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Originally Posted by erraticpendulum
Until 1983 autism was considered a subtype form of schizophrenia.
Schizotypal and autism are only similar on appearance and social scale. The mind of a schizotypal is highly imaginative full of fantasy creating worlds full of characters with entire lives in great detail and linked to authors like the bronte sisters and histories screen wrights. Autistic imagination is vastly different with difficulty to see things from others point of view or imagine how things affect others let alone create a wonderland full of indivduals.
Here are two more online tests
Reading mind behind the eyes
http://glennrowe.net/BaronCohen/Faces/EyesTest.aspx
Aspie quiz
http://www.rdos.net/eng/Aspie-quiz.php
I have both bipolar1 and aspergers. |
Thanks for these quizzes. On the second, I scored a 104 for the aspie traits and 97 for neurotypical.
One of the questions on this quiz caught my attention. I have for the longest time struggled with the problem of constantly having a song stuck in my head. And I do mean constantly. As in that sometimes it keeps me from falling asleep at night. Not just songs, but even something somebody has said - just the way their voice sounds tends to stick in my memory. I never would have attributed this to Aspergers/being a "highly sensitive person" but it makes sense now.
I guess one thing that I don't understand is that even though I score in the normal to higher than average end of these tests,
I still just feel that something's going on. Like I can't just see the results, say to myself "well, I guess I'm 'normal' - that's that" and move on. I keep pursuing it. I believe my therapist, and yes, she is a very sweet and caring lady. I sometimes feel like the results I get on these questionnaires invalidates my suspicion that something is still out of place.
I think my mom thinks I need something more constructive to occupy my mind.
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