Is this list okay to bring to psych?

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Hey guys, going to go see an Autism/AS psychologist next week and am going to bring a list of most of my traits/symptoms to save the time instead of her asking me questions because I tend to blank out when being put on the spot and forced to think of things. Here is my list of the things I struggle with, i'm sure I left quite a few out but here it is. Tell me if this is okay to bring? And also if anyone can identify with my traits/symptoms and tell me if it sounds like possible Aspergers let me know.


- Physical pain from noise (plate scratching, biting fork, dentist drill) causes distress/anxiety and physical pain. {Could not eat at dinner table without wearing earplugs/industrial headphones}
- Sensory overload when surrounded by too many people, example going into a shopping mall or store with a lot of people, become highly nauseous and anxious/agitated and must leave or remain distressed.
- Difficulty holding jobs, have quit 7 jobs after first shift due to discomfort, anxiety and frustration
- Quick to anger, can be calm and then go to extreme anger in a matter of seconds
- Prefer animals to humans (my job is working with dogs which is why I have held it)
- Difficulty and discomfort expressing emotions, cannot raise voice unless screaming
- Hit self (punch or slap self in face) when frustrated or angry
- Extremely agitated when task is interrupted or forced to multi-task
- Wear the same clothes daily, only change clothes because people say it’s gross not to
- Eat the same food everyday (this week I have eaten the exact same meal everyday for breakfast/lunch/dinner)
- Extreme procrastination, cannot start something unless I have no choice to and it’s last minute, otherwise it’s near impossible to do something
- Extremely defeated attitude if any “bump in the road” presents itself, even in non important or distressful situations. If I am told to wash the dishes, if the dishes aren’t piled neatly before I wash them I become extremely frustrated and defeated
- Photographic memory/Believed to have high intelligence
- Visual thinker
- Learn with patterns/connecting information
- Don’t understand feelings of needing to belong
- Anger/frustration in not understanding “groups” and why people feel the need to be in groups
- Frustration of not understanding trends, mainstream or “clicks”
- Mind blanks when uncomfortable/being put on spot
- Grand ideas but difficulty explaining point of idea
- Need very clear instructions (step by step), ask many questions for simple tasks to make sure
- Perfectionism
- Difficulty finding joy in anything besides 1-2 interests
- Anxiety and possible depression (currently on medication)
- Extremely black and white, won’t accept “grey” + frustration results from grey
- When stressed rub face in same spot to point of damaging skin (this is done subconsciously)
- Excessive pacing when stressed, also make noise with mouth
- Offensive unintentionally (told by girlfriend)
- Difficulty to empathize with people
- Feelings of being like an “alien”, even when in a group just can’t feel a part of it inside me
- Difficulty making/holding eye contact, extreme dislike of this (ask girlfriend not to look me in the eyes during intercourse
- inability to be criticized, take it extremely personally
- uncomfortable with small talk, hard time listening to person more am thinking of where to try to take conversation because it feels awkward always
- “Serious” gaze always scowling
- Strong expression of likes and dislikes even when not asked
- Live inside my head
- Constant daydreaming, often forget what doing because of daydreaming
- Urge to walk or drive with eyes closed
- Laugh randomly at joke inside head
- inability to let go of grudges
- Cling to bad experience and will never look past them
- Performance anxiety
- Don’t know how to/uncomfortable with approaching people for team work
- Don’t know how to handle conflict
- Obsessive over lights, specifically blue LED (makes me feel entranced, looks space age/futuristic)
- Extreme motion sickness
- Mesmerized by spinning objects (preferably slower spinning)

Keep that one to yourself or risk your license. Otherwise, the list is good.

I second that comment on driving with your eyes closed. Keep this one to yourself! Otherwise, this looks like a very comprehensive list. Many of the items that you listed are all too familiar to me. In fact, a few of them are ones that I haven't seen mentioned before on this forum, but are things that describe me. Good luck with your session.

Interesting, I have some weird quirks, glad to see they haven't been mentioned before. I walk with my eyes closed a lot, don't know why. I get the urge to do it while driving, even though i've only done it a few times while driving (open country road, not rush hour traffic or any risk or hurting anyone).

Doesn't patient-doctor confidentiality exist anymore?

I sometimes feel like driving a car through peoples lawns. Don't worry I don't have a license nor do I plan on getting one. I just get strange thoughts at times.

That's a good list and I wish I had that much awareness about my symptoms myself.

The dishes having to be stacked neatly resonates with me.

I've been dealing with mine since childhood and have day to day issues with a lot of them, so I REALLY know myself and what makes me life annoy me.

Yes, it exists, in the same way Americans are free to fly anywhere in their country. In other words, you can fly anywhere you want, but you're stripped of your rights the moment you walk into an airport, and if you make one false move, you're automatically a terrorist.

Similarly, freedom of speech in a psych worker's office is in name only. In reality, it's quite limited. You can talk about how sad you are or what's bothering you for hours on end, and walk out a free man (or woman). But the second you mention anything even remotely related to harming yourself or others, you run a high risk of being sent to a mental institution. So I second everyone who said to never mention the desire to drive with your eyes closed.

While the "don't talk about harming yourself or others" rule is very simple to follow, other rules are very arbitrary. For instance, who could have thought that you're not supposed to talk about the whitespace in Rorschach inkblots? Because if you do, it means you got schizophrenia. If you see angry or violent imagery, well, that's self-explanatory (to shrinks, not to you). And apparently, you're "supposed to" say "it looks like", rather than "it is", when describing the inkblots. So I avoid shrinks at all costs, since the last Iast time I went in my early teens.

Now I am afraid lol.