Does it affect your life, friends, school life, work, ect?
I have Aspergers, I was diagnosed shortly before my thirteenth birthday. Before Aspergers, I was thought to have Dyslexia and other things but couldn't be diagnosed for anything. I was always thought to act strangely, and not seek social interaction. I was also extremely sensitive when I was younger, and I still am but not as much. I tend to use hand gestures to get my point across to people, and get some sneers over it. I'm prone to suffer from high stress levels, depression and such more easily. I often spend a lot of time obsessing over things. I interrupt my friends a lot too. I don't really care about fitting in much, I just act like myself.
There's plenty more things I do, but I'm awfully lazy to type it all out. I want to hear about you guys. ovO
Aspergers, they found out recently like earlier this year during 6th grade. I'd be the same way as you, not wanting any social interaction. I'd feel safer online talking to everyone just being all outgoing and everything, but like in the real world I'd not want to go around people. I litteraly would talk to my video games for comfort, talk to animals for comfort, and even talk to my stuffed animals for comfort. It doesn't really affect my life to much only how I make friends, which is usually not trying at all and they end up coming over to me and talking.
I would take comfort in my computer ever since I was young, and I've been interacting with this community for about a year now. Something about this forum has made me happy. The people on it are so amazing, inspirational and kind.
Another thing about me, is that I'm an extremely fussy eater too. lol
AD/HD (yes, it's real). I got diagnosed with that in Elementary School, and haven't "grown out of it" like some people think happens. Focusing on any one thing that doesn't ABSOLUTELY enthrall me is incredibly difficult, and I tend to not have a sense of whether I'm acting too "hyper" or not. Plus, the fact that it affects my ability to sleep to the point of legitimately making me an insomniac doesn't help.
On top of that, over the past few years, I've been diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Pretty self explanatory. I get nervous very easily, to an almost crippling degree. Social situations are a nightmare, and I am ALWAYS second-guessing EVERYTHING I do. Fun fun fun, am i right?
But i gotta agree. This is an AMAZING community to be a part of, even with this kind of thing. For the most part, the members are insanely kind and accepting of these things, and, more often than not, able and willing to give advice or share experiences about this stuff. I've always loved that we've taken "Love and Tolerance" as not just a funny catchphrase, but a way to live life.
Been a brony since July/August 2011, and still going strong. X3
My ADD rarely interferes with anything because my OCD somehow keeps it in check for most things. I do tend to find myself getting distracted a lot. But I guess it does sometimes cause me to multitask fairly well. I'm typing this while watching the Yogscast's livestream.
However, I wonder if I have any disorders that haven't been diagnosed or noticed. Like, maybe a paranoia disorder of some kind. Sometimes it seems that way. It gets ridiculous. There are two others I wonder if I have, but one probably isn't appropriate for the forum and I'd rather not talk about or find out the second one.
I'm an extremely picky eater, and yet I'm more willing to try foods that most other people turn their noses up at. When I was a kid, I used to take my foods apart and eat the separate parts. Like I'd take a hamburger apart and eat the patty, lettuce, pickles, etc separately. I'd pull the pepperoni off my pizza and eat it, then the cheese, then the rest. I've come around to eat normally, though.
My OCD can be bad when my ADD doesn't keep it in check. When I was a kid, I would fuss at my parents for putting my socks and shoes on in the wrong order. It had to be left first, then right. Even now, at 19 years old, I put socks and shoes on left foot first then right, without even thinking about it. Putting them on right first would be unthinkable. Absolutely unthinkable. I will not do it. It would feel horribly weird.
By the way, welcome back Fudgie. Have't seen you in a while. I was just thinking about you the other day.
I know a girl with AD/HD, and she's awesome. She gets bullied often though, and she has a hard time. However, it doesn't really seem to get to her and she's often laughing. She can get often excited at times, and she can do something by accident. She doesn't mean any harm, and she's a cool friend.
I'm quite the fussy eater. I act spoiled by the way I behave really. I have to eat a certain brand of food, my chicken can't mingle with my pasta or vegtibles and get juices on it. I can't eat food when it's fresh, and sometimes the opposite. I'm into rather bland food and sweet treats. Muffins... My precious...
Thank you for the welcome too! Life stuff got in the way, and now I'm back. I missed y'all here, and even if life got in the way, I wouldn't leave this forum for anything. Except for superpowers, they'd be way too good to pass down.
