3 Odd Aspergers Symptoms (MUST SEE)

[@andreas3330]

Just got results from several sessions of testing with a clinical psychologist yesterday. It's official: I meet the criteria for high functioning Autism, formerly known as Asperger's. I'm 46. My husband's response was the absolute sweetest, a big hug (which I love from him), and a "Aww, you're my Aspie." Finally having the words to describe my experience is empowering. And also a bit scary, after 46 years of just being "weird."

[@Horseluvver]

No such thing as 'high functioning' adhd or autism tho.

[@Holy.HannaH]

​@@Horseluvveryes, there is.

[@ZhovtoBlakytniy]

​@@Horseluvver the language isn't precise but often used to clarify "I don't have profound autism" or with relatively lower support needs. A lot of people are more familiar with that, though it's misleading.

[@monicasmithtofantheflames3733]

Right it should be called invisable autism or something, but it's not invisible. Saying high functioning makes other autistics low functioning then, which is somewhat the truth but sounds weird. But it's the literal explanation of the symptoms and their circumstances they cause in one's life in society. ​@ZhovtoBlakytniy

[@Flo1918]

@andreas...you too cute...all the people now being told they are autistic or aspergers...did anyone tell you just how special that is ? I have a few in the family, they are extremely sensitive people and have hidden talents , I call gifts...I love these people...I understand your partner..❤

[@SoberOKMoments]

I'm 80 now. I have never owned a car that I didn't name and once named they developed a personality. I also once had a knife named Kelly, a few stuffed toys with names and even now I have a lime tree in a big pot named Tommy. Unlike many people, Aspergers folks are never boring. I'm happy to one of their company.

[@ravenbarsrepairs5594]

My Jeeps named Thumper, but that's Jeep thing. He told me his name due to a downshifting Thump that it took years for me to figure out(rust ring on the transmission TV cable)

[@homesteadgamer1257]

💗💗💗 My first car, I named Nettie. I named my first pager Hermoninny (after how Viktor Crum says Hermione's name in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire). I name my plants, too. People can laugh or poke fun all they want, but when you name something, it really does take on sort-of-alive traits. There were actually studies done, too, on plants that grow better when you give them verbal affection. That is why I name my plants; and it absolutely works, they grow so big and full and I am so proud of my plants.

[@marciasloan534]

VERY SWEET

[@lulumoon6942]

Well said!

[@utahboxergirl11]

I had a Toyota named Thumper years ago ​@@ravenbarsrepairs5594

[@judilynn9569]

I am also hyper sensitive to smells and sound. I notice things that other people don’t. I’m annoyed by things that other people pay no attention to.

[@deborahrombouts9958]

My smelling of everything drives hubby mad. Especially when I decide our house smells and everyone else says it doesn’t. Of course I know it really does smell. I’ve also always had the whole “working with KZbin running on my second screen”. I’m old (63) so in my youth I always had to watch the badly dubbed TV show “Monkey” at the same time as doing homework. It was the only way I could get boring homework done. And of course all objects have personality. I feel really bad if I ignore this, as though I’ve sentenced them to death. Will they think I do not care? It is so good to have this channel to normalise my idiosyncrasies. ❤

[@grooviechickie]

Monkey Magic! ❤

[@FirehorseG]

​@@grooviechickie 🌬️ 😂

[@Hedwig-gj2di]

Same!! When I was a child I would talk to the shampoo bottles in the tub. They were my friends. And when I'd see them in the garbage can I would get deeply hurt, dig them out and put then back, even though they were empty 😅 To me, objects were kind of my friends cause not too many people liked me and just because that's the way I saw it. There was also a dead, fallen over tree that I'd go visit every day and teach it math from my math workbook 😢 I thought that he should have the right to be loved too. I knew how it felt to be broken and not paid attention to. I didn't want that for the tree.

[@hollyw9566]

If I need to cry for some reason, all I have to do is think about how I left my stuffed animals at my Grandparents' when I moved to the big city, and they got left in the attic, and now they're gone and I feel so bad about it. I'm 63. I made up stories where they saved me from bad people like in the Wizard of Oz books my mom read to me. It's a kind of transcendentalism, actually. I wonder if Emerson and Thoreau were autistics. The idea that "God" imbues all things, animals, plants, rocks, water, trees. I believe there is life in everything. Every time we learn new things about how smart a jellyfish is, or how trees take care of each other, I say to myself, "I'm sure of it." And I am.

[@Lunarstruck1]

The more I studied biochemistry, the more I knew we are all part of a huge being. The universe is the bloodstream, the planets are cells or atoms and we are the mitochondria and farandolae. Everything we do affects the giant whole body.

[@gtechblues]

This is the best explanation I saw about being Asperger, which I am… After 75 years I am still learning things about myself.

[@Mavis-u3k]

For many years I worked with severely autistic young adults. The longer I interacted with these young people the more I became convinced that everyone has autistic tendencies to a greater or lesser extent. Myself included.

[@DougVanDorn]

@@Mavis-u3k Agreed. I think it may be inherent in how the brain works. The different behaviors are just slightly different ways individuals have of dealing with those inherent traits.

[@monicasmithtofantheflames3733]

​@@DougVanDornAlso a result of our society and how it's affecting our nature, or primordial nature I guess. I'm not sure how to say what I'm thinking

[@Kammitoes]

I am 70 and my son is 30. We both are super multi taskers. At any given time I will be reading a book on my iPad, have a movie or documentary or you tube vid going on one half of my monitor, be cooking a meal for the fam, going checking/answering emails and messages on Telegram. When I'm not cooking I will be crafting. There are way too few hours in my day and I resent having to waste time sleeping, so super multi tasking is the only thing that gets close to satisfying my brains needs to 'know everything'. If my brain isn't active at all time (I even go to bed with ear buds listening to audiobooks) I get twitchy. Both my son and I were ascertained ASD (Asperger).....I wasn't ascertained until I was 50 though. Because I'm a lady, no one even considered I could be ASD because prior to that it was considered to be a 'male thing'. pshaw

[@Susan-sg5pw]

You hit my personality right on, I’m 74 and recently realized why I always felt so different, school was a major problem since I didn’t catch on quickly as the other kids. I still can’t keep my attention focused more than 10 minutes without my brain wandering everywhere. Thank you, very informative.

