do you feel better about yourself knowing you have as.

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personally can say, yes.


my 14 y/o granddaughter just diag'd with as.

trouble is, i still feel surrounded by idiots.
[ sorry, 'shift' not working.]

here i am having lost two homes in two divorce's over last 25 years and feeling whole lot better living alone....strange.]

i still, at my age, 62, hear things/sounds others claim not to hear.
wonder if i can hear the new anti loitering devices they are using in the uk/
more than likely.

i hate shopping in walmat/safeways/etc and go late at nite or early morning because the little rug rats are home .

i buy lot's on the www because i don't have to mess with people.

i'm already bored with this too.

don't you hate these long winded posts with no paragraphs.....

any of this make any sense at all /

Last edited by Dieselsmoke on 21 Dec 2007, 10:09 pm, edited 1 time in total.

The "yes" button isn't there.

But YES.

Years of why don't people like me, what am I doing wrong....
I'm just different, and that makes it all okay.

My answer is yes.

Abso - fraggin - lutely! I am legit. I am not a broken entee. I am a properly functioning aspie. Yip!

And knowing what I now know, I would chose this! Yip!

Yes, I do. I feel closer to my work, and since I am a writer people can feel my words. It's a gift to me.

Now that I know that my weirdness has a name, and there are others with the same weirdness, I definitely do.

i am functioning too and very well.

everyone else my age seems to be sick, overweight, generally unhealthy or retired.

why do people...especially 'couples' have to play stupid mind games.
my ex was a case in point...spit it out woman, stop prevaricating.

what's wrong with saying how you feel/think.

[ 'shift' still not working]

pre·var·i·cate (prĭ-vār'ĭ-kāt') Pronunciation Key
intr.v. pre·var·i·cat·ed, pre·var·i·cat·ing, pre·var·i·cates
To stray from or evade the truth; equivocate.

was hoping every answer would be ...yes...

btw...anyone know of a good key-board to buy/ this is second board that screwed up recently.


p.s. poll fixed too, yes or no.....go do it ....thank you.

Last edited by Dieselsmoke on 21 Dec 2007, 10:56 pm, edited 5 times in total.

Seems like lots of us here are happily autistic! Yip! Good on you all!! !!

Are there going to be any 'Nos'?

I think it is a pretty obvious question. And if people felt bad knowing, why would they be here?

If you wish you had never known about ASDs (or whatever you have), please come out of the shadows now.

No "no" from me. A hearty "yes". It answered my questions on why I was different from so many people around me and why my efforts to change only partly succeeded.

yes, that I know that I know what is finally 'wrong' with me, and also that I'm not alone. No, in that I have a whole new set of things to watch out for...

I'm so confused -C3PO...

just had a thought.......you feel better because you now know you have a.s.....'k, but is this a 'crutch' instead of 'hmmmm, that makes sense.'

speaking fer my self i am finding out stuff about myself that would other wise seem the actions of a heartless and cruel being.

fer instance.....yesterday my daughter called and told me grandma had died.....actually she said 'grandma has passed away.'

i said to her...'you mean she died.' 'it comes to everyone'

she understood , but only because she now knows her daughter and her dad have a.s.

so like i said...do i feel different and maybe more comfortable because i now have an excuse for my behaviour.

you tell me.

I feel better about myself if I understand myself in general, and if learning about autism helps me understand myself, then I feel better about that.

i hope there will be none...but who knows.

i disagree...it is not an obvious question.

because like you, they need/ed answers.

as i think about it ...do i detect a feeling of shame or is this a revelation.

where where all the a.s'ss when i was at skool...there must have been more than just me....there where 1000 pupils there.

I'm glad I was diagnosed because it brought me here, but it caused me a lot of grief too, being treated a way I didn't want to be treated, etc. I don't know if it did harm or good; it may have saved my life or it may have killed part of me, or it may one day kill me.

Er, I accidentally voted no because I expected yes to be first. I'm not quite awake, you see.

Anyway, I've known for a long time I had something, but I was never told what it was and never really understood it. I've spent years wondering what was wrong with me. Now that I know and understand what AS is, everything seems to make sense.