Some people think I have Aspergers, how can I find out of I am retarded or not?
Anybody who does have Aspergers here?
You probably don't have Aspergers, it's what insecure socially maladjusted nerds self-diagnose themselves with to feel good about their maladjustedness.
It's not really 'mental retardation', it's high-functioning autism, and if you really think you have it, a mental health professional will be able to tell you one way or the other.
aspergers is not mental retardation. my little sis has it (so the doctors say) and really, the only things that distinguished her from non-aspergers kids when she was little was that 1) she was really sensitive to loud noises and other stimuli, 2) her social skills were next to nonexistent, and 3) her motor skills weren't so great.
but if you really think you might have it, see a psychiatrist/psychologist/someone that hopefully knows what they're talking about.
Well I might have a little bit of it, I have no real contact with the outside world (basically hiki) and when I was younger I couldn't really use towels because they bothered my skin.
Dr. Hans Asperger: The genius who decided that being unusually introverted was a disease.
You may be retarded if:
>>1,5
You're just a shut-in.
So I can still watch anime without being retarded?
>>8
As long as it's not Dragonball Z, and you don't insist on using anglicized/mispronounced Japanese words in casual conversation with surface dwellers.
I watch stuff like Paranoia Agent, Ghost in the shell and Akira and I'm teaching myself Japanese the proper way, and I don't talk Japanese to people who don't speak it as a native language.
I'm not a Doctor, but I think you're just fine.
Although you still might need a therapist to help you rejoin society.
(If you've been out of it long enough)
>>14
You'll probably get there easier with assistance, if not then just a lot of encouragement.
When you make it, don't let yourself give up.
>>2 You probably don't have Aspergers, it's what insecure socially maladjusted nerds self-diagnose themselves with to feel good about their maladjustedness.
This person is absolutely correct. LOL DSM-IV
I have a close friend who is actually diagnosed Aspergers, and he is one of the most dynamic, fun, and amazing people I know. He is far cooler than all the pseudo-hikkikomoris out there that self-diagnose themselves via Wikipedia.
I've been diagnosed with Aspergers and am socially maladjusted. Am quite boring too.
Then again Aspergers isn't real anyway. Your friends are just good people, and I am just not. It's all psychological, got nothing to do with a bloody neurological disorder - you are to blame / be commended for your own situation and actions.
>>17 here, I think my friend and countless amounts of studies and texts by psychologists, neurologists, biochemists, and psychiatrists since the 1950's would beg to differ.
Don't get down on yourself: you are probably not a bad person; you have a real condition that is no different from having a congenital heart disease, diabetes, or bipolar disorder (like I have). These things can't be "cured", but they can be treated- and denying treatment just because you think bullshit like "all doctors are quacks out for money" will only result in more misery in your life.
My aspie homeboy would be nowhere without treatment and therapy, which he believes has made him the intelligent, productive, and socially popular person he is today.
It's not a condition, dimwit. The connotation only exists because of psychiatric medicine's foothold in present-day society. If f(x) does not equal the desire outcome, change the equation to suit your needs. That's why your "aspie homeboy" is considered to be autistic, and that's why you think you're bi-polar.
So, I agree with >>19.
And another thing; I would be pissed if my best friend simply referred to me as his "aspie homeboy".
I got Aspergers from some skank (the ass to mouth kind) last week, it's been downhill ever since. Seriously, double wrap your shit.
So idiotic and ignorant it boggles the mind. You probably are a scientologist and fan of ayn rand, hm? Hope for you after graduating from college you'll at least develop some brain.
So contradictory and ill-informed that it boggles the mind. You are probably a confused twentysomething psychology major that clings so tightly to their learned (read: proud of memorizing a few principles and regurgitating them with every paper) doctrines that anything else is simply inconceivably blasphemous. I mean, you practically spewed out two incompatible philosophies, expecting that they could be contained as ONE belief system.
I hope, after your "career" (god forbid you don't have one after those zealous college years, right?), or mid-life crisis, or whatever the fuck landmark moment when you realize how ignorant YOU are, the reality of government, psychiatry, and the human mind in general (your knowledge on this subject seems limited to mainstream philosophy) dawns on you.
Let's be "objective" though; that's never going to happen.
You are very bitter and angry, maybe because you are butthurt about some psychologist made you his bitch? I can't think of any other reason why someone would make an idiot out of himself by denying scientific knowledge.
You've got a severe case of last-word-syndrome too, hm?
>>26
I didn't deny scientific knowledge. I denied its application in controlling emerging patterns of behavior commonly referred to as "Aspergian". I question how beneficial college really is for you, seeing as how your attacks are based off a non-existent parameter in my argument. Good day, bro.
>>20 Shit, I feel a long post coming on. Sorry for all the "I"s and "Me"s in this thing, personal BAWWWW. First, thanks for posting. I just wrote all this to explain why I got all dismissive over Aspergers, not calling you a retard or anything.
>These things can't be "cured", but they can be treated- and denying treatment just because you think bullshit like "all doctors are quacks out for money" will only result in more misery in your life.
Maybe you're right, and I am being unrealistic taking 100% responsibility for the rut I'm in. I totally believe that therapy can be helpful, it might be worth looking into. I don't have an anti-psych bias. But this whole Aspergers thing just feels so loose and off.
It started as a bit of misinfo on my school pupil profile/data thing, my parents decided to check it out. Doctor decided I had Aspergers after having me fill out a questionaire and give reactions to flash cards. Within like 2-3 visits they had enough to decide whether or not I had a neurological disorder. So from the off this sounds bogus.
You say that denying Aspergers is problematic. I've swung from believing wholeheartedly in the diagnosis to dismissing it entirely. But my problem/s never changed, they were just occasionally compounded by self-awareness. Believing I had Aspergers made me lethargic - the treatment and support from education didn't encourage me to overcome the condition, it merely fed its demands. Isolating and shielding me from the problems rather than encouraging me to confront them. "Socially awkward? Give him a quiet room to work in". I've never had therapy, but it sounds more like they listen to and work with you there on a personal level rather than based on what condition you were billed with - along with actually addressing and trying to work through problems.
And generally, "accepting" my Aspergers just made me feel powerless, and lazy. It also added to my sense of alienation, and provided an identity that, if followed, either gave me a superiority complex or made me acutely aware of the difference between myself and others - compounded it really, sort of an imagined alienation to go with my real one. I also blamed other people for not being tolerant of my problems, causing me to feel even more powerless because I was playing the part of a victim.
I accept my problems to the point that they exist and my goal is to one day get over them, but I feel uncomfortable blaming them on Aspergers. What if every so called "Asperger case" is just a person with individual problems and triggers? Wouldn't it be better to deal with them on a personal basis than to cause more confusion with a general diagnosis that might be counterproductive or even make it worse? Obviously there are all these "aspies" running about now and it's become a reason more than a means for resolution.
I just started college recently and there's someone there who was diagnosed with ADHD. Because of this "disorder", they don't have to attend lectures. Which to me is bonkers, and irresponsible. He is just like "I have a disability though!". Okay, fine, but what's the worst that could happen in a lecture hall? How could it be any worse than missing the lecture entirely and not knowing WTF is going on? Since when did ADHD mean a lack of common sense? This is the weird, spoilt, avoidant approach to mental problems that bothers me.