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Knowing how much I can type in these sorts of things, this will probably end up being a wall of text by the time I'm done. Sorry...

My name is Julianna, but you can call me Viktorya if you'd like - I use that (or Yzzif) as my name pretty much everywhere on the internet. In real life my nickname is Silver (and has been since elementary school), so you can call me that too if you'd like.
I'm 16 (17 in January, actually) and halfway through my junior year at highschool. I used to get perfect grades, but I've gotten increasingly depressed as the years have gone by and I just can't bring myself to care about the subjects any more... I just drag myself through each year with minimum effort in classes that I understand well enough to get straight As in. Back in those days when I did do really well, the teachers never knew what to do with me; I would often get the right answers for problems without showing much, if any, work... and then have to talk to the teachers to prove that I didn't cheat. They still say that I'm brilliant but just don't put enough effort in, which is better than saying I'm stupid, I guess...

I haven't actually been properly diagnosed with Asperger's yet, but I know I have it - that's more than enough proof for me. I might try to get an official diagnosis sometime in the future though, just so I have something to show if anyone doubts it.

I have two wonderful cats, Joe and Vlad, who seem to be the only ones I can talk to about anything because they'll always listen. I would enjoy being a housecat, it's such an easy life... no stress, and no people to deal with other than your fellow cats (and your owner, but it's not like most cats care about them anyway )

I'm pansexual, which no one seems to understand. It's like being bisexual, but instead of simply liking both males and females, I like people for who they are - not for their gender. I would be able to love anyone - male, female, or even transgender, simply because I love who they are inside. I have a girlfriend who loves me very much; I don't know where I would be without her. She's the only one who understands me and accepts me for who I am - depressed or happy, aspie or not, she's always there for me, and that's why I love her.

I have a bunch of various hobbies, which change all the time depending on whatever I find interesting at the moment. I collect anime figures and build model kits (gundams, planes, whatever I can find really). I also have an obsession with robots (Transformers at the moment, I collect those too)...
I built my own computer two years ago and it's been better to me than any other one I've ever used. I would list the specs but it's in the other room and I can't be bothered to get up and check them right now. It's running Vista, though, which I actually like very much. The laptop I'm typing this from is rented from Lenovo by my school, so it's technically not mine - that didn't stop me from finding out the admin password and giving my account administrator rights, though... We normally get restricted accounts and can't do much of anything
I have another desktop computer at my dad's house (parents are separated, so I move around between the two houses) - it's dualbooting Ubuntu 9.10 and Windows 7, and has been running almost perfectly since I put in a new hard drive. It's a prebuilt Gateway desktop, and it used to be in my dad's office. He gave it to me after he got a new one, though, and I put in more RAM and cleaned up the XP installation that was on it. It was still a mess though, so I put Ubuntu on alongside XP... I used them both for a while until I noticed that the XP partition was having tons of issues, and a scan of the HDD showed me that that section of the drive was physically ruined. I only used Ubuntu for a while, until I could get a replacement. The new drive arrived just in time for an upgrade to 9.10, so I put that on along with 7. This has been perfect so far, and I haven't had any issues to speak of.
I play World of Warcraft obsessively, too - it seems to take up any free time I have, haha. I also play The Sims 3 and Microsoft Flight Simulator X on my custom PC (I made a custom Transformer texture (G1 Thundercracker, if you know the characters) for the F-15 model in FSX in the summer, it looks wonderful).

I love music and will listen to almost anything. I can't stand country, though, and most jazz sounds boring to me. I was in a death/black metal mood for most of last year, and I switched over to trance this year. I still like listening to anything if it's good, though, and there's not much I can actually say I don't like. The songs on the radio are usually bad though, I don't listen to that stuff. Feel free to send me some suggestions if there's anything you really like, though - I'll be sure to listen to it sometime

I also draw occasionally, and I make some things in my clayworks class at school. I have some of my stuff on DeviantArt if anyone is interested.

I'm sure I could type more about myself, but I think that this should be more than enough to bore most of you. If you do want to know more, send me a message or add me on dA or something - I'll be happy to talk to anyone! I'll try to avoid huge walls of text like this though, don't be afraid

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I forgot to mention this! Oops...
I currently run the site for my girlfriend's webcomic, Necrogenesis. She draws the comic and I code the site for her. I can't post the link because of my post count / account age, but if anyone wants to read it, it's the second result on Google if you search for the name. I have a new layout designed that actually looks good, but I need to make it work better before I can use it on the whole site.