[@michelewhitewolf9856]

I am 70 and while looking into my recently admitted ( to my self) autism I signed up for your feed. When this vid dropped onto my phone I thought why not take a look. I have all three of these and I am in a bit of shock. Thank you.

[@thisbushnell2012]

The inability to ignore sensory input, when you learn to control you response to it, can become a sort of odd 'superpower'. It helped me get someone identified and brought to justice after a vehicle -accident- incident.

[@JaneStanton]

I have to read comments while listening to videos , I also journal at the same time as listening to videos. It does help me concentrate.

[@ybrynecho2368]

I do have that smell thing. I smell my clothes and other things; I can smell things in the air that others say, "I don't smell anything." Before I eat something, especially if it's new I just have to smell it first. I remember once at work, a coworker gave me something she'd made that I'd never had before. She handed it to me and said, "Don't smell it." I didn't realize that people noticed that I did that. I also have to be doing two things at once as well, when I'm watching TV I also tend to be scrolling my tablet or doing a crossword puzzle. I can't just continuously concentrate totally on the one thing unless I absolutely need to do so. I do have the tendency to keep clothes/shoes too long even if they no longer fit, but I never name them or give them personalities, that is for toys I've had since birth. But I do hang onto useless stuff far too long. I'm 77 and I never considered that I was on the Autism Spectrum until recently, after watching these types of videos. But when I think back to my past life there were so many signs that it's a wonder it was never picked up on. However, when I was a child in the 50s and 60s, unless your symptoms were really bad, people just thought you were just a weirdo or a "geek".

[@DougVanDorn]

Hi! I've never been specifically diagnosed with Asperger's, but I've been diagnosed with ADHD, in the days when the autism spectrum was poorly understood, and various effects from it were categorized as their own, unrelated, syndromes and symptom-sets. But I do hit on all of the behaviors/perceptions you mention here. The hyperfocus thing is something others have always found hard to understand -- I used to have to read while eating when growing up, for example, and that got me yelled at a lot, even though I was also maintaining dinner table conversations just fine, so I wasn't being rude. But I have a unique way of perceiving the hyperfocus thing -- I see it as a part of my mind that, when left to itself and not given anything to do, will constantly interrupt my every attempt at doing something, watching something, etc. So, I at least *try* to set up a different feed of stimulation for that part of my mind, to keep it occupied so I can enjoy (or accomplish) the main thing I'm trying to do. A really good example of this is how I watch videos on my TV while playing solitaire on my computer. I have a scan pattern that somehow fully keeps track of both the solitaire game and the program on the TV, and the solitaire, which follows very rigid rules, keeps busy that part of me that obsessively tracks rule-based things like shapes, relationships and progressions. Busy, and quiet. At that point, I can enjoy the video I'm watching without that particular inner voice dragging my attention away from it. In the flipped scenario, where I'm trying to focus on a complex game on my computer or PlayStation, for example, I might have familiar audio (usually spoken word and not music) in the background, again to keep that part of my brain busy as I work on the complex game patterns. It's nice to know that other people's heads work the same way!!! I always thought my head was wired differently from everyone else's!!!

[@feliciakurt5154]

My son is 7. He's got a collection of stuffed animals that he calls his children. They all have different voices and he has to sleep with a minimum of 2 every night. His favorite blanket also has a name and has to be with him every night. He also does multiple things at once. He'll do his school work on his tablet while watching videos on his Switch. Or he'll run and dance while playing video games on the big TV. Getting him to focus on only one thing is nearly impossible. He's not been diagnosed, but every time I watch one of your videos, I say to myself, "That's Os(car). It's obvious he's got Asperger's."

[@GUITARTIME2024]

Is there a dad in the home.

[@dolores.t.hodgkins3140]

My great-grandson 4yrs smell everthing, meal times have become a challenge in the last 2years, and has meant a seriously limited diet.. previously he ate fish, meat, veggies fruit etc. Also is multi tasking, and names toys etc, and has a phenomenal memory for places, ie; he sees a landmark once, and can tell us this is the place where we saw such and such, only one visit to his Aunties place, 2 streets away, he'll say this is on the way to Aunties. .. i ve always said my son (now 60yr ) is aspergi. Photographic memory etc. Thank you. God bless.D.💛

[@mariegwin6718]

Yup… Absolutely! All three of those are things I do, too!

[@jillspangler5139]

"Why do you two need to smell everything." " Because we need to know it smells alright." It is not that difficult.

[@edwardsong7628]

Late diagnosed autistic here. I can relate to #3, but not #2. I'm monotropic and simply can't concentrate on more than one activity at a time. I believe monotropism is probably more common with autistic people than the ability to multitask well.

[@emergencyCALL911]

Agreed. Although I did partially relate to what Dan was saying in that while I definitely don't do two things at once, my mind does tend to go off on tangents, so I'll be watching one thing and it'll make me think of another thing so I'll pause what I'm watching to go look something up about that other thing. It takes me forever to get through podcasts because I pause them so much to go look something up or just to think about something that was said.

[@marygessner5108]

THANK YOU for your hard work in sharing your videos. I'm a 77 yr old grandmother and diagnosed with Aspergers late in life. For most of my life, I believed I was different/ odd/ not up to standard... but one day, an instructor asked me how long I'd known I had Aspergers all the jumbled pieces of my life fell into place when to doctors and at least a couple of counselors confirmed it with comments like, "Well, yes! We thought you knew." Now, I've stopped being embarrassed by my differences, and instead enjoy those unique qualities that make me... me! Thank you for adding to my toolbox of information so I'm better equipped to handle life. 🥰

[@nnylasoR]

I -with my DSM-5 labels of Anxiety, Depression, ADHD, OCD, and Hoarding Disorder- **THANK YOU** for the extra bit of validation on that last one. (I’ve been well aware of these for so long, but glad to hear someone else say that *we* give things personality and have a hard / impossible time letting them go.) I’m a nearly 44yo F, still seeking my ASD-1/Aspie diagnosis.

[@GinKirk7256]

The third characteristic you mentioned is quite interesting to me. My mother was a hoarder and didn’t get rid of anything, and I do mean anything! My brother told me she couldn’t let go of anything her hand touched! I’ll share this video with him to get his thoughts. 🤔

[@dobycorder3206]

Love this, I know family members who watch 3 things at once, smell everything, and have attachments... it’s starting to make sense.

