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« Reply #90 on: October 28, 2008, 08:13:25 PM »

... prone to exhibit other associated traits like not being able to empathise with people.

The thing is, I just don't think that's a medical condition. 'Being a bit obsessed with small stuff' is as little a medical condition as 'getting a bit sad sometimes' ... just a way to get people to pay money for pills.

Have you ever read Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel?

It gives quite a good insight into the problems of, 'getting a bit sad sometimes', but it also covers a bit about just getting people to pay money for pills (not just to make money - it can also be a bit of a quick fix)

The one show on BBC1 now discussing stigma attached to mental illness - pretty interesting.

Was AndrewT in it, starring as 'the bad guy'?
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« Reply #91 on: October 28, 2008, 10:38:58 PM »

Baz you have mentioned work a couple of times,  i was wondering what type of work you have done and are currently doing?

If you had a choice what type of job would you most like to do? (chess/poker not included in this question)

Hi mate, I did retail for two years while at school and after i left while I looked for something better. Was supposed to do music college but it didnt work out. In 2003 I went to work in Insurance, and stayed there till Oct 2007,when I was unfairly dismissed. I was rushed out the door as soon as I mentioned why I mightve had problems with Stress and other issues, which i think I highlighted earlier in thread.

Currently out of employment, however just yesterday i got a phone call from Birmingham City Council offering me a job for 9 months, calling people whove had repair work done on their house. I have to ensure they are satisfied with the work and if not what we can do to rectify matters.

My ideal job involves being away from general public, so that I can hide my emotion a little better when faced with pressure situations. I cannot stand in a shop knowing that I can do much better for myself. This isn't a knock to anybody who works in a shop, I'm just saying my skill set is better suited to office work. I cannot deal with people in the normal manner I would be expected to, and I remember from past experience that if anybody upset me in person I wouldn't be able to control myself, whereas over the phone I just think 'and who the f*** are you?' and when the phone is put down I can forget about it.
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« Reply #92 on: October 28, 2008, 10:48:11 PM »

... prone to exhibit other associated traits like not being able to empathise with people.

The thing is, I just don't think that's a medical condition. 'Being a bit obsessed with small stuff' is as little a medical condition as 'getting a bit sad sometimes' ... just a way to get people to pay money for pills.

Have you ever read Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel?

It gives quite a good insight into the problems of, 'getting a bit sad sometimes', but it also covers a bit about just getting people to pay money for pills (not just to make money - it can also be a bit of a quick fix)

The one show on BBC1 now discussing stigma attached to mental illness - pretty interesting.

Was AndrewT in it, starring as 'the bad guy'?

lol no - but Alastair Campbell was on there plugging his new book - sounds like it could be a good read.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/All-Mind-Alastair-Campbell/dp/0091925789/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1225234081&sr=8-2
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« Reply #93 on: October 29, 2008, 07:16:18 PM »

... prone to exhibit other associated traits like not being able to empathise with people.

The thing is, I just don't think that's a medical condition. 'Being a bit obsessed with small stuff' is as little a medical condition as 'getting a bit sad sometimes' ... just a way to get people to pay money for pills.

Have you ever read Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel?

It gives quite a good insight into the problems of, 'getting a bit sad sometimes', but it also covers a bit about just getting people to pay money for pills (not just to make money - it can also be a bit of a quick fix)

The one show on BBC1 now discussing stigma attached to mental illness - pretty interesting.

Was AndrewT in it, starring as 'the bad guy'?

lol no - but Alastair Campbell was on there plugging his new book - sounds like it could be a good read.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/All-Mind-Alastair-Campbell/dp/0091925789/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1225234081&sr=8-2

Alastair Campbell the crook and the liar? Alastair "Scum of the Earth" Campbell ?...yeah ..his book should be good, great fiction writer so he is.
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« Reply #94 on: November 20, 2008, 03:02:12 PM »

Baz it seems no matter how many times i try and drum it into charlie that it would be nice for him to call me or text me even after i top his mobile up,he just doesnt do it,how are you with calling people like family members is this something you avoid or only do if you have to know something? maybe this is just the norm but it does leave me slightly bewildered sometimes??

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« Reply #95 on: November 21, 2008, 01:46:42 AM »

Baz it seems no matter how many times i try and drum it into charlie that it would be nice for him to call me or text me even after i top his mobile up,he just doesnt do it,how are you with calling people like family members is this something you avoid or only do if you have to know something? maybe this is just the norm but it does leave me slightly bewildered sometimes??

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Even I can answer this one...he has no reason to call/text unless he has a question that needs answered.

He presumes you are well and if you were ill someone would tell him otherwise and even then there is nothing he could do to help so whats the point in calling?

Dont expect your son to call for a "chat" Ian..it just wont happen.
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« Reply #96 on: November 21, 2008, 02:32:38 AM »

That sounds like me 
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« Reply #97 on: November 22, 2008, 09:51:04 PM »

WOW this quite some thread.  Just discovered it.  I have a few points to add.