Last edited by Viktorya on 29 Dec 2009, 5:27 pm, edited 2 times in total.

Welcome to WP!

I'm a 28 year old single man, was diagnosed with AS late this year. Finaly an explenation for the trauma of growing up.

I'm single and looking for an S.O, hetro. I a sypathetic if not emaptic person and working on the latter.

My obsessions are, Role Playing games, Fantasy and Sci-fi litterature, EVE Online and philosophy. Favorite books include Enders Game and The Black Jewels series by Anne Bishop.

I'm looking forward to a comunity of MY peers, instead of being the outsider in nuronormal society

Not to worry, you will find good and cool friends that will really help you in your life here.

I am not sure what do you need, but you can either post on a new thread any time you like if you have any issues that you would like to clarify here; or, maybe you can PM me directly if they are of a sensitive nature. Of course there are other adminstrators here that you may approach, but yeah, I will try to be here to help you all out as much as I can.

Although this site is for almost anything, I believe a dating site would be a better place to advertise your lack of girlfriend. No offense intended.

Hi my name's Chris. I'm 22 and i'm from Perth, Australia. Often i feel like I am much older than my age. I often feel stupid when i cannot process what is going on.

A psychologist/psychiatrist (I'm not sure what he was) told me that i displayed either symptoms of Asperger's or mild Asperger's back in 1999. I don't know if I've been officially diagnosed. I have been diagnosed as depressed, among other things. However i didn't know that something was wrong with me until around 2008. Then i realised that i was weird. Generally I'm a very angry and hostile person, but i think i do a good job of concealing my rage.

My life pretty much revolves around music. I love my 80's metal, and most types of metal for that matter. I think the fierceness and brutality in the music helps me face the day, it's as if music is my body armour. I took piano lessons when i was 8, but i wasn't until i bought a guitar when i was 16 that i knew i wanted to be a rockstar for real. Unfortunately i have trouble finding people into the same types of music as me, let alone making friends with them! For example, i really like Winger, and many Australian's have never heard of that band. I am worried that i will never be able to be a musician, and just be stuck in my bedroom forever writing songs that will never be heard or performed. It's now as if the things i love are killing me, because they take me away from people and not bring me closer to them.

I'm a big football fan (it might be called soccer or the round ball game to many other Aussies but on planet Axelrod it's football and it always will be football!) Being from Perth, my A-League team is Perth Glory, and my Europe team is AC Milan. My family has been known to make fun of me for liking the game, even though it is the most popular sport on the planet.

I often have a lot of trouble talking to people, even with people i have known since i was little. This is not just talking in person, it can be talking on the phone or sending an email. I've found that if I am drunk then it isn't really a problem. I've felt like the black sheep of the family for many many years. Last Christmas i was at my cousin's and my brother was talking to two sets of cousins about movies that i had never seen, or had seen and couldn't remember the lines. As far as i could tell Seth Rogen appeared to be in most of them. I felt so alone.

I'm looking for friends, people who are into heavy music and people who know who Dario Vidosic and Nick Carle are!

Welcome to WP!

nowt wrong with real footie

I'm Matt(hew), 27, currently residing in rural Texas, although I'm planning on a move before too long. My senses are all very acute. Being someone into the arts, I try to use my often overwhelming perceptions in the arts. I've developed a fascination for microtonal music, music whose pitches often fall in between the standard western notes, allowing, ideally, for greater nuance, specificity, and expression. Often I'll notice sonic textures instead of a person's words. Visually I often do things with enough detail to jiggle in the eye from more than a few inches away. The downfall of doing things with such detail is the extreme slowness in getting anything done. Although there are moments where my senses are too much for me, I generally like having that kind of sensitivity. As much as there is about the world that I don't understand, virtually everything fascinates me unless I'm overwhelmed or anxious.

I've never quite gotten the social thing down. I speak well when I feel I have to, I conduct myself well, can be funny, witty, etc., but much about other people remains mysterious to me. Something native to most people seems to be completely foreign to me. It's painful to me at times that I have to learn what others just do. That said, when I am able to be productive, find contentment in what I do and with whom I am around, I almost feel as if I am charmed, fortunate to have such idiosyncratic endowments.

me too! nor can I recall faces nor read body language.

