Mike_GX101

No she was a short-sighted person who was sniffing as she had a cold and had no tissue to blow her nose with. But whatever this woman was doing (and I know you'd love to argue on this all day if you could) - a little imagination on the subject goes a long way to reframing your perception on this issue leaving you feeling much better. Don't let it get to you so much - forget about it. It happened. Move on. Get on with who you are and what you do - forget about some random stranger on the street with some sniffing-problem. It's just not worth getting worked up over. That's all I can really say on the matter.

There is a reason they're classified 18 - because they're not suitable for those under that age. That said - I absolutely love these games - they're probably my all time favourite video games and I can't wait until GTA V comes out. There's nothing better after a long day than jumping onto the PS3 and having a good old bit of fun in the streets of Liberty City! Immersing yourself in this dynamic virtual world is an incredible experience. Just imagining how long each frame took the developers to produce and then thinking how many frames there are in the whole game. Then there is the detail - just absolutely amazing! Games like Liberty City are worth every penny! Of course it is just a game and when you've had enough you switch it off don't you and get back with real life. That's the purpose of a computer game - it's for recreation only; that means it's for fun and unwinding only.

Just know that you're not going it alone. That's more important than anything. There is nothing worse than feeling it's you against the world. To know there are others very similar to you with similar experiences and difficulties means the battle is half won. Now together we just need to work out how to win the other half.

@ST123 Perhaps she was short-sighted and was admiring your dolphin jumper. Don't be so jumpy - it was probably nothing at all. It doesn't sound like she was bullying you.

Totally agree with the generalising comment. Remember that there are many different ways of being intelligent besides IQ. There are things like emotional intelligence and another called social intelligence. Now apparently there is a link with the social imagination and there is another link where the executive part of the brain is smaller which means impulse-control is lower. A lot of the information the likes of employers get to read on Klinefelter's is simply out dated and untrue. That is an area I would like to see changed as from my experience most people with Klinefelter's are genuinely nice friendly people with lots to offer.

I went through a lot of stress and difficulty at work almost 6 years ago now where it was suggested that I showed strong symptoms of having Asperger's Syndrome. Now of course I fought against it because I thought it couldn't possibly be because I can adapt quickly to changes such as moving house and dislike going the same way to work everyday - I like a bit of change otherwise I feel trapped like swimming round and round in a goldfish bowl. I do have a stammer though and I was a late starter with my speaking and listening language skills but they weren't necessarily asperger-like symptoms. Besides before 2006 I'd never heard of asperger's and I thought it was my boss trying to get rid of me. As it happens I have since come to realise that I do like routines in other ways such as having a certain preference for predetermined structures and limitations and that manifests itself in ways I had never contemplated as such before. I got my diagnosis for Klinefelter's 2 years ago and I thought then that if I had KS then I couldn't possibly have AS as well. However I have since come to realise that this simply is not the case (as the above link clearly demonstrates) and I have come to realise that I do have some very strong asperger-like traits that come on more strongly when I'm stressed such as at times of unemployment.

Have a read through the following report Sa Skimrande as it demonstrates that some 27% of people with Klinefelter's meet criteria for an ASD too: Neural systems for social cognition in Klinefelter syndrome (47,XXY): evidence from fMRI This needs to be recognised and when a male gets diagnosed for Klinefelter's there aught to be a follow-up to see if he has Asperger's Syndrome too thereby ensuring he gets the extra support he needs.

Maybe she had a cold and had no tissue and she found your dolphin jumper quite appealing.

Not just that Darkshine but then there's the emotional fallout of finding out that one might be infertile too which is generally the case with XXY. For a man in his late 20's, early 30's to be told that as he's naturally thinking of starting a family is perhaps like losing a loved one and needs to be treated as a kind of bereavement because in a way you're losing a part of yourself if you dare even find out that is. I decided when I got my diagnosis that I didn't want to know because I would not be able to handle a truth like that at the moment. And that is how I will leave things for now.

Another thing that helps me is to eat something very very sugary like a cake or chocolate.

Meltdowns for me happen usually when I'm tired. Like tonight when I'd finished a particularly stressful few hours in work I came out and just suddenly felt a certain level of disconnectivity with the world around me - it's like an inner state of calm but also a feeling of being 'out of it' somewhat. I have times like this in the supermarket too where I just totally warp out and can go from pacing round to being transfixed on the shelves of products as like being in a trance. My best remedy is to walk for a bit and appreciate the finer things in life such as admiring the amazing architecture we have all around us and things like that. Give yourself a break and just enjoy....that's my advice. When your mind has had enough of a break (or finished mulling over something deeper down) it will wake itself up.

Ditto! Welcome to the club. You know it's such fresh air to read that someone else is too! Message me any time if you have any questions.

...it could be an earwig! That's what they always used to say when we were little! It could be everything and it could be nothing - check it with the doctor if you're worried and it doesn't clear up!

I suppose they were made by humans so why shouldn't they be built in our image too? Makes one wonder though if ants do the same thing and ponder the follow: "Mmm...that ant nest has a face that looks just like an ants' face!!"

Every house has a face - didn't you know?!? LOL!

