Are you an honest Aspie or not?

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I voted no it doesn't bother me but it can bother me. I don't lie in situations where it would bother me but it doesn't bother me to lie to avoid embarrassment or to avoid dumping problems on other people.

I lie excessively out ofa fear of embarrassment but I never lie in the same context as that of a con artist. I don't make any money or gain any power from my lies. All I do is protect myself.


I will lie about where I'm going if I'm going into a new age store because I don't want anybody to think I'm a stupid new age nut. If I play final fantasy or any other game that I think my brothers will make fun of I lie about it. I lied about my gender dysphoria and kept my research into transition a secret because I didn't want to be shunned.

Other times my lies aren't as innocent because I'm trying to protect myself from punishment rather than embarrassment. I once walked into a 420 shop to try Salvia Divinorium for the first time and I did everything I could to keep it a secret because I knew my parents would be furious. When I was intentionally depriving myself of sleep I lied about it because I had been previously told not to do that to myself. My therapist considered it to be a form of self-abuse because my intention was to torture myself by forcing myself to stay awake for several days at a time. If I didn't lie about it while I was doing it I would've been kicked out of the outpatient program I was in.


I lie to protect myself. I won't lie to get ahead or rip people off.

I've found that when people know you have AS they don't suspect you of lying as much. They expect you to be the pathologically honest type of Aspie. I think people knowing I have Asperger's has helped me to get away with lying in many situations. I'm not a terrible liar. I'm not a great liar. If I were to guess I would probably fall in the 40th percentile in terms of my ability to lie. I'm definitely below average in terms of my ability to lie but I'm not completely inept/incompetent at it either.

I am so honest, I was banned in the WP IRC channel :/

i tell too much truth. when i feel like i should be dishonest in a social situation my brain twists it all around, looking for the lie with the most truth in it i guess.

I am compulsively honest. I just really like being truthful. deception seems so shallow and meaningless. I can be blunt with people, but I try to do it in a way that doesn't hurt their feelings, unless I am so mad at them that I don't care about hurting their feelings. I also assume other people are always telling the truth to me.

If I say I am not an honest Aspie does that mean this post is a lie therefore I am an honest Aspie?

I'm honest. I hate dishonesty, and it has nothing to do with empathy, IMO. I just like to know the truth, and I see no point in lying.

I lie mostly to hide the extent of my psychological problems from family/coworkers. I have a history of lying just to see if the things I said would be believed.

Although lying is something I don't like doing, I can effectively lie. I only lie for little things, like Old Maid or BS, and even poker.

I can lie convincingly, but I don't lie. I don't appreciate it from others and so I don't do it.

In general I am very honest, but when it comes to getting out of social interactions of any kind I will lie my pants off and am quite convincing. It's easier than just telling them the truth because that would just cause offence.

I'm a very honest Aspie on and off WP. Everything that I say about myself on WP in my profile is that of me in real life. Well, about my looks and gentle disposition anyways. I want my fellow members to get an idea of what I'm like in real life, so I've put it in my profile. It's not a mockery of a famous person. It's how I come across to most of the people who know me in real life. I'm honest about a lot of other things as well.

I've lied to avoid punishment for things and I've lied to spare others' feelings from time to time. I've also lied to avoid confrontation. Generally, not a big fan of lying and I despise compulsive liars, and I hate it when folks call me a liar when I'm telling the truth.

I have resorted to lying as a survival tactic (especially to hide my condition from others), but never for personal gain.

Besides, I try not to think of it as lying... it's more like "reality adjustment"

i am a psychopathic liar.
every thing i say is untrue.
i hope you feel much higher,
when i tell you that i really love you.

because i can fly (is that a lie?)
and i can scrape you out of your sun washed sky

with my talons that will explain to you the reason why,
i do not wish to try...

to explain my heart to you.

boo hoo.

laa doody doody doo de doo.

with you! de doo, la da da da da dee doo.
with you?!?!?

instrumental.

just an idea for a song.