[@NitFlickwick]

I’m not hyper-sensitive with smells, but smells are the biggest source of comfort stims for me. I’m also not able to shift focus like that. I’m just the opposite. When my attention is on something, I won’t hear the video playing next to it at all. I’ve had moments where I realized somebody was talking to me, and, for a brief moment while changing attention, I could hear the unprocessed sound before my brain started interpreting the sound waves as speech. They sound like Charlie Brown’s teacher.

[@homesteadgamer1257]

The smell of cloves (like the spice) is one of my absolute biggest comfort stims, just sitting and smelling something like a good chai or something similar. A lot of times, I'll even just stand and smell the ground cloves right in the jar. When i was 19, I found THE perfect Pumpkin Spice candle that had a perfect mix of the spices including cloves and it was so amazing that even my ADHD brother kept trying to steal it to make his room smell good. I never found another candle like that again (and I look every year). Other herbs are just as good of a stim. Very little compares to opening up the tea cupboard or spice cupboard and just basking in the scents of all those herbs. It's literally heaven.

[@lokitkeel934]

I smell a lot of things, but i dont think im hypersensitive either and certain smells defo act like stims. I do have 2 things on at once usually, but i have to pick one or the other to understand. If i hear one, i cant comprehend the other.

[@DianeDfictionfan]

I'm hyperverbal (reading more often than not, prone to overexplaining, etc.), but I can't have vocal music playing while I'm trying to read, write, talk, or do anything else that requires language processing - I figure my "CPU" is just hardwired to devote too much attention to it. I used to be able to successfully multitask in ways that *don't* involve language, but lately... eh, my ability to concentrate at all comes and goes, rather than being to the "not hearing my name" point that had my parents take kid-me for a hearing exam (that found my sense of hearing to be *above* average at the time).

[@SuzyEH]

​@@DianeDfictionfanI also don't like vocal music but for me it extends to all music. If I am reading or doing a task that requries being able to focus on what I am doing. I have tried to explain how music causes my brain to go into overdrive trying to process what it's hearing. I also tend to get vocal music stuck in my head playing over and over for days and days, even weeks.

[@Goodgrief44]

​@@homesteadgamer1257I get it👍

[@Sorchia56]

I hear everything! I can be sound asleep and I know if someone has turned the telly on. It’s much better now with the new flat screens, no flashes on cameras like in the 70’s with that dreadful high pitch sound, don’t get me started on going to shops with fluorescent lighting 😳! I use Bose noise cancellation ear buds in the shops. I’m watching a movie while watching you. I may go start on my puzzle as well. My dad taught us to name our vehicles, my brother and I have Asperger’s as does my husband and my youngest child. I recognised it straight away and got her into phenomenal programme at 2 years old. She was speaking in complete sentences and using very high vocabulary words appropriately while still experiencing complete breakdowns. She’s now 24, graduated from Uni and doing brilliantly. She helps ME more than I help her now! This sort of thing was not discussed in the 70’s, when my brother and I were growing up. We learned to mask very young and quickly. Our dad and Nana seemed the only two who truly understood us, egg donour was a nightmare. She thought we were possessed. Not kidding. Our Parish Priest told her to knock it off, we giggled 🤭!

[@maiholton6596]

Spot on! Love the term "egg donor"....😅

[@amandamills6181]

Fluorescent lights & CFL's are the worst! I thought I was going to have to move to a cave when CFL's started to take over the market. I hoarded incandescent bulbs. Thank goodness for LED lights! I also feel vibrations & rumblings before other people. The transmission guy said I got my van in way before most people notice there's a problem. I knew it way before the light came on, but the people at the dealership wouldn't do anything without a code from the vehicle. Smells are a major social problem for me, too. Life's hard for sensitive people.

[@amandaboyer7969]

I recently went into an old Dillard store that had been converted into a Sprit store and I remarked to my husband “Wow, that perfume smell never quite goes away, does it? “. He was like “ What smell?” . It still has that smell, but he can’t smell it. Always like that I had a heightened sense of smell for the most part.

[@Bughotwheels]

Thanks i have aspergers

[@wetboy72]

It’s named after an actual Nazi.

[@judilynn9569]

When I was married, I didn’t know my husband was on the Autism scale. (I am too, I later found out). He would kneel at the sofa with all his trigonometry homework papers, working on them AND watching TV at the same time. I used to think - WHAT? But I do this. I watch videos on KZbin while also playing my favorite game on my phone. I find playing the game while watching something else helps me actually absorb what I’m watching. I don’t even think it makes sense, but it does. My iPad and phone are always going at the same time.

[@libbylandscape3560]

When I lived in an apt in a super snowy area miles & miles away from the good grocery store, and drove through blizzards (no exaggeration) to get home, I’d crank up the radio & sing along so I could concentrate on driving. Always thought it was weird but it makes sense now.

[@heatherdudley1104]

My daughter does this, watching this I now understand her better

[@UgigigcuguUgigigydyfjg-fl2qi]

It's called low attention span/being a dope addict. All the normies do that. All. Of. Them. That's why nobody goes anywhere without their phones anymore, they CAN'T GO TEN SECONDS WITHOUT STIMULATION. So, to reiterate, since you seem to be one of those looking for a reason to call yourself abnormal, hitting the pleasure button more doesn't equal autism. It's a symptom of our damaged society and the effects of overstimulation through technology. You and your husband just have low attention spans.

[@pinchebruha405]

😂😂😂😂😂 as we speak!

[@samposampo9432]

Nowadays almost everybody does this...glued to the phones and ipads.

[@meh_lady]

One night a few weeks ago a smell kept waking me up. It took me a while to figure out that it was a roll of tape on my nightstand 😑 Very strange that you mentioned toast. It's one of the worst cooking smells to me, but I'm fine eating it. Bread baking smells awesome. 🤷‍♀️ Everything has a name and personality, yes!

[@sheriteacher1979]

People will write on water bottles with a sharpie to identify them. Not drinking the water now; all I can do is smell the stinky marker when I take a sip. Thanks 👍

[@bextrek4829]

Oh, my goodness gracious! The more you learn about yourself and others, the more sense life makes! It's so much more navigatable! (Yes, that must be a real word. I just used it!)

[@lostvisitor]

The naming of things was smashed out of me over the years because other people would either break or steal my things and it is easier to let "it" go if I don't become emotionally attached. But I will continue to wear clothing until it is not really clothing any more. Glue and repair it until it is nothing but glue and tape. Then I really enjoy the smell of the new cloths fresh out of the wrapper.

