He's just another one of these people who has deep emotional issues and seems to put those issues onto other people. I suspect he was probably bullied for his sexuality in school and was never one of the popular kids. Seeing the popular group in the house probably brings back those emotions from school.
Could Andy have Aspergers?
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Originally Posted by irec261070:
“Thank you so much for posting this
You are absolutely spot on.
It was insulting to even suggest he has Aspergers”
“Thank you so much for posting this
You are absolutely spot on.
It was insulting to even suggest he has Aspergers”
Why? Do you think of people with autism as inferior?
Originally Posted by LilyAnna80:
“He does seem socially awkward and not good at reading situations.”
“He does seem socially awkward and not good at reading situations.”
I don't think Andy is anymore awkward than his housemates.
Originally Posted by Skyrah:
“OFFS been waiting for the past two weeks for someone to start this thread...
We have one every year, congrats OP
If someone is socially awkward and not good at reading situations, this doesn't have to mean they've got Asperger Syndrome. Plenty of people who do not have Asperger Syndrome are socially awkward and not good at reading situations.”
“OFFS been waiting for the past two weeks for someone to start this thread...
We have one every year, congrats OP
If someone is socially awkward and not good at reading situations, this doesn't have to mean they've got Asperger Syndrome. Plenty of people who do not have Asperger Syndrome are socially awkward and not good at reading situations.”
Hahaha! I was thinking exactly the same thing
Originally Posted by Wee Tinkers:
“I don't think it's insulting to suggest someone has Asperger's - not in the least - but it's not as straight forward as poor social skills/socially awkward = spectrum.”
“I don't think it's insulting to suggest someone has Asperger's - not in the least - but it's not as straight forward as poor social skills/socially awkward = spectrum.”
No, not as a serious diagnosis (like, not by someone viewing a television show). But when it's posed because someone doesn't exactly gel with a bleeding pack of imbeciles ... yeah, in that case it's an insult.
People like to take a set of perceived behaviors and slap a label on it, but it's not that cut and dried. Whether it be bipolar, ocd, schizo...you name it. It is something that drives ME insane, to be honest, but I understand that you posed an honest question out of simple curiosity. Having said that, I don't believe he has Aspergers. He is simply a rational, level-headed, highly intelligent man who is stuck in a house with morons (not speaking of Jason here).
What's with all the labelling housemates with psychological issues? 
Of course Andy hasn't got Aspergers.
None of us is 100% normal. Whatever "normal" is.
Of course Andy hasn't got Aspergers. None of us is 100% normal. Whatever "normal" is.
The only one I have seen this year who was genuinley not right was Marco, he probably has Adhd the rest seem relatively normal, some more quiet, some more over the top and probably half of them fake wannabee celebrities.
I have aspergers and was asking myself last night, "I wonder if Andy has aspergers."
It's not an illness, it's just different wiring up top (so they say). It's more like a magic curse actually. Sometimes just coping can cause mental health issues, but that happens to neuro-typical people too.
What's great being an aspie is I have 100s of things to occupy me, excluding other people. The world is so interesting. I love it most of the time. If a question pops into my head I google that subject for hours. I'd be a genius if I could remember it all. Right now I have about 20 hobbies. I focus on them and let the rest of my life fall apart.
I can chat away to family but I can't speak to other people. I hope I just appear aloof. I can't even say hello to my neighbour because I can't do chit-chat. I hide. I don't have friends, only acquaintances who I share interests with who I might catch up with once a year. I don't want more than that. They'd irritate me. I don't even go out to the shop, ever. If I was in a group of strangers I'd feel weird, probably insult them, (not intentionally) and I'd worry about it for months and months, maybe years. But if any of you met me you wouldn't have a clue, you probably wouldn't like me but couldn't put your finger on why, unless I started blabbering shit, which I do when my tongue moves and I'm nervous.