Quote from: Fudgemuffin on 2012 Dec 03, 16:58:14
I know a girl with AD/HD, and she's awesome. She gets bullied often though, and she has a hard time. However, it doesn't really seem to get to her and she's often laughing. She can get often excited at times, and she can do something by accident. She doesn't mean any harm, and she's a cool friend.
I'm quite the fussy eater. I act spoiled by the way I behave really. I have to eat a certain brand of food, my chicken can't mingle with my pasta or vegtibles and get juices on it. I can't eat food when it's fresh, and sometimes the opposite. I'm into rather bland food and sweet treats. Muffins... My precious...
Thank you for the welcome too! Life stuff got in the way, and now I'm back. I missed y'all here, and even if life got in the way, I wouldn't leave this forum for anything. Except for superpowers, they'd be way too good to pass down.
I tend to get two plates of food. One will usually have meat on it, while the other has the vegetables and such on it. I don't want green bean juice or ranch style bean liquid stuff, etc., on my meat.
I like kale. Most people hate it because it's too bitter. It's bitter because it has a lot of base in it. Mainly, people use kale leaves for decoration on meals, and no one ever eats it. I eat it.
Aspergers. I:
It's been mentioned here twice, what more can be said?
I have ADD. My mind tends to drift no matter the situation. I also have a bit of an anger problem. Instead of venting out my anger, I just let it boil inside. If someone makes a bad impression on me, I don't like them, and I probably never will. I'm also a bit picky. The only pepper I'll ever eat is a jalepeño peppers, and I hate onions. I also have a weird obsession of ketchup. XP
My best friend has autism, and he's the coolest guy in the world. He's creative and has an awesome sense of humor! :D
I will never drink an energy drink when I'm in a situation where I need to concentrate, ever again. I drank one at school in 11th grade, and when I got to US History class, we were supposed to read from our textbooks. I kept skipping words, sentences, and lines. And then I saw a reflection light shining on the leg of the table, so my attention snapped to that.
I've battled depression for a few years before I left my first job, and before MLP became a device for me to manage it, but other than that I don't have anything that's been diagnosed.
That doesn't mean I don't have some sort of disorder. There HAS to be a reason why I talk to myself right? :D
I've only recently discovered this year that I've had mild autism. I knew something was wrong with me anyway, due to my overreactions and non-socialness, similar to my brother who has both Aspergers and Autism.
Every time my brother talks it's always so loud... :l I guess it's just part of his disorder. I've learned to live with it though.
pigeon chest i have that
ADHD
though I channel all of it into my school work o 3o
I have mild+ OCD and I may have minor ADD, as I've never really finished a project I get bored easy and tend to start random fangames never finish them I can also sometimes drift or change subjects though this doesn't happen too often which is why I think it's minor, I also have a hard time focusing sometimes. My OCD is my main problem as it can cause me paranoia which is one of OCD's symptoms I also often think of ridiculous outcomes for things. I mainly have mental OCD as I don't really show physical methods of dealing with my anxiety I usually end up with mental methods which are just as stressful as physical methods. Although I seem to have developed one physical method. I'll often show an annoyed face when my OCD is bothering me as it tends to help the anxiety which sometimes gets people to ask me what's wrong, and then sometimes I have to explain why which stresses me out as well.
I also can sometimes worry about crazy unrealistic things happening which is also part of OCD, or dwell on something in particular and end up coming out with different outcomes as to why something is like that. The dwelling can actually cause me to finish things though which is also why I think OCD can counteract ADD.
I have autism. It not something I like to talk about because when I was little grown ups always treated me differently then the other kids and sometime I wanted to punch the person who spreading autism awareness. It really truly bugs me. However I'm older now and it doesn't really effect my life anymore. However my biggest problem is my speech. When I was little I got really sick and I had really bad ear infection in my left eardrum. The doctors told my mom that I will hear thing differently and have trouble speaking. I been pick and bully though out my school years because the way I talk. I'm so glad those days are gone.
Quote from: videogamehunter on 2012 Dec 04, 00:32:54
I have autism. It not something I like to talk about because when I was little grown ups always treated me differently then the other kids and sometime I wanted to punch the person who spreading autism awareness. It really truly bugs me. However I'm older now and it doesn't really effect my life anymore. However my biggest problem is my speech. When I was little I got really sick and I had really bad ear infection in my left eardrum. The doctors told my mom that I will hear thing differently and have trouble speaking. I been pick and bully though out my school years because the way I talk. I'm so glad those days are gone.
