So my deal is, I'm not really sure where I stand. My tale is that I have always felt off-kilter kinda but never really guessed there was something neurologically abnormal about it. I am currently waiting to hear back from graduate school programs and a few weeks ago I brought up this "way" or whatever that I have felt to my therapist to see if we could figure out a framework and some strategies I could use to help with it when I go back to school. It was pretty off hand at the time, I just brought it up because I didn't really have anything else to talk about, but we've discussed it further and he is pretty sure that I have asperger's. His expertise is not autism per se but he does know me pretty well, I've been seeing this therapist for close to 2 years now, at any rate he is in the process of contacting some local "specialists" and we're getting the ball rolling to maybe get an official diagnosis.
This is all pretty wild to me, I'd never have self-diagnosed myself as having asperger's (and I am somewhat familiar with it conceptually), I was thinking my problem was some combination ADD/OCPD, maybe low-end schizotypal, I didn't know what to make of it. I guess for the time being I'm here to get some perspective on the whole thing. Not that I think it's some kind of raw deal, not at all, it's actually exciting in a way to have the opportunity to get a better sense of why I'm wired the way I am. I've always said that my mind just simply does not work the way that other people's do, and I wouldn't want it any other way. I guess we'll see what exactly that means.
What's up dudes, that is me
AZTV
18 Feb 2009, 5:26 am
