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MarkUK30
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19 Apr 2007, 6:17 pm

whitequeen96 wrote:
Great introduction!

I'm going to have to take that Aspie test and see what it says about me. As you mentioned in my thread, you and I may be half Aspie. My only concern is that you say you want to know what's "wrong" with you. You sound great to me! Your reluctance to start a new job certainly strikes me as "normal." (Of course, maybe that's because I'm also an Aspie. :wink: ) I think it takes most people a while to get settled into a new job, with new duties, cirmcumstance and people. So I think most people will understand if you're a bit nervous in the beginning. Don't let it get to you; you know it's just a temporary condition (the nervousness) you have to get through.

Good luck!

Thanks, it's not that I feel there is something wrong with me as such, I probably could have worded that better. I feel fine, it feels natural to me, this is the way I am. It is just that there is something different about me compared to other people. I don't socialise like other people do, I struggle to know how to respond to people in conversation and I struggle a bit with facial expression. I can't fake a laugh, for example, I just manage to force a smile. People say I'm boring, but it is just we have different interests. Other people like to talk about sport & chitchat, I prefer to talk about science & technology and meaningful subjects. I wish I could just stay at home, it makes me so uncomfortable being in social situations. I'm ok around people I know, I'll talk then. For example, I went to do A-level maths at nightschool, I thought I might make some friends (not the best idea, I think they were all aspies, I should have done biology again or a RSA typing course, I might have met somebody then). Nobody spoke to me on the maths course apart from the teacher and I didn't speak to anybody else. Everybody just kept themselves to themselves. I left after about 6 months because I thought I could do this at home instead of travelling 8 miles to goto college, there wasn't any difference to me I can teach myself anyway.

Thanks for your comments.

My best wishes to you.

Mark



MarkUK30
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20 Apr 2007, 2:32 pm

I couldn't have written it better myself, it describes me perfectly, but misses a few things out.

High Functioning Autism 8)

Quest over, I'll be off to the doctors to I get my label asserted and give them one on their statistics. It reads good on wikipedia but I don't like the sound of it tbh, surely somebody could have come up with something sounding better, I like the 'High Functioning' bit that sounds cool and describes me well 8)