed with older children.

Then as a high school student I skated thru with as little effort as possible. My trig teacher told me I had the ability to do more in my head than any student he had ever had. Then I went on to college and quized out of physics because I just wanted the credit but didn't want to sit thru the classes.

So I have some mental abililities. But I am awkward in social settings and could go on about how many of the traits of an Aspie I seem to relate with.

THe test I took was one listed under the General Discussion Forum.

I scored 76 of 200 Aspie and 127 of 200 NT.

So I may be borderline Aspie.

I don't seem to have some of the more obsessive traits but again, with my age I have learned to chill a little.

I do consider mysefl immature for my age and wear it with pride. Growing up is for others.

Having so may of you welcome me and express the openness that you have is refreshing I must say and I'm sure some of us will talk in the future.

Gotta get back to work. You all have a great day and if ever you need someone to talk to, I will respond post haste.

Never feel alone and never think everything is your fault.

These online tests are really just for fun. They don't mean much. Only way to know for sure is a professional diagnosis.

Sorry I know this is a few weeks old, but since you are closer to my age than others I thought I might post. Seems most folks here are younger. I was diagnosed in September. I had to figure out that I had Asperger's for myself. I did tons of research, knew that nothing else I had ever seen could truly explain me like Asperger's does. I looked for specialist's in my area and there were very few none specific to Asperger's had to go to ppl who handle ASD.

I didn't take a test. I went through many sessions of question, answer, observation and the doc asked a lot of questions from some books and finally confirmed I am. I am 37 was diagnosed less than a month after my BD. Some of the things you will find on line that are used to diagnose will plain and simple just not apply to pppl who are not younger. The longer we go through life the more we learn coping skills and therefore how to adapt. Not to mention while the basic symptoms of Aspergers are always the same the way they present in each individual can vary from person to person.

For some of the questions we have to go back to our childhood. Aspergers wasn't even heard of in America until the 70's and even now it is usually not something psychiatrists, psycholgists look for or think of and a patient will be diagnosed with other issues instead. I have suffered from depression steadily since I was a kid. 4 years ago I was diagnosed w/ADD (not ADHD but only because I can control myself). It turns out that these are both co-existing conditions that go along w/Asperger's. I also suffer from Anxiety and OCD. Now you tell me what other things get you ADD and OCD together! Good times!

The short story is the only way to know for sure is to see someone. Chances are if you think you are then there is a good chance. We tend to knkow ourselves better than any one else. As has been mentioned, a lot of learning to deal with Aspergers is learning coping skills and as we get older we learn many of those skills on our own because we have/had no choice. If you apply those skills to the tests the results will be skewed. Especially the part about robotic and repeating body movements. Even to this day there are certain things that I do. They are hard to notice as I have learned to control them, but even stuid things like I actually have to remember to smile and it looks fake no matter what. There will be things that you have taught yourself not to notice because over your life time you have become acustomed to them. But think about what other people say or point out, pull the rudeness out of the comments and focus on the sameness of them. See if there are patterns it might turn out there are things there you just didnt think of.

Hope this helps and good luck.