[@truthseeker3031]

Those behaviors don't necessarily mean that you have what this video is about. There could easily be MANY other factors involved in your behavior, such as: socio-economic status; how long your parents kept or maintained things; becoming attached to objects because of the level of bonding with your parents, etc. So many other factors!

[@suzannewhitaker3507]

Go back a thousand years and these are the guys who would be running the village. It's only a difficulty because it doesn't fit into our society.

[@sherieffiong853]

I smelled a lot of things when I was growing up. I would smell my clothes before putting them on, even if I knew they were just washed. I would smell my bed before getting into it. I would smell my food on my plate before taking a bite. Then I would decide what to eat first. I would also smell the flateware/ cutlery on the table before using it. My mom told me that I was extremely embarrassing, and they wouldn't take me to restaurants if I didn't stop it. I gave names, voices and personalities to my dolls and toy animals. My clothes do bring out different parts of my personality. Dark colors make me more shy, quieter and less social. White and bright colors make my personality bright and sunny. I love West African dresses because they have color patterns on the cloth and beautiful embroidery, too. They bring out my social, talkative personality. I still have trouble with fitting in and being understood. Most West Africans are warm welcoming to others who are learning their language and culture ND trying to fit in with them. Their acceptance of me really helps me to come out of my shell.

[@FuzzeeDee]

I was very fortunate that a change in diet reduced my Asperger’s symptoms about 75%. My OCD almost completely disappeared and my dyslexia significantly improved. The dietary changes also eliminated my bipolar disorder after about 6 months. It has made my life so much easier 😊

[@sidilicious11]

I’m so glad that your new diet has helped you so much. Can you share what dietary changes you made?

[@veronica_._._._]

It is carnivore. My traits are 'finding out' and 'closure'

[@FuzzeeDee]

@@sidilicious11 yes, it’s a zero carb diet called Carnivore. I eat only animal products. Meat, fat, eggs, some dairy. Water, salt and electrolytes. That’s about it.

[@Smith.S.sStocHasticSs]

Ive been vegetarian since age 12 im 41 and when i heard jordan peterson say since the carnivore diet -only eats steak & salt & water/soda water- his acid reflux is gone, eye floaters, gum disease, all gone. He can wake up in the morning and have eneryy all day

[@leahcook9785]

What kind of diet helped you? Please

[@torhildsagenghansen6074]

I haven't got a diagnosis, but I recognize two of those traits: I tend to smell everything, and I personalize items. I work at a shop, and I have a ladies' name on the cash register. :D

[@TheSarcasticSiamese]

I have almost always read or worked on things while also listening/watching something familiar. I have also always personified anything and everything 😬 I was only recently diagnosed autistic. I'm 47

[@hayleeramos278]

Im jumped into this video real quick the minute I saw the notification thank you for this I need to know more about myself 😊

[@TheAspieWorld]

You're so welcome!

[@andrewclarke3622]

Hi Dan. First time commitment. I'm an Aspie. I don't like sticky or smelly hands. Sorry to hear about your break up.

[@TheAspieWorld]

Thank you so much for the comment!

[@lulumoon6942]

Have several suspected Aspie exes that were the same!

[@andrewclarke3622]

I remeber when a cousin of mine moved into her previous add, she moved to her current address in june, I decided to by a putty called flarp. Same thing goes for that texure as well. When I put my finger in it it almost made me gag!

[@libbylandscape3560]

Same here with sticky & smelly hands.

[@sorlenna]

I was placed on the spectrum (Aspie) at 36. I’m 61 now, and it helped me so much to have a name for my “weirdness.” The sock thing is spot on. All my cars have had names, as well as many of my house plants and my sewing machine (among other things), and they all have their distinctive personalities. I relate to all this!

[@Chaiikiss]

Not diagnosed, but I relate to the 3. trait🤔 I still miss my little and lovely Nissan Note "Hedwig". She was white and my first car. Se used car parfume from Rituals. One for spring/summer and one for fall/winter. She hated climbing up "hills". She loved the highway. A kind little car. She got "killed" by a Volvo😔 Then I had Severus. He was a black Nissan Note. He had "heart-troubles". Had him for about 6 months. Now I have a Peugot 208. Named "Pispot" (pee pot). Full name: Monsieur Merde De Pispot. Not fond of him😒 My son (14 y.) was recently diagnosed with infantile autism and ADHD, among other things. He is absolutely wonderful and amazing💗

[@ruthanneluvsvacuuming6653]

I miss my squishy little yellow teddy bear eraser that I lost while swinging him on the swingset when I was a child. My dad drove all the way back to the park to look for him with me😢 didn’t find him. I’m now 55. 50 years is a really long time to miss an eraser😳😉🤣🥰

[@Chaiikiss]

Oh no,@@ruthanneluvsvacuuming6653. It sounds like an adorable little eraser you had😊 - but many years to miss your teddy bear eraser😔

[@ruthanneluvsvacuuming6653]

@@Chaiikiss I know it’s not logical but Thanks. I still get a little sad for a few seconds when I think about it❣️🥹

[@Chaiikiss]

Of course. You loved your little teddy bear eraser. I relate to that feeling, @@ruthanneluvsvacuuming6653 😊 I feel stupid because I now an then miss an old car😅

[@carlareilly6594]

Clearly, I have Asperger. I’m not diagnosed but watching this kind of nails it for me. I am diagnosed with ADHD and two of my sons are diagnosed with Asperger.

[@kerrykateart]

Androgyny as well. I have an antique ironing board named Eldridge. 😂

[@libbylandscape3560]

Love it! ❤

[@lucystrider728]

Yes, and will listen to two things at once on the computer! Two songs at the same time, or a soundtrack while watching a person explaining something.

[@libbylandscape3560]

This I cannot do, drives me nuts. 😂

[@DougVanDorn]

I'm a football fan, and I enjoy having a watch-along KZbin podcast going while watching my favorite team's games. I've found that I can have up to THREE watch-alongs going at once, while watching and listening to the game and its own commentators. And generally follow them all pretty well. The only thing that's difficult when I do that is typing my own comments in the chats of the watch-alongs, since that forces me to bring that podcast's tab up and start typing, which does make it hard for me to listen to so many people at once. Composing my own comments takes so much of my attention that I tune out most of the audio while doing it.

