Hi everyone. I joined here because it looked like an active forum where I could get some additional input on my behaviors and glean insight from others.
I was clinically diagnosed with mild OCD roughly a decade ago, but now I am unsure of that diagnosis. I didn't inquire about Asperger's back then, which I may have instead.
I'm 25 and female. I'm a textbook introvert, but paradoxically, I love conversing with people one-on-one and learning all about them: interests, life philosophies, etc. I'm very sensitive and imaginative, but also very narrow in my interests and routines: in my interests, I want to know as much about them as I can.
Regarding medications, I once took Zoloft for my "issues," but I weaned myself off it back in 2005 or so (I started earlier in the decade, though not sure exactly when). No one noticed any significant changes in my behavior whether on or off it, including family and college students/professors.
I've read conflicting reports on OCD and Asperger's. OCD people are not supposed to like their obsessions, but I both like and loathe a variety of mine. As for Asperger's, we're not supposed to reflect in abstract terms or have empathy for people, but typically my difficulty is with very practical and concrete tasks, not with writing obscure 15 page analyses on expressivist pedagogy and other immensely conceptual topics.
Essentially, I am happiest when focusing on one thing for an exceptionally long time. I work for a law firm, and I was delighted when I could summarize depositions for two straight weeks. However, I've run into some curiosities with co-workers when I'm introduced to new tasks that require attention to many different aspects at once. Co-workers have commented that I get unusually nervous and uneasy, which is true. I'm working on ways to adapt better to new situations so I don't panic and succumb to fear as much.
My greatest weakness is probably visual-spatial awareness (I didn't obtain a driver's license until I was 21 and flunked the basic test twice; geometry was my worst subject in school). My verbal abilities are probably "overdeveloped," especially in the written sense. I can look at most words once and remember how to spell them the rest of my life.
OK, that's likely enough for an introduction.
I'm more interested now in hearing what everyone else has to say with what I've written thus far.
I was clinically diagnosed with mild OCD roughly a decade ago, but now I am unsure of that diagnosis. I didn't inquire about Asperger's back then, which I may have instead.
I'm 25 and female. I'm a textbook introvert, but paradoxically, I love conversing with people one-on-one and learning all about them: interests, life philosophies, etc. I'm very sensitive and imaginative, but also very narrow in my interests and routines: in my interests, I want to know as much about them as I can.
Regarding medications, I once took Zoloft for my "issues," but I weaned myself off it back in 2005 or so (I started earlier in the decade, though not sure exactly when). No one noticed any significant changes in my behavior whether on or off it, including family and college students/professors.
I've read conflicting reports on OCD and Asperger's. OCD people are not supposed to like their obsessions, but I both like and loathe a variety of mine. As for Asperger's, we're not supposed to reflect in abstract terms or have empathy for people, but typically my difficulty is with very practical and concrete tasks, not with writing obscure 15 page analyses on expressivist pedagogy and other immensely conceptual topics.
Essentially, I am happiest when focusing on one thing for an exceptionally long time. I work for a law firm, and I was delighted when I could summarize depositions for two straight weeks. However, I've run into some curiosities with co-workers when I'm introduced to new tasks that require attention to many different aspects at once. Co-workers have commented that I get unusually nervous and uneasy, which is true. I'm working on ways to adapt better to new situations so I don't panic and succumb to fear as much.
My greatest weakness is probably visual-spatial awareness (I didn't obtain a driver's license until I was 21 and flunked the basic test twice; geometry was my worst subject in school). My verbal abilities are probably "overdeveloped," especially in the written sense. I can look at most words once and remember how to spell them the rest of my life.
OK, that's likely enough for an introduction.
I'm more interested now in hearing what everyone else has to say with what I've written thus far.