I've been through alot in life and I'm starting to wonder if

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22 Oct 2009, 11:40 pm

I have aspergers or autism.

Things I realize:
I'm 20 and I have never had a girl friend.
I'm always tired and fatigued
I'm not very articulate
There's hardly any emotion in my voice
My walk is stiff
I have almost no friends
I have a non existent social life
It's very draining to socialize with some people. It takes alot out of me
I'm pretty quiet
I'm pretty disorganized and can be lazy at times
And lastly and although no one has outright said it, its been implied by a couple people throughout my life that I'm "ret*d", "slow" or "weird". And not just outsiders but by my own family.

Do any of these strike you aspie-traits?



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22 Oct 2009, 11:48 pm

I am an aspie and I have every single thing you listed, with only 2 exeptions:

1) I am tired/fatigued mostly because I stay up late studying and am sleep deprived. But still regardless of a reason, this describes me.

2) While a lot of people call me ret*d, none of them are my family members. My family members are overprotective of me due to Asperger, so they won't EVER call "ret*d" someone they perceive as vulnerable. But I guess treating me as vulnerable hurts even more than being called "ret*d", at least from where I am sitting.

Other than these two things, everything else is exactly me. So yes it does sound like Asperger.



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23 Oct 2009, 7:06 am

Is the fatigue thing common with Asperger's? I have been battling fatigue my whole life. When I was a little girl I actually fantasized about being Sleeping Beauty. Not for the handsome prince but because I wanted to sleep for a hundred years. It has seriously affected my life. I thought it was Depression and a subconscious death wish but even after treatment I want to sleep sleep sleep. I'm not diagnosed btw but I meet the criteria with varying degrees of severity between categories.


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23 Oct 2009, 8:32 am

i89 wrote:
I have aspergers or autism.

Things I realize:
I'm 20 and I have never had a girl friend.

me too :( and i'm in highschool whre girls would talk about their boyfriends all day long. this is tough

I'm always tired and fatigued

is this an aspie trait? i have this one too!


I'm not very articulate

There's hardly any emotion in my voice

for me, when i'm saying thankyou or congratulating, i need to 'practice' a bit to deliver my emotion clearly. well maybe it's just me? 8O

My walk is stiff

yeah i just decided to take a course about body language something, starting tomorrow. let's see if that works

I have almost no friends

i have but i never got THAT close to them. no BFF for me


I have a non existent social life

It's very draining to socialize with some people. It takes alot out of me

yes :( sometimes i force myself to mingle

I'm pretty quiet

I'm pretty disorganized and can be lazy at times

...and, my handwriting is bad. and i'm a girl!

And lastly and although no one has outright said it, its been implied by a couple people throughout my life that I'm "ret*d", "slow" or "weird". And not just outsiders but by my own family.

our family can be mean sometimes,dont they :(

Do any of these strike you aspie-traits?


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