Hi there, i`m a 17 year old guy from the Netherlands! I`ll kind of tell my story in this thread (Don`t mind the horrible English)
It all started when i was 2/3 and my mother noticed that i was diffrent then other kids from my age. My teachers at my primary school also noticed this, and so i went to get diagnosed. I got diagnosed with McDD. They suggested some kind of treatment but my parents agreed it would be best to let me go to school like a normal kid would.
At first it turned out pretty bad, never had any friends. At the end of the primary school i had one friend. but we parted ways when we went to secondary school. My first secondary school turned out very bad, got bullied a lot, misunderstood. People just didn`t like "me" very much. so i went to the same secondary school my friend went to, although it was a 2 levels of educations lower my mother prioritised my social development higher then my education.
During this time i played World of Warcraft a LOT, i had a couple of friends but after they quit that game i left to, i felt there was no fun in the game anymore. Anyhow i feel it really helped me understanding people.
During my time at this school my granddad died and i was really down for around 2 months. It impacted me more then i tought it would. But to be honest i think i processed it quite well.
In the meanwhile i had only 2 years of secondary school left, i tought. But i had to do the same year again! My mother got very upset because i used to do a much harder level of education and did quite well at that.
I had a lot going on in my head, i had to socialize with around 26 other kids in my class (pretty big class). So i became very isolated, only hanging out with 1 other kid.
In the summer holidays we moved to a diffrent place, so i had to do my last 2 years AT A DIFFRENT SCHOOL. All in all this school turned out pretty well, i have no real friends but i dont get unnecesary attention at school and people let me be. I will finish my exams at this school this year (i hope)
After this i hope i can take studies/classes and go study psychology or medicine, but this is far away still, since i have do catch up on some classes.
At the moment i feel pretty bad because i feel like i have no real talent or something i`m good at, for a hobby i play video-games and i`m still bad at them. (Starcraft2 Platinum league) I`m thinking about picking up an instrument though. I also have to go to a new school again the next year, but i just settled down and feel like i found my "place".
Anyhow, thats my story so far, i hope i can meet some nice people here and have fun! (there is no social barrier on the internet for me, thats why i`m online so much)
Thanks for reading and excuse me for my English.
22 Sep 2011, 3:25 pm
