I don't think I fit into ASD forums

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It's as though I'm out of sync; not really belonging.

I can understand where you are coming from with that. I guess everyone can feel like that at times if they haven't felt understood, especially over recent times.

I guess I too have been hoping to find people going through exactly the same things, but it seems they are not reading, or not replying.

But I would say that I have found quite a lot of commonality with some other members on these types of forums; there seems to be a lot of things we do have in common. I also visit other forums where I can talk about the other aspects of myself that don't seem to get much of a response on ASD forums.

I can see that you have made almost 5000 posts here though Firemonkey and I would think that that must mean something.

Please fire monkey have come to value your posts generally as points of good logic and reason with little cause to debate your input as is does possess the sound of reason, on a great many threads here.
Thank you for all the postings you have done on WP .

Good point.

I guess that Firemonkey sees all of the verbal abuse going on around here, and so...he wants some too!

Just mention "Trump", or "guns", and you will instantly get the whole American population of WP on your thread- half defending, and the other half attacking- whatever it was you said -about "Trump", or about "guns", including moi.

Thanks all of you. Going through a lot of insecurity and self doubt. I can't identify with Fnord types here, whose achievements are very admirable, or the other end of the spectrum. Then there's the schizophrenia . Does that make me too different from others here?

Most importantly is that schizophrenia is the number one misdiagnoses for inexperienced diagnoses for untrained doctors to come to . And from your writings here , you definitely seem to be in the right place
Please do not use fnord for a yardstick measurement for anything cause this sight uses the idea that various people
Are on a wider spectrum of autism.

I'd be interested to hear what you think needs to happen to make you feel that you fit? Of course schizophrenia is going to give you a different outlook on life than someone without it but most here appear to struggle, and it is this struggle that bonds us all not the ASD.

I'm not sure anything needs to happen . It's things like 'burn out' & sensory symptoms that make me question things. For example things like food textures don't bother me ,apart from bananas. Love the flavour, but don't like the mouth feel of a banana. I don't have the intense reaction to visual and other stimuli that many others have.


I'd always believed I had a low pain threshold, but I was doing physical therapy after my second fall, before an x ray revealed,7 weeks later, I had a fractured hip/femur. The paramedics and GP etc had thought the pain was psychological. Had a partial hip replacement 2 days later. Not sure whether being hypo/hyper-reactive to pain is autism related.

Going through post diagnosis doubt is quite common. ASD can impair your sense of self and agency which can give you reservations and feelings of unease towards your diagnosis. Being hypo/hyper-reactive to pain is a sensory issue so can be an ASD issue. I'm guessing you may have already seen this video but it's always good to watch again regarding the 'spectrum' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWnyDvG7XEk

I've seen that video before. He's one of the better autistic Youtubers I've come across.

That guy is one of the better autism theme Utubers.

Am sorry your going through a rough patch firemonkey .. self doubt can be easy to have come up, especially when
You have circumstances upon you , that you did not plan for or expect.
The pain issues are pretty typical for Aspies , I do believe speaking from personal experience. At times pain processing can get distorted.
Hope you feel better soon please .