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Any other autistics here?

mxthmr88 said:
Had a discussion earlier that made me curious about how many autistic zoophiles are on this forum ^.^
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From my personal experience it seems to be a somewhat common pattern that most of us show various signs of autism to some degree

and yes I am autistic
 
High functioning asd and adhd, miles ahead of others in some ways but anything social in decades behind, im direct and dont know how to play these mind games people have, i say what i desire but do my best to keep others best in mind as i dont like to be selfish

If i ever come across the wrong way, i apologise, i tend to overshare and cause misunderstandings x.x i have good intentions not nefarious ones, i just want to have good experiences and give them to others too
 
Zombie23 said:
High functioning asd and adhd, miles ahead of others in some ways but anything social in decades behind, im direct and dont know how to play these mind games people have, i say what i desire but do my best to keep others best in mind as i dont like to be selfish

If i ever come across the wrong way, i apologise, i tend to overshare and cause misunderstandings x.x i have good intentions not nefarious ones, i just want to have good experiences and give them to others too
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Yeah don't worry about it man that's somewhat common with the whole autism shit or at least in my personal experience all you can do is be polite and ask for clarification when needed and usually people are rather understanding
 
acid_bu2n said:
Yeah don't worry about it man that's somewhat common with the whole autism shit or at least in my personal experience all you can do is be polite and ask for clarification when needed and usually people are rather understanding
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Main issue i have is when things are fairly new and they "seem" to be all for wanting to be treated like a cumslut etc but you're hesitant to just go all out for it coz your base nature is to treat people like a human ???
Like once the foundation is established im not a fuckwit im happy to let my barriers down and go down that path and treat them that way.
 
Diagnosed just before Highschool. Didn't really change much because of location and practices except that now I got treated as a regular student but also like I was literally braindead simultaneously. I had to socially develop super aggressively if I wanted to get through Highschool, and I still didn't manage that due to teachers bullying me. It's never been any bother though. I find formal education to be frustratingly non-specific. I just learn the subjects that I love and put that knowledge to proper use, now. But, ah, yes, I'm autistic.
 
I think I found an easy way to understand autism...

It's simply a obsession of a specific special interest to process something in a very unique way to break it down into its own elements. No other person would understand it.

I'm guessing the curse of being in such condition is that simply nobody understands your fixated interest except you. No matter how much you try to explain to them they just don't fit your social expectations so you tend to be apathetic towards it. (At least that's how I see it)
 
saddlebum66 said:
Aside from the Kids born prior to about 1965, when these inabilities were named and accepted problems, diagnostics are available and relatively simple. Treatments, not so much, obviously. Some will grow out of the related issues. I think it still leaves marks, but as an adult, most people wouldnt notice.

What I HAVE noticed, though, is people with genuine diagnoses get really pissed off at people who make the claim without proof...And they have a right to.
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I know this is an old post, but yea..

That does piss me off.. Especially when they milk it for a "crazy check" from tax dollars that I earned while dealing with my fucked up head..

I don't think of myself so much as "disabled", except to say maybe I'm not so cut out to deal with modern society without wanting to rip my own hair out.

When left alone, without stupid judgments from others that don't know shit, I seem to get along just fine with maybe the exception of waiting to get around to cleaning my tools off and putting them back where they belong after working on something.

I think maybe we get along with animals because they don't "lie". Their body language tells the story, but with people, I can even remember when I was a kid, and I could just tell that what someone was saying and what their body was saying just didn't line up.

But I think for us, we pick up on that whether they're telling a whopper or just adjusting tiny facts, and I think it fucks with us, so we start avoiding making eye contact because we know something isn't right..

My thoughts on that anyway..
 
Thats why I said "Inabled" and not "Disabled". I can see issues with any potential payout being abused. The world is full of advantage-takers....that wont be a shy-off point.
Modern Society is no more "Social" than "Social Media" is.
Possibly, the pop size is responsible. Fact is, the American Dream was never a realizable deal for everyone here, let alone the rest of the Planet. I think the subconcious realization of that fact may be making people feel like they've been sold a bill of goods. But even if we're all in the same boat, they cant admit that outwardly. Luck, destiny, fate...family, environment....who knows what played a role....
Tearing out your hair? If thats as bad as it gets, amigo, thats not too bad?
 
saddlebum66 said:
Thats why I said "Inabled" and not "Disabled". I can see issues with any potential payout being abused. The world is full of advantage-takers....that wont be a shy-off point.
Modern Society is no more "Social" than "Social Media" is.
Possibly, the pop size is responsible. Fact is, the American Dream was never a realizable deal for everyone here, let alone the rest of the Planet. I think the subconcious realization of that fact may be making people feel like they've been sold a bill of goods. But even if we're all in the same boat, they cant admit that outwardly. Luck, destiny, fate...family, environment....who knows what played a role....
Tearing out your hair? If thats as bad as it gets, amigo, thats not too bad?
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Eh, I've learned to cope and even use it to my advantage.

Social skills still suck, but when you can fix the ship's radar that everyone else can't, or get the drilling system back online in an hour after the other guy was scratching his head for 10 hours before I got on the clock, it does do something to assist some folks in accepting the "odd fucker" in the corner that's weird as hell, but can sure fix some shit...
 
K_9River_rat said:
Eh, I've learned to cope and even use it to my advantage.

