posted February 05, 2009 05:10 PM           

I am one of these - although I also must admit, that sometimes it is a bit hard for me to follow and understand everything - maybe this is due to that "foreign language"-problem. (No native English speaker here).

Now to the PSYCHOLOGY topic: I've read a bit about the Asperger-syndrome - but am no expert at all! I came to that topic because I am studying two other psychological problemfields: From (pathological) Narcissm I came to a syndrome that is called "Anti Social Personality" (ASP). This syndrome has some "prominence" because writer Siri Hustvedt (Paul Auster's wife) has written a novel on this ASP-syndrome, including some scientific research material as well.

Actually ... I got the impression that I MIGHT have met someone who is an ASP-personality (only up to 3% of the male population are said to fall into this category, though.) I also read, that ASP-people often do have some Asperger-traits as well.

posted February 05, 2009 08:33 PM         

Personality Disorders are very tricky.

I don't know how Antisocial Personality Disorder is similar to Aspergers Syndrome. The hallmark of Aspergers Syndrome is problems with nonverbal communication,and it's considered a mild form of autism. It has to do with problems with understanding emotional/social cues and being awkward in social situations. They tend take things too literally. They can seem odd to others. They tend to be very obsessive about certain interests,and they can go on and on about them even though somebody doesn't want to hear it. They can seem like they are inconsiderate and lack empathy because of their problems with judging social situations. They can be very misunderstood,and it could be hard for them to relate to others. They are tend to be hypersensitive to sensory input,and they can emotional outbursts/meltdowns. They want to have friends and relationships with others,but it's hard for them because of their issues with social/emotional cues. They are said to be highly intelligent too. They are usually highly verbal at young age. They don't have a history of speech delays/problems like Autistics do. Their language can be a bit odd, and they can speak in a rather monotonous way.

I read the book called THE BIPOLAR CHILD by Demetri Paplos,and Aspergers is listed as one of the conditions that is often misdiagnosed as Bipolar.

Personally, I think the book sucks, and I think that any neurodivergent could get diagnosed as bipolar with all the stuff that they listed in the book http://people.tribe.net/4b0cf8c4-1fc3-4171-92d3-b0915985bf95/blog/159fc5 1c-3b0d-45fc-9700-9ce3085239a2

They also could have some Dyspraxic symptoms,traits like problems with coordination, have problems with motor skills,and being clumsy.
Some Aspergers experts believe that those things should be part of the criteria to diagnose Aspergers.

I read so much about overlapping symptoms,traits in regards to Dyspraxia and Aspergers that I think that they get Dyspraxia and Aspergers mixed up. I read symptoms,traits of Dyspraxia,they seem to include symptoms,traits of Aspergers. I read symptoms,traits of Aspergers, they seem to include symptoms,traits of Dyspraxia. That's why I say that I am Aspergers-like with my Dyspraxia. I never had the problems with emotional,social cues which is the main issue of Aspergers. I had history of speech delays/problems connected to my Dyslexia,Dyspraxia, and so I was autistic-like in early childhood.

Schizotypal Personality Disorder has some similarities with Aspergers in regards to being eccentric.

I answered question about Schizotypal Personality Disorder and Aspergers over a year ago http://answer s.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AsbNbIOHLHwHyvlNLYjylTLty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071117235948AAvy06g&show=7#profile-info-9c7e7d9a034942606bc5fe26619befb0aa

as for the astrological stuff,I think the outerplanets, kuiper belt objects are prominent in the charts of neurodivergents