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I get an aching "What's wrong with me?" feeling in my head, alot of the AS symptoms seem to fit, I'm conflicted and confused everything is black and I hide it well. (I think) I could go on and on but I will spare you.

I'd just like to hang out here if that's ok, some of your posts are so true to me it's as if I had written them myself.

I suppose if I was diagnosed with AS it would finally make it ok for me to be myself, I like myself even though I am insane.

Laura - 27, Hi all!

haha, probably the best advice I've had for a long time, I don't know why but your reply has really put me in a good mood thankyou!

Nice to eat, I mean meet you KrabbyPatty

Hi Laura,

It's never "too late" to go for a diagnosis. AS didn't even have a name when I was growing up. I first heard about it eight or so years ago, but the superficial stereotypes described "weren't quite me". Only recently have I looked seriously into it, and now I see that it's SO me. So I'm being assessed next month. I have no idea how I will feel about the result, whatever it is, but I want the independent assessment anyway. It won't make me feel any less "different", and I've long since given up on the idea of fitting in.

Anyway, welcome to WrongPlanet.

Welcome!

Dazed and confused are my middle names ! Welcome aboard.

Hi KrabbyPatty and welcome to the wrongplanet. I went through the same thing you did about getting diagnosed. At first I didn't know for sure if I wanted to know or not. Then, I said to myself, "go for it...let me know once and for all if I have Asperger's." I researched a reputable expert clinician on Asperger's and other disorders (I hate calling them disorders, but...) and made an appointment. Several days before the appointment, I nearly canceled. My thought was, at 44 years old, so what....what's it going to change now? Well, I didn't cancel the appointment because I felt it too important to know if Asperger's was the reason why I was so different from the norm. It came as no surprise to me when that was the official diagnosis. I felt alive and free as I left the clinic. Finally, I knew I was not alone in this world---there were others like me. I had an official name for my uniqueness. My wife acted bothered however---but it was no surprise to her either that I was on the spectrum. She knew the problems associated with it and realized I really could not change myself. But this weekend we are going together to the clinic where we will both be interviewed, and then I will begin a series of coaching skills sessions to help me with situations with my family so I can be better for them. I am thinking positively about this, but I'm not sure how positive the rest of the family is. But I am confident---and that's what is important right now.

Like you, I like myself too---very important. With the aching in your head on "what's wrong," perhaps you might consider a formal diagnosis. And with any amount of so-called coaching skills I, or anyone else on the spectrum receives, it isn't going to change who we are. Our interests will remain the same, our unique abilities will remain the same , our personality will remain the same, etc. But, we can learn to deal with areas in our life that stresses us. For me, I want to be able to read cues from people better---mainly the cues from my family. Through some of these sessions it might be possible to learn what these cues look like.

Anyway, welcome to the wrongplanet. I hope you find this site wonderful and enjoyable. And most of all, I hope you find it informative. Have fun.

MMMMMmmmmm. Krabby Patty. Watch out for Plankton.

Welcome, new-citizen Laura, to the Wrong Planet community.

welcome!

Thanks for the welcomes everyone!

WELKOM, welcome, willkommen...whatever, ello.

Welcome Laura!