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Is there a place I can go to test for Asperger's? My psychologist suspects I simply "need to have something wrong with me" and that I simply need to have more experiences so I can catch up on all the life I've missed (I have grown up and lived fairly isolated, with only a handful of close friends throughout my life).

Is it Asperger's?

Some close friends suggested I show the symptoms. I've read up on it at various sites, and looking at the Wikipedia entry today, found this place. The listed symptoms I've found fits me like a "T" in most ways ...but not all.

I was never the "problem child" in the classical sense. I never expressed anger in the classroom, or misbehaved in any way. I was in fact the model student, the overachiever and teacher's pet.

Yes, I got bullied, but not bad. It was a small private Christian school. I do freeze up during any conflict. I never know what to do.

I don't have a history of violence. I've had five explosions of rage in my life, but never hit anybody... ever.

I am not a math, science, or music guy. I am intensely verbal and systematic (I have to break everything down into component parts, see how they connect, then restate it all in words before I understand), and a good writer and scholar (just finished my M.A.). I'll be publishing in the scholarly journals soon (I majored in Biblical Studies).

Other than that, each symptom listed described me perfectly. In fact, most of what Wikipedia described matched precisely with the complaints my girlfriend makes for how I act. I could list it, but that would probably be very OCD of me, since if you're reading this, you already know all that.

So I want to get tested. I know nothing about diagnosis, but I want to know if I am this way today because I have Asperger's, or if the way my life went and the choices I've made have just left me socially inexperience.

Chicken or the egg. I just want to know.

I don't know enough to know if you are the chicken or the egg....but I am new, as well...so, heya. welcome to this place.

Welcome to WP friend

Welcome regardless!

Warm welcomes.

Come and be with us....my *brother* (sinister look)

Welcome to the planet, friend.

have you tried psychiatry?

Guid day an' welcome tae wrang planit.

Welcome, welcome my friend!

I think that you and I are pretty similar. I have been diagnosed with AS but I'm not much of a math or science person either. In addition to my obsession with lighting and sound equipment, I have a pretty big interest in philosophy and literature.

My psychologist wasn't comfortable enough with AS to diagnose me himself so he referred me to a specialist he knows. Maybe talk to your psychologist about a referral?

And welcome to Wrong Planet! I'm sure you'll fit right in with us other misfits.