um... should i be worried?

[Nouw]

Just don't care, it always works out!

Einstein had Asperger's, and he turned out just fine. Don't sweat it.

He was crazy and um... a genuis?

 

[Julianking93]

Eh. I'm perfectly fine with it, but then again, I've been diagnosed with some sort of "mild Asperger's"

I didn't know there was such a thing, but I guess so.

I don't understand why doctors say that because I'm not overly obsessed with anything and I just don't like most people rather than socially awkward.

Because doctors have huge egos and want to be able to label everything, rather than admitting that there's no problem. It makes them look better.

Of course.

I'm amazed at what they have diagnosed as a "disorder" recently.

I just saw a news broadcast saying that a new disorder makes teenagers recent people and make them overly cynical.

Yeah, just like every fucking teenager.

 

[AndyFromMonday]

I have Asperger's and it didn't really affect my life that much. My mum did blame any criticism I made about her non existing parenting skills on Asperger's so that was fun.

 

[rathorn14]

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.

Don't worry about it too much, I know a few people who have been diagnosed with it and they live perfectly normal lives, you can't tell the difference. In my experience, everyone has trouble interacting socially with other people in some way.

 

[maninahat]

Urgh. So many people coming out of the woodwork, claiming to have some kind of aspergers. "Mild aspergers" gets me the most. What the hell do you mean by "mild"? Does that mean you are slightly lacking empathy? Surely that means, you are just a person who slightly lacks empathy, rather than someone who actually has a real condition.

Man I hate it when people read about psychological conditions online. Just because you appear to reflect some of the symptoms of a condition, it does not mean you actually have a problem. They call this parsimony in the medical world: one should, for practical reasons, make the least assumptions possible when it comes to a diagnosis. Ergo, if you find that you are often tired, it is less likely that you have M.E and more likely that you are just plain lazy. If you tend not to emote, it is less likely that you have autism and more likely that you are just an indifferent kind of person. These people who diagnose themselves, they're taking away the credibility of people who have genuine mental problems.

i was diagnosed at the age of four. i just never asked my parents what it meant.

So my complaint does not refer to you.

...but it originally did.

I clearly said "These people who diagnose themselves, they're taking away the credibility of people who have genuine mental problems." You weren't self-diagnosed, ergo you are not the one I'm criticising.

 

[benbenthegamerman]

Urgh. So many people coming out of the woodwork, claiming to have some kind of aspergers. "Mild aspergers" gets me the most. What the hell do you mean by "mild"? Does that mean you are slightly lacking empathy? Surely that means, you are just a person who slightly lacks empathy, rather than someone who actually has a real condition.

Man I hate it when people read about psychological conditions online. Just because you appear to reflect some of the symptoms of a condition, it does not mean you actually have a problem. They call this parsimony in the medical world: one should, for practical reasons, make the least assumptions possible when it comes to a diagnosis. Ergo, if you find that you are often tired, it is less likely that you have M.E and more likely that you are just plain lazy. If you tend not to emote, it is less likely that you have autism and more likely that you are just an indifferent kind of person. These people who diagnose themselves, they're taking away the credibility of people who have genuine mental problems.

i was diagnosed at the age of four. i just never asked my parents what it meant.

So my complaint does not refer to you.

...but it originally did.

I clearly said "These people who diagnose themselves, they're taking away the credibility of people who have genuine mental problems." You weren't self-diagnosed, ergo you are not the one I'm criticising.

im sort of finding the irony in this argument.

 

[WorldCritic]

If you've been ok all your life then I don't think you should start to worry now. For a while several people thought I had the same thing but no one really seemed to notice or care when I was around them.

 

[MelasZepheos_v1legacy]

It causes these things to be difficult, but it doesn't mean you don't have emphathy. You're not emotionless, you just will find it harder to express any emotions.

Which, by the way, will mean that when you finally do find someone who accepts you for this, and you can open up emotionally to them, your friendship with them will be much much stronger for it.

 

[maninahat]

Urgh. So many people coming out of the woodwork, claiming to have some kind of aspergers. "Mild aspergers" gets me the most. What the hell do you mean by "mild"? Does that mean you are slightly lacking empathy? Surely that means, you are just a person who slightly lacks empathy, rather than someone who actually has a real condition.

Man I hate it when people read about psychological conditions online. Just because you appear to reflect some of the symptoms of a condition, it does not mean you actually have a problem. They call this parsimony in the medical world: one should, for practical reasons, make the least assumptions possible when it comes to a diagnosis. Ergo, if you find that you are often tired, it is less likely that you have M.E and more likely that you are just plain lazy. If you tend not to emote, it is less likely that you have autism and more likely that you are just an indifferent kind of person. These people who diagnose themselves, they're taking away the credibility of people who have genuine mental problems.

i was diagnosed at the age of four. i just never asked my parents what it meant.

So my complaint does not refer to you.

...but it originally did.

I clearly said "These people who diagnose themselves, they're taking away the credibility of people who have genuine mental problems." You weren't self-diagnosed, ergo you are not the one I'm criticising.

im sort of finding the irony in this argument.

How so?

 

[AngloDoom]

If it took so long for anyone to notice, you'll be fine. If you're now more aware of it, you'll look for it more. While this may make you paranoid, it means you'll do fine.

 

[Zing]

I apparently, after extensive testing from multiple people, don't have asperger's syndrome. Although I still find it somewhat hard to believe. Don't be worried. Empathy is for chumps.

Samesies..I was diagnosed with it when I was ten and as of now I don't exhibit any of the symptoms except for being bad at sleeping. Which I just put down to insomnia.

