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Originally Posted by fern46
I was asking because I thought maybe you might be on the Aspergers spectrum somewhere. I have some of the same things going on and I've taken a few tests that show I might be somewhere on the spectrum. I show a decent amount of atypical processing, but most people experience me as 'normal'. I think I mostly just learned how to adapt and blend in. Like you, I process emotion well and have great empathy. I really struggle in crowds though and my senses are easily overloaded. I also have a tendency to hyperfocus. I love teams, but I don't really like social groups. I do better with one or two people at a time.
Just food for thought. I'm not trying to diagnose you, but a couple of things you mentioned made it cross my mind.
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Thanks for sharing Fern. That's interesting you have similar symptoms. Was finding out you might be on the spectrum helpful in any ways?
I never really felt like I met the criteria as I have a cousin who does and I function quite differently, however of course it is a spectrum.
It's interesting though, because when trying to determine if some repetitive behaviors I do were due to OCD, someone mentioned they actually seemed more like stimming. I realize this doesn't mean anything necessarily, just thought it interesting you're the second person who brought this up when I mentioned my behaviors/symptoms. As I haven't brought up all of these symptoms with my therapist I will probably go ahead and discuss them.