I would tell you your bum DOES look fat in your new dress too, if it was. I say what I think and that causes trouble, and I like answers and I don't let things drop till I'm satisfied.
I've seen Andy doing that. The OP's question was a simple one. Maybe he is, maybe he isn't. Maybe the OP is an aspie, or knows one?
There's a huge forum online for folk on the spectrum called "wrong planet". Great name, because sometimes when you're in a group of people and there's that unexplainable bubble over you that isolates you from them, you feel you are on the wrong planet, looking in.
It's not an illness, it's just different wiring up top (so they say). It's more like a magic curse actually. Sometimes just coping can cause mental health issues, but that happens to neuro-typical people too.
What's great being an aspie is I have 100s of things to occupy me, excluding other people. The world is so interesting. I love it most of the time. If a question pops into my head I google that subject for hours. I'd be a genius if I could remember it all. Right now I have about 20 hobbies. I focus on them and let the rest of my life fall apart.
I can chat away to family but I can't speak to other people. I hope I just appear aloof. I can't even say hello to my neighbour because I can't do chit-chat. I hide. I don't have friends, only acquaintances who I share interests with who I might catch up with once a year. I don't want more than that. They'd irritate me. I don't even go out to the shop, ever. If I was in a group of strangers I'd feel weird, probably insult them, (not intentionally) and I'd worry about it for months and months, maybe years. But if any of you met me you wouldn't have a clue, you probably wouldn't like me but couldn't put your finger on why, unless I started blabbering shit, which I do when my tongue moves and I'm nervous.
I would tell you your bum DOES look fat in your new dress too, if it was. I say what I think and that causes trouble, and I like answers and I don't let things drop till I'm satisfied.
I've seen Andy doing that. The OP's question was a simple one. Maybe he is, maybe he isn't. Maybe the OP is an aspie, or knows one?
There's a huge forum online for folk on the spectrum called "wrong planet". Great name, because sometimes when you're in a group of people and there's that unexplainable bubble over you that isolates you from them, you feel you are on the wrong planet, looking in.
Originally Posted by LilyAnna80:
“He does seem socially awkward and not good at reading situations.”
“He does seem socially awkward and not good at reading situations.”
No he thinks before he speaks which makes him stand out. He is a journalist.
And every single year someone comes up with an ill-informed diagnosis of Aspergers on the basis of no evidence whatever.
Strange thread.
Andy is not socially awkward at all. The thing that makes him different in that mad house. Is that he is articulate and thinks before he speaks. He mistakenly thought ne could confront the bedroom whisperers and maybe make them think about their behaviour and let others know what was going on. Where he went wrong was thinking that the likes of Sam, Ryan, Alex and laytesha are capable of assimilating anything. They cant listen to anything but their own voices. None of them are articulate and use volume against anything they dont like to hear.
Andy's "problem" is not realising that he is in an intellectual wasteland and he has no chance of getting any sensible point across to any of them.
I wish we could see more of Andy when he speaks to Jason and the others he gets on with.
Andy is not socially awkward at all. The thing that makes him different in that mad house. Is that he is articulate and thinks before he speaks. He mistakenly thought ne could confront the bedroom whisperers and maybe make them think about their behaviour and let others know what was going on. Where he went wrong was thinking that the likes of Sam, Ryan, Alex and laytesha are capable of assimilating anything. They cant listen to anything but their own voices. None of them are articulate and use volume against anything they dont like to hear.
Andy's "problem" is not realising that he is in an intellectual wasteland and he has no chance of getting any sensible point across to any of them.
I wish we could see more of Andy when he speaks to Jason and the others he gets on with.
Aspergers or not, in a house where people regularly scream in each others faces, it seems odd to think that Andy is the socially awkward one.
Originally Posted by honeythewitch:
“Aspergers or not, in a house where people regularly scream in each others faces, it seems odd to think that Andy is the socially awkward one.”