[@michellecox6251]

Uh, I think you are my husband dressed up as you🤣 It took me YEARS AND YEARS to understand these traits in him. One example: He has clothes hanging up in our storage room that he wore in high school! He’s 56! I finally understand how important they are for him. I spent a whole year watching the show, “Hoarders”. Now, I don’t get impatient with him. We have two grand daughters, age 7 and 4. They LOVE our storage room and the fact that Poppy has so many little random things he attaches meaning to. One of my grand daughters is just like him! It’s adorable. I do feel sorry for him as parting with anything can be so painful. Thanks for your channel! Blessings

[@robtooley4002]

My favorite toy/friend as a child was "Softie". Softie was my pillow.

[@pamb4105]

I am 58...i watch tv and scroll thru my phone...my husband doesn't understand i'm comfortable multi-tasking. The personalizing stuff is a trait i don't like. I wish i could just let go of stuff, but stuff brought me comfort. I can certainly rep the Team Sweaty as well!

[@Joyous017]

Lucky you being able to smell. I was born without a sense of smell, and most of my sense of taste. If i could smell, guaranteed I'd be smelling everything forever. When i became vegan over 35 years ago, i started being able to smell some things, which is quite exciting. Even if it's a bad smell, it's a smell and I'm grateful for it. Doesn't happen often (I've smelled maybe 15 things in my life) but I'm delighted when it does.

[@PastryFan3016]

Another excellent video. My 3rd and I both have/had so many Asperger flags. I lost him 3 months ago, but your videos really helped me finally understand what psychiatrist and behavioral therapist hadn't been able to properly diagnose for years. I smell everything too and a lot of smells bother me more than others. Sounds bother me as well. My son had to wear ear buds all the time and I wear ear plugs at home to reduce the stress noises we dislike causes/d us. Some textures are a big "No!" too. I'm easily distracted, even by my own brain's internal monologue, but yet I also become hyper focused to downright obsessive about a lot of things too. My son did even more so than I do. I rock a lot. It's my stim. I don't name things but I have extreme attachments to things and hold on to things most would not because they represent something like a certain period or person or pet, etc. It makes me inclined to have too much clutter, but the idea of no longer having those objects is emotionally distressing to me. Sometimes I finally force myself to let some of my things go, but often things that are probably more sensible to hang onto than the crud I refuse to let go. The things I let go of to reduce clutter could be useful while much of what I keep is not, but I am emotionally attached to those things.

[@elpear]

All of these! Esp watching 2 things at once! And giving personality to objects lol. I had no idea.

[@kaiserwilly4234]

The first rule Of Fight CLUB is you don't talk about FIGHT CLUB.

[@dancingdruid7932]

🤣🤣🤣

[@indridcold8433]

The second rule is you leave the fight at the club. You are not enemies. You are members. I am a weakling. I get my a$$ kicked just about every time. But if I can get one good hit in and draw blood, blacken an eye, break someone's rib, it is so worth it to get my @$$ handed to me in pieces. After I concede defeat, we have a meal and laugh about the bruises, cuts, and abrasions. I do not think I could ever quit. The rare times I do win, I do not feel bad because the one I beat my often laughs at the good moves I can get in to beat him. Then I help him up. There is a female member that wants to fight a man. I am thinking about it. Since I am a weakling, she will stand a good chance of a drawn out fight. The winner is not important. The fight is and how long it lasts. I recommend you join a fight club, regardless of your strength, abilities, pain threshold, gender, race, sexual, orientation, all are welcome.

[@DelusionDispeller]

I wish there was no such thing as it

[@MaharlikaAWA]

Yes I agree. Somehow Autism became trendy and en vogue, and gives a lot of people attention. Most of the Internet popular autists are probably not really autistic and just making it up to feel special. Most Asperger's or ASD people do not want the general public to know about them being autistic and it is something only close people know about. Also, most ASD people have some similar traits but not all of the do stuff like smell phones every day and energy drinks. ASD is very difficult for most people and painful. It's not cool or happy. But they can overcome it and acknowledge it and function well.

[@indridcold8433]

@MaharlikaAWA I do not get it. Some mental illnesses are indulged, others are shunned. I have had people step away from me when they find out I am schizophrenic. Thus, I just quit being social. I need no friend.

[@MiloLexau]

Jesus christ, as a now recently (couple months) diagnosed adult (34M) Aspergers, all of these hit home for me, albeit in differentiating potency. I actually laughed at how accurate this was.

[@GrainneScarlett]

I'm 38. I was diagnosed with ADHD yesterday and I'm expected to be diagnosed with autism on Tuesday. I'm glad i found your channel immediately. Thank you for making these videos. I have a lot to learn about myself. Ive been masking and ignoring traits for so long so now I've to find my true self and identify what i can and cannot do.

[@gracesofGod]

My mom, cars always had a name and she would talk about it and other cars as if they were having human experiences. It would be so funny listening to her narrate what was happening in traffic jams! We would be laughing and enjoying the ride! No road raging for her until Alzheimer’s set in.

[@libbylandscape3560]

My mother would road rage and run cars off the road 😬 all the while screaming at them as if they were living beings. Somehow she would equate a car with driver as a life form. Your mom sounds much better ❤

[@tammyfisher7777]

This video is so relatable. I smell everything as well and always have but never knew why. My daughter does it as well. My mom is the complete opposite. She doesn't have a good smeller at all. I have always wondered why I have the need to smell everything. You are the first person I've heard talk about this and I'm so happy you did because now I know why we do this. As far as the second thing you talked about I dont multifunction well at all. I also have ADHD and will get overwhelmed and have sensory overload if there is too many things going at once. I can only focus on one thing at a time. As for personalizing objects, I definitely do that as well. I am late diagnosed and am trying to learn how to manage my autism and adhd. Thank you for educating us on autism. 🙂

[@ZhovtoBlakytniy]

My kid does the last one a lot, but names the things after herself usually or sometimes it's just adding -y to the name of the thing. She likes things that are pretty unusual for a kid, for instance: she requested a personal handheld vacuum for her birthday once. Upon receiving the vacuum, she promptly named it after herself and glued googly eyes on it. She tucked it in every night.

[@rachelheyth3645]

Oh dear. I think I'm going back to bed. Just when I thought I had mastered masking Ive got to deal with them.I have olfactory hullicinations and am very sensitive with noise. It takes work to navigate these.

