Asperger and Autism, what are your thoughts with people who have it?

If people cannot learn to appreciate for the differences then something's wrong with them. They do not know how to love but hate. Don't worry. They are just cowardly and they do not know what they are doing. We are all family as I said before. You are all right!

@Yil
And I thought I was the sad guy at school. XD

@BlueFox gui if you don't want to cry, then don't...

DarkRiolu264
sometimes i can't XD
Are you a philosopher?
I almost cry when i watch one of this dog movies when the dog dies at the end.
Like the one in which the dog waits for the owner, but the owner does not return.

Life is hell. Eventually I got numb to it. Sort of. For reference, I've been diagnosed Asperger's since like...forever? Eh, dunno.

@YII - On the topic of folding Asperger's into ASD - medically speaking, it was. DSM-5 (the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, version 5) did so. It was a pretty controversial change, actually. Under that new definition, 75% of Aspies aren't autistic enough to be ASD if rediagnosed (and probably would lose SE services)

@BlueFox gui I'm not a philosopher but, I try to be the guy who gives a moral reason to life... if that's the definition of a philosopher, then, yes... I am one... also, those kind of movies would make anyone with a heart cry... I mean, I cried when I was watching the blind side with my parents... lol

@DarkRiolu264
BUT IM NOT A PERSON WHO CRY WITH THINGS LIKE THAT, i don't cry with nothing, i watch Lion King 300 times and i don't cry with Mufasa dying or anything, and with the dog movie i ALMOST cry.. i mean, i almost got the male sweat out of my eyes XD
And I'm listening to this song while I read and write here. XD

@BlueFox gui I'm listening to this song... I think it sounds like some sort of james bond story from his fathers side of the story...

oops, forgot the video lol

@chaoskagami I never had any kind of social insurance for that.
Perhaps my lust for power is not as terrible as I think if that pushes me further in life. Or somewhere there is still a child.
I had some very crazy ideas sometimes.

Aspergers/Autism among other learning "issues" can often be a blessing in disguise. Many of history's brightest minds suffered from learning disabilities of some sort or another, as well as mental illness.

Dont let it get you down . I have issues of both varieties, but i dont let it stop me. Is it easy? Heck no, but i thrive off a good challenge so it all works out

Since this somehow magically appeared on the front page again...

I needed to mention that i had been told about this early in life. I had be told about asperers syndrome, but also that i had ADHD, not that i get it all entirely but ADHD has something with lack of focus, while aspergers also deals with same kind of thing, somehow it kinda either co-operates or contradicts each other existence. Not sure and never put much thought into it.

Second, before i was in highschool this was put into existence (By that i mean that i had diagnosed) and so they sent me to a special education school, i do not use this in negative way. Classrooms were limited to 6 students, and 2 teachers, seem different than your 1 teacher vs 30+ ratio i guess, but the students has their own personal issues, and teachers were perhaps trained to care for them. Name any one of the mental disorders and one of the many students had them.

Being in a class with bipolar people, people who didn't like being touched, didn't like sitting in chairs so much he just crouches on them for 45 minutes per class (personally i can't find that possible to not sit for 6 hours during school, people who learn at slower pace or faster pace, have trouble viewing specific things, trouble understanding some things... the list goes on, do i think i am normal?

Yes i do! But then again, lots of peopel are, weather it be "Doctor says: Mental disorder" or is just your personality. You are who you are, let that be how people see you, don't let people give you attention as if autism is strictly bad thing, is how you and others handle it that make it what it is, it can be good if you let it.

I have found that benzodiazepines like Xanax or Ativan help a lot with the social anxiety aspects of aspergers much more than long-term SSRIs like Paxil. That extra boost of confidence will make a surprisingly significant positive change to your quality of life. The only downsides are that they will make you sleepy and your memory will be shot until you build up a tolerance. Other substances like alcohol or a euphoric dose of opiates will help me open up as if I was a "normal" person. Self-medication can be a dangerous road to travel, so I would recommend talking to a doctor about what options are available.

Kinder/school was always a pain to me because I had to stand other kids who were always noisy and annoying, so it triggered my mom to take me to a psychologist (because I wasn't "normal" >_>) . Turns out I have what they call "mild" AS, that is, I can perfectly interact with other people of my age but apparently I have trouble socializing with them, that is, I can't befriend them, relate to them, etc. I still don't know exactly how, because I've always had friends (not a lot of them, like "normal" kids do, I've always had no more than 2 or 3).
I was medicated for most of my life, but once I turned 19 (so, August of this year) they considered that I had "made progress" (not sure how, I didn't notice any change tbh) and I was taken off of them.

Overall, AS is not what I'd call a serious disorder. Sure, it can mess you up from time to time, but you're a functioning member of society.

OTOH, autism is a whole different deal - most of the people I met with autism were what one would call "braindead" (no, it wasn't Down Syndrome. These were kids diagnosed with autism). They couldn't talk to me, and talking to them made no difference whatsoever. They seem to be living in their own bubble, indifferent to what happens outside of it. I can't believe what that'd be, although fortunately nowadays more people are aware that even though it's a psychiatric disorder, it's treatable up to a certain extent and they can become mostly autonomous.
So, that's nice.

18 and aspergurs people often get annoyed with me because of how often i repeat things

I'm actually really surprised to read about anxiety meds being used to help people on the spectrum. I didn't realize there were any meds to help with that. Its good to know though, (insert the more you know meme here lol).

But seriously, it does make sense because a lot of people with Aspergers/Autism do suffer a lot of anxiety in social situations due to their different way of processing things. While there's no one size fits all for any condition, I can see why anxiety meds would help a lot of people who have that.

I have anxiety myself and take mefs for it (I'm not on the autism spectrum at all), but without them I'm a mess. I have OCD, while its a completely different condition, I know compulsions can often go hand in hand with Aspergers/Autism

Don't have AS, but my roommate does. I can almost never tell how he's feeling, and it's kind of hard to deal with sometimes.

Most the time I don't know if he's happy, sad, angry etc. We get along well, but it would be nice if he externalized his emotions/thoughts more often.

My brain is optimal when remotely negative (but not completely blinded), and can instant reach full capacity when facing aggression, but messed up when I feel positive.