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Hey all, I'm a 27 year old guy, married to a great wife and I'm pretty sure I have Asperger's.
I've never thought that my specific routines and how I see a crowd of people and immediately clam up would be considered a disorder. I know I exhibit OCD behavior (specifically ordering, you should see my comic collection), but it wasn't until my wife pointed me towards Asperger's that my entire life clicked. Everything I've been dealing with for as long as I can remember just fell into place.

I've never been much of a social person, always bullied and always thinking that the people around me have no common sense, expecting them to understand me; "I know exactly what I'm talking about, why don't you?" I see so much of myself in the personal accounts I've read from others. From the odd way of speaking (my manager at work calls me a depressed up-talker), the extreme social awkwardness, the obsessions. I'm just glad I found this place. The part of my life I want to change the most is I want to learn how to make small talk easier. Things that people take for granted when they've had them their whole lives.

It's such a relief to know I'm not must messed in the head.

welcome! does your life also have AS or did she just read about it?

Welcome to WP!

Tim

Welcome Nichabod,

A moment to remember, life does make sense, at least with the thousands on WP.

All of the symtoms have range, affecting more or less, so there are people with no problem with social small talk, eye contact, but once they did.

The great thing about this place is you can find someone one step ahead, who will tell you how they did it, and another half dozen will join in, and fill out the range.

Small study groups on any support topic.

Welcome home.

Nice to meet you, Nich.

I'm Jerry.

Welcome. you can be typical here