Asperger Syndrome - Understanding Aspergers in Adults
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2012
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I have Aspergers, and this was really damn annoying to get through.
Same.
me too, this video was actually horrible And made me one to punch someone.
+Richard Lane Fuck yeah i wanted to punch the screen
+Richard Lane yep
+Richard Lane Definitely
This comment section has the least grammatical errors and the best punctuations I have ever seen! I'm amazed!
+Poster Boy Lol it's hard, isn't it! (Arrgh red line under "Lol" and "Arrgh")
woah i was just about to say that!
Fewest grammatical errors, haha!
+BadgerBotherer1 ...and best punctuation. LOL!
Andrew Powell Exactly! Even grammar pedants can't write properly these days. (Hope I didn't make any errors there, now I've been correcting others' grammar!)
over think, over think, over think, over think, over think. too much to think about and over think.
sentinalno1 Noises,Visuals,Flavours, thoughts.... all of them at once,uncontrollably.
Sumit Singh Thakur would be nice to have a brain break sometimes lol
Meditation can work wonders.
wefindithardtoendconversationsBYE!
As someone with Asperger's, I really wish I could just end all conversations with this lol
Jonah Ankin I have Asperges as well, it does explain a lot, wish sometimes I didn't have it and wish I was normal.
we aren't sure how to end conversation bye XD
kthxbai
^that or just wander off
That's what I do, but only recently realised that people think it's rude.
I just say "talk to you later" etc wave then walk off, simple.
This had to be the best part of the video :)
Sometimes I speak in a very low voice or monotone voice, which has brought me many problems. I dont look people in the eye its really hard for me unless I know them really well. I have almost all the symptoms but these two I mentioned are the ones that affect me the most.
I had that myself.
+KAILOONE ... Glance at their eyes occasionally but nod regularly so they know you're listening. Anyone who stares into another's eyes for the entire conversation is a damn sociopath. It's also damn gay between two guys.
@KALELOONE
Hey there.i just want to say I really appreciate you expressing your thoughts & feelings. I have got a friend with asperger's and he is also mentally younger for his age.so this really helps me understand a bit more on how he could be feeling.i have asked him about it,but because he is younger than his age,I hope that makes sense.sorry if it doesn't. I am here just trying to understand a bit more.And I know everyone's diffrent.
Thankyou,takecare.
I LOVE the lego bit. There's more to it than most people will realize.
II have aspergers but i also have dyscalculia so i am terrible at math but very good at writing poems and song lyrics and am musical. I can play songs by ear on piano very quickly.
That's an amazing talent you've got going with the piano thing. I can play drums, liar and a little bit on the metaliphone but I can't play any songs by ear.
Same here!
Piano has to be one of the hardest things to play
JUSTLOOSE ALL THE THEORY..
Umm... why? That's how you know what note is where
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If we were more robotic in speaking there would be no small talk, just facts and "black and white" indications. My brain always feels foggy when I am trying to describe something, I understand most things easily, however, I sound like an idiot when I attempt to speak my thoughts/opinions. Everyone thinks I'm really stupid.
Zeta Aura I know this is a year old but I struggle with this so much I feel like a complete dummy yet inside I completely know what I’m trying to say. People say I’m cute or naive and it’s frustrating.
Who else Has got asperger here? :D
Everybody here
me
I do!
Probably everyone
The coconut falling onto the girls head at 4:10 made me laugh uncontrollably.
That was a boy. Really?
This helped me understand Aspergers a bit more. Kind of makes me feel better. Although I don't know how well Aspergers and ADD mix...
I'm already switching off after a few seconds. very hard to watch though i don't doubt the effort and good intentions. x
I'm 42 years old and I have Asperger's.
That part with the guitar was INTENSE!
Hi :) I really liked that bit. It kinda cut out the background noises outside my window. I really liked Jesus and Mary Chain and Mega City Four for that sort of reason too. I think it's good that we are all different or respond differently to similar things. Regards from Tom :)
Thank you so much I really enjoyed this! As an aspie myself it was so nice for what I have been living with to be described in such a concise, creative and understandable way!
Wow, I didn't know hating to mix foods of different taste, texture or temperature was a thing for people with AS. That's exactly how I feel about food.
That sensory overload part f*cked me up had to skip through it
I have Asperger's and ADHD and I'm not overly picky about food, but most of the other things ring true for me though.
without ADHD... we would all have ebola... so i'm glad you're born
Gangster Flippy
Awwww thanks :)!
thanks for creating this and putting this on UA-cam. it is great
I loved this! Thank you for making it. My friends always laugh because I say, "ok bye" a lot, or "the end" when I'm done telling a story.
