The Introduction of an Aspie Obsessed with Computing (IT)

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Hi guys, Apocalypsing here, I live in Western Australia. Yes, I too an an aspie sufferer. I was professionally diagnosed at the age of three (back in 1997). I remember as a kid I knew I had some sort of disability, but I didn't know the specifics until December 2009, when my older brother (who also has it) told me, shockingly it took so long for me to find out... I recall he also told me I was diagnosed with PDD or something too, but I'm not exactly sure about that. My current hobbies are gaming and IT. I've been fascinated and interested in computers since 2008, although I had to wait four years - until November 2012 - before I would have my first homebuilt computer, when all my school friends had built their first systems years before mine. I was jealous of them, since I was stuck with a laptop comprising of outdated hardware for a while, heh.

Currently I'm 18, due to turn 19 later this year. I'm a student studying a tertiary course in computer programming and software development. I'm also an extremely shy and socially phobic person, even on the Internet. For example, I will register on a forum, but will rarely post and be active. I also haven't seen 99% of my school friends since December 2011, when I had my year/grade 12 high school graduation. So I'm a very lonely person, I almost feel as if I'm finding it increasingly harder and harder to make friends the older I get .

Currently I'm unsure about my future. It will possibly go downhill. Earlier this year, early in the morning on January 26 (Australia Day if you're aussie too) I felt a hard wave of depression beginning to hit me while I was deep in thought about my life. Plus the increased difficulty in making friends and difficulties getting a job I would like contributing to this downhill spiral . I would also love to get into studying computer science, but that requires some decent mathematics skills from what I've heard, and I have very poor maths skills (one example being how I always forget the formula for calculating the average of a group of numbers ).

That's about it for my introduction. Hopefully I can at least be active on this forum, unlike other, typical forums.

Welcome Apocalypsing!

Hi, you just need the right person to re-teach you the basic maths formulas / refresh your knowledge. I dropped maths in the then Std 8 in S Africa but years later I did some office and business admin courses which entailed maths, formulas of which were taught with great patience and simplicity by our facilitators.

There is no reason why you can't achieve your goals and improve your prospects. I have been through many ups and downs in my life. In addition, I have run 10 Comrades marathons, which are 89 km in length. Such a physical challenge helps a person be stronger mentally as well. (I am not suggesting that you need to run too!! - ).

Best wishes with your forum surfing and welcome to WP!

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