“Aspergers or not, in a house where people regularly scream in each others faces, it seems odd to think that Andy is the socially awkward one.
”
Hah!
Very good point
I don't believe there is such a thing as Asperger's. It's just one end of the normal spectrum.
We live in an age when people like labelling normal behaviour as not normal. Nobody had asperger's or dyslexia of ADHD when I was a kid. These were all just normal.
Whatever the f*** normal is.
We live in an age when people like labelling normal behaviour as not normal. Nobody had asperger's or dyslexia of ADHD when I was a kid. These were all just normal.
Whatever the f*** normal is.
Originally Posted by BillyLagan:
“I don't believe there is such a thing as Asperger's. It's just one end of the normal spectrum.
We live in an age when people like labelling normal behaviour as not normal. Nobody had asperger's or dyslexia of ADHD when I was a kid. These were all just normal.
Whatever the f*** normal is.”
“I don't believe there is such a thing as Asperger's. It's just one end of the normal spectrum.
We live in an age when people like labelling normal behaviour as not normal. Nobody had asperger's or dyslexia of ADHD when I was a kid. These were all just normal.
Whatever the f*** normal is.
”
Classic.
Nobody had the Internet or mobile phones when I was a kid.A quick Google tells me that Asperger's was first diagnosed in 1944, so I'm guessing you're in your 80s.
As far as I'm aware, it's not called Asperger's any more in Ireland; it's 'high-functioning' autism. Any who, I don't think Andy is anywhere nearer the spectrum than I am. I would consider myself to be fairly adept socially, but I would MASSIVELY struggle to communicate with people who can't articulate, can't listen and hop to offence and defence.
Originally Posted by WhatJoeThinks:
“Classic. Nobody had the Internet or mobile phones when I was a kid.
A quick Google tells me that Asperger's was first diagnosed in 1944, so I'm guessing you're in your 80s.”
“Classic.
Nobody had the Internet or mobile phones when I was a kid.A quick Google tells me that Asperger's was first diagnosed in 1944, so I'm guessing you're in your 80s.
”
Close.I'm 42
No one on here can answer whether he has it or not, as it can only be properly determined by neuroimaging technology.
Also you need at least four symptoms. Nobody here has assessed him.
But why is the suggestion of Aspergers insulting? Obviously neurotypical people must think of themselves as superior....
Also you need at least four symptoms. Nobody here has assessed him.
But why is the suggestion of Aspergers insulting? Obviously neurotypical people must think of themselves as superior....
Originally Posted by acid rain:
“No one on here can answer whether he has it or not, as it can only be properly determined by neuroimaging technology.
Also you need at least four symptoms. Nobody here has assessed him.
But why is the suggestion of Aspergers insulting? Obviously neurotypical people must think of themselves as superior....”
“No one on here can answer whether he has it or not, as it can only be properly determined by neuroimaging technology.
Also you need at least four symptoms. Nobody here has assessed him.
But why is the suggestion of Aspergers insulting? Obviously neurotypical people must think of themselves as superior....”
Or perhaps it does say something about the person who found it (vicariously) insulting, but nothing at all about neurotypical people in general.
Originally Posted by scotslassie:
“I have aspergers and was asking myself last night, "I wonder if Andy has aspergers."
It's not an illness, it's just different wiring up top (so they say). It's more like a magic curse actually. Sometimes just coping can cause mental health issues, but that happens to neuro-typical people too.
What's great being an aspie is I have 100s of things to occupy me, excluding other people. The world is so interesting. I love it most of the time. If a question pops into my head I google that subject for hours. I'd be a genius if I could remember it all. Right now I have about 20 hobbies. I focus on them and let the rest of my life fall apart.
