Living with Asperger's Syndrome

In tribal societies, such things were seen as a sign of a calling to work as a shaman since it meant that you were naturally in touch with expanded states of reality. Certain aspects of Jediism reflect this too so it's no wonder that so many of us are drawn here!

I myself score 29 on the Autistic Scale (12 being \"normal\" and 32 being debilitating) but when I was younger, my tics (blinking until my eyes were sore, sniffing, etc) were written off as \"nervous habits\". I still get them when tired or nervous but was forced into dealing with them. I still struggle with tourette's-style thoughts and inappropriate words but luckily I can control them before they're said (most of the time!).

I've always seen my autism as being a gift that allows me to experience alternative ways of looking at the world. Although it's sometimes a hindrance (I have an obsession with patterns and it sometimes takes me ages to read something because I group the words in sequences as I do), I'm also aware that a lot of people have it worse.

It gladdens my heart that this community is not only accepting of such differences but ctively embraces the unique and special manifestation of the Force within each individual. Thank you all for sharing and supporting!

MTFBWY

i've never heard of asperger's syndrome...i myself do have some peculiar quirks...when i get excited i tend to ramble rapidly sometimes not being able to come up with the right word that i'm looking for, which gets rather frustrating at times since i have a sizeable vocabulary and was also a spelling champion in school....the worst part of this is that when i can't find the right word and get frustrated my intellect starts to become primal...eventually i can't form a single coherent sentence, usually my only means of communicating by this point is growling,and snarling...until i calm down...

i graduated highschool with a 4.0gpa and never did homework, never studied, just showed up and took the tests...in college i have a cumulative 3.25 gpa and again i never study, never do homework...the only subject i've ever done badly in is advanced mathematics....

i've even taken a certified i.q. test which determined that my visual/spatial skills are at genius level along with my communication skills, while my mathematic skills are below average...

i've simply wrote my excited rambling off as being hyperactive since i tend to get fidgity, can't sit still for long, tend to do 2-4 different things at once...sometimes my mind gets going and i can't get to sleep for hours if at all ....sometimes i get up and write,draw or do whatever is needed to get what's in my head out so i can sleep

I too am an aspie, at least I think so (going for evaluation in a couple weeks). My parents thought I had it as a kid and I've noticed many of the characteristics of it in myself. I have a hard time expressing my emotions, get frustrated when I have to multitask, not good at making eye contact, say the wrong thing when I didn't mean any harm, and I have a hard time puting things into words frequently.

I've worked on and have learned a little on how to control myself for the most part. I generally don't have outbursts anymore unless I am frustrated or really upset.

Growing up without the actual diagnoses or without being treated differently for it helped a lot. It made me learn coping mechanisms that I otherwise might not have figured out.