Is There Anybody Else Here With Aspberger's Syndrome?

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Here's a weird Aspie thing from today. My clock radio is starting to have issues. It is difficult to get the alarm to set properly. Not an overly huge deal since I usually wake up before it goes off. But since being late to anything is just not acceptable I need the alarm as a backup. Otherwise I just don't sleep well. It is really fun when the power is out.
Anyway I decided that it would be easy to replace it. After all how difficult is it to find an clock radio with an alarm? Well I figured out it is difficult unless one wants a display that has green lighting and not red. I need red numbers or forget sleeping. The green or any other color numbers tend to throw off too much light. The only way to get around it is to cover the clock but that of course makes it really difficult to see what time it is in the middle of the night. I've found one on Amazon that will work plus it has an Ipod station so that is a huge plus. And it isn't too expensive. But I have to wait for it to be shipped.

 

[chicken_china_mom]

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I have this terrible fear of over sleeping when I have somewhere to be the next day. I do not sleep well the night before without an alarm to go off, even though I will usually wake up before the alarm. Picking out an alarm clock is hard because I like to sleep in the complete dark. I hate my drapes (and they're thermals so they block out a lot of the light) because light still comes in, in the mornings, and I hate that. I either like the room flooded with light, or absolutely no light at all. No in betweens. I'm not comfortable with dim lighting. I used to babysit for my aunt and uncle as a teen, and my aunt has always been one that likes ambient lighting. But the moment they would leave, I would turn all the lights on nice and bright. I didn't like the way they lit the house. Then, when I put the kids to bed, I would turn every light off. I had the house memorized so I could walk from the living room to the bathroom or kitchen without turning on the dining room light in between. I would only turn on the light of the room that I was in, and then immediately turn it off once I left the room. I still do that, lol.

Other quirks I have, that I'm not sure if I mentioned before:

When I shop, I have to purchase everything in even numbers, and use it in even numbers whenever possible. Unless I know I still have a box of chicken rice at home, I will buy either 2 or 4 every time.

When I hang clothes in my closet, I have to hang all the shirts with the opening facing to the left. Pants must be hung the same way. Dresses too. In the dresser, shirts go in the shirt drawer, pants in the pants drawer, etc. Drawers are not interchangeable.

When wearing pants, they must come all the way down to the top of my foot. I can't stand pants that come to the top of my ankle bone. I'm tall (5'8), so finding pants long enough is not an easy task, and considering I will only wear cotton, and cotton has a tendency to shrink, I am constantly buying new pants. I can wear capris, but they MUST come past my knees. I cannot stand anything brushing against, or touching my knees, it literally nauseates me, so when I wear shorts I have to have them be a couple inches above my knees, without showing off too much, if you know what I mean, lol.

My hands have to constantly be busy. I have a lot of stress if I can't keep my hands moving while I'm awake. When I watch movies or tv, I will either pick at my fingers until they bleed and I can't bend them, or I write. Writing soothes me, and I almost always have paper and a pen in hand.

If I am reading a book, I'm compelled to read it until it's done. All at once. It's a darn good thing I read fast.

I have a bunch more that I'm just now beginning to realize are not typical. I'm starting to ask my friends and no one seems to do what I do. It's normal for me though.

 

[breezy]

I have taken both of those tests a couple of times. Interestingly I score differently based on how much contact I am having with my husband. For example if I spend a week away from my husband say at my moms house I score as straight NT. When I am home all the time with husband I score as borderline AS or as its sometimes referred to Nuero-quirky. I asked a counselor who specializes in working with aspies why I scored so differently. She told me that it wasnt uncommon for the spouses of aspies to become like them. Its a natural adaptive ability that some people have like being a natural mimic. She said in her experience the spouses who had the ability to this were the ones who were able to have more successful marriages or relationships. She referred to it as being aspergated. I dont know if that was simply her term or if that came from somewhere else but it describes it perfectly.

Has anyone taken the facial test? Its the one where they show you something like 75 pictures of peoples faces and your supposed to guess what they are thinking or feeling based on the pictures. When I took it I missed 3 out of the total but my husband only got 5 or 6 right. I dont know where the link is for that one but if you can find it, its kind of interesting.

 

[chicken_china_mom]

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Do you have a link to that facial test? I'd be interesting in taking it, and having my family take it as well.

 

[chicken_china_mom]

Ok, I found this quiz and took it. It's a body language quiz, and it has some facial emotion recognition in there. I started the test confident that I understood most body language, but apparently I don't. I only scored a 13 out of 30. The only question I got 100% right was the question about which direction a person stands. Interesting. It's food for thought. I don't know how much these results tie into Aspergers. Maybe someone with more experience can come in and say one way or another. Here's the quiz link:


http://www.aquiziam.com/quizzes/body_language_short.php

 

[redhen]

Well..my score on the official test was 38..

What does that mean?

I think i need to go re-take it..

 

[redhen]

repeat post.. sry

 

[chicken_china_mom]

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According to the test anything over 32 shows definite Asperger's traits. Try the other test too. It's longer, but much more detailed, and it breaks down each section and helps you understand your strong points, and your weaknesses.

 

[breezy]

Sorry I dont have the link to the exact test we took. Lost that link and many others when I got the new laptop. The test we took was a series of photos showing just the face of various people of various ages and you had to figure out what emotion their face was portraying. Sounds like you took a different one but they all provide interesting little pieces to the whole picture dont they?

 

[annaraven]

So, speaking of facial emotions, can you come vote for me at this site that analyses facial emotions?
http://www.gladorsad.com/en/ratings/2929
I need votes so the place will analyze my photo. I want to know what it thinks I'm feeling when I'm focused, rather than 'sad'.

BTW - I just got a new job, working on a research project to train autists and aspies on recognizing facial expressions of emotion! Wish me luck.