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Words cannot describe how excited i am to get involved in this message board. just days ago, i finally took the initiative to do my research on asperger's syndrome and really take the time to see if these traits applied to me. Imagine my surprise and elation to find out that there are millions around the world like me!

here is a list of things that have always made people (including myself) wonder if something was "wrong" with me:
-failure to read body language and social cues
-lacks common sense
-talks too much about self
-obsessed with video games
-stickler for rules
-was bullied in school
-likes animals more than people
-slow speech
-socially immature
-learnt how to drive late (21 years old)
-space out during long speeches
-trouble holding jobs because of odd behavior/ social problems with co workers
-going into destructive rages when angry
-musical (listen to music for the sounds of the instruments and harmonization)
some of these things i have had to learn to adjust, especially since i was never diagnosed, so i went through the first 26 years o my life kicking myself for my strange quirks and wondering WTF was wrong with me and when i'd ever get it together. but basically these quirks are part of what makes me me.
however, some things on the list of typical aspie traits don't really resonate with me:
-unlike most aspies, i don't mind looking people in the eye if i have to (which is probably why it has been relatively easy for me to get jobs. it's once the employers get to know the real me that the struggle to keep the jobs begins)
-i have never minded going places where there are a lot of people, in fact i like malls and love shopping (which is not necessarily a good thing when u can't keep a job LoL)
-i have learned to like make-up and grooming etc., though a few years later than my neuro-typical friends
-i read that a lot of aspies are very picky with different types of food. (i am not, in fact i love to eat and am a little bit overweight as a result LoL)
-i like reading and writing fiction, and drawing, though i seem to have limited creativity that comes and goes depending on my mood?


based on information i've read on aspergers from various sites including this message board, i think i might have been meant to be and extroverted aspie, but because of how i was treated by my peers in grade school (and most other places as a child/teen), i have become more reserved.

i am excited to meet other people like me, and hope that i will fit in here, cause goodness knows, i haven't been able to fit in anywhere else!

Welcome to WP from a fellow extroverted Aspie!

Hi Boomshika!
Hope you enjoy your time on Wp!


I'm relatively new and have been in a state of shock since realising that I'm aspie. Yes1 it is good to have people who a similar to relate to and by reading forums discover more about yourself that is "normal" for aspies but not for NTs.

A lot of my "weird" stuff I've discovered is not weird in aspiedom!

hey, Boomshika! Welcome Home to WrongPlanet!

isn't it the best thing to have a place to go where you don't have to explain why you feel the way you do?

glad you are here!

Merle

Hello, Boomshika!

Hi, welcome here. Of cours eyou don't need to have eveyr Aspie trait to be AS. I don't have some of the AS traits you say you have, and do have some tha tyou say you don't have. Eveyr Aspie is different.

Welcome!

Welcome greetings, fellow-traveler Boomshika, to the WP neighborhood.

thanks everybody for responding to my post and by the way i like your signature leebo. for the record, i have never met anyone like me. i had long ago given up on finding anyone remotely like me. most of my friends and people i've dated are people who have come close, but turn out to be NT, or just otherwise non-aspie. i just learned to accept that i was "different." i had never heard of asperger's until like 2 years ago.

To WrongPlanet!! !

hello, nice to meet you!