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EFLtrainer
Joined: 04 May 2005
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I have Asperger's Syndrome, so yeah, my whole life is full of these stupid little quirks...
I'm essentially but not really a vegetarian, because I can't eat meat with any gristle or fat in it. If I do then I start to gag. I always wear two necklaces, not one, not three, definitely never zero. I like bracelets but each bracelet I own belongs to a specific arm; I very rarely wear a right arm bracelet on my left arm. I always hang my toilet paper such that I'm pulling it from on top and not from underneath. I hate visiting the same store twice in the same day. I will travel all the way across the city to a Wal-Mart where I can pick things off the shelves instead of having to ask a salesperson for them, and I absolutely never shop at one of those department stores where people follow me around all the time.
I have specific goodbye routines for the people I talk to the most on MSN, and it disturbs me if they break routine. Also, when I'm online, I have four or five windows open with the pages I like to look at often, and then another page or two for whatever randomness I'm also viewing at the time.
I could go on, but I suspect nobody's still reading by this point... |
Do you know that you have Asperger's Syndrome i.e been diagnosed or do you just think you do? I'm curious about the compulsion.
Myself, I often find that I check and recheck many times anything that uses high heat like an iron or stove. Also anything to do with doors; I'll check and recheck to make sure they're closed. I've literally been almost to a place and then turned around and gone back knowing full well that what I'm afraid's on is not or what I'm afraids open is not. Like I said I'll check it before I leave but then I think about it on the way to a place or when I'm there and BAM! I gotta go back to make sure 1 more time!!!
EGAD!!! |
Classic mild O/C. |
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EFLtrainer
Joined: 04 May 2005
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| Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 8:03 am Post subject: |
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Oh, btw, I don't have any quirks. None. I am not O/C, I'm forgetful. I do not have Tourrette's (really), just grew up with 8 brothers. I don't NEEd to drink coffee, dammit... ... I am not addicted to Dave's... ... I do not always think I'm right... I *am* always right. And I never torture gopher. Ever.
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ella
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 8:45 am Post subject: |
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Lizara - when were you diagnosed with Asperger's? I've always found Asperger's fascinating because Aspies have so much in common with INTPs. Are you an ESL teacher? How does that work, being an Aspie and a teacher?
I don't just have quirks, I am quirks! |
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Natalia
Joined: 10 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 8:56 am Post subject: |
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Also, when flying i have to check my passport and tickets are still in my bag. Even if i'm sitting down comfortably on the plane i still feel the need to check they are both still there.
I haven't ever lost my passport/tickets (or had my house/apt burgled) before, surprising, so i don't no where this behaviour has come from. It's been getting worse and worse as well which is a little disturbing.
That quirky enough for you!! |
I understand that. Once, when getting off a plane in Malaysia, we were asked to show our boarding passes (I mean literally when we stepped off the plane, before we could enter the terminal). I panicked so much I actually convinced myself I had lost it, and did not find it until many hours later. I have a real fear of losing my important documents (and money and credit cards) when I travel, and I check them non-stop. |
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SPINOZA
Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul
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| Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 9:09 am Post subject: |
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| I'm always convinced I've left something on - like a cooker, an iron, the hot water, or left a tap running with the plug in. When leaving the house, I'll check everything, but a quick look won't do. Must look at it for at least 5 seconds to make sure they're all off. I might even go back in (after leaving) to double check. And I've never, ever left anything on in the past - never. I don't know where it comes from. |
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crystal
Joined: 04 May 2006
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| Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 9:15 am Post subject: |
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| I have to set three or four different alarms at ten minute intervals to wake me up, I have major problems getting up in the morning and even when I'm wide awake it still takes me about an hour to convince myself to get out of my bed. Also regardless of what time I have to be at work, even if I have the whole morning off I won't do anything before work because I'm terrified that I'll be late or that something will happen to prevent me getting there on time. |
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EFLtrainer
Joined: 04 May 2005
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| Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 11:39 am Post subject: |
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| Guaranteed: something from this thread will end up on "Freakiest Waygook." |
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ChimpumCallao
Joined: 17 May 2005
Location: your mom
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| Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 11:56 am Post subject: |
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i asked my bf but im not allowed to say any of the good ones lest anyone i know read it.
just these two gems then
i have a stuffed doggy named larry who i KNOW (not think) is real.
we're buds.
my justification is...hell, he's realer than jesus, allah, and ganesha and people devote their whole lives to them!! |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 2:18 pm Post subject: |
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In my place I don't kill any bugs, even catch mosquitoes and throw them outside, let moths and small spiders go about their business. That's been called "quirky".
I've been known to suddenly stop walking and stare up at clouds for several minutes at a time. "What are you looking at?" I'm asked. "The clouds," I say. "Weird," I've heard said.
I whistle talk with birds.
Koreans must think a thousand little things I do is quirky if not downright strange. |
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun
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| Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 2:32 pm Post subject: |
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| I am NOT a morning person, and while I can usually control O/C impulses, first thing in the morning I cannot. Which means that before going to work in the morning (i.e., while already running late) I have to do things like sort all my socks, or look over ten-years-old photo albums, or find just the right Bible verse. (Mind you, I am not going to need socks, photos, or Bible verses for the upcoming day.) |
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Lizara
Joined: 14 Apr 2004
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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| ella wrote: |
Lizara - when were you diagnosed with Asperger's? I've always found Asperger's fascinating because Aspies have so much in common with INTPs. Are you an ESL teacher? How does that work, being an Aspie and a teacher?
I don't just have quirks, I am quirks! |
I was diagnosed a few years ago, and for the record, I *hate* the term "aspie". Yeah, I'm a teacher, and it actually works okay most of the time because my problem is not knowing how to talk to/respond to people or how to read social situations, but when I'm teaching I'm the one who's setting up the situation and it's all fairly structured and I know what I'm supposed to do/say next. The only time it becomes troublesome is with some discipline issues where I'm not really sure how to respond appropriately. |
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stumptown
Joined: 11 Apr 2005
Location: Paju: Wife beating capital of Korea
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| Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Natalia wrote: |
| LL Moonmanhead wrote: |
Also, when flying i have to check my passport and tickets are still in my bag. Even if i'm sitting down comfortably on the plane i still feel the need to check they are both still there.
I haven't ever lost my passport/tickets (or had my house/apt burgled) before, surprising, so i don't no where this behaviour has come from. It's been getting worse and worse as well which is a little disturbing.
That quirky enough for you!! |
I understand that. Once, when getting off a plane in Malaysia, we were asked to show our boarding passes (I mean literally when we stepped off the plane, before we could enter the terminal). I panicked so much I actually convinced myself I had lost it, and did not find it until many hours later. I have a real fear of losing my important documents (and money and credit cards) when I travel, and I check them non-stop. |
Same here. I lost my phone one time on the subway in Seoul and because of that, I'm always checking my pockets for my phone. Also because I've lost my keys and or my wallet many times in the past, I have a chain wallet that connects to my keys. Despite the ex-gf's pleas I wore it even with my suit. |
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ella
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 10:55 pm Post subject: |
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| when I'm teaching I'm the one who's setting up the situation and it's all fairly structured and I know what I'm supposed to do/say next. |
I understand that perfectly. Apologies for "Aspie," I thought it was an okay term. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 12:45 am Post subject: |
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Save for times of war and disaster, I need to dress in the following order:
Undies
Shirt
Socks
Pants |
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C.M.
Joined: 02 Dec 2005
Location: Gangwondo
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| Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 5:19 am Post subject: |
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| I have always gone undies, socks, pants, belt, shirt. |
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