Asperger's Affinity

[Luminatri]

I'm just a miserable bastard who likes his own company. Also being deaf in my right ear gives me the perfect excuse to ignore people sometimes.

I'm deaf in my right ear also, and Hell, I seriously hate those school conventions.
I just feel out of my depth when theres a whole hoard of mothers and fathers about me doin small talk.

 

[crazybbwgirl]

I had a 15

Me too.

 

[Recidiva]

I'm just a miserable bastard who likes his own company. Also being deaf in my right ear gives me the perfect excuse to ignore people sometimes.

I have very, very sensitive hearing. Loud places are physically painful. People that are around me a lot are pretty surprised (and often embarrassed) that I can hear things three rooms away. It's mostly my kids that bear the brunt of the "I HEARD THAT!" phenomena. Husband has occasionally whispered a few things to my son as a joke that I pick up. "How the hell can you HEAR that?"

Therefore jokes about me having the hearing of a bat, which leads to being an old bat. It's logical, really.

 

[Angeline]

19. I'm not too geeky. Creative, introverted and something of a loner, but I know I'm not obsessed with patterns nor am I socially maladjusted.

And I for sure don't have Asperger's. I've taught lots of kids who were diagnosed with it, and they all seemed to share a real lack of social intuitiveness. Lots of people mistake them for rude, but they're just really self-involved.

I have to retake the Meyers-Briggs Inventory. I haven't done it for a few years, but I think last time I did it I was an INFJ, too.

 

[Recidiva]

19. I'm not too geeky. Creative, introverted and something of a loner, but I know I'm not obsessed with patterns nor am I socially maladjusted.

And I for sure don't have Asperger's. I've taught lots of kids who were diagnosed with it, and they all seemed to share a real lack of social intuitiveness. Lots of people mistake them for rude, but they're just really self-involved.

I have to retake the Meyers-Briggs Inventory. I haven't done it for a few years, but I think last time I did it I was an INFJ, too.

It's interesting to see how many people on the internet (author's hangout particularly) last time everyone took the test...ended up as INFJ.

Certainly more than the 1-2% predicted. But I think that's because the internet is THE PERFECT spot for an INFJ.

 

[morewickedfun]

The test assesses five different areas. Autistic-like responses will show poor social skill, attention switching, communication and imagination, and an exaggerated attention to detail. In other words, geekiness. You scored 11. The ranking below provides some idea of where that AQ fits in.

 

[Angeline]

It's interesting to see how many people on the internet (author's hangout particularly) last time everyone took the test...ended up as INFJ.

Certainly more than the 1-2% predicted. But I think that's because the internet is THE PERFECT spot for an INFJ.

I do, too. I just took it again and came up INFJ. I can interact fine in social situations, but I prefer to be alone, thinking and expressing myself in writing. I agree with you about the friend thing, too. I'll get close to someone if I like them and feel an affinity with them. I don't want acquaintences just because they can do something for me. Ew indeed.

 

[DV81]

26. Not shocking. I've been told "you're more comfortable with concepts than people"

 

[BadBuckNaked]

22

Two 2's...how interesting....double 2's...two of them...fascinating...hmmm...maybe I need to take this again.

 

[glynndah]

Fuck I got a 32.

Me, too. You wanna go sit in the corner and not interact together?

 

[Recidiva]

Me, too. You wanna go sit in the corner and not interact together?

Good old fashioned parallel play. I love it so.

 

[Byron In Exile]

This combined with my Myers-Briggs Jungian typology test also really helped explain "me." The concept of "introverted" versus "extroverted" in the sense that introverted people gather their energy alone and groups tire them out, and extroverted people gather their energy in groups and being alone tires them out...very helpful.

Extroverted people often think you're socially awkward because you choose your own company. But I just prefer solitude. All the social advice of "Go out! Meet people!" if I'm in a bad mood is a nightmare.

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp

I'm an INFJ

Introverted iNtuitive Feeling Judging
(Introverted Intuition with Extraverted Feeling)

Counselor Idealist
...

My result on that test was INTP

Introverted iNtuitive Thinking Perceiving

From J. Butt's description:

INTPs are pensive, analytical folks. They may venture so deeply into thought as to seem detached, and often actually are oblivious to the world around them.

Precise about their descriptions, INTPs will often correct others (or be sorely tempted to) if the shade of meaning is a bit off. While annoying to the less concise, this fine discrimination ability gives INTPs so inclined a natural advantage as, for example, grammarians and linguists.

INTPs are relatively easy-going and amenable to most anything until their principles are violated, about which they may become outspoken and inflexible. They prefer to return, however, to a reserved albeit benign ambiance, not wishing to make spectacles of themselves.