My mom's friend's daughter had bad ear infections when she was young, and it has caused her to talk strangely. She's still really really young and already needs glasses. She has either autism or aspergers, I can't remember which.
Her older brother has severe ADHD. It was so bad that he has to take meds for it, and there has been a massively noticeable difference since he started taking the meds. He's able to concentrate better now, he's much less hyper, and we've discovered how truly intelligent he is.
I was diagnosed with asthma when I was 4 years old and everyday,
I had to use the asthma machine for 1-2 hours.
My parents found out that the cold weather and pollen (from flowers and stuff)
was making my asthma worse, so we moved to a different city where it was much warmer.
But even to this day, basic physical activities such as walking and running still create breathing difficulties for me. :c
(If I'm walking or running a certain distance, depends on the weather)
Quote from: Firey on 2012 Dec 04, 04:50:10
I was diagnosed with asthma when I was 4 years old and everyday,
I had to use the asthma machine for 1-2 hours.
My parents found out that the cold weather and pollen (from flowers and stuff)
was making my asthma worse, so we moved to a different city where it was much warmer.
But even to this day, basic physical activities such as walking and running still create breathing difficulties for me. :c
(If I'm walking or running a certain distance, depends on the weather)
Oh, right, asthma. I've known that I had it my entire life. My sister had it too, so I initially thought it was normal.
My asthma also makes me a very short-distance runner. Not much stamina, if I run more I tend to wheeze.
I should be thankful that my asthma isn't so bad as yours though...
I haven't been diagnosed with any disorder.
My oldest little brother (16 years old) has severe ADHD. He took medicin for it and was in hospital (or somewhere like that).
He is less hyper now.
Second youngest brother (9 years old) was just diagnosed with ADHD. And I think it's even worse than the older one's.
I don't know if he goes to hospital place but I think he will.
And then I have a little brother (15 in January) who hardly eats anything.
My mom suspects that he has an eating disorder. And that's everything I know.
I think in the area of mental disorders, if everyone in the world went to the hospital, at least half of the world would be diagnosed with some form of autism/OCD.
My brother was diagnosed with Aspergers, as it seems many people on here have been. The doctor said autism is kind of like a scale, pretty much everyone has a *degree* of autism or OCD (I myself do odd things at times, like having to position my glasses/bedside clock at a specific angle before I can sleep, same with my keyboard, I believe these were just called "quirks" back in the day, but would now probably be called OCD to a degree), it's just whether or not it's pronounced/noticeable enough that someone gets it diagnosed, and that if you say "mild autism" everyone in that category would have autism to a different degree, not all the same.
I don't know how much it affects my brother, if the things he does are just what he would do if he didn't have autism, or if he does them because of the autism, I guess we'll never know.
What annoys me is when that people who know a person with a disorder, and expect another person with the same disorder to
act exactly the same. Before I was diagnosed with Aspergers, a person thought I didn't have it because I didn't act like this other girl who had it. I wish I was diagnosed earlier, it would've saved me some trouble. >:/
Quote from: Chishio Kunrin on 2012 Dec 03, 17:21:21
I tend to get two plates of food. One will usually have meat on it, while the other has the vegetables and such on it. I don't want green bean juice or ranch style bean liquid stuff, etc., on my meat.
I like kale. Most people hate it because it's too bitter. It's bitter because it has a lot of base in it. Mainly, people use kale leaves for decoration on meals, and no one ever eats it. I eat it.
My family learned the hard way that I didn't like two foods mixing, but now we use separate plates. lol
I've recently figured out I'm a bit OCD, one little white spot on my blue and pink wall, stresses me out all day and I'm always getting paranoia when I'm alone, in the dark, or both.
Quote from: Firey on 2012 Dec 04, 04:50:10
I was diagnosed with asthma when I was 4 years old and everyday,
I had to use the asthma machine for 1-2 hours.
My parents found out that the cold weather and pollen (from flowers and stuff)
was making my asthma worse, so we moved to a different city where it was much warmer.
But even to this day, basic physical activities such as walking and running still create breathing difficulties for me. :c
(If I'm walking or running a certain distance, depends on the weather)
Explains why Tobuscus ends up out of breath from walking or running sometimes. He said he used to suffer from asthma.
I think the worst OCD moment I've had that I can remember was when I kept checking on my cat Callie to make sure she was safe where I thought she was. I kept not believing that I saw her, worrying that I wasn't really seeing her and she wasn't really there. I even put my hands all over her and petted her to make sure it really was her, and she really was there.