They say that those with Asperger's love routine but I think there comes a time when a routine becomes a little too restrictive. I know this only too well working in places where one has to be there on the dot, they then have 10 min breaks every now and then (you can't refuse), the lunch time is a very set time too and hardly gives time to run to the bakery and eat - it's enough to melt down anyone even those who love routine! Time stress? Yes I can definitely identify with that. Of course we need patterns of work, etc but some times it's over done to the point you want to scream!

Go to any social group and you will very quickly notice one thing - that we're all different.

Of course you can have both. But have you considered something like ADHD? That's when they're hyperactive and misbehave, etc so I believe.

To help us better perhaps you could elaborate a little - that way our advice does not run the risk of being disappointing to you...

I would agree with you wholeheartedly about the state of the roads out there Sa Skimrande - pot holes and manhole covers raised like ramps and submerged below the surface of the road and great cracking concrete strips are mayham for any cyclist! Ride through them at one's peril I say. And being a mechanic you're more aware than anyone of the problems they pose. I too dodge them where I can. But how much does such erratic dodging affect one's perceived driving ability? That's the flip-side of this isn't it. While you're protecting your wheels from every possible hole and bump in the road you are potentially costing your perceived road worthiness behind the wheel and this situation is indicative of that. To have a visit like you had someone obviously had real cause for concern and it seems your carefulness may have almost cost you your licence in this case. I know it isn't fair. You drive to protect your beloved car and some camera catches you zig-zagging and suddenly your licence is threatened. Sadly we live in a world of absolutes that never get challenged and we're all affected by them. I was stuck behind an elderly person a while ago. She travelled at a reasonable speed along the National Speed Limit Zones driving at around 45-50mph. However we came into a 30 mph zone and inexplicably that elderly person didn't quite slow down to the expected speed in time and there happened to be a speed camera there too. I felt for them because for most of the journey they'd been driving quite conservatively (perhaps on a long journey conserving fuel thereby protecting their pockets) and then bang! Because maybe a slight lapse in concentration, perhaps trying to work out where they were going next, they were snapped. And of their defence? It doesn't matter that they drove well for 99.9% of that journey - what mattered was they were caught speeding for a few short seconds. Another example: you're driving along a street with parked cars both sides. You see it is safe to go through and some idiot appears from nowhere going faster than they should and almost crashes into you. In reaction you put your foot on the pedal to speed up and get through safely. Just round the corner is a speed trap. Your defence is that you were speeding to escape a dangerous situation and just saved your car (not to mention your life and maybe a serious accident) in the process. Sadly that defence is irrelevant. You were speeding and that's it - end of it. There are no rebates, no mode of justice against that idiot driver that forced you to act. And worse still is they plan to put speed limiters on cars which in my view would be dangerous in times just like this one. A while back I went across a roundabout which was clear and from nowhere some old banger of a car comes racing towards me and I narrowly avoided it by speeding up. Had I not done that who knows what would have happened and with a speed limiter I most certainly wouldn't be here now! But that's just how it is Sa Skimrande. Life often seems unfair especially when some people dodge queues in supermarkets unchallenged and the boy racers who always speed never seem to get caught. Welcome to the real world!

It all seems to come down to perception doesn't it. Take a coin (say a £1 coin) and look at it. "What is it?" I ask. "A coin" you reply. "But what is?" I ask. "A coin" you reply. "Yes...and?" I ask again. "A coin" you reply sounding more exasperated. But that's what most people see it as. To someone else though that coin could be: 1. a table-leg extension 2. a toy (something to roll) 3. part of a picture 4. a piece of history 5. a tile 6. a prop 7. a keepsake 8. a hole filler ...I could go on. A table equally to most people is to be sat at. But it could also be a stool, a platform to stand on, a door ram, etc. By the way - I use two 2p coins to prop one corner of my fridge-freezer up so that it's level as the floor is horribly uneven; it works a treat! Noskcaj86 - be proud of your son's creativity but of course you should teach him what is and isn't appropriate especially in places like cafes. Perhaps treat him with sweets and things when he sits properly...maybe give him some Smarties!

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See this Daily Mail news item: art work Check out the spider diagram one and decide Sa Skimrand if maybe you had any of those symptoms on the day. Slow driving, weaving, etc may be classic tell-tale signs. If you didn't then great - nothing more to worry about. End of the issue. If you did then we're getting into territory which needs challenging. If you exhibit those symptoms just on antibiotics then clearly a distinction needs to be made separating myth from fact i.e: - IF driving slow and weaving then ALWAYS intoxicated. "Always" is a heavy word and you might have cause to follow this up further to the point that we get to change it to: - IF driving slow and weaving then SOME TIMES intoxicated As with any system based on rules, absolutes rarely go unchallenged. But unless they are challenged they always remain absolutes and unfairness and stigma reigns supreme.

Well some people post everything don't they - if they did it, they posted it - photos and all. That's just how some people are. And when you get people like that you're going to have other people like that wanting to hear from people just like them who also want to share anything and everything.

Last time I heard was that they've prepared an excuse for it if we're all still here in 2013 - something to the effect that they "mis-read the ancient scripts and they got the date wrong" so expect to see that one on the news on the 1st January 2013 or soon thereafter! LOL