Individuals wishing to be afflicted with Asperger's Syndrome

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i reiterate - i think it is a case of each to their own and if people want to self-identify or self-dx, then that is none of my business.

I know what I am. I began my journey with a self-diagnosis and now, a couple of years on, I am formally dx'ed by an ASD specialist. and I know a fair few ASD specialists now, who view me as a very, very obvious and classic aspie female case - which surprised me, as I thought I was not very obvious.

What i do however suspect, is that those who do it to be cool, may linger for a while with a self-dx and then move on from that dx onto something else and something else. and quite frankly, if they relate or identify even for a day, and then move on or reconsider - that is their business and part of their journey as a human being simply trying to makes sense of themselves and their place in the world.

I remember when I was about ten years old and I was getting picked on - by the sporting super stars of our school - just for being myself, my shoe fell off during the fight - I rarely tied my shoelaces back then for some reason. Any how, I tried putting it back on my foot but they kept pushing me, so I picked it up and threatened them with it. I never lived that down. Now - after years of working at it - I can kind of smile about it. I can finally see the humour in it. But at the time, it was devestating.

I don't expect every Aspie to have fought with a jogger - but I'm sure they have their own stories. That's why we're a tribe. It's in the telling.

I was "tricked" over the phone by a group of girls when i was about ten.
They conspired against me with a plan to "get me."
THE RINGLEADER and her friends asked me a series of leading questions about herself, using disguised voices which I did not pick up on or understand. I answered honestly about this ringleader's behaviours and the phone conversation descended into a gaggle of girls telling me what a nasty weirdo I was. I was ostracised for weeks for telling them my views on the phone, about the ringleader who could be nasty and manipulative.

I will never forget the years of trudging to school in dread, because I could not work out how to fit and and maintain fitting in.
there are so many of these incidents that they are really just a normal part of my life. I really struggle din high school as a loner and while i was respected for my independence of views and ideas and outspokenness in some quarters, most found me just plain weird as a teen girl. fortunately however, the high school I went to was full of odd bods, so that saved me from beatings. (those happened later.)

I was popular at times because I was a very very smart student. But in my case, at around 8 or so when the social group behaviours became more subtle, I really began to struggle with interactions. At this time also, I became more rebellious and difficult at school - and fell into rebellion and oppositonally defiant behaviour as a way of coping with my differences.

It's clear that all of us self-diagnosed wannabes have pretty much the same take on this. So I'll just ditto what all those dudes said