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dontworryaboutit

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ThreeWords said:
sgtshock said:
There are no normal people in the disorder threads because no one is going to go there to say something unless it's interesting.
Well, yeah. You don't get posts on a 'Brag about your worst accidents' thread saying "I stubbed my toe yesterday, and it still hurts a bit ='("
People will only post what they think will interest others, and saying "I have a tiny bit of aspergers" is not that interesting

On topic, I'm close to normal, but I do have slight aspergers, in that I like patterns, numbers, logic and order, but I can still bear having a messy room.
I like to stop my food from mixing, and I don't like stepping on cracks in the pavement or only touching things with one finger, but I don't get hung up about it.
On the other hand, I can find beauty in an equation and love creating art from applying mathematical rules

To demonstrate my point, that was hardly the most gripping read, was it?
I was pretty invested in it.
 

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ThreeWords said:
sgtshock said:
There are no normal people in the disorder threads because no one is going to go there to say something unless it's interesting.
Well, yeah. You don't get posts on a 'Brag about your worst accidents' thread saying "I stubbed my toe yesterday, and it still hurts a bit ='("
People will only post what they think will interest others, and saying "I have a tiny bit of aspergers" is not that interesting

On topic, I'm close to normal, but I do have slight aspergers, in that I like patterns, numbers, logic and order, but I can still bear having a messy room.
I like to stop my food from mixing, and I don't like stepping on cracks in the pavement or only touching things with one finger, but I don't get hung up about it.
On the other hand, I can find beauty in an equation and love creating art from applying mathematical rules

To demonstrate my point, that was hardly the most gripping read, was it?
I actually thought it was quite interesting, though it's possible that's just because until today I didn't know exactly what aspergers was.
 

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dontworryaboutit said:
ThreeWords said:
I was pretty invested in it.
Thank you for helping me inflate my ego even bigger =)

Anything else you want to know? =P

Hexenwolf said:
ThreeWords said:
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I actually thought it was quite interesting, though it's possible that's just because until today I didn't know exactly what aspergers was.
*Repeats ego remark*

Also, don't use me as an example, because I'm not really a 'proper' aspie. I just have a few borderline symptoms. If you want to know more, I'd suggest you look it up, not guess from me
 

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ThreeWords said:
To demonstrate my point, that was hardly the most gripping read, was it?
For someone with a little bit of asperger's, (heck, even by normal internet standards,) you're not a bad storyteller. Don't sell yourself short.
 

Zorg Machine

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the majority of people in the world do not live in Europe and North America and I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that most of us are.

besides, sometimes I get the feeling that "normal" people are a minority in the world.
 

ThreeWords

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ThrobbingEgo said:
ThreeWords said:
To demonstrate my point, that was hardly the most gripping read, was it?
For someone with a little bit of asperger's, (heck, even by normal internet standards,) you're not a bad storyteller. Don't sell yourself short.
Thanks. As I said, I don't have anything remotely like real asperger's, and I do love words. ("If numbers are, then words dream")
However, it might show in that I sometimes spend several minutes just trying to think of exactly the right word for the right idea
 

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Hexenwolf said:
ThreeWords said:
sgtshock said:
There are no normal people in the disorder threads because no one is going to go there to say something unless it's interesting.
Well, yeah. You don't get posts on a 'Brag about your worst accidents' thread saying "I stubbed my toe yesterday, and it still hurts a bit ='("
People will only post what they think will interest others, and saying "I have a tiny bit of aspergers" is not that interesting

On topic, I'm close to normal, but I do have slight aspergers, in that I like patterns, numbers, logic and order, but I can still bear having a messy room.
I like to stop my food from mixing, and I don't like stepping on cracks in the pavement or only touching things with one finger, but I don't get hung up about it.
On the other hand, I can find beauty in an equation and love creating art from applying mathematical rules

To demonstrate my point, that was hardly the most gripping read, was it?
I actually thought it was quite interesting, though it's possible that's just because until today I didn't know exactly what aspergers was.
sry for double post but I think I may have slight Aspergers now... what an enlightening day.
 

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cabooze said:
sry for double post but I think I may have slight Aspergers now... what an enlightening day.
Welcome to the internet. A place where everyone's a self diagnosed aspie. Whatever you do, don't look up personality disorders on Wikipedia.

Also known as the fastest road to hypochondria.
 

ThreeWords

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ThrobbingEgo said:
cabooze said:
sry for double post but I think I may have slight Aspergers now... what an enlightening day.
Welcome to the internet. A place where everyone's a self diagnosed aspie. Whatever you do, don't look up personality disorders on Wikipedia.

Also known as the fastest road to hypochondria.
That's the one where you obsess about having illnesses you don't actually have, right?

I heard that in some extreme cases, the belief of illness can actually force the body to simulate symptoms. Ie someone who thought they had flu had a temperature and was being sick purely because he thought he was ill

Also, as ThrobbingEgo said, don't decide you have something until someone with a PHD tells you that you have it. For me, it took an educational psychologist and a general IQ test to make sure

dontworryaboutit said:
Social security number, mother's maiden name, credit card numbers.
Sorry, I also have acute paranoia, and posting such details on the internet would cause me to have a psychological breakdown =P
 

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ThreeWords said:
Hexenwolf said:
ThreeWords said:
snip again
I actually thought it was quite interesting, though it's possible that's just because until today I didn't know exactly what aspergers was.
*Repeats ego remark*

Also, don't use me as an example, because I'm not really a 'proper' aspie. I just have a few borderline symptoms. If you want to know more, I'd suggest you look it up, not guess from me
Actually, that comment inspired me to look it up, and you're right, the illness I made up in my mind after I read your post was definitely not aspergers.
 

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ZeroMachine said:
If by "normal" you mean those with no social issues, family problems, or mental disorders then... well, I'm normal. I'm a bit awkward, hate my mom, and was onced diagnosed with ADD, but I live a normal, happy life.

If by "normal" you mean something else, well... HELL no. No way am I normal. I'm a freakin' nerd :p
true that
 

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NO, I WILL HAVE SOME MORE FISH, IF YOU WOULD, KIND GOAT

WHAT?!? DID YOU CATCH ANY FISH?
 

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Fuck.The.Mainstream xD :p (which is also a Gothic clothing website)

Normality is overrated and i agree with the guy that doubts anyone is truly normal, however that itself is a degree of being normal... Put it this way, you have weird, then you have half the people on this website, me included :)
 

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ThePoodonkis said:
I consider myself normal, in terms of OCDs, manias, quirks, et cetra.
Except the fact that I still have some faith in humanity, some consider that odd.
That makes you crazier than anyone else!

I r teh normalz!

(except that I can't help but to speak in lolcat, is that an illness?)