Your most proudest accomplishment

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You have tremendous courage.
I am impressed.
I don't impress easily.
Be well.

I also did graduate high school in the normal four years; I was just so excited, I jumped up and down when my name got called during the ceremony.

I've thought about that some--why I managed it when others don't. I concluded that I probably had advantages most people didn't.

1. I was not abused until I was eight years old. That means that my personality had a chance to form in a relatively friendly environment. My mom is eccentric and overprotective, but she is not abusive.

2. I had people in my life who truly loved me and treated me as a valuable person. My grandparents, especially, never talked down to me and actually appreciated it when I helped them out, like helping my grandma in the garden.

3. I have kept diaries since I was a very young child. So, when I wrote about what my stepfathers did to me, I was able to look back at it and think about the facts of the situation. My fact-oriented outlook let me put aside the accusations that I was supposedly at fault.

4. My experiences with my stepfathers taught me how to live with fear. I learned how to distance myself emotionally from the situation I was in, so that I was free to act. I think it is a lot like how a soldier in a war zone learns to deal with the fact that he could be shot at any moment.

5. I was unusually intelligent for my age and had a habit of using that analytical ability to solve problems. In terms of academic ability (though not emotional maturity or executive control), I was probably a match for my parents by the time I was about ten years old. That meant that if I used my mind to analyze the facts of the situation, I could see through my stepfather's lies.

And you have to remember: I spent years not standing up to my stepfathers. I was a scared child much of the time. In some situations, I deliberately provoked an explosion because that way I could predict when it was going to happen, but all the same, I was more focused on survival than anything else. On only one occasion did I manage to force myself to protect my sister when my stepfather targeted her (both of my stepfathers usually targeted me).

I have studied the psychology of abuse, and I think that I really was unusually lucky, as far as the unlucky population of abuse survivors goes. If I had been in a different situation, I might have been broken instead of just coming away with bad dreams and mental recordings of "stupid little kid" and similar insults. I had so much going for me. Many children don't. A child abused from an early age, abused by a more cunning adult, with no one to care for them, would have been hurt much more than I was. I learned how to disappear into books and daydreams. I learned about right and wrong, and I learned that it was possible for a child to be loved. All of that meant I had the weapons to fight harder than I otherwise would have.

But let's get back to accomplishments, shall we? I know a lot of us have completed some simply amazing special-interest-related projects... My little sister, for example, finished writing her first book at the age of fourteen.

Let me add my name to those impressed with Callista's accomplishment.

I struggle to come up with an accomplishment I'm really proud of to post here. Sure, I've done some things at work and in my personal life that I'm proud of, but none of it seems impressive enough to say that is the thing I'm most proud of, out of everything I've done. I could say "not giving up" at any of the many points when I could have (and many would have in my place)" - but that sounds a bit depressing. So maybe I'll say "getting to where I am today". That's still very vague, but at least not so depressing.

I am proud of myself, personally, because it is hard enough as an Aspie to graduate college. That takes guts!

I am recognized across my area for my dedication and passion for the ASD field. I speak across my province, have helped design a course for adults with AS, and am now assistant teaching said course and working one-on-one coaching some of the participants. I will also be paid to mentor two young adults with AS this fall.

Many people I meet say that I'm highly accomplished for my age, but I disagree as I haven't even completed university yet (though am going into my final year) and don't have enough money to live on my own yet. I'd feel better about myself once these two things are out of the way.

I haven't killed anyone.

Got an advanced degree, then got a good job.

I persuaded another wrong planeteer that I was a good bet

I developed psychosis at age 14, after having had poor functioning during the whole time before it, and yet I improved to become better functioning than I had ever had and even graduated college with a 4-year degree!

Hey Red can you post your album on youtube and give us the link?


On a side note I don't really have that many proud moments. I don't even know if I could even call them accomplishments since none of them were planned, they just sort of just happened. I saved a girl from drowning in a river, won an international multiplayer FPS tournament, rescued some animals. That's about all I can think of. ok I take it back, I did plan on quiting smoking and I accomplished that. It just took 20 years

I'm not particularly proud of anything I've done, and I'm not sure what being proud of something I've done feels like.

I think that I feel good about persisting eberryday to work towards my goals though.

I also feel good that my catatar is adorable.

I think mine was when I first moved out of home, I bought my own unit it was scary at first and I didn't know how I would go, but now I'm glad I did it as I'm independent.

I think that is awesome and I don't care how long it took you, the fact that you were able to do it is great, especially knowing a bit of your background. I was never able to finish college.

That is awesome.

All I can say is WOW! That is on e of the bravest and most courageous things I have ever heard in my life. Cheers to you Friend!