Hi,
This has been a suspicion of mine for a long time and I am currently seeking others opinions.
I have not been diagnosed with ASD however I have a suspicion I may have it, let me explain; as a toddler I was very strange, my parents told me I was very much a child who enjoyed his own time, however got aggressive and agitated by other children. I was also scared of other adults including family and refused to greet them or say goodbye. I had to repeat kindergarten due to a lack of social skills.
During primary school I was always an introvert, and well still am and prefer my own time. I was always academically ahead of my peers but prefered to read books on my own. I used to love collecting cards and coins when I was younger.
I hit high school and found it hard to relate with people, during the earlier years I was just not into an anything but books and video games, eventually my parents forced me into sport which I did enjoy but very much struggled to talk to my team.
Later in high school as my friend group cemented I felt for comfortable however hated and still do, partying and all the young adult side of life. Most of my time was on politics, reading and video games. I just could not tolerate people and sometimes felt slightly misanthropic.
All the way up until I was 17 i had this strange difficulty saying hello and goodbye, I could acknowledge that i struggled with doing it but felt awkward and my voice always used to crack when I did, took some work to get past that.
Now to this day I find it hard to small talk, I just can't and don't like to. I find social interaction easy enough however just remain mostly quiet.
I've never struggled with body language or verbal mannerisms which I know people with ASD sometimes do.
I excel academically however find organisation as sometimes being a problem, my mind works too fast. I struggle with learning drawing and painting but grew up with parents who lives and breathed art.
I hate loud sounds.
My voice often changes noticeabley for no reason.
I find that I become intensively interested in things, and often become impulsive, thus I've pledged myself to never do many things, video games are my indulgence.
I often repeat myself and become like an old record.
I often manifest on big words and use them religiously.
I had speech issues as a child however am extremely good now.
Just listing all the little things that might say something, if this raises any flags to any of you guys I might go seek a psychologist, just out of interest as I like to know why things happen.
Appreciate any responses.
This has been a suspicion of mine for a long time and I am currently seeking others opinions.
I have not been diagnosed with ASD however I have a suspicion I may have it, let me explain; as a toddler I was very strange, my parents told me I was very much a child who enjoyed his own time, however got aggressive and agitated by other children. I was also scared of other adults including family and refused to greet them or say goodbye. I had to repeat kindergarten due to a lack of social skills.
During primary school I was always an introvert, and well still am and prefer my own time. I was always academically ahead of my peers but prefered to read books on my own. I used to love collecting cards and coins when I was younger.
I hit high school and found it hard to relate with people, during the earlier years I was just not into an anything but books and video games, eventually my parents forced me into sport which I did enjoy but very much struggled to talk to my team.
Later in high school as my friend group cemented I felt for comfortable however hated and still do, partying and all the young adult side of life. Most of my time was on politics, reading and video games. I just could not tolerate people and sometimes felt slightly misanthropic.
All the way up until I was 17 i had this strange difficulty saying hello and goodbye, I could acknowledge that i struggled with doing it but felt awkward and my voice always used to crack when I did, took some work to get past that.
Now to this day I find it hard to small talk, I just can't and don't like to. I find social interaction easy enough however just remain mostly quiet.
I've never struggled with body language or verbal mannerisms which I know people with ASD sometimes do.
I excel academically however find organisation as sometimes being a problem, my mind works too fast. I struggle with learning drawing and painting but grew up with parents who lives and breathed art.
I hate loud sounds.
My voice often changes noticeabley for no reason.
I find that I become intensively interested in things, and often become impulsive, thus I've pledged myself to never do many things, video games are my indulgence.
I often repeat myself and become like an old record.
I often manifest on big words and use them religiously.
I had speech issues as a child however am extremely good now.
Just listing all the little things that might say something, if this raises any flags to any of you guys I might go seek a psychologist, just out of interest as I like to know why things happen.
Appreciate any responses.
Have you read up on high functioning autism. There's lots of articles out there and tests you can give yourself. It's not an official diagnosis, but not everyone has or wants an official diagnosis. We can't say with all certainty whether you are on the spectrum, but I think once you have more knowledge, you could say with all certainty if you do or not, .
