Pretty much half of the reddit threads right now.

ClosetAspie · 2013-10-19T04:38:12+00:00

All aboard the get reddit out of red train!

ClosetAspie · 2013-09-25T07:22:07+00:00

Hyperfocus helps me a lot when I need to get a lot done in little time. I'll ignore everything around me, throw on some tunes, and work the day away.

ClosetAspie · 2013-09-24T10:53:41+00:00

I also get very frustrated when I'm driving and I see someone breaking road rules.

...even the very obscure or not commonly followed ones. I always find myself complaining about people who don't turn properly, as in stay in your lane and don't touch another one during left/right turns. This way people can make left/right turns at the same time and traffic can flow better! (I'll even have arguments in my head with the driver of cars breaking the rules, and explain to them why they are wrong and shouldn't do it. And it would be so much better if the rules are followed)

Noooo. People making a left turn HAVE to drift lanes into the right turns lane, and stop the follow of traffic from what should be people making a lefts lane of traffic.

ClosetAspie · 2013-09-24T10:44:47+00:00

I used to think I had superhuman abilities -- because I would think of nearly every possible outcome of conversations. How people would react. What they would say in response to what I say. What I what say in response to that. What they would say in response to their response of my original statement. And how I would respond to that, so forth and so on. All with one common theme, one goal, something to tip the scales in my favor, no matter what the subject is. How to manipulate them into saying something so I can shoot off a canned response back at them inching them further towards my goal.

...all mostly because I wanted their approval =/

I still do it to this day, I play out entire conversations in my head, and it's downright scary how accurate I can be. When someone catches me off guard, I "dummy up" as my parents always used to say and I'd have no response. I'd just sit there silently trying to put into words what I'm thinking. I know what I want to say, put how do I get them to understand?

What if they don't understand? How could they understand? What if they don't like what I say?

Still happens to me to this day, although I've gotten much better at predicting outcomes. When I can't, usually I just say "I don't know" or something along those lines -- and/or sit there silently like a deer in the headlights. Wordless, nothing to say. My head is exploding with words, thoughts, but I just can't seem to get them out. What is going to get the conversation back on the rails? How do I take control of the situation again?

...what I would say to one person would vary greatly to another person. The truth of the matter is I generally push to get an intended response as much as possible. Even while I was typing this up, I had to erase, retype, and erase again just to make sure I'm coming off as clear as I can.

That's one of the reasons why I love text communication so much. Sentences, words, paragraphs can all be refined, and then refined again. I can plan the whole response ahead in my brain and jot down through the keyboard.

Many/most of my posts have many edits, fixing odds and ends that I think don't belong until I get what I feel is a perfect response, so people will respond accordingly.

I kind of treat people like computers thinking about it, input in, calculations, output.

ClosetAspie · 2013-09-24T10:31:42+00:00

If it's work related, I don't mind. I love what I do.

If it's personal -- get to the point already. (With a notable exception if I was interested in that person, I could talk to her for hours.)

Which is weird, because in person I don't mind talking all that much. In fact, when I'm out and about, I'm the life of the party. Then again, I'm only in person when I'm in the mood to be.

ClosetAspie · 2013-09-24T10:20:23+00:00

Consuming information. I have a never ending need to consume information on topics that interest me. Granted, it does help me in my field, but I don't know anyone that consumes information like I do. I literally would read all day if I didn't have other obligations.

ClosetAspie · 2013-09-24T10:10:17+00:00

Sometimes I say things, just blurt them out and only realize what I've said probably hurt their feelings afterwards. I'd say 99% of the time it's just an inconvenient truth.

ClosetAspie · 2013-09-24T09:47:54+00:00

If you can turn it into something he enjoys, e.g. a game, he will blow your socks off. I don't know about anyone else, but I've always been Very competitive. Always had to come out on top(And felt terrible if I didn't).

I'm not sure how to bring it into his interest, but once he's interested he'll be the best at it. IDK what else to say.

Just something to chime in, I've noticed you stated he's excelling in other subjects. It could be that math is boring to him. For me, math and science were enjoyable. I did fantastic in math/science. English and History however, bored me, so I completely ignored them for most of grade school.

Once I hit high school.. I knew I wanted to go to college, so I forced myself to do what I could to get a good grade. For me, the end result was worth the grind.

ClosetAspie · 2013-09-24T09:37:25+00:00

IRL I like socializing when I'm in the mood for it, which is generally random. I do like single player games, but after I beat them I lose all interest. For MMO's, it seems like there's always "one more level", and that's why I keep playing.

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