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Hello everyone.

I found out about AS on the forums over at INTP Central, so I've been researching it lately. My mother agrees that I probably have it, and she even shows some of the symptoms (maybe it's genetic?)

I'm here to try to figure out whether or not I do have AS, or at least gather enough evidence to warrant a visit to a professional for diagnosis.

So far, you guys seem very familiar to me

yeah it's a similar case with me (exept my mum won't beleve me) umm i don't claim to be an expert but from what i can gather yeah it's quite possible genetic.

Welcome to WrongPlanet!

I agree, there may well be a genetic factor. When I tried to explain about AS to my Mum, she went through the same jaw-dropping "OMG - that's me" experience that I had. So no trouble convincing her!

I guess I'll go ahead and post my specific traits and get some feedback from you guys on whether or not you think I may have A.S.

1. I'm an extreme Introvert (INTP on myers-briggs). I avoid dealing with people if possible and am happiest when I'm completely isolated from the outside world and able to live in my own mind. I can tolerate (and even enjoy) very small gatherings of close friends for a few hours at a time, but that's about it.

2. Trouble with emotions. I either completely lack emotions or have extreme difficulty dealing with the few that I do have. I also cannot understand emotional irrationality from other people and I have no idea how to be "sensitive". This causes a lot of problems with my fiancee and I in that I am always concerned with right or wrong, now "how she feels". I've tried to understand but I can't. She often tells me that I "just don't get it".

3. I never get jokes or sarcasm. I take everything literally, every time. People often make fun of me for falling for a joke or get upset with me for getting defensive because I think they're attacking me (when they're only joking). The funny thing is that I *do* have a good sense of humor and I love comedy of all types, but I have to know going into it that everything is meant to be funny.

4. I write really well but sound like an idiot when I try to talk. I forget words, or jumble things, or say things out of order. It's as if I think too quickly to be able to say things properly. If I took a simple sentence, for instance, each word and its various synonyms would all crash together at once, from the beginning to the end of the sentence, as well as variations on the sentence structure. This all happens instantaneously for each sentence that I speak, so I either have to speak very slowly or just not communicate everything I'm trying to. I would much rather write someone a 20-page email than try to talk to them on the phone for 10 minutes.

5. I have lots of difficulty with depression and anxiety. I also have a LOT of trouble going to sleep at night, no matter how exhausted I am. I have to take ambien every night just to *maybe* get some sleep. I usually cannot shut my brain off long enough to go to sleep, nor can I "think about sleeping" while in bed (notice I'm posting at 5:15 a.m. Central Time on a Thursday night). As for depression and anxiety, I've been on effexor for over a year and have just cycled off. I think I may have to get back on something soon, though


Those are the main things off the top of my head. If you guys can think of some other questions to ask me, please feel free as I'm sure I left a lot of it out.

I look forward to your replies!


EDIT: Just thought of one more.... my incessant fidgeting. I will completely destroy coke cans and plastic bottles, or any other item like this within my reach. I even carry rubber bands and paperclips around in my pockets so I can take them out and play with them, which I usually do the entire time I'm awake. It seems to really calm me down when I do this.

Welcome to you, from the Edge of Texas! I'm from El Paso, just 600 miles West of you.

Indeed, welcome. I think you will find a good crew here. I'm north of you in DFW.



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