um... should i be worried?

[Pimppeter2]

Its fine, just focus all your apathy on the French.

 

[Macgyvercas]

i have been told all my life that i was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome at the age of four. I just read an article saying that It causes lack of empathy for humans and difficulty in understanding nonverbal cues. I have realized that i do both of these things, and im wondering if i should be worried. do you think so? i really want to stop, and i just figured out why it is so hard to.

I have Asperger's syndrome too. It's really not as big a deal as neuro-typicals (what I call non autistic people) make it out to be. While it's true that the conditions you mentioned are present in people with Autism, that's no reason to believe that you have to stay that way. I have recieved all sorts of help since I was at least 5 (I'm 20 now), including group therapy, social skills group, medication, TSS, and mobile therapy. While I still don't get body language or sarcasm (huge drawback, that one) I've come a long way from the hilariously shy anti-social kid that I used to be. If you work, you can get better in the departments we are lacking in. Hang in there, and no matter what anyone says, being Autistic is not a bad thing.

Spoiler: Famous people speculated to be Autistic

Hans Christian Anderson, Lewis Carroll, Charles Darwin, Emily Dickenson, Albert Einstein, Thomas Jefferson, Michelangelo, Mozart, Issac Newton, George Orwell, Johnathon Swift, Nikola Tesla

 

[Poyer]

its not even a real disease.

 

[JJMUG]

i have been told all my life that i was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome at the age of four. I just read an article saying that It causes lack of empathy for humans and difficulty in understanding nonverbal cues. I have realized that i do both of these things, and im wondering if i should be worried. do you think so? i really want to stop, and i just figured out why it is so hard to.

No, for Asperger's Syndrome is as fake as can be. THe truth is you have gained or are in some way a Nerd. Nerds: Who they are and why we need more of them by David Anderegg is something to look into.

 

[delet]

Well, as long as you don't walk up to someone who's been impaled by a spear and just kinda laugh at 'em... You should be fine.

But if they are impaled in a funny way, go ahead and laugh.

Like if they had a phobia of spears and it stabbed through them in such a way to keep them alive and awake the entire time while restricting their movement completely?

 

[TheNumber1Zero]

Like if they had a phobia of spears and it stabbed through them in such a way to keep them alive and awake the entire time while restricting their movement completely?

Aichmophobia?

 

[Fayathon]

Nah, Asperger's isn't really that bad, just pay more attention to what people say and do, you'll get used to it, or people will get used to you, that's how it is for me anyways.

 

[Azure-Supernova]

Well, as long as you don't walk up to someone who's been impaled by a spear and just kinda laugh at 'em... You should be fine.

That's not a lack of empathy, that's having a sick sense of humour.

OT: Just get on with life the best you can, I've got a friend with Asperger's and he copes ok with it, he's not completely unempathetic.

 

[benbenthegamerman]

i have been told all my life that i was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome at the age of four. I just read an article saying that It causes lack of empathy for humans and difficulty in understanding nonverbal cues. I have realized that i do both of these things, and im wondering if i should be worried. do you think so? i really want to stop, and i just figured out why it is so hard to.

I have Asperger's syndrome too. It's really not as big a deal as neuro-typicals (what I call non autistic people) make it out to be. While it's true that the conditions you mentioned are present in people with Autism, that's no reason to believe that you have to stay that way. I have recieved all sorts of help since I was at least 5 (I'm 20 now), including group therapy, social skills group, medication, TSS, and mobile therapy. While I still don't get body language or sarcasm (huge drawback, that one) I've come a long way from the hilariously shy anti-social kid that I used to be. If you work, you can get better in the departments we are lacking in. Hang in there, and no matter what anyone says, being Autistic is not a bad thing.

Spoiler: Famous people speculated to be Autistic

Hans Christian Anderson, Lewis Carroll, Charles Darwin, Emily Dickenson, Albert Einstein, Thomas Jefferson, Michelangelo, Mozart, Issac Newton, George Orwell, Johnathon Swift, Nikola Tesla

Asberger's is named after a friend of einsteins.

 

[Ziltoid]

If you feel weird, or the need to hurt someone, get yourself a padded room.
Hell I'd get myself a padded room just because it would be fun to jump around in...

Well, im going to abandon all modesty here and just come out and say that yes, i am, in a way, a psychopath. i do want to hurt people when im mad. in horrible ways. ways worse than ED: offended. ways that make Hostel look like Carebears Adventure in Happy Island Super Magic Fun Land.

....
That's not good man. Maybe you should see someone? I used to go to a counselor/psychiatrist they are pretty helpful. It's one thing to want to hurt people, but like what your describing is pretty bad.

 

[Knight Templar]

its not even a real disease.

Disease? It is in no way a disease I have aspergers and it is a disorder, not a disease.

Anyway its not really something worth getting upset over, as I said I have it and I'm not some apathetic jerk. Look at it this way, the smarter you are, the less natural social interaction is, so it's a fair trade.
I love the mention of neuro-typicals, nice one Macgyvercas.

 

[EboMan7x]

There is a possibility that if you realized it just after reading it, then its just the placebo affect. That's when your brain really thinks somethings true, and then it becomes true.

 

[RatRace123]

Eh, empathy is overrated. Besides everyone knows in order to succeed in today's society you need to ditch it anyway, you should be fine.

 

[BloodyThoughts]

Don't worry, humans usually aren't worth the empathy. Plus, you have an excuse.

This, ty person I don't know.