So I did the quiz a while ago and just now went and looked at the criteria and they basically fit me like a glove. I'm highly skeptical I'd get an official diagnosis in this area, but I'd just like to go over my routines with a working hypothesis that I do have Asperger's.

First, I do feel considerably better with a rigid routine. A while back I quit it, in a possibly misguided attempt to lead a more normal life, and I feel like my mental state has been progressively deteriorating. But at the same time, living around normal people makes it also somewhat stressful to maintain a rigid routine.

Second, all my life I've wanted to pursue creative projects, which has been making me miserable, but I've thrived at complex reproductive... er, replicative?... I hope you get what I want to say... activities, such as transcribing musical scores by ear... Here I don't know what to do. I don't want to spend my life as a replicator...

Third, I've got terrible coordination. Well, I guess I'm used to it by this point.

Fourth, I guess the elephant in the room - terrible social skills. I work from home and from time to time I suspect it to be a very mixed blessing, because I've become almost completely socially isolated, aside from my mom who I live with... On the other hand, I don't feel any interest in becoming more socially adept. Maybe that's normal. I mean, if most people just left me alone I'd be fine, except not fine because I wouldn't know what to do in the case of an emergency or something, which worries me.

I also wanted to be a writer, but aside from creative troubles, I quite frankly had terrible time with characters, them being supposed to be people... I don't know, that was supposed to be on my bucket list, but I'm not sure if it's completely gone or what.