ADHD, I can't focus on things that don't suit my interest, however I have a tendency to educate myself with things that do (Like nuclear power/energy ovO)
I am also really sensitive to the smallest things (even if its a joke) but I don't show it.
I have terrible anxiety, I shake all the time, and when I get nervous or scared I shake a lot more and sorta spaz. I will also shake a bit at random times (In fact, just yesterday someone pointed out my bottom lip was quivering and when I lifted my hand up it was shaking rapidly)
I'm not sure if these are really disorders, but I seek attention, yet I am ubelievably shy. Even online (which is why I don't post much, or say where I live or age or name or really anything. And I hate using skype, especially voice chat. The only ponies I have ever talked to via skype voice chat is Trege, Twisted Shadow, and Sea Foam (hai Sea Foam)
I have a tendency to get really frustrated over simple things, and I get sad when I get frustrated.
And lastly, I tend to "adapt" to people/ponies I'm around. If I am around a really hyper person, my personality will slowly change from whatever it currently is, to hyper. (Still keeping my other major traits, like being shy)
I also have some other things that are a wee bit "dememnted" that I would rather not mention on the forum.
A lot of these haven't been really diagnosed, due to the fact that I rarely ever go to the doctor.
I have some kind of constricted ribcage, I'm not sure what to call it, but I know it has a name of some sort. It puts a lot of pressure on my heart and lungs, and coupled with my mild asthma, it doesn't help. :c
The only thing I've been diagnosed with is migraines in my left eye. For me it causes neon blotches, almost pixellated vision, headaches, and sometimes my vision goes out. It can be treated with just aspirin I think, but I don't. Other than that, I think I have OCD to some degree. I get these bursts where everything MUST go my way. I seriously start adjusting peoples arms and heads when that happens. And my older brother thinks I have autism, and I kinda do, too. He was telling his friend about it while we were walking. He said that one with it pays a lot of attention to colors, patterns, numbers, etc. and act awkward in social situations *Coughmecough* I also think I have another disorder that I can't name. I have to triple check even my own name for fear I'm not who I am. Also, fear of the dark, but I've been less so recently.
I havent officially been diangnosed with anything. But I'm sure I have something
One of my major problems is the inability to trust anyone. I constant fear that someone close to me will backstabbing me just like my "friends" did. For this reason I tend to look like someone I'm not. For example. I wear a black hoodie with my hood on and my headphones in constantly. And I'm always looking Over my shoulder. But under that hood I tend to wear bright colors that get me made fun of at school. Plus there's the fact that I'm one of the like 3 bronies in the school.
Then there is my inability to focus for more than 5 minuntes. After that period of time I either forget what I'm doing. Or can't remember what I just did. I think it's some kind of short term memory loss.
What confuses me though is how I tested positive for photographic memory, not sure on that one.
Quote from: TCDubstep on 2012 Dec 12, 23:40:27
Then there is my inability to focus for more than 5 minuntes. After that period of time I either forget what I'm doing. Or can't remember what I just did. I think it's some kind of short term memory loss.
What confuses me though is how I tested positive for photographic memory, not sure on that one.
I tend to have a pretty good memory, to the point where I often didn't take notes in most of my classes and never had to study for tests, but I can sometimes have problems with short-term memory. Heck, I sometimes can't even remember what I had for a meal two hours ago. I actually had to train myself to remember to put a new trash bag in the trash can when I take a full bag out.
Quote from: Chishio Kunrin on 2012 Dec 13, 01:06:55
Quote from: TCDubstep on 2012 Dec 12, 23:40:27
Then there is my inability to focus for more than 5 minuntes. After that period of time I either forget what I'm doing. Or can't remember what I just did. I think it's some kind of short term memory loss.
What confuses me though is how I tested positive for photographic memory, not sure on that one.
I tend to have a pretty good memory, to the point where I often didn't take notes in most of my classes and never had to study for tests, but I can sometimes have problems with short-term memory. Heck, I sometimes can't even remember what I had for a meal two hours ago. I actually had to train myself to remember to put a new trash bag in the trash can when I take a full bag out.
It's the exact same with me. Except the part with the trash bags, i still forget to change them on my trash day -_- . My memory generally comes back when there is something similar that i see at some point. if something reminds me of something else i quickly remember what im doing and/or what i learned. so when a question on a test asks for an answer, i usually instantly remember what the answer is if it has more than one anwser, if its not it takes me a bit longer to make the connections.
I ate Dinner 30 min ago and i don't remember what i ate :c