OP, I wouldn't worry, They list just list all the symptoms involved, you're not going to turn into a sociopath serial killer just because of Asperger's.

 

[iLikeHippos]

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.

Wow. ^^. Someone else than me got Aspergers. But frankly, I got none of those two things. I just have a reeeeeaaaalllyyyy hard time to focus on certain things that I find the slightest boring, or a slight problem occuring.

Other than that, the syndrome goes from person to person, each and every one with their own levels of it. Just don't compare yourself to others with the same syndrome.

I hope I was helpful enough.

 

[Geekmaster K]

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

I'm just like you, Macgyvercas. I was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome at about 5 or 6 (I'm 19 now). It was around this time that it was just beginning to be accepted by the medical community as a legitimate disability. I had a hard time as a young kid with this disorder, but my parents got involved and helped me get where I am today. By which I mean, I'm very social, I can articulate what I'm saying, I can actually look people in the eye when I talk to them, etc. I'm nothing like those people you see on TV who were diagnosed later in life, and it's obvious there's something wrong with them. I also have problems with body language and sarcasm unless it's obvious. There was even a guy on the Escapist forums who said that if I can't understand sarcasm, to get out of forums like this. That didn't stop me from posting.

As a side note, some guy on here also accused me of trolling when in reality, I accidentally worded something the wrong way, and he took offense to it. I was never reported, but still, that was another downside of Asperger's Syndrome.

Well, benbenthegamerman, all I can say is this: Asperger's Syndrome is just something you have to learn to live with. Just keep working at improving the weaker areas. It's not something that you should be worried about. I have a hard time with empathy too, and I'm not some insane serial killer. I'm just sort of emotionally numb with certain things unless they affect me directly.

 

[Flames66]

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'm Dyspraxic so I have problems with social interactions as well. Just try your best and if anyone judges you because you act a bit odd, then their often not worth talking to anyway.

 

[Zing]

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

I'm just like you, Macgyvercas. I was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome at about 5 or 6 (I'm 19 now). It was around this time that it was just beginning to be accepted by the medical community as a legitimate disability. I had a hard time as a young kid with this disorder, but my parents got involved and helped me get where I am today. By which I mean, I'm very social, I can articulate what I'm saying, I can actually look people in the eye when I talk to them, etc. I'm nothing like those people you see on TV who were diagnosed later in life, and it's obvious there's something wrong with them. I also have problems with body language and sarcasm unless it's obvious. There was even a guy on the Escapist forums who said that if I can't understand sarcasm, to get out of forums like this. That didn't stop me from posting.

As a side note, some guy on here also accused me of trolling when in reality, I accidentally worded something the wrong way, and he took offense to it. I was never reported, but still, that was another downside of Asperger's Syndrome.

Well, benbenthegamerman, all I can say is this: Asperger's Syndrome is just something you have to learn to live with. Just keep working at improving the weaker areas. It's not something that you should be worried about. I have a hard time with empathy too, and I'm not some insane serial killer. I'm just sort of emotionally numb with certain things unless they affect me directly.

Fyi, Anyone who gets mad at you for not understanding sarcasm on an internet forum(or any sort of internet communication) is a bit of an idiot themselves.

 

[Andalusa]

Well, considering that all of the family I live with have been diagnosed with AS, I don't think it should affect your life in a big way. They all deal with it just fine, most people can't tell. If you don't let if affect you then you should be okay.

 

[Geekmaster K]

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

I'm just like you, Macgyvercas. I was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome at about 5 or 6 (I'm 19 now). It was around this time that it was just beginning to be accepted by the medical community as a legitimate disability. I had a hard time as a young kid with this disorder, but my parents got involved and helped me get where I am today. By which I mean, I'm very social, I can articulate what I'm saying, I can actually look people in the eye when I talk to them, etc. I'm nothing like those people you see on TV who were diagnosed later in life, and it's obvious there's something wrong with them. I also have problems with body language and sarcasm unless it's obvious. There was even a guy on the Escapist forums who said that if I can't understand sarcasm, to get out of forums like this. That didn't stop me from posting.

As a side note, some guy on here also accused me of trolling when in reality, I accidentally worded something the wrong way, and he took offense to it. I was never reported, but still, that was another downside of Asperger's Syndrome.

Well, benbenthegamerman, all I can say is this: Asperger's Syndrome is just something you have to learn to live with. Just keep working at improving the weaker areas. It's not something that you should be worried about. I have a hard time with empathy too, and I'm not some insane serial killer. I'm just sort of emotionally numb with certain things unless they affect me directly.

Fyi, Anyone who gets mad at you for not understanding sarcasm on an internet forum(or any sort of internet communication) is a bit of an idiot themselves.

Finally, somebody who agrees with me about the sarcasm issue! When I was posting on that thread, so many people decided to be douches and make fun of me for not understanding internet sarcasm! I think that might have even been the same thread where somebody accused me of trolling when I accidentally worded something the wrong way and they were offended. I was so sure somebody was going to report me because of a misunderstanding! Fortunately, that didn't happen, but still, that was the worst I've ever felt on the internet.

Now that I know I'm not the only who thinks it was stupid for those people to get upset, it makes me wonder if that particular thread was plagued by idiots, or if the Escapist itself has a lot of idiots posting stuff.

 

[primitivescrewhead]

Einstein had Asperger's, and he turned out just fine. Don't sweat it.

Well if asperger's causes a lack of empathy for humans, then that could explain why he invented the atom bomb haha