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To what extent do you allow Asperger's to define your life>
Poll ended at 14 Dec 2008, 3:03 pm
100% 18%  18%  [ 8 ]
90% 4%  4%  [ 2 ]
80% 7%  7%  [ 3 ]
70% 7%  7%  [ 3 ]
60% 4%  4%  [ 2 ]
50% 20%  20%  [ 9 ]
40% 11%  11%  [ 5 ]
30% 7%  7%  [ 3 ]
20% 7%  7%  [ 3 ]
10% 9%  9%  [ 4 ]
0% 7%  7%  [ 3 ]
Total votes : 45

Eggman
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07 Dec 2008, 2:44 am

What, I actually inspired someone?



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07 Dec 2008, 2:53 am

Well, I was only recently diagnosed, and it's even more recently that I became sure that the diagnosis was correct, so Asperger's is in my mind a lot at this point. I'm still trying to fit it into my selfpicture. It sort of sticks out a lot in my mind at the moment, so it seems to define me a lot. Also, it inhibits me with regard to doing things most people would have no trouble with, such as doing things that are not part of a routine, and working (which I can do, but it tires me out so much that I can't do anything else). I said 70%.



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07 Dec 2008, 4:41 am

I cannot answer without a 2nd Nt mind to compare it to.



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07 Dec 2008, 4:58 am

This is interesting. I'm not sure. I am who I am, and have always been that way. Having a label of Asperger's simply gives me a context in which to understand myself, and to meet others who are like me. It's a point of comparison, I guess. Sort of like I realise things about my British culture when I go abroad and see how things are done differently in other countries. So I realise how much of my own values are cultural. But with Aspergers, it's more as if I've always been abroad, metaphorically speaking, and am now realising that I'm a foreigner, and there are other foreigners like me, and I realise how much of what I am is influenced by this 'foreignness' that is called Asperger's.