[@Lenneeful]

I've got all the particularities you stated in your video. I just dealt with the smell of my door knobs (old iron ones). I knitted some caps with cotton thread. What a relief! No more having to stretch my sleeves to avoid having to touch the knobs.

[@MsShannruggles]

I can smell fresh water thats far away in the desert or wilderness...and track my way right to it...

[@lulumoon6942]

Thought It was just me! 😮

[@resourcedragon]

That's impressive. I thought I was doing quite well when I smelt the chocolate in an unopened packet in a colleague's desk drawer.

[@libbylandscape3560]

@@resourcedragon my mother had to hide chocolate in the top cabinet behind everything, and I’d walk into the kitchen and announce there was chocolate. 😅

[@DougVanDorn]

Interesting. I know that I have to be extremely thorough in rinsing my dishes when I wash them, because the tiniest scent of soap or detergent coming off of any plates, cups, glasses, silverware, etc., makes me taste soap. And nothing but soap. Even when I've had spouses or roommates who have insisted on washing the dishes, I've often had to surreptitiously re-rinse my plates, utensils, etc., before eating when someone else has done the dishes. And yes, one of the first things I do when I encounter anything is to smell it. Never knew that was an autism thing, but it shouldn't have surprised me.

[@kendralangdon7316]

Oddly enough…I can smell poison ivy.

[@user-me3vr9yd8k]

I appreciate your communications about the autistic spectrum. It’s in my family, so this helps me understand better and actually see some traits in myself. I’m in my 70s. Society was not supportive of being “different” when I was young, and there was so much lack of compassion, outright ostracism etc. So glad things are changing, and that you’re able to share your awareness with us. Thank you.

[@sayastra]

The second one - could that also be because many on the spectrum also have ADHD? (This is what I've heard from Autistic KZbin)

[@swnerd-2320]

I am 29 year old male and have never been officially diagnosed, but my psychiatric nurse practitioner says I carry a lot of ASD traits. When I was a child, I was always very quiet and reserved, especially in groups. I struggled making friends and always spent time by myself at the playground. To this very day, I still struggle with maintaining friendships unless they're online penpals, and at a given workplace, it is usually hard for me to connect with other people, which is why I prefer remote work. I also have a tendency to get the urge to rock back and forth whenever I get angry or excited, which, to my understanding, is a form of stimming behavior. People have also told me that I can become very obsessive over particular subject matter that I like, like my ancestry or science fiction, to the point that I can talk about it repeatedly. My mental health provider also tells me that I speak in a very mechanical way that hints at autistic traits. To my knowledge, I don't think I have any issues with scent, but I don't like strong smells. Do you think I might be on the spectrum?

[@melvamelendez9817]

Except for the rocking part (my stimming is discreet - toes constantly wiggling inside my shoes)... I'm an Aspie and you described me

[@swnerd-2320]

@@melvamelendez9817 That’s really interesting. I guess that strengthens my autism claim, then. lol.

[@wendyheaton1439]

My first car , a Ford Escort, was called Heinz because he was the same colour as baked beans sauce!

[@Lisa-x3n5x]

Mine is Pearl. (Pearl white). The gps in my car is Polly Pathfinder. Occasionally, Pearl, Polly and I go on long drives for vista and nature. I could rename us the Floating Brothel with names like that. Pearl likes the drive, and Polly often stuffs up. It's fun.

[@jayawilder3835]

I smell things, but it is usually foodstuffs, so that would be perfectly acceptable in a European marketplace. Unfortunately I don't live there. I play KZbin videos when I'm writing my shopping list or planning what I have to do tomorrow. I don't lose track of the video, it has my full attention until the next item on the list pops into my consciousness (from where? I wonder) at which time I pause the video and update my written list. I couldn't do it without you, Daniel!🥰 And I believe that everything has a soul, and would be offended if I threw it away. As a child I wore two watches because I didn't want to hurt the feelings of the broken one. I used to eat sugar mice sweeties (candy) by biting the head off first so they wouldn't suffer. Although it is usual to give a name to boats, when I leave mine on the jetty, I say goodbye to it, tell it I'll be back soon, and ask it to be a good little boat.😅

[@homesteadgamer1257]

Most of the time, I listen to podcasts while I'm playing video games, and even when I read I always have music playing. I love to write, as well, but I often can't write unless I'm listening to music. It's not about not being able to handle silence, either, which is a huge misconception from a lot of neurotypical people. i can handle silence just fine, BUT when I'm trying to focus my ears, my hands also have to be doing something. If I'm forced to just stand still and listen to someone talk, I end up focusing harder on needing to move without looking anxious or impatient and I don't hear anything the other person says.

[@libbylandscape3560]

I love to listen to a book while crocheting.

[@JaneStanton]

Thank you, this is me too 😁

[@Pouquiloury]

I crochet everywhere. Especially during meetings, seminars, visits, even cinema or concerts. It helps me focus. I thought it was my ADHD, not my Autisme that caused this. People tend to think I don't pay attention because I do something else, I tried to explain it's the opposite. Though I can also use it to focus and exclude the outside world. (Never ceases to amaze me how I can switch off hearing people that talk to me whilst I'm focused on a book or video, it's litterally like I've 'muted' them. And unmuting is like searching for the radio channel, hearing bits and pieces before focus is fully shifted). Not only do I name objects, I animate them with feelings as well. Like thanking the elevator for being in working order or my bed for being so comfy. Apologies to the objects I didn't choose (clothes in my wardrobe, fruit on the platter, pastry that is being offered). Heightened sense of smell and tendency to sniff at stuff. Certain smells I use for stimming. Can't stay in rooms with chemical house 'perfume'. Can't be near certain perfume or laundry softener. Perfumed candle sections in stores are an absolute horror for me. Heightened sense of touch. Texture can be both distracting or comforting (stimming). All senses are heightened, actually. Light and sound frequenties that are slightly off. Also, can't name my pets until I know them. Can't throw away objects that have served me faithfully, makes me feel ungratefull and saddens me.

[@jeaniebird999]

I talk to EVERYTHING, even inanimate objects, and I always have. I tell people that I do it _just in case_ it matters. If it doesn't, then no harm done. But it definitely makes *me* feel better to converse with EVERYTHING and I'm never going to stop.

[@sheriteacher1979]

The copy machine at my school. I always sweet talk it. “Today’s a great day to make copies. You KNOW you want to work for me today!! You got this!!” Last year, the copy repairman could have bunked up in our copy room, the machine struggled so much.

