I had been directed here several times before when searching for info of people in the news, particularly Grigori Perelman, and Dr. Michael Burry. I was on another web board when someone posted a "post your Aspie score" thread linking to the Aspie quiz. I took it and I was shocked while I went through it to see time and time again I remembered specific instances from my childhood that matched with the questions the quiz was asking about. When I was done I was shocked how high I scored relative to everyone else on the thread. I was at least 150% higher than anyone else. I also scored the lowest "neruotypical" score of anyone in the thread. At that point for the first time in my life I had a reason for my thought processes that wasn't "you're a freak". Prior to that day, I'd had crippling depression for years. In the 3 months since then, I've been more content than I've been in recent memory. Knowing I'm not crazy or a freak was one of the most liberating experiences of my entire life.
19 Aug 2011, 10:40 am
