Would anyone care to discuss a form of Asperger's theory?

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I have a theory that, possibly, there is a distinct form of Asperger’s. My theory, like Freud’s, is that the mind is composed of parts similar to the id, ego and superego. Maybe not necessarily three distinct parts or with those particular attributes. For a balanced or normal mind these parts of the mind need to have a certain distance from each other. If these parts are too far away from each other the result is schizophrenia or some form of psychosis. If these parts are too close to each other then the result is this distinct form of Asperger’s that I am investigating. Freud explains this as an excessive or too strong an ego. I prefer to explain it as a lack of self-contradiction. I believe the mind needs a certain amount of self-contradiction to function properly. Too much is just as unhealthy as too little. One of the attributes of this form of Asperger’s that I would like to discuss is having a very strong will-power. This strong will however only extends to things external of the body. What I mean by this is that they can control anything outside their body but nothing within their body. For example: They can start or quit smoking anytime they want, completely stop eating for weeks at a time if they want etc. As long as the stimulus is something external like cigarettes or food etc. They may not for example be able to stop biting their nails or prevent themselves from scratching an itch etc. There are other attributes that I have observed which I would like to discuss also.

Sounds like me. Send me a list of questions or whatever, don't know how you're doing this.

Yeah, go on, I'm interested, but remember to use paragraphs.

There's really no point in analysing it that way. I don't think very many professional psychologists ever refer to Freud anymore. Your psychologist will probably never tell you that your "superego is weak" or whatever. We have a much more complex and nuanced understanding of the human brain now. In modern psychology, Freud's structural model is just a tool for interpretation and understanding, not a piece of evidence that can be used to support a theory.

Thank you for your replies.
Another aspect is living with a constant and intense feeling of loneliness. There is some good news and bad news that comes with this. The good news is that I have found ways to alleviate this by constantly and silently talking to myself. I do this so that it is not in any way observable. The bad news is that it affects my concentration. When ever I need to concentrate on something I have to stop talking and as soon as I do the feeling of loneliness returns. One way that I am able to handle it is by switching between the two back and forth. Kind of like going up for air and diving back in again. This in turn however affects the speed with which I work. Unless the work that I am doing requires my constant attention leaving me no time to feel. In my younger days I worked as a front-end manager in a very busy supermarket which was great. It was very stressful but pleasant work for me. You may be interested in reading the following research:

Genetic and Environmental Contributions to Loneliness
in Adults: The Netherlands Twin Register Study

It is a PDF file. Sorry they won't let me post URLs yet.

As you stated Praetorius, that is exactly how I am using Freud here, as a tool nothing more. I am not a psychologist, although as far as my ailment goes I know enough. I am more like Gilgamesh than a scientist.

The isolated mind. that's why we're not good at team stuff. It's a different thing, I'm sure the people of the group mind would have complaints about that if they had the objectivity to see it. Unfortunately the nature of 'groupthink' is that they can't see it.

You lost me at Freud.

I think he was one majorly f***ed up dude.

My reply is very controversial. Everyone plugs into reality with various degrees of success. As an analyst, I have noted that many people seem to have knowledge that they cannot account for. Some people are geniuses or child prodigies. It is not just people, but this process seems to extend to all living things. Is it information in the genes? Is there even such a thing as genetic memory?

Even the U.S. military has been investigating such phenomena. It seems that 4% of pilots are responsible for 40% of kills. Some pilots have phenomenal intuition about what is going on around them, almost as if they can sense some things before they happen.

In the past, cultures such as the Red Clay culture spread without any apparent contact. In evolution, the eye was separately invented at least forty times, but all instances of eyes were remarkably similar.

I interpret this to show that there is feedback going on in ways that we do not yet understand. Some would say that this is God helping us, but that is not an answer, since we then would have to explore what God is.

Process Theologians have explored this idea for decades. It is usually called Objective Immortality, in which some information from everyone’s lives is somehow preserved and is subsequently accessible. This could be the reason why so many people think they have had past lives. Subjective Immortality is about going to heaven and getting one’s body back; Objective Immortality does not support any kind of afterlife.

Knowledge is information derived from experience. It is unlikely that knowledge can magically appear in people’s heads. Even new ideas require previous information for derivation.

Some us do not plug-in to reality well at all. This might be the basis for autism. At age 66, I am just beginning to feel somewhat plugged-in. Many things in my life were excruciating difficult. For instance, getting married took a monumental effort. When I was very young, pairing and sexuality looked exceedingly irrational, but I changed my mind.

The overwhelming feedback for human beings seems to be about pairing and mating, which never simplifies our lives. The average person never even stops to contemplate how irrational it all is.