Want to understand him

Ok, there is a guy at my college who seems harmless enough, I kind of like talking to him but he is pretty out there.

I was wondering if anyone could explain him for me? He claims he has Asperger's...but....I don't know. But then I have only known one other person with Aspergers and it was much more severe.

This guy...well, he tells me he was born with multiple copies of his organs.He apparently has 2 hearts, 3 appendixes...um...2 sets of ribs. He says he has the power to regenerate and heal from his wounds very quickly (pointing to an invisible scar he got the other day as proof)

He is very sincere in the way he speaks, very concerned with any ills I m feeling, claims he can read my Aura (er,I don't think I'm that hard to read anyhow!), claims to have sampled all the cuisines of the known world, is a child prodigy and a virtuoso pianist, a fully trained chaplain and all this at the tender age of 22!

I think he is very sweet and endearing, I have no problems talking to him - makes my day more interesting, but he is a bit intense at times and when I ask him if we could just tone it down a little, he obviously tries to stop for a while but will invariably start up again on ome wild imaginings.

Should I keep humouring him? It does get odd sometimes.

Hmmm. My first thought is whether he wondered away from an institution?

well...he is pretty peculiar.....oh, one good thing, he thinks I'm immortal. I'm ok with that!

As long as he doesn't start stalking me it's ok. Hm. I hope he doesn't.

..like you said..he's interesting........sorta keeps down the boredom.....LOL

None of the other people in my class understand why I talk to him. I'm a nice person. As long as you don't threaten me, I'll talk to you.

It doesn't sound like Asperger's to me. When you say you are humoring him, it doesn't sound very respectful? ie it doesn't sound like you really want or expect to be friends. If he is sincere in what he is saying, he is out of touch with reality and perhaps needs his medication adjusted. If he is being insincere or simply enjoys prefers living in his fantasyland - either way, it seems to me it would distract too much from your studies at this point. This is more an adult problem (my definition of a relationship is, having to buy into another person's craziness, and I don't even mean this kind of delusion), don't take it on if you can possibly help it.

Thanks Hankster, I know I shouldn't "humour" him....I'm not sure what I should do, I'm not very good at being anything but polite...and to tell the truth, I kind of like the attention. I haven't made any friends in my class (he's not actually in my class, I just ran into him in my building where he does another course) and I am dealing with a lot of stress. It's kind of nice to talk to someone. YEah, even if they make you feel uncomfortable. So....we're both buying into each others craziness?

BTW I'm 32 so I should know better by now.

Story of MY life! Have fun meeting interesting people! It's what life's all about! (Sorry, I can't see people's ages / profiles from my stupidphone, that would have made a difference in my answer, as I thought you were like 20.)

amoslass if it were me i'd keep a healthy distance from this guy. imo he needs psychological help. he doesn't seem in touch with reality at all no matter how kind he seems.
keep in mind this is my thought on this and just a suggestion.

I think you need to listen to that little voice in your head. If it's saying that there is an inking of something "hinky" you might want to walk away as best you can.

Now, having said that, most people that are delusional are not violent at all.

Perhaps you might want to find out if he thinks that *you* can heal from any wound, even if you are immortal, you can still be hurt.

He could be a very interesting friend.

he sounds like a pathological liar. therapy could help with that.. but I doubt there's any nice way to say, "I think you need therapy." :P PS i have been friends with a pathological liar before. my way of dealing with it was to tolerate the lies but not ask questions about it, basically not give him any attention from the lies. just say ok and move on.

Pathalogical liar? That could explain a lot. I get the feeling he's a bit of an outsider and loves the attention. He seems sensitive to things, he got all concerned over a blister on my toe!I had to tell him 5 times it really wasn't that bad!
I will approach him with gentle caution, luckily our college has great security and counsellors if anything gets weird. I've already expressed concerns to my counsellor there, and she's told me if there IS any problem, let her know ASAP.