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Old Feb 19, 2019, 11:15 PM
PsychoPhil PsychoPhil is offline
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Originally Posted by ClarinetAndCooking View Post
Thank you, I will definitely look into that.

I have never considered him possibly being on the autistic spectrum. From my limited knowledge of autism, I suppose it could explain his extremely high intelligence in only some subjects and his social awkwardness. I'm very glad you mentioned this as I will be looking into it now.
I have Asperger's and lately been checking out the bipolar subforum because I suspect I might have both. Depression is common especially with high functioning autism and 27% of cases of ASD also have symptoms of bipolar. Narrow interests, awkwardness and lack of empathy are all autistic traits.
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