An aspie of a different nature

Post Reply New Topic

That's the thing about Asperger's Syndrome, I don't know where to start.

I suppose I could describe my symptoms, my social ones anyway.

As a child, I was seen as unempathetic and odd. I was bullied in school, not every day, probably at least once a week. I could never fit in no matter how hard I tried. I tried until high school when I realized I'd be better off watching how others applied the social norms. Though I learned somewhat how the social norms work, I discovered how foolish and worthless they really are so I no longer wanted to fit in.

After high school, I enrolled in college to find same thing, high demand on being like everyone else which is something I can't do if I wanted to. I could no longer tolerate the social drama so I withdrew from society completely. At first I thought I had made the best decision but over time I grew depressed. At that point, I sought psychiatric help to relieve me of my depression and social anxiety that I didn't even realize I had. It was also during this time that I was diagnosed with my condition that explained everything about me: Asperger's Syndrome.

I was diagnosed about a year ago, I was 22. Now I'm back in college, though I still find the overrated social norms to be difficult to adapt to, I can tolerate people in my age group and feel good about myself knowing that I can never fit in. That's fine, because as I said, I don't want to. Asperger's Syndrome is what makes me an individual and to me being like everyone else means the death of my individuality, and I don't want to die! I do however wish to be able to one day find a girl that will love me despite my difference from other people

Nice to meet you, Social_Fantom.

I was odd when I was young but not much now.

Welcome to WP!

To WrongPlanet!! !

you say you we're odd like it's a bad thing


welcome to WP!

just remember, college is something you go through, like anything else. It ends eventually...and welcome to the planet...

Welcome to Wrong Planet! Make yourself at home.

Hi Social_Fantom

welcome to WP.

I hope you enjoy posting here.

Welcome Social_Fantom!

welcome

Well said, I too have felt the same way. I dropped out of college but now I want want to come back. For a long time I never really felt like I could pull that social hierachy off. Welcome to WP. Since I joined, I feel a whole lot better that I'm not alone in a lot of these strange circumstances. I was just diagnosed 2 years ago.

Welcome Social_Fantom. My philophy has always been; don't try to fit in or stand out, try to be yourself, whoever that may be!

Thank you everyone, I finally feel I have people to relate to. Though it's probably because I'm not looking hard enough, there is no one in my area that I can relate to. I'm all alone. I just ask for at least one person that's similar to me.

Hello, and welcome to WP.

I went to community college, where the range of students was so diverse, there was no real pressure to fit in...but if you didn't have a peer group, you were virtually invisible...which I was...I found solace in briefly tutoring some students for whom English was a second language, and who didn't mind the fact that I was so different from them...I took a similar role during earlier years of shcool where i would be the welcome wagon for foreign students until they eventually were absorbed by another peer group....

In high school I managed to hang out with a group of kids who didn't really fit in with each other or with anybody else...we were all different and all got along. I guess I was lucky. I was always very adamant about expressing my individuality, regardless of the cost.

You can usually find a number of aspies at science-fiction conventions.

hi!

im in college too... but it's just me and the test tubes... so, no social constraints there, really.