>"Children with AS are more likely to have sleep problems, including difficulty in falling asleep, frequent nocturnal awakenings, and early morning awakenings"
>"AS is also associated with high levels of alexithymia, which is difficulty in identifying and describing one's emotions"
Alexithyma is because a non-neurotypical brain (keep in mind when I say non-Neurotypical, I mean mildy autistic, not Chris-Chan tier) has higher abstract thought capabilities, which means that emotions/feelings are a lot more complex and can't really be orchestrated into words.
I know this myself. I also get what I can only describe as "concepts" that feels like an essence in my head, which I cannot vocalize, nor does it sound like an understandable language, but it makes sense to me perfectly.
Any other spergs have synaesthesia too?
>>37104741
that's a lot of big words
>>37104948
lmao there aren't any """le big words xDddD" in that post
you're going to need to try harder than that
>>37104948
I dunno, they don't seem that big to me.
>>37104671
Describes me perfectly desu, my mom is a psychotherapist and always asks me about emotions and feelings and tells me to "communicate with myself".
Honestly i have no idea how i feel most of the time, the best word to describe it would probably be 'numb'.
I also have the sleeping problems, i remember when i went to school falling asleep normally took 2-4 hours, and at times i would hear my alarm ring at 7:30 AM without having slept at all.
Going to school with 0-3 hours of sleep makes it really hard to remember or learn anything.
>>37104741
>higher abstract thought capabilities, which means that emotions/feelings are a lot more complex and can't really be orchestrated into words.
whatever you gotta tell yourself, chief
>>37104671
>try to do something productive
>things doesn't work as they're suppose to
>get mad and stresssed
>give up
>entire day ruined
who else like this?
>>37105883
Unless you have experienced it yourself you can't say shit.
Autism is linked to Neanderthal genes, which had a larger prefrontal cortex than modern humans.
>>37105893
I'm only like that when my PTSD flares up.
It's a lot less common now than it used to be, but holy shit.
It would ruin my days because I would only recognize what happened after the thoughts vanish, which becomes increasingly more frustrating the more you realize it
yup, can't sleep unless I'm so tired I could sleep standing up. also I can't ever just take a nap for 10-20 minutes. at least now I can just stay up until I'm tired it was awful as a kid.
>tfw right as I start thinking I might not have aspergers because I took some online tests I read this thread and its all too relatable
>>37104741
Complex yes. There's no way the nts feel this. In my case, it takes on colors and they aren't necessarily the same every time because of the complexity involved. People ask, what you you want and how do you feel, and there is just no way to put it into words without going all The Sound and the Fury
>>37104671
I know it's not safe to self diagnosis, but I took an online test that apparently is well know to many psychiatrist, and well, everything said I was an aspie.
that explained a lot actualy, I always felt like an alien. but at the same time I felt normal. Does that make any sense? I don't think so, sometimes I don't make any sense at all. Actually I don't make any sense at all... all the time
Emotions are too complex, I can only identify my family really. Or if its pretty obvious, like she's crying. But then again she could be crying of happines no? I don't tell anyone about how I feel because one thing I know, they woudn't understand nor belive me. Only person I told about it thought I was ''spending too much time on the internet''. I trully do belive I have aspenger, but ate the same time... I don't know
>>37107631
I'm self diagnosed but everything made perfect sense finally. I've only told my husband but he loved it because everything about it lines up perfectly and now he knows I'm not just a cold bitch.
>>37107675
self-diagnosed =/= diagnosed. You could very well just have introvert tendencies.
I can't even take care of myself or do anything, I think i'm going to try writing a list of stuff I can do to fix my mental state or else i'm going to wind up in the ward
>>37107737
Most people over age 30 are self diagnosed. Especially females because they present so much differently than males due to the masking abilities they develop as a child. You'd have to be totally fucked up as a kid to be a girl who was diagnosed as a child.
As you know, there's also a very strong misunderstanding of aspergers by society at large therefore professional diagnosis as an adult has many downsides and nearly no benefits unless you're going to get disability or employment accommodations.
>>37107877
Yeah, the only young girls I see with autism are like banging their heads of walls level retarded.
I have three badly autistic cousins, and they have a sister at the same age as them (with the same look and genes) but she doesn't display autistic tendencies.
>>37107631
link to test orig please thanks bro just typing to make extra sure its orig okay?
>>37108038
www.aspietests.org/raads/index.php
E-eighty-six percent?
https://www.aspergerstestsite.com/75/autism-spectrum-quotient-aq-test/
>>37108170
I didn't post my image :DDD
I've never really noticed any problems with describing my own emotions. I guess, at least I can put a name to them, and try to describe similar emotions if I don't know the word? It's not like I don't know what I feel.
The worst part is how unlikeable I am. Nowhere in life have I been able to make any friends, and people almost always end up disliking me shortly after we meet. It's so lonely.
Also struggle with faces the first time. If I've only met someone once, I won't be able to recognize them. Thankfully, after the second time I'll recognize them, but I can be really embarrassing and may ruin some potential relationships.
Like I said, girls learn to mask their symptoms through the study of others and extensive research so that they can at least attempt to fit in. Eventually you wear out though
>>37105893
Same feels here. Also it triggers the degrading feelings and thoughts of suicide because I couldn't do something that should be simple and something others can do be but me.
>there will never be a secret society that is completely made up of super intelligent spergs like ourselves whos main purpose is to advance the asperger race and finally take over the world
feelsbad
>>37104671
>Took Rdos
>Keep rolling Aspergers traits
I genuinely believe that Aspergers isn't as real as people claim it to be.
There's social mal-adjustment, but that's not that big a deal, and it can be remedied with training.
They're just taking normal cognitive functions and branding them autism.
I bet most of you will score INTP/INFP on the MBTI
>The moment when you realise you said something in a spergy way to someone
>The moment when you realise the guy you are talking to you is most likely just humoring you to be polite
I want to die everytime it happens.
my insomnia's so bad i hate it
though it wasn't as bad when i was a child