Greetings, Wrong Planeterians

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Raven
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Joined: 18 Sep 2008
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Posts: 107

16 Sep 2010, 11:04 am

My name is Mohammad, a 23-year-old half-American and half-Russian guy, living in Saudi Arabia (seriously).

Childhood yadda yadda:

I grew up in a terribly emotionally-abusive environment. Most of em NT siblings got over their issues and are living an okay life. Me, I was always unusual, and that made me a bigger target for all kinds of abuse. The result is me; a twisted (yet harmless) dude. I was diagnosed with Asperger's recently. It made me understand things better, but didn't change much otherwise.

Now for some boring post-childhood details.

Skipping the typical school stories of children and adolescents with Asperger's, I went to college after high school, and I was hence reborn. For the first time I was happy, but I was there for the wrong reasons; I just wanted to be away from home. My lack of motivation to do any actual work eventually lead to me dropping out about 2 years later. I couldn't go back home, so I went to live at my sister's. I hit rock bottom after that, and spent 3 years making no progress in life, failing to maintain any kind of job and whatnot. I finally came back to college a few months ago, but after one semester I was dismissed due to bad grades (I was recovering from my hiatus. It wasn't fair!). I reapplied, hoping they would readmit me, but about a month ago, my reapplication was rejected. Now I'm wandering aimlessly again.

A few details about me:

I have an intense interest in psychology, and to some degree, philosophy.

I'm very good at counseling and giving advice, and terrible at taking it.

I'm extremely selective about what I enjoy.

I'm an Apple junkie, but since I am quite knowledgeable and logical about it, I wouldn't say I'm a fanboy.

I'm too careful about not hurting people emotionally. Not a very good trait for survival.

Annnd a few others that I can't think of at the moment. So there you go.