I recently just found out I had asperger syndrome and that my social awkwardness was a result of my slight case of autism.

The reason I think it took so long was that after reading neil Strauss's book the game it finaly gave me a method in which I could learn to become not only a much more confident person with women but also helped give me a framework for how all human interactions work.

What you guys think?[/list]

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I can't believe nobody had anything interesting to say on this, I'm being 100% serious. The problem with aspers Is that we are unable to pick up on the suttle things more people take for granted (not knowing what's expected in social situations, also the paradox's of what people say/mean/do sticks out like a sore thumb and human interaction just becomes confusing)

As well as aspers having average or above average inteligence (I took an online test and got 126 dunno how accurate it is though) I'm pretty sure a lot of them could learn what was needed to get by.

I really think this could work, or does the idea of super intelligent spastics learning how to blend in with society scare you?

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yeah I can sort of relate to your situation as well. I also have a mental disorder, schizoaffective ( I think everyone on this board is freaking out, but a simple google search will show that the rate of violence in those affected by it is equal to the general population; the media should never be a source of knowledge, except for dicovery channel and national geographic :p). I have a pretty hard time picking up girls, simply because I have a hard time interpreting vibes and signs from the opposite sex. Last week a girl told me she wants to show me her vagina; i only smiled.
Neil Strauss's book does indeed help me interpret social situations in a "game" like manner. After all the theories on IOI's and all that stuff can pretty much ressemble a therapeutic approach for people who cannot intuitively understand social situations. I have an IQ above 120 according to my psychologist and the 2 most relevant free iq websites. The others are simple bullshit. Who gives a fuck anyways.
Enjoy the sex dude

Well I've kind of mumbo jumbo'd a lot of pickup styles, thrown in some psychology, mixed in a bit of philosophy and finaly sprinkled it with some quantum physics (no joke) to come up with a system that works for me to get by with day to day stuff. It really works for me but it's bloody impossible if I tried to explain because it all very abstract. The most comforting part is when you see that all things are very similar in how they are.

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Old thread, but I might as well chime in.

I think I may have a mild form of autism/aspergers symptoms as well. I have never been diagnosed or visited a psychologist or anything, but I have done a fair amount of reading and the symptoms seem to match up for the most part.

My biggest thing is not being able to hold a good conversation unless it is with someone who is a great conversationalist themselves. I cannot lead a conversation to save my life unless it is something I'm interested in or have a lot to say about. (like work for instance) I get tense when talking to any strangers or with almost any one-on-one, across the table type of conversations. I start worrying about where I'm looking, what my facial expression is supposed to be, when I should make a move... I absolutely cannot pick up on the subtle cues/body language. (especially from women) I get the "huh?" face from others a lot of time after telling a joke I thought made sense. When I'm with groups of people, I often find myself totally in my head and realize I haven't said a thing for the past 10 minutes.

As far as having a deep interest in any one subject, that symptom does not really seem to fit me. It may be because of constant stress and having an extremely hectic lifestyle. I do however think I could start spending waayy to much time working on cars or learning computer programming or something if I did have any free time.

Even with all of this, I still force my self out to events, house parties, night clubs, etc which has seemed to help my conversation skills some. The problem is that those club skills (where I can be making out with an 8-9 on a loud dance floor - no joke) just do not seem to transfer over to real life AT ALL. I'm sure alcohol and being able to dance/move around plays a huge factor in the situation.

I have a good number of close friends I hang out with all the time, but acquaintances around work or my university are absolutely unheard of. Its like I just don't have the energy to hold up conversations when I can never think of anything to talk about other than the homework, traffic, or weather. I've never sat down to have lunch with a classmate or coworker since high school. I have been with a few girls, but none that I ever truly wanted to pursue, (too scared) but rather ones that aggressively showed their interest in me first and made the first moves.

Sorry for the novel, but I just wanted to share my experience and see if anyone else has any comments. If the OP is still around I would be interested to hear more about what you learned from The Game or any other books like that. I've read them, and they make sense at the time, but I cannot seem to retain anything I learn or put any of it to use. I just get overwhelmed by all the different techniques/methods.