Re: CHAT: OT CHAT: Asperger's syndrome

BP Jonsson wrote:

> At 23:20 22.6.2000 -0400, Robert Hailman wrote:
>
> >It's interesting, because it's sometimes selective in what I can
> >remember from the past, and often rather disjointed, suggesting that I
> >actually do have more than one personality to some extent, rather than
> >just being plain forgetful about previous encounters with people, as
> >many will dismiss it as. Also, these patterns of selective memory
> >(theres a few of them) will pop up again and again, each time the
> >experiences when I'm in that state of mind will be added to it. Almost
> >like I cycle through them...
>
> I got that to, for the same reason as above.
>
You're the first person I've talked to who has the same problem. I
haven't been tested to see what it's caused by, it could very well be
the same as you. I find that it bothers other people more than it
bothers me, when I ask them the same question several times or tell them
a joke that they told me a few hours ago. I'm fine with it.

>
> At 23:09 22.6.2000 -0400, Nik Taylor wrote:
>
> >I often feel like two people at the same time, one person feeling an
> >emotion, and one person observing the person feeling the emotion.
>
> Which may mean your brain's hemispheres are less specialized than in most
> people.  I have that diagnosis, and that sensation.  The root cuse in my
> case is that I have actual physical lesions to the left side of that part
> of the brain which sits between the cerebellum and the cortex -- don't
> remember its Latinate/English name.
>
As far as this goes, I tend to feel relatively few emotions most of the
time, and those that I do feel tend to be relatively mild, except for
the odd incredibly intense emotions, which tend to lean towards the
anger side of the spectrum. I can't claim to feel like two people at
times, emotion-wise.

--
Robert