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Sunshine_Daydream
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06 Mar 2010, 5:01 am

Me!

Hi, I am a 33 y/o female, more or less single and I have an 8 y/o son. I live on the east coast of the U.S.

My life was a mystery to me and I have been through quite a bit of depression and despair in my younger days, until I discovered AS about 6 years ago while listening to an interview on NPR. I forget who the interviewee was but everything he said was me, and then it all came together. Since then, I have been reading everything I can find about AS. What i previously thought was PTSD, OCD, and depression (as well as my other various oddities) are all part of having Asperger's.

I have come to terms with having Asperger's mostly because my dad has it too, and he is the person I most look up to. He is the smartest person I know, and has the same no-nonsense attitude about most things as I do. I am very proud of him, and proud to be like him even if it means we are both a bit weird and people think we are strange. Communication and socialization are overrated anyway.

I feel like I already know you all...



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06 Mar 2010, 5:07 am

Welcome to WP!


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06 Mar 2010, 6:07 am

Hello Sunshine_Daydream, welcome, enjoy your stay on the Wrong Planet!


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06 Mar 2010, 6:08 am

what are your interests/obsessions, if i may ask?
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06 Mar 2010, 6:28 am

Villette wrote:
what are your interests/obsessions, if i may ask?
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umm I read a lot. I used to read and memorize reference books, dictionaries, encyclopedias, maps etc. when i was younger, now I read mostly classics, eastern philosophy and autobiographies. Also I like books about food and nutrition. I dunno, I think I would read just about anything if you handed it to me.

I enjoy grammar. I was on the newspaper in school from elementary school until college, editing being my favorite position. I really love correcting things!

I like being out in nature. I love listening to the wonderful sounds of the outdoors and noticing all the small details.

I will have to think of some more things... I know I'm forgetting a lot.



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06 Mar 2010, 6:46 am

Having a wide range of reading interests is a major plus and something you should be proud of! :) In itself it absolutely has nothing to do with autism! If you can turn your proof-reading skills into a job of some kind then you're doing great! :D



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06 Mar 2010, 7:53 am

Welcome to WrongPlanet. :)


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06 Mar 2010, 11:09 am

Nice to meet you, fellow-traveler Sunshine_Daydream. Welcome to the Wrong Planet.


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06 Mar 2010, 12:49 pm

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06 Mar 2010, 4:04 pm

Welcome to the WP. I am new here too. I was thinking that I had all of those other conditions too- OCD, PTSD, manic depression/ bipolar, agoraphobia. I thought , "How the hell can one person have all these?". Now it makes sense, and only have to remember one acronym.

I love grammar and editing too, although it doesn't always show because I make so many typos it is a sin. When I work on my laptop the sensor on my touch pad drives me crazy and interrupts flow because my cursor flies off to Neverland sometimes!



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06 Mar 2010, 7:49 pm

Welcome to WP! Your interests sound fantastic! I'm similar in some ways. I like grammar yet I don't enjoy correcting things. I only do it if I have to. And I make lots of typos, too - my mind is moving quicker than my fingers! Hope you enjoy it here!!



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06 Mar 2010, 9:58 pm

Hiya, Sunshine_Daydream- I am brand new too (newer than you probably, hehe), but I just wanted to say something about the dad comment you made. I had my father drive us to the pediatrician yesterday so we could share my son's evaluation with her and our suspicions that he has Asperger's, and as I was explaining this to my dad, I realized that every symptom I was explaining to him applied to my father and myself! How weird that experience was! My dad, me and my son are all very much alike- and to figure out that it is possibly the Asperger's that makes us all alike was a very neat thing. It made me feel proud too!

And Pumibel- I had very similar thoughts. I thought I was bipolar, then borderline, an anxiety disorder, then ADHD, depression and everything under the sun until I figured out that all of these things I thought were wrong with me were really all symptoms of Asperger's!


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08 Mar 2010, 12:13 am

glitteredskittled wrote:
Hiya, Sunshine_Daydream- I am brand new too (newer than you probably, hehe), but I just wanted to say something about the dad comment you made. I had my father drive us to the pediatrician yesterday so we could share my son's evaluation with her and our suspicions that he has Asperger's, and as I was explaining this to my dad, I realized that every symptom I was explaining to him applied to my father and myself! How weird that experience was! My dad, me and my son are all very much alike- and to figure out that it is possibly the Asperger's that makes us all alike was a very neat thing. It made me feel proud too!

And Pumibel- I had very similar thoughts. I thought I was bipolar, then borderline, an anxiety disorder, then ADHD, depression and everything under the sun until I figured out that all of these things I thought were wrong with me were really all symptoms of Asperger's!


Thanks everyone for the warm welcome :)

Isn't it funny how knowing other people with AS (especially family) makes it easier to deal with? I see it not so much as a disorder, as just an alternate way of being.