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TooFastLittleLate
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02 May 2022, 6:57 am

Hello everyone. What a great place WP is!
Not much to say about me. I've born and live in Greece. Self diagnosed just six months ago at the age of 55. After spending a lifetime struggling with ADHD and OCD without finding any comfort, I finally know what the real problem is. I just have to be myself... No masking, no acting "normal", no,no,no, just...me. I have a job, a family, a lovely wife and a beautiful daughter that I adore and I'm afraid for what the change will bring.

My life has changed completely and irreversibly but now I'm not sure where I go from here. The only thing I'm sure for is that I can't and I don't want to be anymore anything else but myself. The problem is that here in Greece things are not so good for people like me, especially in my age. For example, I know that the moment I start to behave like who I am, I will lose my job... Anyway, maybe I said too much.

Among many other things I love Fantasy movies, Sci Fi, Computers, Design and Programming. I hope to find mutual love and help here. (sorry for my English, it's not my native language).


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02 May 2022, 7:00 am

Welcome! You will find a lot of good input here. So nice to be where others actually understand!


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02 May 2022, 7:58 am

Thank you for your kind welcome message and Yes, understanding is what I miss and hope to find.


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02 May 2022, 8:31 am

Does your family know about your self-diagnosis? Are they understanding?



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02 May 2022, 8:49 am

My wife and my daughter know. They want to help and try to understand, it's not easy though...


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02 May 2022, 9:38 am

Welcome to WP! I hope you find the folk here to be understanding.


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02 May 2022, 10:55 am

Welcome to Wrong Planet. You may take a go slow approach while you gain knowledge about being autistic. You are no different today than the day before except you may have found deeper understanding about yourself. So grow in knowledge. Most people have + and -. Aspies just have greater variants. Some of us have ++ and --. And some of us are off the chart as +++++ and -----. The true secret is to learn how to use your +s to overcome your -s.


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02 May 2022, 12:34 pm

Thank you all so much for the kind words and for sharing your knowledge and experience. It is true that I hope to find understanding and I also hope to gain knowledge so I could be a better husband and a better father.


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02 May 2022, 3:03 pm

Welcome to Wrong Planet! :D


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02 May 2022, 11:24 pm

AnonymousAnonymous wrote:
Welcome to Wrong Planet! :D

Thank you! BTW I love your signature! :D


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03 May 2022, 12:38 am

Hello and welcome aboard! I think you have a safe haven here. And btw your English is perfect



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03 May 2022, 1:25 am

softlyspeaks41 wrote:
Hello and welcome aboard! I think you have a safe haven here. And btw your English is perfect

:heart: Thank you for the warm welcome and your kind words!


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