My heart is melting. Thanks for sharing
I just took a test...I so have this. It makes sense to me that this is not an illness, but a different way of being. I would not trade this if I could. I am 60 and no longer have problems with social interaction as I did when I was a child. Thank you for this. I have wondered if Dan Akroyd's portrayal of a conehead was actually about this?
coreycox2345 I see it as a difference rather than a syndrome or disease or problem even that could be cured I'm 13 and was diagnosed with Aspergers like right around two years old I think sometimes I forget I have it of course it'll really make itself obvious here and there but other than that I look like any other person I just think a bit different I guess
This is amazing ....so insightful !
The beginning is some of the best stuff I have seen on this topic, lol it's very relatable.
I have Aspergers. I was diagnosed in 1991 at the age of 7. It makes my life difficult at times and sometimes I wish I never had it and it really makes me feel like I am going mad. It's not an easy thing to live with. Really messed me up when I was told the truth and that I had Aspergers when I was 11.
also i respect all of you for opening up
We aspies make up .2% of any given population. Roughly 1 in 500 people will share our condition. Sometimes I feel like we're paying too much attention to ourselves with all these youtube vids. The public at large sees us as a passing fancy. They're never going to make a real effort to understand our worlds. They're never going to really care about what we go through. Although I believe in the altruism of why people keep trying to get non-aspies to accept us, I feel that we might be searching for a fountain of youth. It's not real. They are NEVER going to understand or accept us. It's not their responsibility to. They're not bad for not understanding the unfortunate realities that we live with...any more than it is their responsibility to understand someone with neurofibromatosis.
They might feel like being "nice" at times to the less fortunate...but they have their own real lives to go about.
My opinion is that aspies should no longer attempt to expect them to conform to our needs. If we want community, we should seek to find our own through our own devices. We should seek out support groups for each other and by each other.
I realize that this opinion falls into the vein of the X-Men character Magneto who considers himself and his fellow mutants to be a breed apart and against the majority of normal people. But I like to think of myself as more like Dr.Xavier. We're not against the normal people. We're just acknowledging reality. They are different from us. They are far more numerous than us...and they have no equal place for us in their world.
So if we want equality, we'll have to build our own.
I feel that God made me with Aspergers for a reason.
First of all, this video is so wonderfully orchestrated and captivating. I learned a lot from this and it's also very sad to know at least in part what people with aspergers syndrome have to go through. My best friend has asbergers and I knew a little about how it affected him and how lonely he was before, but this shows much more. Wonderful video, it breaks my heart that so many people with this syndrome are treated badly. I know what it feels to be an outcast as I have tourettes. Thank you so much for posting this video. :)
I did enjoy this video and the rather light but mildly funny humor. Overall this video was fairly well made I give it an 7/10
I sort of relate to 6:30 but I prefer to drown my food in artificial flavoring, especially Ketchup. I love Ketchup.
Thank you for creating this
Very interesting video. I have AS and I am 38. This video is very realistic to the reality of our life.
Best thing I've seen in a long time
I can either listen to or watch this, but not both. Content is really accurate. Anybody else?
The noises that annoy me the most are high pitched or repetitive ones. Earlier this year or late last year I was with my family in a shop and we were near a plasma globe. It was making one of the most skull-scraping sounds ever. I didn't know where the sound was coming from at first, and when I found out that it was the plasma globe, my nana (my mother's mother) exclaimed: "You can hear that?!".
I also absolutely despise it when my sister makes repetitive tapping, rocking, chewing, rustling, banging, etc. I can't breathe and I just hate it!
Okay that section on sensory overload was NOT nice. Why no warning? I was cringing and super tense by the time you added the 3rd thing in!
I got a bit anxious myself. I just realized that I pop my ears (like when you almost yawn) when sounds are overwhelming.
I thought those with AS have trouble with creativity. However, these students are very creative! Well done!
something is missing how about the point of view from a woman's prospective with aspergers cause it comes out different that in men.
very helpful thank you very much
Really funny & insightful...♥
This video is for kids, not adults.
I wish I never had aspergers syndrome, it's the worst thing in the world, I hate it :'(
I suggests you focus on your interests, they can make you the happiest person in the world. Work on those
I'm there with you man. I hope you're doing better these days.
Are you ok just checking up on you.
@@acerswift123 I'm fine
I have Aspergers and I think social awkwardness is the main problem with me. I used to be worse when I was a teenager but over the years I've managed to overcome them, I've done Boxing and Kickboxing which did help, and I went travelling, and I even had girlfriends. It's more of a mild form of Aspergers I have.