I at one time thought my daughter had mild aspergers, the spectrum is very broad.  As a small child she would meet relatives in shops and treat them as if she had never met them, not too unusual but she also did this with me when i met her out with our childminder.

She also still doesnt interact with people like most people but in her head she thinks she does.  Once I watched her talking to a hairdresser but really it was the hairdresser talking to her.  Afterwards she retold everything to me as if she had actually joined in the conversation.

The thing is she has quite a big head so I'm interested to hear the results of the head size test.

I think my husband and I have small traits that could lead to this which make me wonder if we all thought about it, don't we all have small degrees of it?

My boss who has treated many autistic/aspergers children and adults says one of the signs he has noticed often is a unusually high interest in water and taps.  He is a dentist and always finds the children drawn to the basin in the room and also the fact that they will always take the mouth mirror from him and try to see in their own mouth.

Rambling now I think.  Just to say i look forward to learning more from all of you on this thread.
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« Reply #98 on: November 23, 2008, 04:08:03 AM »

That sounds like me 

Funnily enough I thought exactly the same :-)

WOW this quite some thread.  Just discovered it.  I have a few points to add.

I at one time thought my daughter had mild aspergers, the spectrum is very broad.  As a small child she would meet relatives in shops and treat them as if she had never met them, not too unusual but she also did this with me when i met her out with our childminder.

She also still doesnt interact with people like most people but in her head she thinks she does.  Once I watched her talking to a hairdresser but really it was the hairdresser talking to her.  Afterwards she retold everything to me as if she had actually joined in the conversation.

The thing is she has quite a big head so I'm interested to hear the results of the head size test.

I think my husband and I have small traits that could lead to this which make me wonder if we all thought about it, don't we all have small degrees of it?

My boss who has treated many autistic/aspergers children and adults says one of the signs he has noticed often is a unusually high interest in water and taps.  He is a dentist and always finds the children drawn to the basin in the room and also the fact that they will always take the mouth mirror from him and try to see in their own mouth.

Rambling now I think.  Just to say i look forward to learning more from all of you on this thread.

Very interesting, my daughter is a "smearer". When she goes to the toilet she doesnt just wash her hands....she washes the sink, the tiles, the taps, the bathroom mirrors and she does it with toothpaste/shower gel/conditioner etc. She also does her "cleaning" with toilet tissue which clogs up the pipes and I have spent a bloody fortune on plumbers clearing blocked sinks.
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« Reply #99 on: November 23, 2008, 03:35:35 PM »

Oh why did I become a plumber?Huh?Huh?Huh?Huh??
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« Reply #100 on: June 02, 2009, 07:08:14 PM »

Well looks like I'm not autistic after all:

Dear Ian Attwater,

Thank you again for taking part in my research for University College
London last year. The research project has now been completed, and as
requested, I am writing to inform you of the results found.

The study investigated the link between enlarged head circumference
(people whose heads are larger than normal) and ‘Weak Central Coherence’
(a tendency to look at the finer details while missing the bigger picture,
which makes people very good at understanding and remembering small
details, but not at understanding the gist or overall meaning). This link
has been found in children with autism, and because autism is largely due
to genetics and runs in families, with ‘milder’ versions of the symptoms
of autism shown parents (e.g. being shy), this research predicted that a
similar link would be shown by parents. Parents with enlarged head
circumference who have a child with autism, and parents of a child with
autism who has enlarged head circumference, completed tasks designed to
test whether they have ‘Weak Central Coherence’. Parents of children with
autism but no enlarged head circumference in the family, and parents of
typically developing children also completed the tasks to provide a
comparison.

It was predicted that parents of a child with autism and enlarged head
circumference in the family would show Weak Central Coherence, finding it
more difficult to switch from looking at small pictures to looking at big
pictures than the other way round. However, no difference was found
between this group of parents, and the group without enlarged head
circumference in the family or the group of parents of typically
developing children. This suggests there is no link between enlarged head
circumference and Weak Central Coherence in the parents of children with
autism.

It may be that this result is due to specific problems with this
experiment, so that a link which does exist was missed. However, if these
results are backed up by further research, this may indicate that the ways
parents of children with autism are similar to their children are more
complicated than simply having ‘milder’ versions of the symptoms of
autism. This is important to our understanding of how autism and its
symptoms run in families.

I hope you found participating in this experiment interesting and
informative, and if you have any further questions please don’t hesitate
to contact me.

Best wishes and many thanks,

Verity,
University College London


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« Reply #101 on: June 02, 2009, 07:40:27 PM »

Well looks like I'm not autistic after all:


does it?  Looks to me like it just says the study didn't find a correlation between head circumference and likelyhood of having a child with autism?
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« Reply #102 on: June 02, 2009, 08:05:58 PM »

Well looks like I'm not autistic after all:


does it?  Looks to me like it just says the study didn't find a correlation between head circumference and likelyhood of having a child with autism?

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