Autism
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exchemist
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Is this self-diagnosed, or were medical professionals involved?
DaveC426913
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You should approach your family physician with your concerns. He will be able to put you in touch with the right people who can get a proper diagnosis. Whatever way it goes, a proper diagosis will help you get resources.
I test high on the on-line autism tests. Never had a "real" test. I'm 68 years old and retired, so don't know that it matters that much. My niece's husband has been officially diagnosed, and we seem to "get" each other.
Life may have been a little easier had I known to keep my mouth shut and think things through before blurting out my opinions. I mean, I can offend people without even trying.
Life may have been a little easier had I known to keep my mouth shut and think things through before blurting out my opinions. I mean, I can offend people without even trying.
Self diagnosed but I'm over 50% sure it's behavior is in the spectrum range...
The hand flapping, the head banging, the hyper fixation, the lack of certain cues, and many others (I intentionally said I have autistic traits and not "I have autism" .... I h
If costs restrict professional evaluation, then probably better to go with a general category, rather a precise assessment like autism. "Neurodivergent" should cover the potpourri of possibilities.
In contrast, Elon Musk has no excuse at all for self-diagnosis. (He can afford expertise a zillion times over.)
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TheVat
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Undiagnosed myopia was implicated in some growing pains I experienced, as it reduced ability to read those important "microexpressions." I could just decode the blurred shapes on the school blackboard, and so the need for spectacles (which I hated) went unnoticed by the PTB. Our kids were of the generation where they started prescribing reading glasses to head off myopia. So both of them see well enough to drive without glasses. Wish my parents generation had known about this.
Re the OP, as C C notes, best to wait for professional eval and consider there are many kinds of neurodivergence that can result in repetitive movements. Or missed cues. One thing I found, with the latter, is that a visual inability to "read" expressions can gradually be compensated for by better listening to tone of voice. It's something the OP, or anyone, can practice.
У нас есть детский стишок:
Мне в детстве мама выколола глазки,
Чтоб я в шкафу варенье не нашёл.
Я не смотрю кино, и не читаю сказки,
Зато, я нюхаю, и слышу хорошо.
TheVat
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Our nursery rhymes are generally a little less...like horror movie plots. Though we do have a song about babies plunging to the ground out of tree tops during a high wind. Never quite understood how that was a soothing lullaby.
Ring o' rosies is often thought to be a rhyme about the black death, which isn't all that pleasant, but that interpretation is thought by "scholars" to be a more recent interpretation than the original, I understand. But, heck, who knows!
Three blind mice also isn't the most cheerful nursery rhyme... a knife-wielding spouse disfiguring three already-disabled mice? I think there's some underlying interpretation about religious burnings or some such, but the actual lyrics aren't too light.
Oranges and Lemons ends with the lines "Here comes a candle to light you to bed, and here comes a chopper to chop off your head!" - fun times!
So the English nursery rhymes are still somewhat dark, although not as gruesome as the one Olga gave.
DaveC426913
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Once went to see Struwwel Peter (Shockheaded Peter) on-stage (with The Tiger Lilies).Ring o' rosies is often thought to be a rhyme about the black death, which isn't all that pleasant, but that interpretation is thought by "scholars" to be a more recent interpretation than the original, I understand. But, heck, who knows!
Three blind mice also isn't the most cheerful nursery rhyme... a knife-wielding spouse disfiguring three already-disabled mice? I think there's some underlying interpretation about religious burnings or some such, but the actual lyrics aren't too light.
Oranges and Lemons ends with the lines "Here comes a candle to light you to bed, and here comes a chopper to chop off your head!" - fun times!
So the English nursery rhymes are still somewhat dark, although not as gruesome as the one Olga gave.
Struwwelpeter - Wikipedia
Это "чёрный юмор" русских детишек. У нас много таких стишков. Вот ещё несколько:
"Дети в подвале играли в гестапо,
Зверски замучен сантехник Потапов...
Руки и ноги прибиты к затылку,
Так и не выдал, где спрятал бутылку"(с водкой).
"Маленький мальчик нашёл кимоно.
20 приёмов он знал из кино.
С криком "Кия!" и ударом ноги
Папины яйца стекли в сапоги".
"Маленький мальчик нашёл пулемёт.
Больше в деревне никто не живёт".
"Дочь попросила у мамы конфетку.
Мама сказала: "Сунь пальчик в розетку!"
Долго смеялись над шуткою гости,
Глядя как тлеют детские кости".
"Девочки в поле цветы собирали,
Мальчики в поле в индейцев играли.
Маша нагнулась - в попе топор.
Метко метает индеец Егор!"
Pinball1970
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I remember this as a kid. Burl Ives.
And this, pretty dark humour.
And this, pretty dark humour.
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TheVat
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I have forwarded this one to Dr. Freud.
TheVat
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We sang that to our kids. We also sang The Hearse Song, which has several lyric variations about death and decay of a corpse. A sample verse:
The worms crawl in and the worms crawl out,
They crawl all over your chin and mouth.
They invite their friends and their friends' friends too,
And you look like hell when they're through with you.