I think many people go undiagnosed.
THIS WOULD EXPLAIN SO MUCH ABOUT MY WEIRDNESS
I MUST HAVE ASPERGERS
I find this kind of profiling somewhat insensitive.
I find this kind of profiling somewhat insensitive.
Eh, I wouldn't take a lot of offense to it. You'll get people here willing to talk about their situation and some that take offense to it. I don't think it's insensitive to ask an open question that no one is bound to answer.I find this kind of profiling somewhat insensitive.
I've been told that I'm insensitive and I have no clue when I'm doing it.
It's a touchy subject and many people maybe wouldn't want to go directly to a computer forum and tell that they have asperger's. Imo that's the great part about the internet cause I can be whoever I want to be here, and don't get a stamp "the guy with asperger", not cause it's a bad thingI find this kind of profiling somewhat insensitive.
I've been told that I'm insensitive and I have no clue when I'm doing it.
Eh, I wouldn't take a lot of offense to it. You'll get people here willing to talk about their situation and some that take offense to it. I don't think it's insensitive to ask an open question that no one is bound to answer.I find this kind of profiling somewhat insensitive.
I've been told that I'm insensitive and I have no clue when I'm doing it.
People are horrible.
Just to be clear I wasn't necessarily saying that I found asking the question offensive since it is none of my business who does or does not respond. What I meant is that the widespread diagnosis of mental disorders has become insensitive to the people who seriously struggle with a disease. When seemingly normal people are diagnosed with brain disorders it gives society the impression that people with disease x are really not suffering that bad reducing the amount of needed attention severe cases get. So to make it short, I think coming up with a list of symptoms that declares you "mentaly x or y" is insensitive and is unlikely to do anything but cause unneeded stress and concern.
Just to be clear I wasn't necessarily saying that I found asking the question offensive since it is none of my business who does or does not respond. What I meant is that the widespread diagnosis of mental disorders has become insensitive to the people who seriously struggle with a disease. When seemingly normal people are diagnosed with brain disorders it gives society the impression that people with disease x are really not suffering that bad reducing the amount of needed attention severe cases get. So to make it short, I think coming up with a list of symptoms that declares you "mentaly x or y" is insensitive and is unlikely to do anything but cause unneeded stress and concern.
Just to be clear I wasn't necessarily saying that I found asking the question offensive since it is none of my business who does or does not respond. What I meant is that the widespread diagnosis of mental disorders has become insensitive to the people who seriously struggle with a disease. When seemingly normal people are diagnosed with brain disorders it gives society the impression that people with disease x are really not suffering that bad reducing the amount of needed attention severe cases get. So to make it short, I think coming up with a list of symptoms that declares you "mentaly x or y" is insensitive and is unlikely to do anything but cause unneeded stress and concern.
That's not the root of the problem..
The main issue is that the Diagnostic Manual is more horoscope than science..
So now, every lazy woman who wasn't pretty enough to marry rich has clinical depression..
You see the problem ?
Just to be clear I wasn't necessarily saying that I found asking the question offensive since it is none of my business who does or does not respond. What I meant is that the widespread diagnosis of mental disorders has become insensitive to the people who seriously struggle with a disease. When seemingly normal people are diagnosed with brain disorders it gives society the impression that people with disease x are really not suffering that bad reducing the amount of needed attention severe cases get. So to make it short, I think coming up with a list of symptoms that declares you "mentaly x or y" is insensitive and is unlikely to do anything but cause unneeded stress and concern.
That's not the root of the problem..
The main issue is that the Diagnostic Manual is more horoscope than science..
So now, every lazy woman who wasn't pretty enough to marry rich has clinical depression..
You see the problem ?
I believe you are actually explaining a part of my argument. The idea that a simple list of symptoms can encompass the underlying complications involved with mental disorders is insane and ultimately insensitive.
Just to be clear I wasn't necessarily saying that I found asking the question offensive since it is none of my business who does or does not respond. What I meant is that the widespread diagnosis of mental disorders has become insensitive to the people who seriously struggle with a disease. When seemingly normal people are diagnosed with brain disorders it gives society the impression that people with disease x are really not suffering that bad reducing the amount of needed attention severe cases get. So to make it short, I think coming up with a list of symptoms that declares you "mentaly x or y" is insensitive and is unlikely to do anything but cause unneeded stress and concern.
