Asperger syndrome

[Wolf Smoothie]

I was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome at around 1-3 years old. I was also diagnosed with hypotonia and hyperacusis as a baby. I grew out of my hypotonia by therapy and my hyperacusis by louder sound introduction, and I'm pretty sure I just might've grew out of my Asperger's, too. I display literally no other symptoms other than I'm shy and generally more socially stressed than others at school, but that's it. Just because someone's shy doesn't mean they have Asperger's. When I was young, I displayed several symptoms of Asperger's, but now I pretty much experience no symptoms of Asperger's, again, other than the shyness and school social stress thing.

Edit: I Googled "Asperger's." Nvm, I think I might still have it ;_;. I know that people don't just "grow out of it" but I thought maybe I did? Like I could be the first person? Idk.

[Saphira344]

I was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome at around 1-3 years old. I was also diagnosed with hypotonia and hyperacusis as a baby. I grew out of my hypotonia by therapy and my hyperacusis by louder sound introduction, and I'm pretty sure I just might've grew out of my Asperger's, too. I display literally no other symptoms other than I'm shy and generally more socially stressed than others at school, but that's it. Just because someone's shy doesn't mean they have Asperger's. When I was young, I displayed several symptoms of Asperger's, but now I pretty much experience no symptoms of Asperger's, again, other than the shyness and school social stress thing.

Edit: I Googled "Asperger's." Nvm, I think I might still have it ;_;. I know that people don't just "grow out of it" but I thought maybe I did? Like I could be the first person? Idk.

you cant grow out of it, you just get better at mimicing the 'normal' behavour, like for me, i uset to struggle to get what people where feeling by body language, now i can read it a little, but i find it easyer to read there voice tone.

[DetectiveSleuth]

I'm an aspie! I wasn't diagnosed until I was older-- a lot of things I didn't understand about myself now make sense.

Finding fellow aspies online is always lovely; it's so hard for those who are neurotypical to grasp the difficulties we face every day.

[BellaMuerte]

I'm aspie, It all makes sense now. I'm older now, but when I was young I thought that I was just doomed forever. I still have some problems with some things but mostly its much better.

[Buster2918]

Here I am. (8 Tbh, I like having Aspergers Syndrome. Not to toot my own horn or anything, but it makes me more advanced than other kids in most courses.

[fuiuki]

I was diagnosed with mild Asperger's at around... 11 I think? I'm much older now, and honestly, I didn't really care that I had a diagnose. Literally the only thing it did was make people understand that my problems weren't a choice for me. A lot of things weren't even a problem, but the adults around me thought they were... which was and still is frustrating.

Some of the problems and "problems" I faced:

I didn't like playing with kids my age, and preferred being alone, or with people either older or younger than me. This was pretty explainable though, as the people my age kept freezing me out anyway, so there was no gain for me in spending time with them.

I was really sensitive, both emotionally and physically. Poking me hurts, and I remember once when someone threw a leaf at me and it hurt. I also cried really easily, and adults tried to make me stop instead of supporting me when I was upset about something, like finding a solution to what upset me instead of the crying itself. The most stupid thing I heard was "try to open up an imaginary umbrella above you when you feel the crying coming, so the tears can't reach you". Problem was, the crying was INSIDE, not outside. I didn't exactly feel validated you could say...

I had trouble understanding sarcasm, not because I didn't understand the concept or that people were sarcastic, but because I trusted them, and that they would be honest.

When something went wrong or not according to plan, I'd get incredibly stressed. I also didn't receive any help in solving my problems, instead being told how I shouldn't feel or act like I did. Mostly I'd cry, or be unable to do anything other than stubbornly refusing to do something. I also had a big problem with change, or things requiring effort.

I had a difficult time seeing subtle bodylanguage, of the type that isn't really obvious and that anyone would have to learn.

I was also apparently too honest. Better being honest than a pathological liar.


So, on to my next point. I've grown up and learned a lot since that time. I can barely be classed as having Asperger's anymore, I'm just strange. I have my theories on that though, namely my honesty. A diagnose or not doesn't matter, because it doesn't define me, I define the diagnose. I am me, and say what I think and feel. Everyone is secretly a bit weird, but most hide it to fit in better socially. That's fine and all, but it's also fine to be weird, or not act according to the norms.
So, you can in a sense grow out of your diagnose by growing up and maturing, as well as learning. You will still be you however, and the best thing to do is identifying your strengths and weaknesses to work on them!


Lastly, the most annoying problem I face is that my dad likes to bring up my diagnose in arguments about my behaviour. He has this thing too where he is dead certain that what he thinks and feels how everyone else that is not me thinks and feels too, which is extremely incorrect, from my observations and conversations with people. So he likes to go "I don't know if you even really have Asperger's, but..." and it's extremely irritating and invalidating. I am me, and what I experience is just as valid as what he experiences, even if he's older. Times change a lot, and what people his age were like and thought back then, that's not how they are now.

So uh... keep being you, people!

[Buster2918]

Me. ^

[ShadowOfTheBird]

I'm a little late and I hope this isn't necro-posting but:

Asperger's runs in my family. My dad has it, my older half-brother has it, and my younger brother has high-functioning Autism. Around 10 is where I started showing signs that I might have it, as before I was considered "borderline". It wasn't until I was 14 that I was officially diagnosed however, as it took FOREVER to book the appointments.

I essentially came with the whole package, ADHD, OCD, anxiety, I even wound up with semi-chronic depression for separate reasons. People think it's weird that I pick a spot and always have to sit there, or that I can go on for hours about one thing but only minutes about another. I have trouble understanding sarcasm unless it's painfully obvious, though my dad has helped a lot with defining the boundaries between what's joking and what's serious(As he had to learn the differences himself). Body language however is something I didn't have much trouble with, and can understand it pretty well. And I'm glad I have a mild temper, as when I get angry I can't control what I say; I've spewed all kinds of inappropriate things at people during episodes, though I'm not typically violent.

It has however made me quite talented in English Language Arts, as that's one of my obsessive interests; and I've been reading at college level since freshman year, as ridiculous as it sounds.