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Originally Posted by SunAngel
something was "wrong" or "different" with me when I was a small child. It came out that I have Aspergers.
Are these quizzes right or should I just ignore them.
I have Bipolar Disorder and just figured I had BP my whole life. When I was little, at recess at school, I just leaned up against the wall, without playing with the other kids.
One day, the teacher brought in a pinata and when someone broke it and the candy came flying out, I just stood and staring at it. The other kids were grabbling the candy. I just stood there. The teacher made them give me some of their candy.
I never wanted birthday parties either. When I was little, my mom made me have a birthday party and I was miserable. I just wanted to hang out at home with my own thoughts.
What is Aspergers and what are the symptoms. Any advice would be appreciated.
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You sound like you have the classic picture of AS going on. These tests can have variable results because sometimes you change as you get older due to increasing socialization, increased demands, and a generally different life structure that the autism will sometimes fade into the distant background. This was why when I took the test a while ago, I only got a 19 on the AQ score (which is considered a reliable screening tool). I definitely am autistic (self diagnosed), but the only reason I got this score was because of forced changes in my environment (due to social pressures) caused me to lose many of my autistic traits. To surprise many of you, I actually miss a lot of them, especially my utterly intense, singular interests which have now been completely lost never to be seen again. I used to watch the same movies over and over and over for hours as a kid, delve deeply and passionately into scientific subjects acquiring rainman like knowledge of them, but as I integrated into the social world I totally lost all of that
