A Special Thanks to the People of Wrong Planet

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01 Aug 2013, 4:26 pm

It has been one month since I joined this website and I have been on here everyday since. Before I joined this website, I was ashamed of my diagnosis. This website has helped me accept it more and gave me a different perspective of it. I also enjoyed making new friends. Thanks to those who have helped answer my questions and become better accepting of my diagnosis. This website really is amazing. :D



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01 Aug 2013, 4:32 pm

Musicgirl wrote:
It has been one month since I joined this website and I have been on here everyday since. Before I joined this website, I was ashamed of my diagnosis. This website has helped me accept it more and gave me a different perspective of it. I also enjoyed making new friends. Thanks to those who have helped answer my questions and become better accepting of my diagnosis. This website really is amazing. :D
I feel the exact same way! Thank you WP! :)



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01 Aug 2013, 4:34 pm

No problem.



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01 Aug 2013, 5:29 pm

Thanks to everyone from me also. I started read posts a few months ago and and have gained so much self-acceptance. Thanks to everyone who posts for taking the time to participate.



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01 Aug 2013, 5:58 pm

Oh, Dearheart, don't ever be ashamed of having a different set of wiring than the 'common people' - they're all insane, you wouldn't want to be like them. :doh:



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01 Aug 2013, 5:58 pm

My thanks also.
Being a late diagnosed person has been a mixed blessing.
Finally having a label that fits helps, in that it reassures me that I am not crazy, wrong, bad, or immature.
On the other hand, knowing that I have a lifelong condition that can be addressed marginally, but that will never resolve, and that will require me to work hard to identify what I can resolve and what I will need to accept at least means I have to accept some boundaries that others do not.
If it was not for WP, I may have not still been around.
The formal diagnosis; three weeks ago today, came after self diagnosis several years ago, and a gradual understanding and acceptance that there was something different about me that I could not do anything about.
Self acceptance after formal diagnosis is something I'm still working on, and it seems to come in waves, punctuated with bouts of anxiety, depression, and the usual aspie mistakes of trying to tell others about it and seek support and understanding; which from friends and family who are NT's seems to be hard to come by.
It only really seems to be others who have friends and family members with ASD, or who have ASD themselves that really seem to understand and accept.
The logical part of me understands, and begrudgingly accepts this.
The aspie in me does not, and I am destined, for some time in the future to learn when to mention my ASD, when not to, and when to not bother contacting people from my past, trying to explain how ASD was an issue in my relationship with them, when really years, or decades down the track they have moved on and don't want to know about it.
So thanks WP, for providing us a place to interact, to find acceptance, and to find badly needs support, when so many of us feel alone, alienated, and ignored.



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01 Aug 2013, 6:17 pm

I have been reading the forum for a few weeks, trying to figure myself out a bit more as I am having so much doubt about my abilities and my place in this world. I am really glad I got here.

Don't ever be ashamed of your diagnosis. I have been for so long and it did not help a bit. And always remember that you are so much more than your diagnosis. :)



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01 Aug 2013, 6:24 pm

Willard wrote:
Oh, Dearheart, don't ever be ashamed of having a different set of wiring than the 'common people' - they're all insane, you wouldn't want to be like them. :doh:

You'll never live like Common People!
You'll never do what Common People do!
You'll never fail like Common People!
You'll never watch your life slide out of view, and dance, and drink, and screw,
Because there's nothing else to do.



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01 Aug 2013, 7:12 pm

Musicgirl wrote:
It has been one month since I joined this website and I have been on here everyday since. Before I joined this website, I was ashamed of my diagnosis. This website has helped me accept it more and gave me a different perspective of it. I also enjoyed making new friends. Thanks to those who have helped answer my questions and become better accepting of my diagnosis. This website really is amazing. :D

I'm sure that you've made a good share of contributions to the members of this website, too!

Happy One-Month Anniversary!

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01 Aug 2013, 7:31 pm

Nice to see this site is helping people :D



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01 Aug 2013, 8:22 pm

Hey, nice to hear that! :)


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01 Aug 2013, 8:35 pm

The_Walrus wrote:
Willard wrote:
Oh, Dearheart, don't ever be ashamed of having a different set of wiring than the 'common people' - they're all insane, you wouldn't want to be like them. :doh:

You'll never live like Common People!
You'll never do what Common People do!
You'll never fail like Common People!
You'll never watch your life slide out of view, and dance, and drink, and screw,
Because there's nothing else to do.


William Shatner (along with Joe Jackson) does an awesome cover of that Pulp song. Its on his album "Has-Been." :D



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01 Aug 2013, 8:52 pm

benh72 wrote:
Self acceptance after formal diagnosis is something I'm still working on, and it seems to come in waves, punctuated with bouts of anxiety, depression, and the usual aspie mistakes of trying to tell others about it and seek support and understanding; which from friends and family who are NT's seems to be hard to come by.


Yes, even though I had already been quite sure for more than 2 years, since someone first emailed me a web article on AS, having the official diagnosis was a strange experience internally. At first, I felt exhilarated, to know once and for all that all my oddness and quirks were not just flaws in my individual personality, but characteristics I shared with a group of others all dealing with the same handicaps (For once in my life I actually belonged in a group!); then, after a bit, this sort of melancholy set in, as it slowly sank in that this was in fact my permanent neurological condition and it was never going to change - which was a ridiculous thing to feel blue about, since I was by no means a child and I had known for many years I couldn't change who I was. Still, there was a sadness that went with that final acceptance and resignation. :?

At the same time, I went through a hyper-self conscious phase, during which I worried that everything I did when I went out just screamed AUTISM to everyone around me and that anyone who looked at me knew immediately that there was something not right about me. Again, I had to come to terms with the fact that, while that may be true, it has always been true, so there's no point in getting paranoid about it now. :roll:

So now I'm back to just being frustrated by the realities of who I am and have always been: lonesome, bored and anxious, without the social skills to go out and make any friends. I mean, I like being alone and often prefer it, but this is getting really old. :(



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01 Aug 2013, 9:24 pm

Same here! thank you, WP!


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02 Aug 2013, 12:14 am

Indeed. I've learned a lot here. Autistic people are often quite isolated from other autistic people, but the Internet has changed all that. Now we're free to exchange ideas and compare experiences. Even with my near-complete inability to form persistent social ties, I feel like I'm part of a community.


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02 Aug 2013, 1:05 am

I felt the same way! I joined last year around this time, and am I glad I discovered it! I am still kicking myself a bit for not doing so earlier, however.


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