Blah, I was so freaked out. I mean, I've got no problem with autistic people and it wouldn't bother me especially if I was autistic (and it would explain some things). It's just that I didn't think I was and here's this test scoring me right up towards the high end of the spectrum.
Glad to hear I'm not the only one who has been caught out by this. It's not often I have a major freak-out. Thanks, by the way.
Oh, and the questions were totally stupid. Like the museums versus party thing. I partied all the time and going to a museum was a rare thing, a treat, so obviously I'm going to pick museum. But it was "museum with a huge backdrop of socialising every other night" as opposed to "museum because I don't deal with with social situations". Stupid test. Grr!
Initially I was freaked out as well. And the test did prove to me that I may have SOME traits of Aspergers. However, I did not think I was a full blown Aspie, and that's where my questioning of the test began (after seeing the results).
I think most, maybe if not all questions have some sort of weight to each, and some sort of bias. It makes you choose this or that, and if you're 'this' you display a trait of Autism or Aspergers, what have you. There are so many conditions that go with having Autism/Aspergers that it isn't simply defined as a yes/no question.
And to be honest, I am beginning to believe what my friend had said about it: "I don't believe in Aspergers. I think it's made up. Each human being has their own quirks.'' While I believe him almost 100%, the IS a difference between having quirks to having Autism and such.
But if you feel that you're normal, and the test says otherwise, don't believe it man. I figure that if I really feel like I have something like that, a doctor/specialist would be a better person at diagnosing it, than some stupid test!
There were two intertwining back-stories going on here (neither of them about me but about real-life friends). One is harrowing and very few people know it, the other nobody knows.
Although you didn't know any of that, what you said has been more useful than you could ever imagine. I don't generally turn to IIN for advice and my little freak-out here was a genuine reaction to something other than I admitted (this isn't actually about me, although those are my test scores). I wasn't expecting somebody to say something which helped me (people rarely do) but, on this occasion, you did.
So, I'd like to thank you again. It's very much appreciated that you took the time, and it's also appreciated that you said something which made sense of things. I feel a lot better about it now.
Glad to hear I'm not the only one who has been caught out by this. It's not often I have a major freak-out. Thanks, by the way.
Oh, and the questions were totally stupid. Like the museums versus party thing. I partied all the time and going to a museum was a rare thing, a treat, so obviously I'm going to pick museum. But it was "museum with a huge backdrop of socialising every other night" as opposed to "museum because I don't deal with with social situations". Stupid test. Grr!
I think most, maybe if not all questions have some sort of weight to each, and some sort of bias. It makes you choose this or that, and if you're 'this' you display a trait of Autism or Aspergers, what have you. There are so many conditions that go with having Autism/Aspergers that it isn't simply defined as a yes/no question.
And to be honest, I am beginning to believe what my friend had said about it: "I don't believe in Aspergers. I think it's made up. Each human being has their own quirks.'' While I believe him almost 100%, the IS a difference between having quirks to having Autism and such.
But if you feel that you're normal, and the test says otherwise, don't believe it man. I figure that if I really feel like I have something like that, a doctor/specialist would be a better person at diagnosing it, than some stupid test!
Although you didn't know any of that, what you said has been more useful than you could ever imagine. I don't generally turn to IIN for advice and my little freak-out here was a genuine reaction to something other than I admitted (this isn't actually about me, although those are my test scores). I wasn't expecting somebody to say something which helped me (people rarely do) but, on this occasion, you did.
So, I'd like to thank you again. It's very much appreciated that you took the time, and it's also appreciated that you said something which made sense of things. I feel a lot better about it now.
Thank you. :)