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Elwyn
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17 Sep 2024, 2:56 am

Hi there,

I just stumbled upon this forum while googling whether Thom Yorke, the singer from Radiohead, is an Aspie. I ended up reading a post here. I love forums, but it's sad they're slowly fading away. Reddit is terrible.

Anyway, I was officially diagnosed in June, the day before my birthday. What a relief! I spent my whole life beating myself up and trying to change myself. I'm glad to know there are others out there who can relate.

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17 Sep 2024, 3:03 am

Welcome to WP Elwyn

Elwyn
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17 Sep 2024, 3:08 am

Thank you, Carbonhalo:)

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17 Sep 2024, 10:26 am

Welcome to Wrong Planet!

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17 Sep 2024, 11:18 am

Welcome to WP! I think you might like it here.

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17 Sep 2024, 11:31 am

Welcome to WP! I hope you stick around and find it useful here.

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17 Sep 2024, 12:12 pm

Welcome to Wrong Planet. I like the traditional forum format too, and this site is one of the best I’ve encountered.

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17 Sep 2024, 1:08 pm

Welcome to Wrong Planet.

I looked through a couple of your other messages.

You wrote about stemming, "I've had the same stim since I was 2 years old lol... hair twirling and any form of fidgeting with my hair. I had hair pulling for awhile, but I stopped that a long time ago. It happened at puberty and lasted a couple years. I still go to do it when stressed, but i stop myself and twirl my hair instead."

When I think back into my early years. I had one trait. I was a thumb sucker.

So as a young child, I sucked my thumb. But before I got to the age of going to school, my mom decided I had to give up this habit. So I did. I substituted one habit for another for another for another, until I finally reached the point where all these habits dissolved away into nothingness.

So maybe these stimming habits may be a human trait.

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17 Sep 2024, 3:30 pm

Ahoy-hoy.

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18 Sep 2024, 9:42 pm

Hello. welcome and Happy Birthday! I guess your diagnosis was kind of a gift itself

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18 Sep 2024, 9:59 pm

Welcome to WP :mrgreen:

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Elwyn
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18 Sep 2024, 10:06 pm

Thanks everyone

That's interesting, Jimmy m. I think that is true, most people have some kind of stim. I can see how some of our stims could be replaced by another one through the years.

softlyspeaks41, it did feel like a gift! Thanks!

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