Mathematics is a system where many INTPs love to play, similarly languages, computer systems--potentially any complex system. INTPs thrive on systems. Understanding, exploring, mastering, and manipulating systems can overtake the INTP's conscious thought. This fascination for logical wholes and their inner workings is often expressed in a detachment from the environment, a concentration where time is forgotten and extraneous stimuli are held at bay. Accomplishing a task or goal with this knowledge is secondary.

Then, according to Keirsey, iNTp is Rational temperament, Engineer subclass, type Architect:

"Architect Rational"

Of the four aspects of strategic analysis and definition, it is the structural engineering role -- architechtonics -- that reaches the highest development in these Rationals, and it is for this reason they are aptly called the "Architects." Their major interest is in figuring out structure, build, configuration -- the spatiality of things.

As the engineering capabilities the Architects increase so does their desire to let others know about whatever has come of their engineering efforts. So they tend to take up an accomodating role in their social exchanges. On the other hand they have less and less desire, if they ever had any, to direct the activities of others. Only when forced to by circumstance do they allow themselves to take charge of activities, and they exit the role as soon as they can without injuring the enterprise.

The Architects' distant goal is always to rearrange the environment somehow, to shape, to construct, to devise, whether it be buildings, institutions, enterprises, or theories. They look upon the world -- natural and civil -- as little more than raw material to be reshaped according to their design, as a formless stone for their hammer and chisel. ...

Many regard this attitude as arrogant, and Architects are likely, especially in their later years, after finding out that most others are faking an understanding of the laws of nature, to think of themselves as the prime movers who must pit themselves against nature and society in an endless struggle to define ends clearly and adopt whatever means that promise success. If this is arrogance, then at least it is not vanity, and without question it has driven the design engineers to take the lead in molding the structure of civilization.

Famous Architect Rationals: Thomas Jefferson, Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin.

My score on the Asperger's Affinity test was 28.

 

[foodsnob]

34. Like I didn't see that coming.

 

[glynndah]

34. Like I didn't see that coming.

You can join Vikingstone and I, as long as you don't make eye contact.

 

[Recidiva]

My result on that test was INTP

Introverted iNtuitive Thinking Perceiving

From J. Butt's description: Then, according to Keirsey, iNTp is Rational temperament, Engineer subclass, type Architect:

"Architect Rational"My score on the Asperger's Affinity test was 28.

Oh thank you. I love reading other people's profiles in the Myers-Briggs test.

Ulaven's ended up being: "You're an incredibly accurate, though heartless bastard who would do best as a soldier of fortune or mercenary. Not following orders, as you really don't care what anyone else thinks, but giving them. Endeavors undertaken will be successful."

Daughter's was something like "You treat people like chess pieces in the game of your life."

It suited them both perfectly.

For you I love the phrase "If this is arrogance, then at least it is not vanity."

 

[Recidiva]

You can join Vikingstone and I, as long as you don't make eye contact.

Eye contact is for girls anyway.

 

[thør]

14 here......

 

[glynndah]

Eye contact is for girls anyway.

Hey! I'm a girl!!

 

[Recidiva]

Hey! I'm a girl!!

Can I stare at you?

 

[glynndah]

Can I stare at you?

Sure. I'll be sitting under this table and I won't even notice. Just don't expect me to stare back. I'm counting the speckles in the floor tiles.

 

[Scouse B'stard]

This combined with my Myers-Briggs Jungian typology test also really helped explain "me." The concept of "introverted" versus "extroverted" in the sense that introverted people gather their energy alone and groups tire them out, and extroverted people gather their energy in groups and being alone tires them out...very helpful.

Extroverted people often think you're socially awkward because you choose your own company. But I just prefer solitude. All the social advice of "Go out! Meet people!" if I'm in a bad mood is a nightmare.

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp

I'm an INFJ

Introverted iNtuitive Feeling Judging
(Introverted Intuition with Extraverted Feeling)

Counselor Idealist

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Introverted Sensing Thinking Judging

According to Joe Butt:

"It is in keeping with tradition throughout our history that I should express simply and directly the opinions which I hold concerning some of the matters of present importance." --Herbert Hoover, Inaugural Address, Monday, March 4, 1929.
ISTJs are often called inspectors. They have a keen sense of right and wrong, especially in their area of interest and/or responsibility. They are noted for devotion to duty. Punctuality is a watchword of the ISTJ. The secretary, clerk, or business(wo)man by whom others set their clocks is likely to be an ISTJ.

As do other Introverted Thinkers, ISTJs often give the initial impression of being aloof and perhaps somewhat cold. Effusive expression of emotional warmth is not something that ISTJs do without considerable energy loss.

