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11 Sep 2008, 9:42 am

ProtossX wrote:
uh wth?

congratulation you have aspergers?

are you for real?

I mean whats next we throw parties for when ppl are diagnosed with cancer?

OMG YESS CANCER!! OH YEAAH

I mean guys aspergers is serious business its not something you go wow GEE im an asperger now my doctor told me

nono you were asperger for ur whole life or none of it

its not something you become or whatever an its not exactly a great thing that should be congratulated on a well done thing like gettin A+ on ur test or promoted at ur job gettin dx'd with aspergers is not a good moment


sorry for your experiences with learning you have Asperger's ProtosX. The "Congratulations! You have Aspergers!" is what Tony Attwood says when he DXes a patient.
Asperger's is not like cancer, it is a way of being, not a way of dieing.

If it is not a 'good' moment, it is not a death sentance either. Think about it. How many times have you looked at the normies and thought, "damn! I am glad I am not like them!

well, you are not.

I have 'had Asperger's' all my life. I didn't know about it for 56 years, I just thought I was psychotic and had run all my life from people and places that I thought were going to put me back into the mental institution as I had been as a 18 year old. When I discovered there was a reason I had been like that all my life, it was a relief!

So, it is different things for different people.

Merle


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11 Sep 2008, 9:51 am

sinsboldly wrote:
ProtossX wrote:
uh wth?

congratulation you have aspergers?

are you for real?

I mean whats next we throw parties for when ppl are diagnosed with cancer?

OMG YESS CANCER!! OH YEAAH

I mean guys aspergers is serious business its not something you go wow GEE im an asperger now my doctor told me

nono you were asperger for ur whole life or none of it

its not something you become or whatever an its not exactly a great thing that should be congratulated on a well done thing like gettin A+ on ur test or promoted at ur job gettin dx'd with aspergers is not a good moment


sorry for your experiences with learning you have Asperger's ProtosX. The "Congratulations! You have Aspergers!" is what Tony Attwood says when he DXes a patient.
Asperger's is not like cancer, it is a way of being, not a way of dieing.

If it is not a 'good' moment, it is not a death sentance either. Think about it. How many times have you looked at the normies and thought, "damn! I am glad I am not like them!

well, you are not.

I have 'had Asperger's' all my life. I didn't know about it for 56 years, I just thought I was psychotic and had run all my life from people and places that I thought were going to put me back into the mental institution as I had been as a 18 year old. When I discovered there was a reason I had been like that all my life, it was a relief!

So, it is different things for different people.

Merle


How anyone can compare Asperger's to a terminal illness, I don't know.. but obviously some people around here do. :roll: I think having the peace of mind KNOWING that there is a reason that you behaved the way you have and that things came harder to you during your life is a reason to celebrate!


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