Very creative & informational! 👍😃🎨
Now that I know have both ADHD and Asperger Syndrome I know that having both of these things does not change who I'm but it only helps to explain why I so much different then others but it only saids that I can get so much smarter than I already I'm and also I calm my brain down just like I did with my ADHD. Thank you so much for reading my story. Adios.
THIS DESERVES AN AWARD. Now I understand my husband after 15 years. Thank you
I would imagine many people with Asperger's would struggle to get through it. I lasted 34 seconds sadly.
Interesting vid, enjoyed it despite poor sound quality.
I'm an Aspie, and I don't experience the mixed-food symptoms. But otherwise, this was a simple way of explaining AS to the average neuro-typical.
I so can relate to this I have a.s. I remember at primary school people's typical phrase for me was 'Louis....you're weird'
Beautiful
Ha Ha! That was so clever and fun. I have an aspie friend and he doesn't know how to say goodbye e.g. the gradient of inconvenient gestures. If your friend is going away for along time you must show more inconvenience like travelling with him to the airport and them embracing him before he goes away. If he is just going home after work and you will see him again tomorrow at work, a wave goodbye will do.
I have aspergers and yet to find a totally accurate video on UA-cam. Most are mocking and I feel aspergers is not a hindrance but a blessing. We are different especially in a lot of social aspects but have also have many beautiful qualities which are seen seen by those of maturity and understanding. Unfortunately we live in an era whereby people cannot always accept a difference . Sorry if I am talking crap.
This was great!
I have been reading through these comments and they are really helping me to understand Asperger's. I have got a friend with Asperger's,but he is also younger in years than his age.so when I ask him questions he sometimes doesn't understand & even if he does understand he finds it hard to explain.i think he try to hard to fit in,so he is in denial aswell.but I really appreciate people commenting,because it helps me to understand more.its not just that there are diffrent levels of asperger's.i am just trying to understand.so if anyone can help me understand more then please comment.
It's like sometimes he will show me a post on facebook & say look at that,or that's funny.So I will ask him if he understands the post,and he will say no.so I say if you don't understand something then tell me&i can explain.he is brilliant at remembering names of roads/streets.i try & help him but it's hard sometimes..so thankyou in advance for any help or suggestions.have a good day & takecare.
My son is super social and popular...man I am not sure about this at all. He does daydream a LOT and he may give extra details when he is asked a question that is related to the topic but some might say TMI.
5:40 yeah thats uncomfortable, thank you
I know right, it just stresses me out and makes my headache worse. I decided to skip through it.
I have this overload sensitivity.
thank u for ur video i was misdiagnosed for a long time as borderline personality disorder -they kept insisting i like cutting myself when in reality my nr problem was non verbal communication specially eye contact like walking down the street or understanding people was a nightmare to me i felt like a robot
Shadi Pahlavi I think I have mind blindness or elements thereof. I have great trouble reading others or "putting myself in their shoes". But I think my delayed development of theory of mind may have been due to environmental effects (not being able to develop relationships with other children because of my upbringing) rather than just purely genetic source. I think from your name you are Iranian also.
This video was nice. I usually don't comment because I have social anxiety and possibly ass burgers.
So is it normal to be fine after that sensory overload section? I wanted to cry.
i have asperger and i have only 1 friend but i am not sad
Great video 👍🏻
this video helped me, thank you
wait why did the sensory overload bit make me kind of anxious and tense, that never happens.
also this doesn't look/sound like it's aimed at adults at all but whatever
This has been a tough time for me
~fellow aspie
wow, this video is amazing! ☺
It seems we are not alone
Okay I just found out that I have Asperger Syndrome and here's a kicker I also have ADHD. I knew I had ADHA at the age of 7 and I had time to deal with it but 14 years later at the age of 21 I find out Aspergers Syndrome and when I was told after many tests it felt like someone had kick me in the face and I also felt a huge sense of relief It explained so many about me that did not make sense in the past. Also wondering why the hell was I not Told about this when I was younger?
the voice in the beginning is one of the funny voices i make 🤣
Well what an interesting film, and some lovely experimental artistic ideas. I'm not to my knowledge Asberger's syndrome, but can recognise and relate to many of the traits. Aspergers only seemed to become a thing of common knowledge around 20 years ago, & I can't help wondering if people diagnosed as such are just being shoved into categories. I mean, everybody's different to others,aren't we all part of a spectrum, or a number of spectrums, and there are always going to be some more extreme than others. I was interested where he said, it was as a result of, connections in the brain being wired differently, as I'm reading "The Brain that Changes itself,' & have got to a bit that has made me realise how synesthesia is caused. Neurones connecting to bits that they don't normally connect to. Also understanding how you get sensory compensations, (as in blind people having strong hearing). My question is, is why, do these unusual connections occur, both in synesthesia and Aspergers? None of the people talking on this vid or in the comments strike me as being out of the ordinary, except more intelligent and maybe more thoughtful than yer average person. Most people would've been upset about having their money taken, wouldn't they?
