A Bit About Me

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To be honest I don't know where to start.
My mind is a never ending twister of ideas and thoughts. I currently feel unwelcome in every social situation I try to do. I find it extremely hard to make sentences flow or even to continue let alone begin a conversation. I feel down all the time and often have no real friends.
So after running into this forum and after hesitating for 8 months or so I decided to try posting something here. A little bit about me is that I'm 17, diagnosed with aspergers, I like science, tech, and random things. So I can't think of anything else but you can ask.

Welcome to Wrong Planet. I hope you enjoy your time here.

hiya Soldryn welcome to the club btw very interesting username you got

Hi. Hope you like WrongPlanet.

Welcome

What kind of sciences are you interested in?

Hello!

I don't claim to be a spokesperson for ASD or in any way qualified (I was recently diagnosed with Asperger's, aged 32) but at your age I found it INCREDIBLY helpful to work part time while I was studying, waiting tables in a restaurant.

The pay sucked, and I hated the job, and I was VERY awkward at first, but it gave me excellent practice at approaching strangers and plenty of opportunity to observe body language. I noticed that the more capable and charming staff went home with more money, so I had a financial incentive to do better.
Within six months I had the confidence to charm my way into stranger's wallets, and outperformed all but the most exceptionally beautiful of my colleagues in terms of earning tips. They didn't have a clue that I was autistic... but then, neither did I

What I'm saying is keep practising at these things that make you feel awkward. Learning how to be sociable or communicate effectively will take time and a great deal of mental effort, but if you're anything like me you can improve.

...and welcome.

after 5 decades of trying I am not appreciably better at it. a guy's gotta know his limitations. I conserve my energy now for things that I CAN improve at.

Welcome to Wrong Planet!

Welcome!

To expand a bit, and answer some of the replies. The sciences I like are mostly biology, physics, and chemistry fields, I like problem solving and I think extremely logical. I have been slightly interested in a job but there's not many out there. I also have a distrust of people and a fear of rejection. I am open to PMs so feel free to send those.

^^^
with a brain like yours, remunerative employment in the future is assured, your STEM talents will always be in demand.

True very true but I'm not super creative. I tend to associate art with creativeness. My goal here on this forum is to find people with similar interests that I can relate to. Also I'm an avid gamer and feel free to send PMs.

I'm not entirely sure if it counts as creativity but whenever I'm playing minecraft I have an innate ability to problem solve and come up with a fix to the problem. To be fair though since I worry a lot about being accepted I kind of limit myself despite the fact I've proven otherwise.