Do I look like an Aspie in this video?

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Why wouldn't someone do a video sans make up on youtube? I have done many of them with no make up and my hair undone not to mention photographs. I don't see why a woman not wearing make up has anything to do with Asperger's. Personally, as far as I know I am a Shy NT with issues but I don't like the feel of the stuff on my face so I rarely bother to wear it. In only one of my youtube videos do I have make up with styled hair. I often leave my hair au natural (it's usually curly except for my fringe). On rare occasions I may straighten it (its not naturally straight and it takes a time to get it that way!)

But I don't think not wearing make up or styling your hair on youtube has anything to do with being autistic.

Plus some females with an ASD might enjoy wearing make up and dressing up. I like nice clothing but hate the feel of cosmetics on my face..it doesn't feel natural, but then I like the natural look on females more so than the overly made up one (I can see the make up they are wearing and I know its fake).

Videos with no make up (excuse the clutter in some of them, I am working on decorating my front room and the place is a bit messy right now):



[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkKURf_h0wU&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]

[img]http:http://youtu.be/Qgk26VEOCzY_h0wU&feature=youtu.be[/img]

Last edited by bumble on 03 Jan 2014, 12:37 pm, edited 1 time in total.

woops...double post

@bumble

You missed the reason behind my post.

The two NT tweens didn't think the OP was Aspie, they thought she was different.

NT tween girls put a really high price on fitting in. These kids didn't know the OP was Aspie, but were really puzzled why she would put herself out there not dressed up.

I wasn't about pegging who"s an Aspie is or not, but first impressions. All that non verbal body language my husband doesn't get.

This is my bipolar NT two cents worth of the stuff you put up.

First picture you look neutral to me. My friend in the room said you looked high.

Ran the first and last vid., Both over the top with the mannerisms. Like trying too hard to be CUTE. It's noticeable with the sound off. It was uncomfortable for me watching them. I've been on the receiving end of drunk Skyping with friends, or my manic friend on a 3 day no sleep bender. The vids reminded me of that. Sorry. I wouldn't have said you were, Aspie, but wondered what you were on....

*I know you are the most pleasant person, but those are my first impressions on what you put out*

My opinion is just mine. Some Aspies stand out. Some don't. Some don't give a rat's ass about fitting in, some do.

I asked my Aspie husband to view the OPs vid. He asked if she was the woman in his Aspie support group. (no, she isn't). The OP looks very slightly like her, and has similar mannerisms.

I have very introverted friends, who don't wear make, don't do a lot of girly things, not even close to the women Aspies I have met.

That is correct. I'm skeptical about the diagnosis because I can read body language and I don't have very rigid or literal thinking. I know that I'm still a bit quirky. I was wondering if it looked like I had Asperger's or if I just look quirky. I'm trying to make my outsides match my inside. Acting like an Aspie would not be matching who I am inside because I don't really feel like an Aspie on the inside.

I did drama as an A level equivalent as a student before doing archaeology at university, the videos were creative pieces that included over acting.....

Over acting is amping it up on purpose, you don't have to be on anything. You just have to know how to overdo it and ham it up.

I also did media studies and literature on the same course.

This is my point, you can't tell anything by video alone..nothing at all.

These videos are not how I act in an every day sense, I am actually incredibly reserved, very shy and very quiet. I keep myself to myself and hardly speak except to be friendly and then I stick to formal polite.

The number of people who have judged me incorrectly by my videos on the internet is unbelievable and it is why I no longer use the web to meet people, including dates. I appear outgoing on the net, people are not going to find this to be so in person. In fact I have met a slurry of incompatible people on the web due to the fact they can't tell the difference between creative representation of myself using humour and over the top acting and who I am in person in the real world.

But that was my point...a video tells you nothing about someone. You wouldn't think from the video that I was that quiet student at university who hid in the library behind a pile of books and whom got A grades without revising for exams (and I mean in academic subjects not in the arts).

The videos need to be viewed with a sense of humour.

very charming

really loved you voice, reminded me of the kind of singing from the 2nd world war if that makes sense, really has a beautiful quality to it