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If that's the case, then how come I was in a relationship long ago and it's been years since I'm not a virgin? I'm the one who broke it up but he never noticed something weird in me, other than being naivee (which I was at the time) and bookish.
Though I was never popular and till this day have few friends, I still relate well with people in general and know what's going on in my surrounding. If I can write on this forum then don't know what would be wrong with me.
I got diagnosed with a type of autism (don't know which one) at the age of 2 or 3. I'm now 25 and certain people and my father think that doctor was full of BS. However, at that age I was told by my mother and others how I wouldn't obey orders, danced by myself suddenly, repeat things, rock on a chair and do other weird things.
As of now I've noticed certain tics I caught myself doing such going from loud to low tone of voice, moving my feet sometimes as I'm sitting down. Then supervisor told me that when I speak on the phone with a client, I tend to have a way of moving my hands as if I were explaining something in person (I recently noticed this too) and me having a funny way of laughing. At times, I laughed at things that aren't too funny but not when something is comical.
In addition, I've studied psychology for 2 years and I have an idea about some types of autism. Some are moderate while others are severe.
I know certain people have noticed about my tics but either most don't care or they take it as if it were no big deal. But was this doctor right as was it some type of error? If I'm able to relate to others, do well on my workplace and do well at college (I'm studying something else now) then I don't think it's that of a big deal. I'm thinking what I have is just about self-control.
Yeah maybe you've got something classifiable, whatever it is it's not cramping your style much so I wouldn't worry about it.
You may also have been the victim of an over enthusiastic doctor and an over anxious mother when you were little. It's chicken and the egg time, the wriggling on the chair stuff sounds normal as hell to me for a 2 or 3 year old. It's easy to convince a kid there's something "wrong" with them.
You may also have some underlying nervous condition as an adult that you could possibly get treatment for if diagnosed properly.
Why has this concern come up recently, in the frst place?
I would definitely check it out with another doctor/s, if you are worried. If you're not worried, you can just be slightly odd like the rest of us. Carry on.
Why has this concern come up recently, in the frst place?
I was curious about this for a while and wanted to share this here.
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I would definitely check it out with another doctor/s, if you are worried. If you're not worried, you can just be slightly odd like the rest of us. Carry on.
Yeah I'm not that worried about it. I figure if I have something, then it must not be that severe enough to affect my social life.
When this topic was brought up, my father blamed it on my mother. He said something along the lines ''You and your nervousness, the doctor just probably told you what you wanted to hear. I bet if it was me taking her, none of this would have happened. How come she wasn't acting that way with me around?''
In addition, when he saw all the medications the doctors gave to my mother, he just threw them down the toilet and just said ''She doesn't need medications, what she needs is discipline, plain simple. I know what a real autistic kid is like.''
Till this day, he thinks that doctor was full of BS
There was some truth to that. I used to behaved differently while he was around vs my mother and other relatives taking care of me.
I have a niece who has inherited her mother's crazy.
It's sad.
Her mother has told her there's something wrong with her all her life, and she deep down believes it. Now she's an addict so she actually does have something wrong with her. Self inflicted.
I have a niece who has inherited her mother's crazy.
It's sad.
Her mother has told her there's something wrong with her all her life, and she deep down believes it. Now she's an addict so she actually does have something wrong with her. Self inflicted.
Yeah that's a way to damage a child.
I don't think my mother did it on purpose but she was worried at me and was only 21 years old when she got pregnant and knew nothing about parenting skills (I was the first and only child then). Plus, at the time they had fewer known disorders than now. Psychology is still considered a new science and there are disorders that are yet to be discovered.
But yeah that's the only thing bad about my mother. She can still at times get influenced by others. If they say one negative comment, then she believes it (whether it's about a disorder, food, etc). She listened to someone else at the time and that's why she took me to the doctor.
I don't think any of this is something to be concerned about, it sounds like natural quirks of yours. Isn't autism more about not being able to read others' emotions, social cues or to respond in socially acceptable ways to their communication?
I don't think any of this is something to be concerned about, it sounds like natural quirks of yours.
The more I think about it, the more I'm starting to wonder that maybe I'm not the only one with those quirks.
I think that doctor just exaggerated and seeing my mother nervous, he just made up something to earn more money.
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Isn't autism more about not being able to read others' emotions, social cues or to respond in socially acceptable ways to their communication?
I think so too. I'm definitely not lacking in that area.
The more I think about it, the more I'm starting to wonder that maybe I'm not the only one with those quirks.
I think that doctor just exaggerated and seeing my mother nervous, he just made up something to earn more money.
I think so too. I'm definitely not lacking in that area.
Autism and its various derivatives (Aspergers, for example) are spectrum disorders meaning that symptoms will range in severity from non-existent to debilitating, some might have all the symptoms and some may only have a few. So you could very well have autism or perhaps Aspergers and still "read" people or be an out-going people person.
As for your doctor, he does not receive a bonus for each diagnosis.
Autism and its various derivatives (Aspergers, for example) are spectrum disorders meaning that symptoms will range in severity from non-existent to debilitating, some might have all the symptoms and some may only have a few. So you could very well have autism or perhaps Aspergers and still "read" people or be an out-going people person.
As for your doctor, he does not receive a bonus for each diagnosis.
Yes but the pharmaceutical industry on the other hand makes a fortune.
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