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Hi.

My name is Andy. I have asperger's syndrome. I just discovered WrongPlanet the other day. I guess I'm trying to figure something out but i'm not sure what. Seems like 99% of the information out there regarding AS is for NT people. Really glad to find a forum for people w/AS.

I guess I'm trying to figure out how to improve the quality of my life. I'm 33 and I living in (comfortable) shed thanx to the good graces of a friend. I figure I'm probably smart: everybody I know says I'm smart, high test scores, people consult with me as if I'm an organic encyclopedia. I just wonder why I'm so (comfortably) impoverished if I really am as smart as some people think I am.

What's my excuse? That I'm an aspie? I try to explain this to others, to be polite, they pretend to understand...

I can't be around flourescent lights very long - I'd have to go to the hospital with a migraine. An NT will quip, "how do you handle sunlight then?" Some people just don't get it. I don't want to expose myself to any intensive social environments because it's so taxing. I'd be fine for a while until I'd eventually have some kind of meltdown or fit.

I feel lost.

hey, hope you can find some answers here.
when you say impoverished- are you refering to your monetry situation? personally i don't care much about money- as long as i have food and a roof over my head i'm happy!

Welcome to WrongPlanet!

moomin:

You're right. All of my needs are met and I am basically happy. I'm just frustrated because people keep asking me why I'm not "living up to my potential"

I probably shouldn't care. I guess I'm starting to give up on trying to explain myself to NT people.

Something seems missing though. And I'm tired of being dependant on others. Feel insecure.

yeah, that is a difficult one to reply to. One reply could be that you are happy the way you are and that you don't feel the need to get a good job because you don't feel the need to prove yourself to others or to prove how clever you are!