12 Aug 2011, 11:16 pm
12 Aug 2011, 11:20 pm
swbluto wrote:
Haha, hate to burst your bubbles, but there's a lot of evidence suggesting I'm NT including my vocal patterns, facial expressions, emotional reactions and understanding others' subtlety and so on. I also speak with subtlety, occasionally.
Btw, I was at an NT forum and I was feeling excited, and then I came here and I yawned again and mentally thought "This site is boring.". So, is this something someone NT would think? Or is that also an Aspie thing to think?
I'm just trying to come up with ways to test if you're NT or not so it could help out other members questioning their neurological status.
Btw, I was at an NT forum and I was feeling excited, and then I came here and I yawned again and mentally thought "This site is boring.". So, is this something someone NT would think? Or is that also an Aspie thing to think?
I'm just trying to come up with ways to test if you're NT or not so it could help out other members questioning their neurological status.
sw, what makes you think ADHD is "NT?" Do they have full "ToM?"
The gifted have trouble with theory of mind. I agree with Verdandi on that thought,and I've seen posts on their boards about understanding "other minds" in regard to this.
As a hypothetical, and I've seen your thoughts on this: You think you may be pre- morbid schizophrenic, or somewhere in a shadow in this. I wouldnt leep for joy if you are by saying you are not "ASD type." If you think you are not ADHD then you are "here."
I've got several different expressions myself: ADD, INTJ and "gifted." Each one of these is not typical. I'm in a different orbit.
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13 Aug 2011, 6:18 am
Mdyar wrote:
This is what I've noticed, V.
It seems the board is the best medicine. I think Alex turned up something very valuable here, at the risk of stating the obvious.
The irony is I found what I've been searching for on a autism board.
Look how many are searching at any given minute by the numbers. When I joined there was 300-400. And go back to first page and look at its life - around 30 days.
I think everyone "yawned" awaiting for the next new post.
It seems the board is the best medicine. I think Alex turned up something very valuable here, at the risk of stating the obvious.
The irony is I found what I've been searching for on a autism board.
Look how many are searching at any given minute by the numbers. When I joined there was 300-400. And go back to first page and look at its life - around 30 days.
I think everyone "yawned" awaiting for the next new post.
Yeah, I was elaborating on what you said - adding that one doesn't have to be mild to lack the self-awareness needed to recognize the symptoms from a clinical description, as opposed to a personal decision. I had no idea - for example - that I barely show emotion or facial expressions until two different professionals told me. I mean, I know I smile, laugh, cry, etc. But I didn't think what I did was different from anyone else.
