Hello, I'm new

Page 1 of 1 [ 9 posts ]

Lestat
Butterfly

Joined: 25 Apr 2012
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Posts: 11
Location: Europe

28 Apr 2012, 4:23 am

Hi everybody,

Like my topic title says, I'm new here..
First of all I like to say English isn't my mother language, so it is likely I will make some mistakes. Sorry for that in advance.

I'm Lestat (nickname of course), come from Europe and I'm female, student and 20 years old. I'm diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome about a week ago. I've suspected it for over a year, but having been official diagnosed and having a suspect, feels very different. Right now I'm feeling relief, disbelief (though I know it's true) and some anger about the past (why wasn't it discoverd earlier?).
When I was a kid people recognized some traits of dyspraxia, but no more than that. Though I had besides motor clumsiness, some sensory issues, I stimmed frequently and was social very shy/withdrawn and I've felt different from other kids since I was 4 or 5 years old. Since I was 9 years old I've had special interests (horses, literature, psychology). At primary school I had, however, some friends, so I had quite a nice time.

This changed, unfortunately, when I went to high school. I couldn't make any friends so I had a hard time.. I've spent many lunch breaks on my own wondering what was wrong.. I thought that the other kids where the cause.. that they were just stupid and I had only to wait till the people around me became normal again (but of course that didn't happen). Later I tried to find the cause in myself, like: introverted, highly sensitive, INTJ, even schizoid personality disorder. Though I recognized myself a lot in all that stuff (well, except for the schizoid I think..), it wasn't the answer.

And well, now I have the answer: Asperger's Syndrome.

Lestat

_________________
Female, 20, Asperger's Syndrome

Tequila
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 25 Feb 2006
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Posts: 28,897
Location: Lancashire, UK

28 Apr 2012, 4:37 am

Welcome to WP Lestat. Hope you like it here.

You didn't say where you were from in Europe, but your English is absolutely fine and is in fact far easier to read than a lot of native English speakers, so don't worry about that.

questor
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 23 Apr 2011
Age: 65
Gender: Female
Posts: 2,696
Location: Twilight Zone

28 Apr 2012, 8:23 am

Hi Lestat! Welcome to Wrong Planet! Check out the many interesting and helpful forums here. You are among friends here at WP!

_________________
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured, or far away.--Henry David Thoreau

TenPencePiece
Veteran
Veteran