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Hello All,

This is my first time posting to this (or any) website. Although I have never been officially diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome by a dcotor, I am pretty darn sure that it is responsible for my behavioral patterns that some people might find...well...strange. I am a 39 year old male, and I am trying to break into the Information Technology (IT) field. I learned about Asperger Syndrome a few years ago quite by accident. I was reading a magazine article about autism, and the article mentioned this syndrome with this funny sounding name (let's face it, "Asperger" is a funny sounding word) and its socially-impairing symptoms. To make a short story long, it didn't take me long to compare the symptoms of Asperger Syndrome againsy my own experiences.

There have been many times in my life where I have entered a room full of people (yikes!) and I just didn't know how to negotiate such treacherous social terrain because I would just be totally overwhelmed. I just had no instincts to guide me. By the same token, I have witnessed several of my peers (as opposed to "friends") walk in to the same room of people and they would just instincually know what to do, and they seemed to handle social interaction with ease.

Currently, I am at a point where I can handle polite party conversation. When it comes to tough business negotiations or working in a sales environment, however, that's when the symptoms of Asperger Syndrome become apparent. As a result, I have become quite soured to working in a sales or customer service job. At this point, I am concerned with dealing with Asperger Syndrome in the workplace and in relationships. Unfortunately, not a lot of people know about Asperger Syndrome, and those that do tend to treat the condition as little more than a weak excuse for "not living up to one's full potential" (whatever that means).

Indeed, there have been many times in my life where I felt that I was on the "Wrong Planet". I would be willing to listen to any insights on the issues I have mentioned.

Welcome to WP!

Welcomes to the site

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Hi animwatcher welcome to the "right" Planet

Be begin to find our true selves, once we recognize we do in fact have a mask and act out how we have been told. So many of us spend half our lives trying to be what we are not NTs and then we get to spend the next half trying to figure out who we are... fair, NO

Welcome to WP!

Welcome to the forums, animwatcher

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Nice to meet you, animwatcher.

To WrongPlanet!! !

Welcome to WP!