[@user-ft3nx8ej4y]

גאון! איזה כייף שסוף סוף יש מי שמדבר על הדברים חלק, ברור, "ממקור ראשון"! וואו!, אתה השראה!. המידע שאתה בוחר לשתף אותנו בו מאוד עוזר לי להבין את האנושות בכללה, ואותי בתוכה.

[@homesteadgamer1257]

I name things all the time. I named my first and only car and she got me through very hard times. I name my plants all the time, I even apologize to plants if I step on them or accidentally break them. Plants grow way better, too, if you name them and praise them for growing so well and if you say you're proud of them; It sounds silly, but it absolutely helps them grow bigger and better. My first guitar had a name, too. And of course my animals have names, including most of the rabbits and chickens I raise for meat (which makes it a LOT harder to butcher them when the time comes, though; don't recommend naming livestock). Considering the things we use bring us either joy or comfort, it doesn't seem unusual to give something a name or feel like it has a personality like a pet would.

[@suzannewhitaker3507]

name the chickens tenders, or hot wings, etc. our friends named their young steer burger bits, just to keep in mind what the future held.

[@homesteadgamer1257]

​@@suzannewhitaker3507 lol I've heard people do that a lot. In my experience, any name can become affectionate after awhile unfortunately.

[@maritzacaruth9283]

You are the amazing one!!! You've singlehandedly explained what I couldn't wrap my mind around about my recently diagnosed son. He is low-support & all of the things you described. I can't thank you enough for explaining it so clearly and swiftly. Just WoW! 🎉

[@1969kellyp]

I’m a diagnosed autistic person and I have all three. Ever since I was a child I would smell my hair. Everyone thought it was strange and I’ve never known anyone who smells their hair.

[@crystalst.pierre8275]

My Son has Asbergers syndrome. Thank you for your content it definitely has helped me understand some of the things my son does and why. ❤❤

[@orchidsadutchy4940]

About giving personality to things, this reminds me I sometimes apologise to my furniture if I accidentally bump into it. I talk to my plants too. About doing many things at ounce, that might be Aspergers with a touch of ADHD, which is very common. I have several parallel lines of thoughts going on. Something that illustrates this well: if I'm in the shower and I use a shampoo or conditioner that has to be left for 3 minutes before rinsing it, I start a mental counting, and at the same time I think of other things. When the 3 minutes have passed, I rinse my hair and I'm still thinking of other things, and I forget to stop the counting. Later in the morning I'm suddenly aware I'm still counting and the numbers are running on 3 digits 😂.

[@cazmatazzify]

i do that with furniture too! And if i bump my leg on a table corner for example, i rub my leg and also the table corner too because i think it has also been hurt. I do it discretely though :) Glad i am not the only one.

[@commenter5901]

Totally agree with the smells. Everything smells way too much! We have a scent free house and I have had many sleepless nights when my hubby has been a bit gassy so I couldn't stay in the bedroom. I also have dyslexia so it surprised me when my son had hyperlexia (he started reading on his own at age 2 and speaking very early as well).

[@ulusguy]

I’ve still got my white pair of Reebok running shoes from 1987 because they were what I wore on my first trip to Europe that year. They walked so many memories with me, how can I let them go? 😄

[@smokersmarina1557]

We are awesome!

[@That_Borkin_Ninetales]

Heart of the cards took on a literal meaning with me, I use to talk to my cards. kinda intriguing to see that as an autistic trait...never thought about it.

[@ch87-z3w]

The last one left me frozen for a second, i can't belive that. when i go shower i always have trouble picking what underwear to put on because they always remind me of something different //example: one of them makes me think of (thing) and the other is more like () yknow? like they kind of determine my mood and how i think of everything, it's so weird, so hard to explain. does anybody here relate?

[@mindycatriz5195]

YES😸😸😸

[@resourcedragon]

Don't relate because all my underwear is the one brand and either I buy white (my first preference) or black. I live in dread of the manufacturers stopping making that particular style, it's the only style I find really comfortable.

[@krista9015]

Socks they have to be the right ones for my mood

[@EVEE_Rose-3]

#2 being on iPad and cellphone together is also very common symptom of adhd. I do this all day long. I also bounce back and forth between the two depending on the battery level.

[@davidroddini1512]

On the first one, I’m exactly opposite. My sense of smell is less acute than most people. Likewise, for the second one I’m exactly opposite. If I’m reading the comments on a video, I miss the entire video. I *literally* can’t walk and chew gum at the same time. However for the third, it’s spot on. When I was a kid my mom owned a Dodge Diplomat. I called her/it Didi. I was heartbroken when my mom traded her in for a new car.

[@TheAspieWorld]

Yes this can happen it’s called hypo-sensitivity

[@BirchmarkAu]

I'm the same with point 2. I can't do multiple things at once, typically. I can use a fidget toy while watching something etc to help me focus but can't do two things in just about any other situation.

[@janiceatkinson8682]

Great info! My daughter and I have thought that she was on the spectrum. After listening to you, I m sure of it!!! It's so great to know...

[@RoXxYLOVEP.L.U.R.]

Dude! Right on ! #2 around 3:50 Description of ourselves couldn't have been explained in easy words like this thanks! ✌

[@RoXxYLOVEP.L.U.R.]

Also # 3 and 1 must I say ahahahaahahahahhahaaggha

[@RoXxYLOVEP.L.U.R.]

And PEACE OUT ✌ TO YOU TOO MY DEAR FRIEND! HAVE THE BEST DAY EVER!

[@dancingdruid7932]

OMGs, I am working on my laptop right now as I am also watching your video. My (adult) daughter is exactly the same and it has been driving my husband crazy for years. And when I was in elementary school, every tree on the way to school had a personality and I would talk to them in my head. I was a little worried that I was crazy at the time.

[@lindalincoln1652]

I had to rewind a few times after "if someone farts I have to leave the country".....I'm dying here!

