Not AS, not worth a second glance

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It's rather OCD, some personality disorder: maybe schizoid personality disorder or borderline personality disorder or avoidant personality disorder, maybe even ADD or most likely depression.. Or a lack of self-esteem and attempts to draw attention to myself with my behaviour.

I got told all that. (By different people of course.)

So, maybe I'm all that and certainly not autistic. That much for having finally found a hell lot of people on places like this, wrong planet, or elsewhere, who aren't as insane as all other people...

I'll try irony: Nooo, I can't identify with anything that people here write.

I really don't know anymore; if I'm autistic or not. So, maybe I'm not. But having to correct people with their wrong assumptions all the time really tires me.

That's the whining I had kept to myself since November and I'm now sick of people's assumptions. Thanks for reading.

By the way, I think assumptions are, besides greed, the most popular reason why people start wars.

From what I have read of your posts you come out kinda autistic to me.

It's just another opinion.

Whatever you are you've found a place here where you are welcome. If you are not autistc you experience a lot of the same problems as autistic people.

I haven't been diagnosed, I just know I have aspergers syndrome.

Ya, people told me I wasn't aspie. They would know better. They got a 60% in psychology while being drunk the whole semester and not passing the course.

What do I know? I only spent the last year in research and self study

My personal experience:
Psychiatrists will diagnose avoidant personality disorder and schizoid personality disorder when they know virtually nothing about autism.

I'm exactly the same. I don't think I've even wasted time asking anyone on here for their opinion, I now I am because I know I am, and I know I'm right.

Yeah since autism is a neurological condition and not a mental disorder or a personality type seems most non-neurologist would be no more an expert on the subject than a layman who read alot.

In fairness to the people who do not dx you with autism (when they should) they are dx your comorbit issue that have treatment options. After all you goto the doctor to get help for your problems not to get some medical id bracelet thats says what you have.

I do infact have avoidant personality disorder (or social phobia). Not sure on the science but I guess in theory a person with ASD would have a lot harder time learning
social skills than a person without ASD. But knowing you had ASD would only provide understanding not real help because if you want to improve social skills the same methods are used.

I also have inattentive add (ADHD without hyperactivity). Which has weaken me in school and the work place.

Treat your issue you have do not worry about getting a label that does nothing to help your issues.

The word 'avoidant' in that disorder made me look it up. I dont fit any of the criteria for it - I dont care what people think and if I avoid them its because I dont want to be around them because they are boring or it'll break my routine.

I do describe myself as a 'loner' but thats where it ends.

avoidant personality disorder... i just learned something new today

Anybody have a good definition of what that is? What's the "checklist" like for that one?