Squidward wrote:
My point is that various facets of my life that I've always accepted and never questioned now appear to be symptomatic of possible Asperger's Syndrome. Is this true of other Aspies,
not only do I remember symptoms I didn't realize were symptoms until I learned more about my dx, I also remember people mentioning such things, one friend telling me I talk slow, several times when I was told I was "obsessing", things that seaming so natural, I simply disregarded, to me they seamed normal, not different, not realizing the symptoms until you realize the condition is natural, and reexamining these symptoms afterward is also natural,
Squidward wrote:
I copied them and after half a second I had to retreat, rubbing my eyes and blinking rapidly
unless it's directly at the sun most people can look at the sky for as long as they could look at anything without blinking, the fact that you can only go
Squidward wrote:
half a second
is definitely something, and given your mention of stock phrases, that something is far more likely than not on the autism spectrum, in short, the answer to
Squidward wrote:
or is my mind interpreting every little thing in such a way because the notion of Asperger's (or ADHD, OCD, though less likely than AS) is present at the forefront of my thoughts now?
is no the human mind can deceive itself, but not enough to make these experiences invalid, your post leads me to believe you are not diagnosed but I strongly believe you are one of us, welcome