Ask someone with Asperger's syndrome.

[GrandizerII]

Only informally, as in I saw a psychiatrist for one session a decade or so ago, and after interviewing me, concluded that I was indeed on the spectrum (on the high-functioning end). However, I am seeking to get a formal diagnosis on paper once I feel comfortable enough financially to cover the costs of assessment (it's not cheap, even here in Australia).

But long before that diagnosis, I have known something was not right when I was in my teenage years in high school. And then when I was around 20 or so, I looked up online to see what was wrong with me, and then came upon autism spectrum disorders, including Asperger's (which, at the time, was still a thing in its own sort of category), and looking at the criteria and reading about other people's experiences with the condition, I knew this was the one that matched what I was struggling with.

I don't doubt what you are saying, that you might have mild symptoms, and I base that assumption on the way in which you communicate. Which tells me you are definitely not a serious aspy.

Criminal profiling has given me some experience in assessing disorders, and you'd be happy to know that aspies are rarely persistently violent criminals, almost non- existant.
And they are not sarcastic and malicious, and they are not likely to follow a gang leader or a group, they don't have the mob mentality.
So if someone is put down, they are not likely to join in and add derogatory comments.

You'd be interested to know that 49% of criminals in QLD Australian jails have some mental and or personality disorder.

And I am pretty aware of the nature of the majority of regular contributors to this forum, which has made me wonder whether this forum is part of the limited net access for certain jails or rehab programs.

Ok ... whatever ... you ... say ...

EDIT: By the way, how I communicate here is radically different from how I communicate IRL. For one, I "speak" way more words here (as in appear to be more talkative).