[@TheYangnyin]

My son and I have noticed that he can smell some chemicals that I can't and vice versa.. so we ask each other to smell things (he can smell veggies going bad and I can smell cheese going bad, for instance)

[@adrianhdragon718]

Fellow HFA aka Aspie here buddy thanks for your support! Love you buddy ! 🎉😂❤😢😅

[@UnBoxLifeWithLori]

Yes ... I have to be doing 2 things to relax and also to learn. Watching TV and Reading or Working and having the TV On. Smell -

[@loriclark553]

I think lots of non autistic people enjoy doing several things at one time. I know I do it all the time and I am definitely not autistic or on the spectrum

[@x-i-am-jinx]

The only car I didn’t name was my first because it was a hand me down and by that point in my head it’s name was The Contour (my parents just call cars by what they are: The XV, the WRX, The Ranger, etc). I called my second car the An*l Probe because it was a Probe GT and I was in my early 20s. 3rd car is Amelia. And my current car is Lilith. My stuffed animals have names, and yes at 40 I still have stuffed animals, happily (one is 39, she’s the first thing I picked out for myself as well and a very important tie to my late grandmother, she’s incredibly special, I’d probably die if I didn’t have her). Touch is my biggest thing (and the sock seam thing is omg, seams are the worst, I hate them, I wish seams didn’t exist). I touch EVERYTHING that even looks like it might be soft. I also am very sensitive to a lot of types of smells. And yeah, usually I have a youtube doc playing while I’m gaming and I’m also doing work for my store like finishing out orders and prepping them for shipping. Keeping the printer on the other side of the room helps keep me from just sitting still and rotating those tasks.

[@MiriamYonit]

I have all 3 symptoms to an extreme. Once I caught my self sitting on the sofa with the TV on, iphone playing something, ipad running, Macbook running with an open book in my lap. I was as happy as a clam. My smell is actually helpful to know whats' happening, and I'm never bored. I'm 78 yrs. Old, I have clothes 40 years old (beautiful pieces) and my apartment is a museum. It just never ends.

[@operationlockstep]

I'm an undiagnosed female. My brother was diagnosed and he struggles outwardly more than I do....I just die inside when it comes to social things and everyone thinks I'm doing fine😅 I name everything and I even say hello to animals when I'm out and about. I'm sure everyone thinks I'm weird but I've started to like me being different in my adult life. Life's brighter. I just loooove the smell of freshly washed clothes and can smell it from a mile off😅 I am really sensitive to bad smells.

[@theurbanthirdhomestead]

I realized the other day that I was greeting every one of my chickens that I walked by every time I walked by them. Then I did the same for my trees (which also have names). 😂 Takes me forever to walk down the trail to the water pump. Lol

[@LetsGoChaseThatTrain]

Thank you so much for this video! It actually explains quite a bit of my life, especially #3.

[@resourcedragon]

I don't necessarily sniff everything but I do notice a lot of smells. There are a lot of products that I won't use because of the smell. My multi-tasking is more hand crafting and watching something simultaneously. I need something for my hands to do and I like the additional information while my hands are busy. While I don't necessarily give personalities to t-shirts I do talk to inanimate objects. It's usually a talk along the lines of, "You're plugged in, the switch is on, I've followed all the instructions, so why aren't you working?" I do also stroke things I've accidentally knocked to apologise for hurting them. EDIT: Of course, I have names for my cars. Doesn't everyone?

[@thesmallestatom]

Team Sweaty is still here. (It’s just me, thank you for your videos.)

[@TheAspieWorld]

Legend!

[@andi_audhd]

Hehe giving personality to inanimate objects, totally! Not wanting to let go of a pair of shoes that you’ve long since outworn - yes! I held onto a pair of shoes for 4 years (til I was 10yrs old). It’s partly giving value and personality but it’s also partly not wanting to change the shoes or to handle that change at all. Our 21m toddler didn’t take to her dolls or teddies til my husband and I started giving them personalities and names. Now she loves them and will choose which teddy to sleep with. No ASD diagnosis so I’d like to think that I made them more interesting cuz of how my mind works lol I’ve always personified my toys and teddies for as long as I can remember. I do it to random items. If I put down an item too hard onto a surface, I’ve felt a sting of heartache and compassion. It also explains why each mug we own has a specific purpose in my mind 😅 my husband doesn’t understand this at all 🤭 I’m glad it’s not just me 😅🤭

[@Clarachk]

I am, according to my husband, “The Smell Police”. I am, quite literally, procrastinating from washing dishes, Munching on grapes and watching your video. (thanks, ADHD, lol) And sniffing my fingers. The grapes have been washed, but they have a waxy coating on them that smells sulphuric…

[@NightMystique13]

I have always been a light sleeper-smoke outside woke me up this summer. My sense of smell was extra sensitive during pregnancy. My proprioception is poor and I am clumsy as hell. Also have ptsd, adhd, and Ehlers Danlos syndrome. No ASD yet, at 59.

[@vania698]

Thank you!

[@samanthabright3390]

I'm always watching TV, playing my ipad and watching something on my phone as well. Good to know it's not just me!

[@Briichii]

I'm big on wanting to touch everything rather than smell it. But then on the other hand, I want to wash my hands because everything has germs, so I compete with myself on wanting and not wanting to touch the stuff. My mind is confusing to even myself. But I don't resist when it's something possibly soft. If it's not soft, I wipe my hand off on my pants.

[@marciasloan534]

In a public restroom, I wash, shake water off & use the paper towel to open the door

[@resourcedragon]

@@marciasloan534: I use the 2 sheets of paper to start drying my hands really thoroughly, and I put two little sodden masses of paper pulp in the waste bin. Then I get a third sheet to finish the job (and to open the door), and then I do some contortions to hold the door open with a shoulder or an elbow or my bum, while tossing the final sheet of paper in the bin. (Would really like hands free public lavatories.) I do not understand how other people don't produce the sodden masses of paper pulp that I do, they seem to throw almost unused sheets in the bin. Their hands _must_ still be wet.

[@Briichii]

@@marciasloan534 If there is no paper towel, I use my shirt.

[@Briichii]

@@resourcedragon Same! I see people grab ONE paper towel and throw it in the trash almost dry. Here I am grabbing 2 or 3, and I still feel they are too wet after I've soaked thru the paper.

[@cindyhoomalu1566]

This is a great video with really good information. I tend to like all of your videos, though.

[@Three_hundred_forty_six_rats]

I've slowly started to realize i probably have autism, ive done a lot of research and taken a concering number of tests, and i just makes sense to me, i also have all of these traits. Also thanks for helping me learn more about my (possible) autism!

[@eileenfuentes6975]

1:25 I'm 42 and in kindergarten I was having a sensory freak out about my socks and spent the entire recess trying to put my sock on where it wouldn't feel like a pebble at the seam on my pinkie toe lol I remember I felt like I wanted to jump out my skin!