I found it hard to read peoples emotions. Like I talk a lot about holidays and vacations to my staff because that is what I’m passionate about. I love talking to well traveled people. But I think because I talk a lot about holidays its seems to come across as bragging. Also with money, I have this obsession with money and saving (which admittedly I’m not good at) I talk about money a lot. These is what I’m most focused on in discussions. I think my staff find it boring. It’s written down in my medical notes I have Autistic traits. Could this obsession with travelling and money be down to that?
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Yeah, i think autism makes you similarly to ocd symptoms. Fixate on few topics. At least im led to believe as so?
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Yes. I drive people nuts talking about the various properties (reciprocity failure!) of photo film you can’t even buy any longer. It took me a while to learn when I am making people crazy with it.
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I’ve gone through several interests. Making cassettes of songs by artist,type,year etc. Writing long lists of songs by year they came out/were a chart entry. II downloaded lots of singles and albums via limewire. Then the external hard drive they were on broke.Then got into the DNA side of genealogy(was already into the more conventional side of it). Quizzes and tests of all kinds from very easy to very hard. Reaction time tests. A big current interest.
I can’t immerse myself in a hobby anymore. Not for lack of trying. I start doing whatever it is I wanna spend free time on, but it lasts me 30 minutes, an hour max. Then it suddenly feels impossible or futile to keep going.
I feel grateful for my job. It’s not a passion, but at least the desire to prove and express myself usually prevails and I’m able to fulfill my duties, and get paid for it, which is always useful.
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Once, I had an appointment when my doctor took me to a consultation with another doctor because I wondered if I had Asperger Syndrome. He could tell I did not have Asperger rather quickly, just by observing my reaction when asked a question … my head reacted immediately to the questioner. Then he said: “not Asperger”. A sort of reaction test.
I surmise Autism/Asperger can involve “absence of theory of mind” or slow reaction times to external stimuli/prompts. With Schizophrenia, it’s sort of the opposite involving “absent-mindedness” or slow internal mental processing.
I’m an aspie and my reaction times on tests are so good that the machine often thinks I’m a bot.
But then you’ve previously said
The problem is they’re not random so I’m able to anticipate when to hit the keyboard
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Which technically you’re not supposed to do.Although I very much doubt you’re the only one that does that. The onus should be on the makers of such tests to develop ones that are random, and can’t be ‘gamed’.
I occasionally requalify with a live driving instructor because of the class of commercial driver’s license I hold. I’m told my reaction times are good for a person of my age.
I don’t doubt they’re good, it would fit in with what I know of you(one of the smartest people I’ve known.) However there’s a big difference between that, and calculating when to respond to something that’s non random. The former is a far better guide to your speed of reaction than the latter.
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