Your Feelings on having Aspergers

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26 Nov 2008, 7:29 pm

gb2002 wrote:

It's nice to finally meet some folks that are like me. I was just tentatively diagnoised (first visit with therapist) with AS and always thought that I was unique and in a class of one. That class was of course a really weird one. Also throughout my entire life I was always the one picked on. I don't have any friends to speak of but thanks to a kind God I am married to a wonderful women. (if not for her I wouldn't have realized just how bad off I was) I'm really looking forward to learning how to deal with this better. One thing that came as a big shock to me was that NT's don't have to work at being social. It just comes to them naturally. With me it is near impossible and it really wears me out.

Guys and gals thanks for being here and being you.

George

I know what you mean. Even simple conversations with friends freak me out.

Oh, and spockezri, I think we may be fangirling over the same thing. :oops:

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26 Nov 2008, 8:17 pm

Relief - that I'm not alone with this
Resigned - to the fact that there's not a cure
Determined - to keep on top of it, instead of the other way around.

btw---Hi there!...

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27 Nov 2008, 2:13 pm

I really didn't know what to think at first. I was not only amazed, but shocked and quite confused. I'd wondered for the longest time why I couldn't make friends or keep them... It also explained some of the "strange" things I would do in my freetime. Mind you, I just recently found out... so this had been going on since I was real young. I wish I knew this stuff awhile ago... It could have prevented me from facing some of the terrible things I've gone through. Although, I would have had problems dealing with the the counseling and the medication, which they more than likely would have given me. I think my mom made a wise decision not to put me on meds.

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27 Nov 2008, 6:46 pm

Feelings on having Asperger's thread?

Oh big deal. I had Autism. Asperger's was a step up.

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28 Nov 2008, 1:31 pm

I like being unique. I would not want to get rid of Asperger's---it has made me who I am today. The obsessive interests I have are so much fun for me that I could not imagine life without them. I enjoy playing music as a result of being obsessed with electronic keyboards and dulcimers. It actually scares me to imagine what I would have become had I been typical. Asperger's isn't like a disease that you get later in life that changes you---it has always been a part of me---it is me. We think differently than most people and that has made all the difference in the world. Take a look at the famous Aspies in history and the contributions they made to the world. I am proud to be an Aspie. I am proud to be unique---which can be seen in having eight tattoos so far which my family thinks might be an obsessive interest brought on by Asperger's.

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28 Nov 2008, 10:27 pm

I don't care if I have it.

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30 Nov 2008, 6:42 pm

I don't "have" anything.

I've "had" people slap labels on me though, which may or may not be correct.

I am me.
I was born this way.
I have to live with it 24-7.

I have inherited physical and mental characteristics from both my parents.

Why blame me for just being me?

I'm trying to do my best with what I've got.

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30 Nov 2008, 6:56 pm

I've moved the off-topic chat to a thread in games.

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30 Nov 2008, 6:58 pm

lau wrote:

I've moved the off-topic chat to a thread in games.

Domo arigato!

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30 Nov 2008, 11:38 pm

its a horrible life and I would be cured even if there was only a 50/50 chance I'd live

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01 Dec 2008, 2:13 pm

Kilroy wrote:

its a horrible life and I would be cured even if there was only a 50/50 chance I'd live

What if the chance was 10/90?
I wish I could just get rid of the depression that comes with Asperger's (in my case)...just that would increase my lifespan and make life much better!

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