01 Feb 2015, 5:06 pm
My goodness, I've got some heavy reading to do in this thread... My attention span for reading posts short though, so I'll reply only to the first post for now.
It sounds like you're describing me in a lot of ways too. I have also recently started taking seriously the possibility that I might be an aspie as an adult. Funny you mention the alien from another planet thing, as I was just reminiscing back to when I was a child, I told my friends that I actually was an alien from another planet, and I pretty much believed it myself (unlike you). I'd grown out of it by the time I was around 14 though. I have this problem where I read the symptoms of aspergers and I think "well yes I satisfy that. but doesn't everyone?" I have kind of grown up understanding the world through my own eyes of finding socializing difficult, and I have always analysed people assuming they find things as difficult as me, and that they're just much better at coping with it.
I'm also going to be investigating diagnosis over the coming months/years.
My life is also in a time of change, I recently finished my PhD (in maths) and I'm living off depleting savings also. I however am seeking my first job, unlike yourself who worked for 18 years. Maybe I'll work for 18 years then decide to quit like you 
