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Undiagnosed4321

Hi,

I've signed up here because this community seems so much more populated, so Im sure of an answer.

Far be it from me to be a hypochondriac, but every time someone talks to me about aspergers, I think 'that sounds like me'. I thoughts I'd run the online tests and they came out very interest.

I don't have all the symptoms, but I feel it is the closest match and Im looking to go to my GP so I have somewhere to start.

The things that don't seem to match with me though, is that Im good with eye contact (as far as I know - I remember playing the "who blinks first" game at school), Im good (as far as I know) with detecting emotion - but I'll tell you more about that later, I'm happy with change and don't have routines. I also have a desire to be social - though that may have come about due to starting to go to Church and learning different priorities.

However I do have a desire to be in control, my eye contact is different with different people. My social skills are poor, I don't invite anyone anywhere. Most of my adult life, my repertoire when talking to others, has been jokes, tv quotes, and relating to people by talking about my interests. I don't connect very well with other people as I just can't think of any questions.

The AQ test is a nightmare, do I enjoy social chit chat? Define enjoy, define chit chat? I like being with my friends. So do I prefer the theater or museum? No idea. My friends invite me to the theater, so I go. Haven't been to a museum in ages. I don't know if I would enjoy it. Mostly I want to keep to myself though. I have no special skills. 

I have problem with emotion and memory recall.

So. My test results.

AQ between 31 and 41 depending on how I interpret the questions.

EQ 22

SQ 60

FQ 71

Eyes in the Mind (looking at the answers) 27

Eyes in the Mind (not looking at the answers) 14

AS you can see AQ and EQ are the anomaly ones here. Whether SQ and FQ could be learned behaviour?

The interesting one is the reading the mind in the eyes test.

If I do it while looking at the answers, I get 27. Normal NT score. If I do it while looking at the eyes and trying to guess the emotion, I get something which doesn't even exist in the choices. Mostly I'll get Happy, Sad, and "that face makes me feel angry", I might extrapolate a couple of more words like, guilty looking, concerned, concerned about something... So without looking at the answers, I get 14. When I uncover the answers, I quickly work out which one it is. Thre's a few faces where I'll get "Happy", there's only one happy answer but it's say Flirting with three negative emotions, it's clearly not flirting though so I actually end up putting the emotion on the face from the choices. Very quickly.

I have absolute zero idea what any of these actually mean.

Can you offer any interpretation?

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  • I just looked over the letter I gave the GP. Nothing in there about AS. But I distinctly remember suggesting it. I should have suggested it louder! That's bugging me now. Maybe I should write him another letter!? 

    As I begin to take ownership of this, I am beginning to feel much better. 

    If you think I've shared a lot here, you should look at the posts I put on PsychForums and WrongPlanet. I thought repeating myself a third time amy have been overkill. If you think Im AS from this small window, just remember, that's only part of it.

    You're right, as I go through this, Im starting to look at these things that I do and wonder if they're just quirky or whether they show another side. Walking down the street I was thinking that maybe I've been re-writing things in my head to normalise them. 

    I almost had the most honest conversation I've ever had yesterday at Church when someone told me I should set goals to go out walking. I said that's too much stress. I don't mind walking but Im not setting goals and another point of failure. That felt really really good.

    What is stimming? I've heard it being referred to as a self stimulatory behaviour, but why would someone who is overstimulated by their senses, stimulate themselves? I've seen it referred to as being something for focus. The amount of things I do, I am beginning to ask "is that stimming, or am I just nervous?". 

    One thing I got to ask about, I don't know if this is spectrum related, but I always thought I was a better driver if I had music to listen to. It seemed that my brain didn't wander as much. I could focus more. There were a few times when I didn't have the music on and I had low impact crashes. It's like there was just enough distraction to help me focus.

    Tell you what, I'll have a look over everything I posted here, then I'll come back and share everything else in a highly condensed form, and if you want any additional clarification, let me know.

    Thank you all. Thank you for being so supportive and encouraging. It's been a wonderful journey so far. Im learning a lot about myself.

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  • I just looked over the letter I gave the GP. Nothing in there about AS. But I distinctly remember suggesting it. I should have suggested it louder! That's bugging me now. Maybe I should write him another letter!? 

    As I begin to take ownership of this, I am beginning to feel much better. 

    If you think I've shared a lot here, you should look at the posts I put on PsychForums and WrongPlanet. I thought repeating myself a third time amy have been overkill. If you think Im AS from this small window, just remember, that's only part of it.

    You're right, as I go through this, Im starting to look at these things that I do and wonder if they're just quirky or whether they show another side. Walking down the street I was thinking that maybe I've been re-writing things in my head to normalise them. 

    I almost had the most honest conversation I've ever had yesterday at Church when someone told me I should set goals to go out walking. I said that's too much stress. I don't mind walking but Im not setting goals and another point of failure. That felt really really good.

    What is stimming? I've heard it being referred to as a self stimulatory behaviour, but why would someone who is overstimulated by their senses, stimulate themselves? I've seen it referred to as being something for focus. The amount of things I do, I am beginning to ask "is that stimming, or am I just nervous?". 

    One thing I got to ask about, I don't know if this is spectrum related, but I always thought I was a better driver if I had music to listen to. It seemed that my brain didn't wander as much. I could focus more. There were a few times when I didn't have the music on and I had low impact crashes. It's like there was just enough distraction to help me focus.

    Tell you what, I'll have a look over everything I posted here, then I'll come back and share everything else in a highly condensed form, and if you want any additional clarification, let me know.

    Thank you all. Thank you for being so supportive and encouraging. It's been a wonderful journey so far. Im learning a lot about myself.

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