My brother told me he'd come to the conclusion that he had Aspergers, he's a science/maths/ computer type person. Highly intelligent, but completely impractical, there are a number of ways in which I just can't understand him as a person, or he me, he seems to be a bit lacking in certain emotional responses. What do you think?
Hi :) The focus, dedication and the way aspies get absorbed by single topics to the exclusion of others means they are often good at IT, science, maths and arts. Add in the repetitive traits that often sooth us and you get great musicians. So, it's quite possible that a lot of your brother's genius comes from being an aspie-autism person. Regards from Tom :)
Tom Davies Thanks Tom, yes, I think I've come to the conclusion that he probably does have Aspergers, especially since finding that both clumsiness and dyslexia are symptomatic. We are both in our 60s, as children, there was little talk of these subjects or of A.D.D. but he was diagnosed with dyslexia at an early age. He has a habit of attributing ill motives to others far too easily, with very flimsy reasons, and I don't like that, or understand it. Do you suppose this might be connected?
From what you say, I can see myself in this too. I can get very obsessed, especially when trying to work out a situation that I just can't understand. As a child, I would have fitted into the autism bracket very easily, as I was excruciatingly shy, and spent a lot of my childhood in daydreaming mode. It was probably not until my middle 20s, that I truly got over shyness. Anyway, many thanks.
Lucia Tilyard Hi :) My guess is that it is possible. Imagine if everyone around you was speaking French. If you know some words then you can keep up with some of the chatter and you might be able to figure out some non-verbal clues too. However if everyone suddenly laughs and looks at you and then does that sort of thing quite a lot it's difficult to believe they are really as friendly as they claim. You may well start to feel like maybe you are the butt of some of their jokes. It can be difficult to avoid i guess.
As an aspie-autism person he might be very well aware that something is going on between people and that he's been excluded from it. Without knowing it's his condition that is the reason he's not picking up on the clues it's easy to suspect that people are cutting you out deliberately and why would they do that? So it can be very difficult, either as a non-English speaker or as a person who can't read the normal social clues in some other way.
Of course once people realise you have something odd or quirky about you they tend to poke fun even if it's in a friendly way - especially if the person seems superior in so many other ways, as aspes so often do (ie Einstein probably wasn't completely easy to understand when he started on his favourite topics so it relaxes people a bit when they find there is something odd that makes him seem more human again)
Regards from
Tom :)
Tom Davies I have, sort of, considered that that may be the case, and you've put it very well. What I can't quite understand, is that as he has considered himself an Aspergers person, why doesn't he take that into account when coming to conclusions? I had actually come to the conclusion that he was maybe paranoid to the extent of being ill, so it's good to know that's probably not the case. Some years ago he was staying with me in Australia, (we're both English) on holiday. We went into the bank, and he came to the conclusion that they were making fun of him. I really couldn't see it, (I'm absolutely positive they weren't). and I told him that he was getting it wrong. He wouldn't accept that he might have misinterpreted them. Nothing at all was said that could've been seen that way. If he has Aspies, and is aware of it, I just can't understand why he wouldn't include that in arriving at his conclusions.
Lucia Tilyard Hi :) Knowing that you have a thing is very different from grokking or even understanding it. It's difficult to admit to yourself when you are being controlled by something instead of being in control. He sounds like someone who has taken control a LOT and fought and worked hard to get where he is.
He probably has often seen things that have been hidden under the surface, that most people would miss, and maybe that has helped him get ahead sometimes. Yes, sometimes that might be wrong but it sounds like he's been right often enough to earn a little slack when he's wrong. Getting any guy to admit he's wrong is often an uphill battle. I guess that's often true for ladies too.
Being an aspie-autie doesn't make a person all-knowing or all-wise or anything like that. No-one is wise all the time!
Regards from
Tom :)
This video is mistitled, IMO. It should be, "Asperger Syndrome - Understanding Aspergers in Adolescents."
The noise part almost killed me, great video though!!!