I'm actually going to have to ask for clarification here. There are clearly a LOT of people who go completely undiagnosed because of the social stigma that exists around having a real mental affliction of one type or another.
If you mean that self-diagnosing via the internet (going to wikipedia and mentally placing a checkmark next to some widely cast symptoms typed up by someone who may or may not know what they're talking about isn't a proper diagnosis) is offensive, I will totally agree with you on that.
Aspergers happens to be a real disorder that some people are diagnosed with: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/asperger/detail_asperger.htm
Just to be clear I wasn't necessarily saying that I found asking the question offensive since it is none of my business who does or does not respond. What I meant is that the widespread diagnosis of mental disorders has become insensitive to the people who seriously struggle with a disease. When seemingly normal people are diagnosed with brain disorders it gives society the impression that people with disease x are really not suffering that bad reducing the amount of needed attention severe cases get. So to make it short, I think coming up with a list of symptoms that declares you "mentaly x or y" is insensitive and is unlikely to do anything but cause unneeded stress and concern.
I'm actually going to have to ask for clarification here. There are clearly a LOT of people who go completely undiagnosed because of the social stigma that exists around having a real mental affliction of one type or another.
If you mean that self-diagnosing via the internet (going to wikipedia and mentally placing a checkmark next to some widely cast symptoms typed up by someone who may or may not know what they're talking about isn't a proper diagnosis) is offensive, I will totally agree with you on that.
Aspergers happens to be a real disorder that some people are diagnosed with: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/asperger/detail_asperger.htm
I think that people with real cases of this disease are being negatively effected by people like the OP who attempt to post what Asburgers "looks like" and having you self diagnose. So yes we are in agreement.
I'm offended that you can't spell Asperger's right when I clearly spelled it correctly in the thread title, which hurts the credibility of your arguments.Just to be clear I wasn't necessarily saying that I found asking the question offensive since it is none of my business who does or does not respond. What I meant is that the widespread diagnosis of mental disorders has become insensitive to the people who seriously struggle with a disease. When seemingly normal people are diagnosed with brain disorders it gives society the impression that people with disease x are really not suffering that bad reducing the amount of needed attention severe cases get. So to make it short, I think coming up with a list of symptoms that declares you "mentaly x or y" is insensitive and is unlikely to do anything but cause unneeded stress and concern.
I'm actually going to have to ask for clarification here. There are clearly a LOT of people who go completely undiagnosed because of the social stigma that exists around having a real mental affliction of one type or another.
If you mean that self-diagnosing via the internet (going to wikipedia and mentally placing a checkmark next to some widely cast symptoms typed up by someone who may or may not know what they're talking about isn't a proper diagnosis) is offensive, I will totally agree with you on that.
Aspergers happens to be a real disorder that some people are diagnosed with: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/asperger/detail_asperger.htm
I think that people with real cases of this disease are being negatively effected by people like the OP who attempt to post what Asburgers "looks like" and having you self diagnose. So yes we are in agreement.
I don't intended to encourage anyone
I have many of those symptoms, and have had for as long as I can remember.
So yes, I probably have Asperger's.
Here's the thing..
I was at one of these asperger awareness tables, because there was this cute girl I wanted to chat up.. Yes, this happened to be the pretext of most of the things I did during college..
She was one of the helping sorority girls, she didn't have aspergers..
Anyway.. When I actually talked to a few of the guys that did have aspergers.. They seem to have less of a clue as to why they're there than the people working the event..
It felt like the people with aspergers don't give a **** or don't know how to give a **** about having aspergers..
I feel like the sorority may have been leeching onto any issue at all to fill those required activity charts..
The only affliction I possess is that I'm too damn Awesome..Show Image(http://s1.postimage.org/15vny68ck/157.gif)
I find this kind of profiling somewhat insensitive.
I've been told that I'm insensitive and I have no clue when I'm doing it.
Just wondering. Many of us exhibit various symptoms, including myself. I don't consider this a bad thing, just something to think about.
I could name a few autistic aspie ****s here on GH
I could name a few autistic aspie ****s here on GH
everybody has aspergers/is in the autism spectrum/is anti social blah blah blah.
WE ARE ALL SPECIAL SNOWFLAKES.
Not to bash you in any way prdlm2009; it's just that your lines caused those images to pop into my head.
Not to bash you in any way prdlm2009; it's just that your lines caused those images to pop into my head.