Published on 12, July, 2020
I’m getting that way now lol. But it’s one of the reasons I did the test online as I can reel off reg numbers of the tractors on our old farm without hesitation. We left over 20 years ago.. My parent wedding anniversary and my best mates birthday dates elude me to this day. I’ve just about remembered the month. I also have real issues with short term memory. If someone asks me to get summit from Asda the minute I leave house it’s gone and I may remember I gotta get summit when I am there but for the life if me I won’t remember what. Putting things down then having issues finding it again is also a good one. It’s right in front of me but can’t see it lol.
Hello! I have felt isolated for over 40 years so you are definitely not alone - if that's not a contradiction in terms! Funny that you mention birthdays, there are a couple in my immediate family that I can never remember. I always try to forget my own actually!
As do I when I finally get a date through. One good thing about having a diagnosis would be to show the non believers it’s not a get out clause. I hate the way my mind processes information sometimes but I also can’t help or change it either. I have had many an internal argument with myself over the way I react. (Normally I loose)
Welcome! Hope that the assessment goes well :)
Lol. I studied the titanic in my teenage years and read every book and watched every dvd I could find. And can reel off all reg numbers of the tractors on the farm
I suddenly realised why I read all our family's encyclopaedias, lol
Yes. Right down to knowing car make and models and remembering reg numbers as a kid and having very acute, obsessive and specific interests. Even now if I buy a car I will research all possible information before I get the car so I know all possible reliability issues or options etc.
Makes sense, and gives a kind of foundation to work on. I also moved to an area where I knew almost no-one, 12 years ago. I think it was way more damaging than I realised. I think I've lived on adrenaline without knowing.
Do you feel as though you look back on your whole life through a new lens?
Hi. I think part of the reason of wanting an official diagnosis is I want to try to control melting down and let’s just say breaking things and swearing( not proud) as people constantly have a go at me when I am in full swing (not realising that fuels the fire...) . I find myself unable to control what I say or do and nobody can get me out of it until it happens naturally. The more I hear and research bout Aspergers/ASD a lot of my life starts making sense. wasn’t highlighted much as a kid as lived on a farm in middle of nowhere so didn’t have the social interaction to react to. Moving was a hell of a culture shock and hated it. Without realising it I masked a lot to overcome my differences but never socialised as never could hold a conversation with anyone.
The problem with this memory gift (a-hem!) is that there's never an excuse for not buying a present or card
Hello, welcome. Thanks for your intro. I was diagnosed last year and yes it's a long wait filled with a lot of self interrogation and introspection. I don't know why I went ahead with the diagnosis, because it hasn't led to anything tangible, but at least I know I'm a member of a big and diverse club and this is my lifelong condition.
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I have savant tendencies, too; I can remember most birthdays - except for my mum's.