+BlueDiamondDisaster it wasnt as bad for me because i knew it was all white noise coming from my headset
if i heard all those noises not from a headset it would give me a migraine
Whether I get bothered by the sounds or not really depends on my ability to direct my attention to my inner world instead of the external environment. :/
Got diagnosed with AS at age 55
I guess that IS the end of that.
How does ADHD co-occur with Aspergers? Certainly symptoms of ADD mimics many Aspie traits, but that is why so many HFA/Aspie people are misdiagnosed with ADHD/ADD to begin with not to mention the traits of various other disorders like OCD, depression, and anxiety.
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I liked the video very much. I have aspergers and i enjoyed the art, i can relate to it in a way. i suppose its one of a few things i do enjoy is art in its many forms, i bloody hate my aspergers and i would be lying if i said its not ruined my life, career, and friendships. I dont know hardly anybody that has it, prob as i dont talk about it. i feel very different to a lot of people. None of my friends know i have it as im quite ashamed of it really, and dont know if i would be treated different if they knew. The thing is its not as tho im stupid, im quite intelligent (Hate saying that also as im no big head or boaster) my GCSE results say differently tho to what my IQ level is, compared to others that got better results.. Routine change and managing my time causes loads of stress and can have a catastrophic effect on my whole day and mind set. I tend to avoid people a lot as i cant control my mouth, say im shopping and there is a big queue i end up grinding my teeth and muttering bad language, like a tourettes because of the anxiety it causes, Its embarrassing as i cannot control it. It makes me look like a bad person with anger problems, i suppose in one way it is. But its hard every single miserable day. The video was lovely and quite personal to the people that did it in there own way to express there feeling through art. For a fellow sufferer it made me smile and realise im not the only one.
im getting my 16 year old assessed for Aspergers/HFA, should have done it years ago. hate seeing her so lonely. Her and I are pretty sure no other teen in this world thinks the way she does.
Aaaaaa PLUS!!!! A BIG A+ nice job :-)
Is this a Tool video?
Does anyone use an iPhone just because other phones have "too much" to offer and are not simple enough; and are unorganized (in terms of User Interface) with unwanted animations, meaningless ringtones and stuff?
Yess!!!! I say that all the time to my parents, "Just get an iPhone, they're so simple!"
Im gonna have nightmares
@6:30 the sausages looks like dog shit!
Although the sensory overload was intense, the plaster cine food being mixed made me squirm. Bleugh.
Sensory overloads are the worst.
how about autism? is there a short story about autism and when i tell that i'm autistic they say that im a freak and then they walk away! i hate living because people don't understand me
I hate bullies
Good job. :)
I have Aspergers Syndrome. 36 years old, born and live in the New Orleans area. I eat the shit out of everything. I like to mix up my food too. Unfortunately I have zero friends, and my sex life is nonexistent.
I really don't like the audio changes in this video.
Being normal was something for a long time I wanted to achieve, but again it was only a dream sadly.
That part with the sounds 😭😡
The way the little clay guy sais "this brain doesn't know what that brain is thinking," makes it sound like he thinks neurotypicals are telepathic or something
They aren't? That's a relief.
lol It would be funny if someone actually thought that
that clay is spookier than skeleton
This explains why I am above-average in intelligence but I'm as socially elegant as a brick-shaped plane and as sensitive as a wall.
Do aspies ruminate about past hurts? Do they forgive ?
karmalevel we forgive, but then agane, you need to do something awesome to make up for it. like i still dont forgive that kid that owes me $3 for chockelt aboot 20 years ago. but that might be something alse, like regret for not following it up.
It's kinda both
karmalevel thats more of a personality thing than anything else. I can say we/they are not likely to forget things
karmalevel hey thats offencive
Let me give you an example of Aspergers Syndrome. There are 5 replies to your question, but you haven't replied yet. I don't know if you have read these messages, or if you just swiped through your history and neglected to reply back. For all I know I'm wasting my time writing this to you, I'm not sure if you'll read this.
Aspergers is all about miscommunication. You know how cats are affectionate only if you supply them with food and shelter? That's how I often feel around human beings. People seem to lack any sort of depth, like inanimate objects. I see no difference between talking to a person or talking to myself. At least if I talk to myself I know there will be a desired answer/reaction. Aspergers expects certain reactions to occur, but you get disappointed by the outcome.
As for holding gripes I think you're so used to people not listening or taking you seriously you learn to withhold your emotions. What's the point of me yelling at someone who will never learn my "secret language?" People with Aspergers have to learn how to fit into society, instead of expecting the world to be made in your image.
I hope my explanation helps you in some way.
Has anyone ever been dumped after telling a partner they're on the spectrum?