I can chat away to family but I can't speak to other people. I hope I just appear aloof. I can't even say hello to my neighbour because I can't do chit-chat. I hide. I don't have friends, only acquaintances who I share interests with who I might catch up with once a year. I don't want more than that. They'd irritate me. I don't even go out to the shop, ever. If I was in a group of strangers I'd feel weird, probably insult them, (not intentionally) and I'd worry about it for months and months, maybe years. But if any of you met me you wouldn't have a clue, you probably wouldn't like me but couldn't put your finger on why, unless I started blabbering shit, which I do when my tongue moves and I'm nervous.
I would tell you your bum DOES look fat in your new dress too, if it was. I say what I think and that causes trouble, and I like answers and I don't let things drop till I'm satisfied.
I've seen Andy doing that. The OP's question was a simple one. Maybe he is, maybe he isn't. Maybe the OP is an aspie, or knows one?
There's a huge forum online for folk on the spectrum called "wrong planet". Great name, because sometimes when you're in a group of people and there's that unexplainable bubble over you that isolates you from them, you feel you are on the wrong planet, looking in.”
“I have aspergers and was asking myself last night, "I wonder if Andy has aspergers."
It's not an illness, it's just different wiring up top (so they say). It's more like a magic curse actually. Sometimes just coping can cause mental health issues, but that happens to neuro-typical people too.
What's great being an aspie is I have 100s of things to occupy me, excluding other people. The world is so interesting. I love it most of the time. If a question pops into my head I google that subject for hours. I'd be a genius if I could remember it all. Right now I have about 20 hobbies. I focus on them and let the rest of my life fall apart.
I can chat away to family but I can't speak to other people. I hope I just appear aloof. I can't even say hello to my neighbour because I can't do chit-chat. I hide. I don't have friends, only acquaintances who I share interests with who I might catch up with once a year. I don't want more than that. They'd irritate me. I don't even go out to the shop, ever. If I was in a group of strangers I'd feel weird, probably insult them, (not intentionally) and I'd worry about it for months and months, maybe years. But if any of you met me you wouldn't have a clue, you probably wouldn't like me but couldn't put your finger on why, unless I started blabbering shit, which I do when my tongue moves and I'm nervous.
I would tell you your bum DOES look fat in your new dress too, if it was. I say what I think and that causes trouble, and I like answers and I don't let things drop till I'm satisfied.
I've seen Andy doing that. The OP's question was a simple one. Maybe he is, maybe he isn't. Maybe the OP is an aspie, or knows one?
There's a huge forum online for folk on the spectrum called "wrong planet". Great name, because sometimes when you're in a group of people and there's that unexplainable bubble over you that isolates you from them, you feel you are on the wrong planet, looking in.”
love this post for self awareness
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Originally Posted by patsylimerick:
“As far as I'm aware, it's not called Asperger's any more in Ireland; it's 'high-functioning' autism. Any who, I don't think Andy is anywhere nearer the spectrum than I am. I would consider myself to be fairly adept socially, but I would MASSIVELY struggle to communicate with people who can't articulate, can't listen and hop to offence and defence.”
“As far as I'm aware, it's not called Asperger's any more in Ireland; it's 'high-functioning' autism. Any who, I don't think Andy is anywhere nearer the spectrum than I am. I would consider myself to be fairly adept socially, but I would MASSIVELY struggle to communicate with people who can't articulate, can't listen and hop to offence and defence.”
Exactly!
Originally Posted by Skyrah:
“
If someone is socially awkward and not good at reading situations, this doesn't have to mean they've got Asperger Syndrome. Plenty of people who do not have Asperger Syndrome are socially awkward and not good at reading situations.”
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If someone is socially awkward and not good at reading situations, this doesn't have to mean they've got Asperger Syndrome. Plenty of people who do not have Asperger Syndrome are socially awkward and not good at reading situations.”
Yeah, people who actually have aspergers behave very differently to Andy. He just an intelligent guy amongst a group of superficial narcissists with no real level of intellect.
He's also guilty of not explaining himself properly and maybe assumes that people will actually think about what he's saying rather hearing half of it and exploding.
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