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ProtonKitty
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09 Jun 2021, 7:02 am

Hi, I'm new and I don't even know if I have a right to be here (followed a link from Quora). Feel free to look at my profile. I am a middle aged lady and have never had a diagnosis of Autism or Asperger's (I don't go to the doctor anyway as I have a total phobia of doctors and hospitals) but the more I read/hear, the more I think I notice things that could point to it - I easily develop obsessions, I cling to routine (most of the time - there are odd exception days when it feels like a straitjacket!). There are certain food textures that make me feel sick, and sounds that make me react physically and viscerally. But talking of food, I often eat the same thing day after day (usually instant noodles and cheese sandwiches!). If I discover an author I love I have to read everything they wrote, and feel impatient and incomplete unless I have. At times seeing to the simplest task and facing the simplest change bears down on me as if it were something onerous. But I am also sometimes over-emotional and not at all well organised, which seems to go against the cliches, at least, again, sorry if that was offensive.



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09 Jun 2021, 8:03 am

Welcome to WP! I think you will find some nice people here--no matter what your diagnosis status is or could be.


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09 Jun 2021, 6:46 pm

Welcome to Wrong Planet! :)


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09 Jun 2021, 7:37 pm

Hello and welcome. Feel free to ask questions to find out more. Noodles and cheese sandwiches. Yum. Can I have some? :P



ProtonKitty
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10 Jun 2021, 3:07 am

Thanks to all of those who have welcomed me with kind words!



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10 Jun 2021, 4:02 am

Welcome



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10 Jun 2021, 6:21 pm

Welcome to WP!


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10 Jun 2021, 7:35 pm

welcome, self diagnosed around 65, finally formally diagnosed at 68, loads to sort and see from the new perspective of diagnosis. You are definitely not alone. Glad you are with us.


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ProtonKitty
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11 Jun 2021, 1:57 am

Thanks again to those who have welcomed me!