Hello community,

my name is Chris, I am 32 years old and I'm living in Germany, city of Bremen to be precise. Next time you're sipping a Beck's beer just think of me -- Bremen is the town where Beck's originally comes from

I haven't been diagnosed Asperger's but I'm thinking of consulting a specialist who is familiar with that business, unfortunately there aren't many out there here in Germany and psychologists who are not well schooled in terms of ASD (Autistic Spectrum disorders) reportly mis-diagnose it and make things much more worse as you can imagine.

Got to say though that my symptoms of ASD are rather mild compared to those of other people:

+ I can hold eye contact as long as my conversational partner wants me to
+ I never experience any fits or seizures
+ I can judge facial expressions pretty well (this is something I got better in the course of time)
+ I can be amongst hundreds or thousands of people without any problems
+ I don't need no caring or supervision

But:

- It is extremely difficult for me to make friends, simply because I don't come across as an extremely sociable and interested person in the beginning
- When having found "friends" (which occurs every 5 years on the average), it is not easy for me to have them understand that it is more than enough for me to meet them once a week
- Keeping up a conversation for more than 10 minutes is a hell of a work for me unless (1) I've been knowing that person for ages or (2) I'm wasted
- Although I'm rather good-looking and every woman knowing me says I'm an interesting chap, it is absolutely impossible for me to benefit from that, I have no bloody clue how to
- I can spent days and weeks on my own without talking a single word to any person ('can' in this sense refers to the ability to survive such a phase, I'm not going into details about the depression which results of such a phase)
- My intelligence and my understanding regarding logic, computer science, geometry and languages is very much above average
- I speak very quickly, I'm working on that issue but it happens to bubble up in awkward situations

So it is not very clear whether I really got Asperger's, but often enough I feel like living on the wrong planet which should entitle me to be member of this community after all...


My interests are

- Music (melodic Drum'n'Bass, Downtempo, Jazz, Funk, Rare Groove)
- Reading (I'm currently going through "Infinite jest" by David F. Wallace, oh my gaaawd)
- Languages (English, Spanish)
- Travelling (England, Spain, France, Switzerland)
- Taking photos


Finding a native Spanish-speaking pen pal would be great.


Regards from frozen Germany,
Chris

Welcome to WP!

My name is Josh. I'm 24, currently domiciled in Spring Lake Park (a suburb of Minneapolis), Minnesota. I'm 5'8" or 5'9" (not sure which), 193.4 pounds, medium build, with dark brown hair, blue eyes, and glasses. In addition to AS (which I was diagnosed with at the age of 15), I have OCD and depression. I never finished college, but I read voraciously, and have amassed far more knowledge than I would have in school. My main interests are history, politics, and to a lesser extent, economics. I'm mainly interested in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nicaragua, Mexico, Paraguay, and Brazil. I can read several languages, including Spanish, Portuguese, and Tagalog - poorly. I like movies, and own over 2000 of them (most of them belonged to my late grandpa). I play video games, but only sporadically. I'm honest and sensitive to a fault, and I'm pretty much an open book. I'll answer any question, no matter how off-the-wall it may seem. I'm currently unemployed, but plan on training to become an animal trainer this year.

Well, I CAN recall the most basic of emotions, joy and rage, but that is mostly because I have just learned it over time. Although my mirror neurons don't exist, my memory is above average. I actually have selective photographic memory, or something close to that.

I can recall faces (as in remembering who is who, but not what name belongs to which face, until I have been using that name for a few weeks). I can read some body language, but mostly just agressive and submissive behavior.

Like I said - the basics.


Welcome to WP Josh.

Thanks!

Hello everyone,

I haven't been formally diagnosed with Asperger's but three doctors whom I work with (I'm a doctor) have informed me that I'm on the autistic spectrum, and this continues to impact negatively on my work and relationships.

I really struggle to read social situations, nuance and subtlety and frequently say inappropriate things and get myself into hot water (on occasion). I also have hardly any friends and have never really been out with anyone (longest romantic relationship was 1 week), (I'm 28)even though I'm beautiful, slim, kind and very ingtelligent. I am unable to profit from my attributes as I am so inept socially.

I currently feel quite down about my life. I try really hard to be nice and friendly but don't really get anywhere. Still I'm a lot better than I used to be but still have a long way to go.

Esmeralda.