ISTJs are most at home with "just the facts, Ma'am." They seem to perform at highest efficiency when employing a step-by-step approach. Once a new procedure has proven itself (i.e., has been shown "to work,") the ISTJ can be depended upon to carry it through, even at the expense of their own health.

ISTJs are easily frustrated by the inconsistencies of others, especially when the second parties don't keep their commitments. But they usually keep their feelings to themselves unless they are asked. And when asked, they don't mince words. Truth wins out over tact. The grim determination of the ISTJ vindicates itself in officiation of sports events, judiciary functions, or an other situation which requires making tough calls and sticking to them.

His SJ orientation draws the ISTJ into the service of established institutions. Home, social clubs, government, schools, the military, churches -- these are the bastions of the SJ. "We've always done it this way" is often reason enough for many ISTJs. Threats to time-honored traditions or established organizations (e.g., a "run" on the bank) are the undoing of SJs, and are to be fought at all costs.

 

[Recidiva]

Sure. I'll be sitting under this table and I won't even notice. Just don't expect me to stare back. I'm counting the speckles in the floor tiles.

I can totally hang with that. I can't keep up with a real pro though. My son's obsessed with counting. He gets upset that I'm not keeping track with him.

Car alarms have gone off, and when they stop he'll say "That was 27 times." solemnly.

I think there's only one time he asked me to confirm his count and I could only say..."Uh...I don't know, baby." He knows I'm a moron.

He'll know how many songs are on every CD we listen to.

On the bonus side, if he says he's going to find me a four-leaf clover, he's damned well going to do it. The patience on this kid with objects...not people, but objects, is amazing.

Also, I have to say his ability to stick with a goal is great. He makes a little allowance doing dishes. Maybe $10 a week. He decided he wanted a mini fridge in his room...I said no. He asked what if he saved the money? Well...okay. I was sure he wouldn't do it, but he decided, then started saving. The kid's nine years old and is two months into saving for a mini fridge for his room. Now that's dedication.

It has it's benefits.

 

[KravMaga]

I would take the test, but:

1. I am not picking up on social cues and I lack inborn social skills, such as being able to read others' body language, start or maintain a conversation, and take turns talking;

2. I dislike any changes in routines;

3. I appear to lack empathy;

4. I am unable to recognize subtle differences in speech tone, pitch, and accent that alter the meaning of others’ speech. Thus, I may not understand a joke or may take a sarcastic comment literally. Likewise, my speech may be flat and difficult to understand because it lacks tone, pitch, and accent.

5. I find that I have a formal style of speaking that is advanced for my age. For example, I use the term “beckon” instead of “call,” or “return” instead of “come back.”

6. I avoid eye contact.

7. I have unusual facial expressions or postures.

8. I am preoccupied with only one or few interests, which I may be very knowledgeable about.

I think I may have a problem>.......

 

[Retrieval]

29.

I am not a Geek!

 

[Recidiva]

Introverted Sensing Thinking Judging

According to Joe Butt:

"It is in keeping with tradition throughout our history that I should express simply and directly the opinions which I hold concerning some of the matters of present importance." --Herbert Hoover, Inaugural Address, Monday, March 4, 1929.
ISTJs are often called inspectors. They have a keen sense of right and wrong, especially in their area of interest and/or responsibility. They are noted for devotion to duty. Punctuality is a watchword of the ISTJ. The secretary, clerk, or business(wo)man by whom others set their clocks is likely to be an ISTJ.

As do other Introverted Thinkers, ISTJs often give the initial impression of being aloof and perhaps somewhat cold. Effusive expression of emotional warmth is not something that ISTJs do without considerable energy loss.

ISTJs are most at home with "just the facts, Ma'am." They seem to perform at highest efficiency when employing a step-by-step approach. Once a new procedure has proven itself (i.e., has been shown "to work,") the ISTJ can be depended upon to carry it through, even at the expense of their own health.

ISTJs are easily frustrated by the inconsistencies of others, especially when the second parties don't keep their commitments. But they usually keep their feelings to themselves unless they are asked. And when asked, they don't mince words. Truth wins out over tact. The grim determination of the ISTJ vindicates itself in officiation of sports events, judiciary functions, or an other situation which requires making tough calls and sticking to them.

His SJ orientation draws the ISTJ into the service of established institutions. Home, social clubs, government, schools, the military, churches -- these are the bastions of the SJ. "We've always done it this way" is often reason enough for many ISTJs. Threats to time-honored traditions or established organizations (e.g., a "run" on the bank) are the undoing of SJs, and are to be fought at all costs.

Do you feel that suits your personality?