asl: 28/f/netherlands / autism: ???

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caerulean
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker

Joined: 24 Oct 2010
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Posts: 54

25 Oct 2010, 2:53 pm

Hello world

I'm Annette, 28 yrs old female from the Netherlands.
I signed up for these forums because i'm browsing around for information on asperger/pddnos in adult women and i noticed some interesting forums on here.

My story: i'm not diagnosed with autism, but other people have been telling me that i might have a mild case of over the past few years. At first i didnt want to believe them, after all, theres nothing wrong with me, something's wrong with other people :') But after quitting my job once again a couple of weeks ago i decided i wanted to have it checked out. What part of all my humanproblems is mine and what's others, what part can i still change and what others are best to embrace in an uncomfortable hug? Over the past few years in my early adult life i have so tremendously changed for the better, but reading up on autism/asperger made me realise that one thing never changed: I don't fluently understand people. I understand them like i "understand" chemistry: this and that in such and such environment produces x and y, whilst inherent condition so and so results in me needing to act thus and though. Or whatever. And i realised that it makes me really very tired, but it doesnt change a thing.

So, i went to see a psychologist a couple of weeks ago and i really hope they can research my behaviour because i really want to know

In my daily life i work at an afterschool daycare centre and i try to get my own company off the ground. The hardest part with that is NETWORKING. I completely, utterly suck at that. I'm not a shy person nor do i have a low selfesteem, but all the social ettiquettes ..... i look like a fool!
One problem with my regular work (well, i have a few) is that its a 16hr/week contract and i know that if i had to work for over 3 days a week, i'd totally burn out. This makes me awfully scared for the future, since holding a BA means holding a tremendous amount of debt, and possibly having autism means that my financial future is very uncertain. I really hope to get the company off the ground because thats the only thing so far in which i feel completely comfortable.
Apart from the networking ofcourse.

Anyways, seeyou online !

Regards,
caerulean (my favourite colour )

JetLag
Veteran
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Joined: 7 Aug 2008
Age: 76
Gender: Male
Posts: 4,762
Location: California

25 Oct 2010, 3:20 pm

Welcome greetings to the Wrong Planet neighborhood, Annette.

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JimmyBonsack
Butterfly

Joined: 24 Oct 2010
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Posts: 13

25 Oct 2010, 3:36 pm

Hi Annette,

I'm new here too, and guess what, I'm Dutch anyways, welcome!

Hellga
Emu Egg
Emu Egg

Joined: 22 Oct 2010
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Posts: 8

25 Oct 2010, 6:21 pm

Hoi caerulean / Annette,

welcome and nice to see you here.
I joined a few days ago, am a Dutch woman and also do not have a Asp diagnose (but ADD).
The few friends I still have also call me 'autist' all the time, and after some online tests I'm
actually pretty surprised how much I recognise of the symptoms.

Enjoy your stay here