Did Severus Snape have Asperger Syndrome?

[AbendrothBlutjager]

It's increasingly common, and his behavior fits with it in several
ways....

What do you think?

[karlii]

I can see where Snape could have Asperger Syndrome.... but I don't
think I saw enough of his private life to form that hypothesis. I
lean more strongly toward his socialization and his family life.

This sounds like it could be an inetesting topic...


On Nov 26, 1:00 pm, AbendrothBlutjager <arran.m.wal...@gmail.com>
wrote:

[AbendrothBlutjager]

The only thing that doesn't seem to fit it the fact that Snape isn't
clumsy at all when he's duelling, but otherwise he does seem a bit
clumsy... sort of loping in his walk. In the books it's suggested that
he really was no good at Quidditch, and this might also have to do
with clumsiness. In order to work for Dumbledore (and Voldemort) as a
spy, he had to get past this defect, and this might be the only reason
he's not clumsy at these crucial times....

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[AbendrothBlutjager]

Haha. Yeah, I see your points. He shows some aspects of it, but never
to the extent someone with Asperger's would, and though he's obvious
in his hatred for James, Harry, Sirius, etc. he's also very private
about his love for Lily.

I must say that holding the huge grudge he's held against James et al
all those years suggests to me that he did sort of crack under the
pressure of teasing.... Of course, now we know most of the anger and
grudge was due to James dating and marrying Lily, not how badly he was
teased by the Marauders....

I'll just let the Snape-might-have-Asperger's theory drop. The
evidence really isn't strong enough. He's way too complex. :)


On Dec 2, 1:22 pm, karlii <karli...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I dunno though... The syndrome does explain his stoicism.. but at the
> same time, there are a lot of people with stunted emotional growth, or
> who have just become cold and hard hearted.
>
> I remember a couple of years ago, starting that topic on the NewClues
> forum... about Voldemort having been so neglected as an infant, that
> he had that sort of attachment/disassociative disorder. To where
> there are children today from some orphanages, who seem to have no
> consience.
>
> Certainly there are people in our society who have no pity or anything
> like that for people. To me, while I can see where you can see the
> Aspergers.. I still think he is just maladjusted and introverted.
>
> I think we have seen that he is able to think outside of himself, but
> that he does not have the words or the ability to SHOW his care. I
> don't know if he can recognize it for what it is, beyond instinct, but
> I think we see time and again, how he cares for people, and holds it
> in.. that he cannot outwardly just SAY he cares. He almost hurts
> himself when he wants to show concern for others.
>
> I'd think that someone with the syndrome wouldn't have that ability...
> but then, I only know what I've read online... so I could be way off
> base with that assumption..
>
> :-)
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