Its effects?

[PuertoRicanGuitars]

About a month ago my mom had revealed to me that I have a very mild form of Asperger's syndrome. I was evaluated twice when I was about four by a professional and my aunt from my dad's side, who also works with children with disorders. The result? According to the evaluations "it's so small it's nothing but it could give a tiny bit of trouble with socializing". That I wouldn't or anybody else would notice. I have told about four people. I told three friends in my spanish class and they looked at me like this . I told my friend Shawnna in my math class and she didn't even believe me, saying that I'm a normal functioning human being and must have been misdiagnosed.

What I want to know is how exactly its affecting me, despite its small amount. I feel it's important for me to know where it affects me. Who here has it? If its mild have you noticed how it affects you? Or is it possible I was misdiagnosed?

 

[Rogue]

I am a diagnosed case. It's been the one big challenge in my life for my entire life—I always knew I was different from normal kids except I just couldn't put my finger on why and therefore couldn't solve the incongruencies. The real disenfranchisement was the diagnosis didn't formally exist in the diagnostic manuals (DSM) until I was around 15/16 years old, and medical science is largely in the dark as to the underlying causes and effective remedies. It wasn't until years later that I came across the diagnosis, after extensively looking through diagnoses in the DSM , to which no diagnosis adequately explained me until I found Asperger syndrome which described me with stunning perfection. But I dismissed the findings, since self-diagnosis is unreliable. It wasn't until I was 27 that I learned I probably did have it after all, and now a psychologist has formally diagnosed me.

Asperger syndrome is a mild form of autism but its effects, though relatively milder, can be very pronounced. For one, since the fusiform facial area of the brain is impaired, there is no reading of emotions in facial expressions, which causes impairment in lacking a theory of mind (intuitively understanding what someone is thinking). So, someone with Asperger syndrome (“Aspies”) unwittingly breaks unwritten social rules (which nobody bothers to tell you and you're expected to know) and behaves incongruently with someone's emotional state. Secondly, there is a kind of language barrier between how the Aspergic mind thinks and normal people, resulting in miscommunications and unnecessary arguments.

Asperger syndrome has its kicks, though. The obsessive nature of repetitive thoughts has given me a knack for in-depth research and having cyclical obsessive hobbies and interests has lead me to enjoy learning many things. Interests are focused and cyclically obsessive: I'll get obsessed to learn everything about something, and then after a week, month, year, or whatever I'll drop it for the next thing. In other words, it's like love. “Aspies” fall in love with things rather than people. Luckily, many of the negative effects can be mitigated by self-awareness, education of body language, and changing habits.

People with Asperger syndrome have the capacity to lead functional normal lives, so it's unsurprising your classmates would be surprised. As for misdiagnosis, who knows. Diagnoses are complex and share overlapping traits with other diagnoses, there are mild to severe cases, so only medical experts can address the question.

 

[Nygard]

Very mild asperger? Well I have a case of 10 years of physical and mental abuse. Never fully recovered from that. I can't communicate freely on my native language because of leftover issues. I was put into treatment for two suicide attempts. I was deemed too broken to even make deep connections with friends. Sometimes, you just have to let it go and focus on what really matters: You're alive and you're free to do whatever you want. Right now I'm yet to get any girls (They smell blood on the water and I have too much luggage, I'm broken goods) but I'm known as somebody who tends to be charismatic at times and can actually relate to people (And I'm on my dream job!!). If I can make it this far, so can anyone.

 

[Ryder36]

Very mild asperger? Well I have a case of 10 years of physical and mental abuse. Never fully recovered from that. I can't communicate freely on my native language because of leftover issues. I was put into treatment for two suicide attempts. I was deemed too broken to even make deep connections with friends. Sometimes, you just have to let it go and focus on what really matters: You're alive and you're free to do whatever you want. Right now I'm yet to get any girls (They smell blood on the water and I have too much luggage, I'm broken goods) but I'm known as somebody who tends to be charismatic at times and can actually relate to people (And I'm on my dream job!!). If I can make it this far, so can anyone.

It is really a sad news to hear..
But can you tell me why did you attempt suicide two times??

 

[Nygard]

It was 6 years ago, I would never try it again. I felt like I was totally broken and that the only way out was to end it right there. It was a case of feeling totally hopeless and I also isolated myself from everything and everyone. It was a deadly mix for somebody with depression. I took a year off university and traveled a little bit to try to recover and I've been getting out of it slowly. Sometimes too slowly for me, I believe.

 

[Ryder36]

It was 6 years ago, I would never try it again. I felt like I was totally broken and that the only way out was to end it right there. It was a case of feeling totally hopeless and I also isolated myself from everything and everyone. It was a deadly mix for somebody with depression. I took a year off university and traveled a little bit to try to recover and I've been getting out of it slowly. Sometimes too slowly for me, I believe.

Your story seems like mine but I wasn't became hopeless like you..Life is short and you have to enjoy it to the fullest...Don't think about others just look for yourself...
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