Big Joe Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 Just ASD here. I wish there were meds for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeraMaria Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 [quote name='theculturewarrior' date='Oct 1 2004, 11:28 AM'] Vewa Mawia, estas todavia mi amiga? Cowette? [/quote] Soy amiga Y hermana...que bueno esta? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeraMaria Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 [quote name='theculturewarrior' date='Sep 29 2004, 02:42 PM'] Is sojourner the only one who will continue speaking with me now. [/quote] I talk to you....te :wub: hermanito! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theculturewarrior Posted October 1, 2004 Author Share Posted October 1, 2004 me hiciste muy feliz, hermanita! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theculturewarrior Posted October 1, 2004 Author Share Posted October 1, 2004 [quote name='Big Joe' date='Oct 1 2004, 02:07 PM'] Just ASD here. I wish there were meds for me. [/quote] what's ASD, Big Joe? Is that asperger's syndrome? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theculturewarrior Posted October 3, 2004 Author Share Posted October 3, 2004 I don't think mister peterson is really schizophrenic. I think he was just jealous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Joe Posted October 5, 2004 Share Posted October 5, 2004 Asperger's is a form of ASD, yes. They don't have an exact name for my set of symptoms though. My social and language skills are high (by ASD standards). My main problem is being overwhelmed by noise. Any sustained din will cause me to curl up into a ball and weep. I'm obsesed with numbers and numerical patterns. When I was 3 or 4, I discovered the Fibonacci pattern. I kept my blocks in that pattern, I tapped my foot in that patern (very relaxing, sometimes still prevents my "episodes"). (Fibonacci - 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, 610, 987 and so on...) I started drawing fractal curves when I was six. I didn't know what I was doing, just doodleing a pattern. If any pattern is illogical, I have to try to make since of it untill I get a headache. BTW- sorry for taking so long to answer this. I'm limiting my internet usage now. Don't want to fall behind in my studies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theculturewarrior Posted October 5, 2004 Author Share Posted October 5, 2004 God bless you, Big Joe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted October 5, 2004 Share Posted October 5, 2004 [quote name='Big Joe' date='Oct 5 2004, 01:52 PM'] Asperger's is a form of ASD, yes. They don't have an exact name for my set of symptoms though. My social and language skills are high (by ASD standards). My main problem is being overwhelmed by noise. Any sustained din will cause me to curl up into a ball and weep. I'm obsesed with numbers and numerical patterns. When I was 3 or 4, I discovered the Fibonacci pattern. I kept my blocks in that pattern, I tapped my foot in that patern (very relaxing, sometimes still prevents my "episodes"). (Fibonacci - 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, 610, 987 and so on...) I started drawing fractal curves when I was six. I didn't know what I was doing, just doodleing a pattern. If any pattern is illogical, I have to try to make since of it untill I get a headache. BTW- sorry for taking so long to answer this. I'm limiting my internet usage now. Don't want to fall behind in my studies. [/quote] Wow...we think my brother might have Asperger's, except that he would be on the verbal and musical/acting end. He started playing piano and winning trophies at age four, then he was acting by age eight or so... He tried out for a play in Omaha and they said he didn't fit a part, but that he was such a great actor that they had to make a part for him. It ended up being practically a co-star role. Then he won the state competition for a speech about abortion and euthanasia in high school. We used to have to fine him for how many books he would have in his bed because he had so many that he could never keep them organized. He has, I would venture to say, well over a thousand books. He has a 6x6 ft. closet filled with books, the space under his bed is crammed with books, his desk, three books shelves, and his floor are covered in books, stuffed into every conceivable pattern. Then he has them all over the basement, in the storage unit, in crates next to the furnace, upstairs in the family room, and scattered around the rest of the house sparingly. I think he's read the entire World Book encyclopedia, reads the newspaper, subscribes to political magazines, etc. He had a poem published in an English textbook at age eleven or so and he was just the keynote speaker at an award event at his college because his essay had one the first prize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted October 5, 2004 Share Posted October 5, 2004 PS-fractals are awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Joe Posted October 5, 2004 Share Posted October 5, 2004 They are. Although sketching them has got me into trouble before...usually during math class. Math is so boring. I can also sketch a near perfect circle freehand. That's cool about your brother. I'm an avid reader, read the entire dictionary when I was ten. I do read encyclopedias for fun. What's he taking in college. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted October 5, 2004 Share Posted October 5, 2004 I suppose I should list my little eccentricities. I am diagnosed with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Social Anxiety Disorder, with both of which God is greatly helping me. I score higher on math than on verbal tests, but I generally enjoy verbal more. What I like about math is pattern, balance, and structure, the same things I like about language, which are devices such as parallelism, alliteration, phrase structure, etc. This may be why I'm attracted to Latin and Romance languages, they have case endings and clear patterns. It also explains why I love metered and rhyming poetry and hate poetry that doesn't rhyme. This pattern, balance, and structure is also one of the main reasons for my belief in God. If you read some of my tracts in the apologetics phorum, you will recognize that they are often meditation style and focus on the inner working of the Trinity, the intermingling of God and man (similar to balance, in a sense), and the structure of the created world as a reflection of God. I have a superiority complex on which I am working and which is going away the more I grow close to God. Interestingly enough, it came about because I am unable to sleep in daylight. When I was in preschool, I could not take naps, and was allowed, therefore, to stay up and chat with the teachers. I began to be able to speak with adults as an adult much better than other kids could and I began to speak to my peers as if I was in charge of their well-being. My peers and younger children would often be seen as my duty. This developed in me a very strong sense of fatherhood and protection, thus my title, Paternus Patronus (Fatherly Protector). As my peers have grown older, they have become more like adults in their behavior, and thus, more like me, so this complex is fading. There you have it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted October 5, 2004 Share Posted October 5, 2004 [quote name='Big Joe' date='Oct 5 2004, 03:20 PM'] They are. Although sketching them has got me into trouble before...usually during math class. Math is so boring. I can also sketch a near perfect circle freehand. That's cool about your brother. I'm an avid reader, read the entire dictionary when I was ten. I do read encyclopedias for fun. What's he taking in college. [/quote] My brother is in grad school for history, after dual-majoring in history and journalism. He got the 97th percentile on the political science CLEP test without studying for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azaelia Posted October 5, 2004 Share Posted October 5, 2004 Um...I'm a procrastinator? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Joe Posted October 5, 2004 Share Posted October 5, 2004 [quote]This may be why I'm attracted to Latin and Romance languages, they have case endings and clear patterns. It also explains why I love metered and rhyming poetry and hate poetry that doesn't rhyme.[/quote] I love metered poetry. Doesn't have to rhyme, just follow a set pattern. I just remembered, that in the movie "Contact" right at the start, when they found the signal, I was like "Those are square numbers!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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