So, I'm Autistic and I wonder where I'm at on the Spectrum according to others, and where you guys on?
To be specific, I'm asking about a scale, which this case is the Autism Spectrum, as these specific levels: Very High Functioning, High Functioning, Mid-High Functioning, Medium Functioning, Mid-Low Functioning, Low Functioning, and Very Low Functioning.
Me, personally, I see myself as not very high functioning, but instead, sort of in-between both just high-functioning and mid-high functioning. I see a very high functioning autistic person as someone who don't makes noises, can easily talk to anyone, can perfectly engaged in a on-and-on conversation with another person, occasionally may do something socially inappropriate, like ask a question that shouldn't be ask or asking at the wrong time, also who is good at empathy. An average high functioning person I see as someone who may have some trouble with empathy, can kind of engaged in conversations, just not an on-and-on one, say or do things inappropriate, both time and time again, but yet don't make noises. A mid-high one is someone who makes noises quite a bit in a day/week, have deep issues with conversations, tends to repeat things heard from others, shows or movies, and tends to ask questions at the wrong time or questions that shouldn't be asked.
I, however, is not as less engaged like I used. I've gone through training with social skills through a class, and I'm so much better than I am before then. Before, the only way I can talk to people is by asking questions, again can be inappropriate ones at times, and quite often seen as shy. Now I can talk to a-lot of people, I do ask questions, but yet talk to them in conversations, like telling them about the recent news of sports, or what I know about movies. I do ask questions that shouldn't be asked, and asked at the wrong time. I tends to make noises a-lot during weeks. I do things like flapping my hands, rocking, and yelling and laughing a-lot.
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I don't have autism, but I'm still learning about what it is exactly even now as an adult. When I was in school there were the kids who had developmental disabilities, and the kids who had autism. The autistic kids seemed mostly normal to me, or at least what I thought kids were going to be anyway: crazy and out there. About a year ago I took an online autism test - which of course probably doesn't do a full scope like a psychologist or whoever would do - but the test result was that I didn't have it.
I'm still trying to understand it because I have co-workers who are autistic yet most of them seem completely normal to me. Although there is one guy who makes noises like you were saying.
Autism is a developmental disorder. It starts at birth with us not being able to speak. I didn't started talking until 4 years of age. I kind of remember I was talking to myself privately, repeating what I was hearing from cartoons and movies. That's another thing I would do a lot, and even nowadays, I repeat things not only I heard in movies and shows, but from others. Once getting into by the point you develop a personality by around 10 years, we're often more like loners and that when we starts to have bad social skills. Even before we reach age 10, we somewhat have bad social skills, but if we're able to speak we would talk to others, but a-lot of times may be inappropriate like being rude to others or laughing and talking about inappropriate things. When I was about 12 or 13, that when I slowly starts to be less sociable and kept to myself, a-lot of times I would have anger problems and go through stress, especially during at which this point I was in Middle School and beyond that in High School. I was always seemed to be shy, until I learned social skills strength when I became an adult. Also, it's common in any mentally impaired person to have problems with functioning as they aged, of-course I mentioned I became not all too talkable as well becoming noisy by yelling and screaming out things, punched walls, and made some unusual vocal sounds. I still made them every now and then. Back to what I was saying that we have communication problems growing up. A-lot of Low Functioning Autistic people don't speak or if so, just certain words, not sentences, and can be violent towards themselves and others. They wouldn't be like the co-workers you have currently.
Also notes, I do take medications for my anger and stress. I take an Antidepressant called Fluoxetine and a Antipsychotic called Risperdone. The antidepressant is suppose to make me feel a-lot more relaxed, I yells and screams a-lot less when its in my system. And I would never, if so very rarely, punch walls when being on the dose. I take up to 80 mgs of it, the highest being 120-140 mgs to take, not any more than that. It's also helps treats my other disorder, OCD, and makes me a-lot calm and simply careless of whatever thoughts in my head that bothers me. I know OCD is an entirely different condition, but a-lot, maybe half of the population of those with Autism, also have OCD. Autism also affects a person's interest. It makes us likes limited of things, but can be quite super intense interests in them. Mine are: Movies, Music, Art, Social and Life Science subjects, and Sports. So intense a-lot of us are often considered nerds or geeks due to all of this, as we held quite great knowledge of whatever we like. But with OCD, we have a-lot of unwanted thoughts, mine have to do with memories from the past that disturbs to re-imagine them. I often pretend I'm talking to whoever in these traumatic thoughts despite they're not there in-person, and even talk to myself. I also have thoughts of harming them. Just with the Antidepressant, I'm more freed from the constant screaming and yelling of words, and more less violent. The Antipsychotic, is for Autism as an extra boost for both my anger and stress caused by my autism, with help from the Prozac.
That seems rough. I do know about the anger issues autistic people have, and limited interests like you were saying, yeah. Thanks for being brave enough to share your story.
Also try listening to binaural beats for autism.
You're very welcome!!! I never share this information to others, not even therapists and I see a few, a-lot of times when seeing and talking to them, I'm a-bit anxious, probably due to my condition, but typing and writing helps me a-lot to give out my thoughts and all. That's another thing, people like myself with Autism, tends to write or type as their way to communicate a-lot better than verbally. Like I said in the extra info in the update, I used to write letters to girls to confess my love to them and asked them on dates, of-course it never works as planned. When talking to girls these days, I talk to them like anyone else, but I swore more often I speak to guys. Just the opposite sex to me always been a challenge out of any time when talking to others. A-lot of girls thinks I'm weird and awkward which being considered that by some before meeting new ones, I have fears of being treated that way again. Although texting a girl helps better than in-person, I sometimes gets a-little too inappropriate when talking to them, most of them being girls I like, but more often recently I been good at keeping the conversation fairly normal. The inappropriate questions and comments I'd say to them on Messenger and all, is also because of my autism, which that's what I believe is the case.
It looks like you're doing your own therapy and training by writing and everything. Some people won't approach their issues with that method. That's why they say keeping a journal is important, but I imagine you probably do that too.
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