tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841851020927689161.post5207507698310045541..comments2024-03-19T08:40:36.481+11:00Comments on Life with Aspergers: Asperger's and Depression - Part 3Gavin Bollardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13833941398375568706noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841851020927689161.post-11322490286752838722010-08-28T00:45:04.462+10:002010-08-28T00:45:04.462+10:00the obsession part is pretty bad for me. when i wa...the obsession part is pretty bad for me. when i watch a music video, i count how many times the drummer hits each drum in my head (i try not to, but i somehow acomplish it). If he doesn't hit each drum the same amount of times (never does)i go nuts.the acrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14659109812635464680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841851020927689161.post-78128537532390606342009-06-15T03:57:14.882+10:002009-06-15T03:57:14.882+10:00Fix this! :P
"a scratch on the cover of a bo...Fix this! :P<br /><br />"a scratch on the cover of a book. often, these imperfections cannot"<br /><br />I mean the "o" in often.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841851020927689161.post-27046297197459494802009-05-03T08:19:00.000+10:002009-05-03T08:19:00.000+10:00Finally someone gets it. I like the list. most of ...Finally someone gets it. I like the list. most of them are spot on.Damonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841851020927689161.post-41500758604468934512008-10-11T19:24:00.000+11:002008-10-11T19:24:00.000+11:00I've just come across your blog and wanted to than...I've just come across your blog and wanted to thank you for writing it, as it's very informative. Found "part 3" very interesting especially in regards to food. I have always had problems with grapes, and fruit with a thin outter skin. People have always thought its weird and just cannot understand why I can't be near the things and have to cover them up if I am around them. <BR/><BR/>On to part 4... :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841851020927689161.post-25099630795436711222007-12-21T09:13:00.000+11:002007-12-21T09:13:00.000+11:00If he is otherwise able to hold conversations with...If he is otherwise able to hold conversations with people then it's very likely Aspergers.Gavin Bollardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13833941398375568706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841851020927689161.post-63454897770175544312007-12-21T09:01:00.000+11:002007-12-21T09:01:00.000+11:00My nephew goes bonkers if food touches other food ...My nephew goes bonkers if food touches other food on his plate.<BR/>NO spices allowed!<BR/>He eats the same foods all the time.<BR/>He freezes up when I approach him for a hug.<BR/>He says he's choking and can't because his shirt collar is too tight even though it's not.<BR/>He has a funny speech pattern with certain parts of words.<BR/>He totally zones out with TV and will go on and on about a cartoon he saw to the point of not making sense.<BR/>He can go all day with no food just soda and TV, zero interaction with anyone unless they change the station or the volume.<BR/>He clings to his mother but makes no eye contact with her or anyone.<BR/>Aspergers?<BR/>He is 10 yrs. old.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841851020927689161.post-84709589844232672782007-11-22T16:59:00.000+11:002007-11-22T16:59:00.000+11:00I came across your blog several days ago when look...I came across your blog several days ago when looking for information on Asperger's and depression. Your "Part 2" post gave me some things to think about as I really identified with it. This "Part 3" is one with which I identify even more strongly. <BR/><BR/>The OCD label has been stuck on me more than a few times so I have learned to hide it when I can. For instance, I taught myself not to straighten or arrange the magazines in waiting rooms (but I can describe every uncomfortable time I didn't do it). <BR/><BR/><I>The Obsessive Compulsion part of Aspergers is an obsession with completeness, order and patterns. If those patterns cannot be completed or if the order is being jumbled this will stress out the Aspie. They may seem like small things to others, but with enough stress, the Aspie will become depressed.</I><BR/><BR/>I completely agree with you on this one. While I have condescendingly been informed by a therapist that an obsession with order followed by the compulsion to create order is the very definition of OCD, it has never seemed to me to be the whole answer. Once Asperger's is added to the picture, the AS/OCD argument should be about motivation instead of semantics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com