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MercuryRose
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29 Jun 2012, 5:04 pm

Hey,

So I'm Irish, I'm an Aspie. I'm self diagnosed. I did come very close to getting a professional diagnosis. I went to a psychiatric assessment where I was told I "probably have Aspergers" but the psychiatrist said he wasn't comfortable giving an official diagnosis because it's "so hard to diagnose". But I know I have it. I fit every symptom except the one where Aspies are supposed to be good at maths. I suck at math.

My father told me about Aspergers Syndrome. He heard it on a radio show and realized that it described me perfectly. We both always knew there was something a little different about me. I'm really not like other NT people.

I read up on Asperger's and suddenly everything made sense. My entire childhood, why I fall apart in interview situations and can't get a job/hold on to one once I've managed to get one.

Anyway...hi to everyone.



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29 Jun 2012, 5:07 pm

Hello MercuryRose, welcome to WrongPlanet! You should fit right in, hopefully (trying not to touch a few scars after heated debates with fellow WrongPlanet members.)...

Believe me, only a few Aspies are good at maths. I'm pretty good, but seriously, I'm NOT brilliant. Every Aspie/Autie has different talents in different areas.

P.S WOOHOO, love the Irish! I'm party Irish myself and I've loved my trips to that country so much.


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29 Jun 2012, 5:14 pm

Welcome to WP and fear not you are not the only Aspie who can't do math.

<---- still counts on fingers.


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29 Jun 2012, 7:58 pm

Welcome to WP and fear not you are not the only Aspie who can't do math.

<---- Sucks at math but you should see him procrastinate!


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29 Jun 2012, 8:55 pm

Welkome to WP

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30 Jun 2012, 3:03 pm

Welcome to Wrong Planet!


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30 Jun 2012, 6:06 pm

Thanks guys



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30 Jun 2012, 10:58 pm

Hey I am Irish a bit and I am a bit new to this sight as well. I have. always felt out of place in the world. My parents diagnosed me through a doctor but at times I don't feel like I have aspergers syndrome. other. Times I feel like I have though.



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01 Jul 2012, 5:03 am

Hi MercuryRose, welcome to Wrong Planet. I also suck at maths :)



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01 Jul 2012, 5:25 am

Welcome to WP, MercuryRose. Hope you like it here. Whereabouts in Ireland are you from? :)

Armorer wrote:
Hey I am Irish a bit and I am a bit new to this sight as well.


How can you be "a bit Irish"? It's like being a bit pregnant isn't it? You either are or you aren't.

mightyzebra wrote:
P.S WOOHOO, love the Irish! I'm party Irish myself and I've loved my trips to that country so much.


It's a lovely island, isn't it? I've been six times so far over the last three years.



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01 Jul 2012, 9:08 am

Welcome to the site :D



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01 Jul 2012, 10:45 am

I'm part irish, but I don't think that I'm pregnant though. My mother was from Dunganon county tyrone. I also lived in Strabane. A town i call the two p's. Pubs and Pound shops. There was nothing else there.

Welcome to the site. I only joined myself yesterday. That last statement sounds like I have a siamese twin, I don't have a siamese twin...