08 Aug 2010, 10:40 am
I just signed up here, I have never been diagnosed with autism, Asperger's or what ever I should call it but I've often been excused of being impolite when I felt I was walking on egg-shells. I've been told often I have no social skills but I try really hard to be nice and polite and friendly. I often get an irritated hopeless feeling when I am looking for advice and I feel no one I know has anything close to what I consider a realistic worldview or an understanding of what I am asking. If life has taught me anything it is that I better get used to it but I have an extreme longing just to feel I am on the same page as someone else. I am tired of being told I am the smartest person in the room while feeling like an idiot. I swear I try not to be arrogant, I feel horribly guilty even saying all this stuff. I just started a new job after being unemployed for a year, it is a chaotic and overly political place but I can't afford to quit. I had a panic attack at work the other day but I managed to reel myself in, I am not even sure if it was/is a panic attack, I feel clueless. I had a problem with panic attacks starting about two years ago after a traumatic event but I felt I finally managed to solve them. I do computer help desk, I don't feel stress from my work itself just the inter-office politics, I am still in training for the job, the trainer hates me, a couple people in my training class have approached me saying he feels threatened by me. I don't really care for computers that much, I like knowing about them and I happened upon doing tech support awhile and it pays me money. Sorry for the stream of consciousness but hopefully somebody can point me in the right direction 
08 Aug 2010, 11:57 am
Welcome home.
08 Aug 2010, 12:09 pm
hello. 
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CockneyRebel
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08 Aug 2010, 11:47 pm
Welcome to WrongPlanet.
09 Aug 2010, 12:56 am
Welcome to the Land O' Parrots
(or at least, this particular forum anyways. It's a newbie forum & the majority of what you'll hear is some variation of "Hello, welcome to wrongplanet". The other forums on this site are more interesting though, maybe try the Random Discussion Forum or one of the more specific topic ones )
09 Aug 2010, 2:59 pm
09 Aug 2010, 3:00 pm
Regardless if your autistic or not, everyone is welcome here and you definitely deserve a warm welcome to WrongPlanet.
09 Aug 2010, 5:51 pm
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09 Aug 2010, 6:19 pm
To WrongPlanet!! !
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