Social skills still suck, but when you can fix the ship's radar that everyone else can't, or get the drilling system back online in an hour after the other guy was scratching his head for 10 hours before I got on the clock, it does do something to assist some folks in accepting the "odd fucker" in the corner that's weird as hell, but can sure fix some shit...
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I've been "that guy" from time to time - I feel your "pain".
 
UR20Z said:
I've been "that guy" from time to time - I feel your "pain".
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My dream job would be to have an office in the back corner of the shop, shooting down the engineers' dreams and showing them what they did wrong...

However American engineers take issue with the long haired biker looking weird fucker showing them up..

European engineers actually loved working with me.. When asked why after I told them how I piss off American engineers, they told me that most European engineers have to do an apprenticeship in their chosen field of engineering.

So you have the American engineer with zero hands on experience that swears that because he can draw a box that bolts together from the inside, it must be able to be constructed, and the European ones that really do like finding the better way, and can respect someone that chose a different path to the same thing.
 
K_9River_rat said:
Hate to say you're right..

As much as I hate those situations... That tends to be when I do my best work..
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Does "time slow down", or even go into stop-motion for you in a for-real, honest-and-true "AW SHIT!" crisis situation? So that it seems like you have forever to analyze what you're seeing and decide what move to make (whatever that means for that specific situation) "in between frames of The Film Of Existence", so to speak. Then, as the situation starts to resolve, time starts going back to normal - as if "The Film Of Existence" were returning to playing at normal speed? Or is that just a me kinda thing?
 
UR20Z said:
Does "time slow down", or even go into stop-motion for you in a for-real, honest-and-true "AW SHIT!" crisis situation? So that it seems like you have forever to analyze what you're seeing and decide what move to make (whatever that means for that specific situation) "in between frames of The Film Of Existence", so to speak. Then, as the situation starts to resolve, time starts going back to normal - as if "The Film Of Existence" were returning to playing at normal speed? Or is that just a me kinda thing?
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Now that you say that, yea, but it's a more "after the fact"..

Like I'll get to be an asshole and just push people out of my way if need be, and just go to doing what I need to do.

If I get interrupted by the boss asking me about my progress, I've been known to tell them that every minute spent talking to them is a minute added to how long it will take to fix..

While shit is hitting the fan, it's almost like 2 times going at once..

One is slow like you say, but the other is like time is hauling ass..

But I dunno... I just get into a zone.. look at prints, determine test methods to prove or disprove hunches, and it actually goes like super smooth, and next thing I know, I'm done, and look at the clock and figure out that it didn't take near as long as I thought it was taking while it was happening..

But somehow the pressure enables me to push bullshit out of my mind and I just become a machine going through motions, I'll start working ambidextrous, sometimes with each hand doing a different task unrelated to each other..
 
I guess I didn't think there would be a spot for something like this on the forum. ADHD here, I was put on ADHD meds when I was in kindergarten and it took a few tries to find the right one. I basically refused to believe I had a problem. I didn't want the medication, I didn't believe I had ADHD and I buckled down and burned myself out to finish middle school and high school, but elementary school was a failure for me. I was the one kid where they didn't know where to put me in school. I was light years ahead of all the kids in special ed and would help a lot of the kids with any questions they had, but when the school put me back in the regular ed I was always one step behind. I could never pay attention long enough to grasp subjects like math or science so I would have to get everything repeated and eventually I would just give up and let myself fail so the teachers and students would stop glaring at me for asking a question every few minutes. Then I would go to the special ed class to figure out the few little pieces I missed in the regular ed class and I would fly right through the rest of the work. I don't have a lot in common with those that have ADHD in terms of advanced intelligence. I have never run into anyone that hasn't had advanced intelligence with their ADHD, although I am told they exist. I was always slightly below average in all my testing so I couldn't make up for it by just being smart. The way I found to deal with that was to do the work/jobs no one else wanted to do and perform good in certain athletics despite hating any competitive sports.

After school I moved a state away to find myself and I struggled immensely to find a job that wouldn't just fire me for "being too slow." I was forced to work jobs that no one else wanted to work, aka "always hiring" jobs for so many year until I stumbled into a great job that lets me go at my own pace. Once the shock wore off I decided I would go see my doctor and talk about my past and ask them what they thought, I was able to provide medical records that prove I was on ADHD meds before. My doctor asked me some questions and I answered them truthfully. I explained my difficulties concentrating, feeling like thought after chaotically distracting thought keeps crashing into my mind one after the other and it's just to difficult to keep going with zero energy, no motivation, improper emotional regulation, difficulty in forming meaningful relationships, can't sit still, constant fidgeting, always interrupting others, inability to deal with stress, etc. My doctor gave me a prescription and things have been much better since then. I'm still tweaking my dosage, but the difference a year later has been insane. After nearly 15 years off the medication it was like getting on a bike again. I lost 40 pounds in 3 months by changing my diet to more whole foods, going on walks to exercise, and trying to get better sleep, but failing that one. I have my slip ups here and there, but I kick myself in the butt and that seems to do the trick mostly. My walks in nature have been fueling my desire to be with animals again. I miss that connection I had, one day I will have it again.
 
I've wondered about myself. Counselors have said maybe, but that my excessive smoking of pot and drinking of alcohol would skew any of the vague tests available. Friends have said 'definitely'.
 
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