Sunday, July 17, 2022

Fast Facts for Those New to Aspie World


Okay, which of these items still apply to me, after all the years of trying to change and to better myself?

Aspies are:

More truthful than not

Rule-oriented

Obsessive about their favorite interests

Have average to above average IQs


Aspies tend to:

Find it difficult to do more than one task at a time

Be uncoordinated

Be very ethical and moral

Be very vulnerable to stress

Vocalize their inner thoughts

Have difficulties with interpersonal relationships

Have strong verbal skills, including early reading skills (hyperlexia)


Apies often have confounding problems including:

Sensory Processing Disorder

Bipolar Disorder


Those were the items that apply to me now. Following are items that either I have grown out of, or never experienced in the first place. Many of these items apply more often to men than to women. Here's the list:

Aspies are:

Virtual thinkers 

Literal thinkers

Routine oriented

Inflexible thinkers

Weak socializers

Principally unable to understand others' point of view


Aspies tend to:

Have low self-esteem

Enjoy time spent with older and younger people more than time spent with their same age peers

Find eye contact a difficult skill to master

Have very vivid nighttime dreams

Have poor executive functioning skills

Find introspection very difficult

Copy others' behaviors, words, accents, and appearance

Find emotions difficult to discuss or understand


Aspies often have confounding problems including:

Attention Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Non-Verbal Learning Disorder

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder


"I WILL PRAISE THEE, FOR I AM FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE."