Do you think I have an Autism Spectrum Disorder?
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Thread Topic: Do you think I have an Autism Spectrum Disorder?
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Siren NewbieI have taken many tests and quizzes, every single one says it is very likely that I have Asperger's Syndrome or autism. I may have another ASD.
My IQ is 44.
Eye contact makes me very uncomfortable and stressed.
When I have a conversation, I don't know what to say or do.
I talk very formally. Many people have notified me of this fact.
My walking is very stiff. My parents often complain about this.
I am usually very anxious, every day.
I have strong interests, which I pursue every day with a fixed routine, and if I am not able to pursue these interests, I will be incapable of doing anything else, stressed, even more anxious, and my thoughts will return to the interest and I will ignore everything else. I will have a meltdown and be sulky until I am given permission to pursue the interest.
I need to follow a stiff routine, if it is changed I have a meltdown, and am stressed until the new routine become the norm.
I have two close friends, I have known them both since I was young, and it was them who sought me out (after being told they needed to include me by their parents). They are very kind and often need to protect me from bullying. They have seen behind my awkwardness to the person within the husk of my body, and enjoy my company. They are willing to have deep and meaningful conversations about my interests with me.
I am not capable of 'small talk' and 'chit-chat'. These things make no sense to me, and seem to be a peculiar obsession shared by other people, that I am excluded from. There is no point to jumping topic every thirty seconds, deliberately avoiding the possibility of a meaningful conversation. No useful information is gained from this pastime.
I frequently engage in self-harm activities, such as cutting myself with a knife in neat ordered rows, not as a suicidal attempt but because I am frustrated with my lack of social capability, and am trying to teach myself a lesson. I scratch at my face because I need the pain.
I flap my hands, more often when I am stressed but I do it a lot when I am not stressed as well. This behavior feels good, and is a relief, to me. Many people dislike it and have told me so, rudely asking me to stop.
Often I say the truth, and people around me tell me it was very rude.
Many, many jokes, I do not understand, and those that I do I am always last to realize the point, and have to force a smile and laugh. It is very difficult.
I need several hours minimum of alone time every day or I will go into complete overload and shut down.
I am extremely introverted.
Please help me. I am very confused, and desperately need advice. Seeking medical advice is currently not an option for me, I am afraid, and I would like some opinions on other paths, or what on earth could be wrong with me, or if I have an autism spectrum disorder, or something similar, or am just a normal, neurotypical introvert? -
Have you taken unpaid online tests? Because perhaps those are the least accurate and haven't been conducted by an expert in the psychology or medical field that has been trained to give a test to give individuals the most applicable diagnosis to their symptoms or issues.
Again, did you take an online IQ test? The number probably isn't the real measurement of your intelligence considering intelligence isn't even measurable because there's too much variations of it to have a quantity. And someone with the IQ of 44 wouldn't even be able to propose and type that full paragraph, better yet make coherrnt statements that all link together and make some sense. So I don't think you're "moderately retarded."
Again, we are not doctors, we are not psychologists, please consult medical attention and get the right diagnosis you need to get a conclusion for all your troubles. It's like you want to be autistic, which probably shows you aren't autistic and you have an actual underlying mental problem that you want a disorder to justify your anxiety or irrational claims that you do have ASD.
Many of the things you listed could be autism because self-diagnosis is no advisable so seek medical advice because again dude, we ain't doctors lol -
*that full tidbit, better yet make coherent
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