daydreamer84
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Age: 28
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Location: My own little world
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Francois
Emu Egg
Joined: Jun 10, 2012
Posts: 3
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In the past - before coming to university I was certainly seen as a bit of a "weirdo" amongst quite a few at school and sixth form - though I did happen to have one group of friends I fell into (one of them is also on the spectrum - so that helped) , helped by the fact we were all into computer hardware at the time.
People are much more tolerant however at uni - and the weirdo issue hasn't been much of a problem , seeing as most people have outgrown the "popularity contest" stage which is what a lot of being at secondary school (in the UK) is really about. I owe a lot to a NT friend of mine who pushed me into getting a diagnosis for AS particularly - things have been working out much better for me since I'd been in denial for a long while. |
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younginflavor18
Toucan
Joined: Dec 08, 2011
Age: 20
Posts: 279
Location: Fort Pierce, Florida
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I think most people and I on Wrong Planet feel the same way when we feel like lonely social misfits, but in the end we discover that we are not lonely outcasts when we try to seek human interaction and create meaningful friendships.
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Your Aspie score: 142 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 83 of 200
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AspieOtaku
Leader of the Otaku Legion
Joined: Feb 18, 2012
Age: 30
Posts: 5983
Location: Los Altos, California, United States
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I sure do, ever since childhood and up to today.  Most call me a freak while some call me unique.
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No matter where I go I will always be a Gaijin even at home. Like Anime? http://www.anime44.com/anime-list |
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deltafunction
Cool cool cool
Joined: Jun 05, 2012
Age: 22
Posts: 1088
Location: Lost
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That was my life story in high school...
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Musicprophets
Velociraptor
Joined: Sep 18, 2010
Age: 31
Posts: 413
Location: usa
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| yes, my life story. I used to think before my diagnosis that "it" would go away one day, for example when i graduated high school and went to a college far enough away. But "it" never went away and "it" never got better. i never woke up one day no longer feeling or being treated as a social outcast. |
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namaste
Enigmatic Charismatically Odd
Joined: Apr 15, 2011
Posts: 1882
Location: Hindustan
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 7:27 am Post subject: Re: Has anyone else felt like social outcast/misfit? |
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| simplisticseth wrote: | | Some people never liked me and I will never understand why. Back when there were groups, I'd always get picked last. In high school, I NEVER got invited to any of the parties and never went to any of the dances (this includes prom). Throughout most of my life, I've been put-down or insulted because of how different I was to everyone else. Has anyone felt like this or has at least gone through exactly the same emotional distress and social isolation that I've been through? |
most of the people never liked me and i am bullied everywhere.
i have been ignored throughout school life, a nonexistent social life in college
lost several jobs due lack of social skills
and present job also i am bullied and invisible.
slowly i am trying to cut off myself and isolate myself from society
because any effort towards socializing and friendship backfires badly
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NeueZiel
Seņorita Gamera
Joined: Apr 29, 2012
Posts: 1246
Location: Kapustin Yar
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| Yeah, I even feel like an outcast here. I've gradually accepted I'll always be one, no matter where I go. |
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Aspertastic424
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Joined: Apr 04, 2012
Posts: 87
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NeueZiel, I cannot believe you would ever feel like an outcast on wrongplanet, a place that should be very warm and accepting!!
I have. Doesen't feeling like that go part and parcel with having AS? |
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thewhitrbbit
Phoenix
Joined: May 31, 2012
Age: 27
Posts: 2213
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Def at times.
Most of the time though I feel more like the "Outside Observer" character from Stark Trek (Spock and Data) |
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dunya
Snowy Owl
Joined: Dec 25, 2010
Posts: 130
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Picked on at school, tried very hard to fit in a College, but made no real friends. Still find it hard.
Some people I live with treat me as lesser than themselves. I think it's because they have problems but want someone worse than them to look down on.
Mostly they ignore me, or fail to include me in stuff. Some of them mock me openly.
One is a trainee Psychotherapist and horribly judgemental. I'd never tell her anything private.
Another keeps dropping ideas how I could be happier if only I followed today's little helpful "hint". But he never takes the time to ask what is actually bothering me.
I wish I could find friends who accept me as I am.
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deltafunction
Cool cool cool
Joined: Jun 05, 2012
Age: 22
Posts: 1088
Location: Lost
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| It has occurred to me today that the end goal of my day is to avoid "scary" social problems as much as possible, then get home to be by myself where I am safe. |
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man-hands
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker
Joined: Jul 11, 2012
Posts: 68
Location: Sonoran Desert---aaack---get me out of here!
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I have always been different---and not in a way that felt good. I never knew how to make friends or insert myself into conversations with peers. Half the time I couldn't even follow the conversations, so just sat there quietly. This has been going on all during childhood and well into the present.
I have trouble on other "normal people" forums because I misinterpret what their posts mean. I never know how to respond to various posts on those forums because I know I will give a response that will be interpreted by the other "normal people" as blunt, aloof, or unable to understand. It is a huge pain in the drain. But I want to fit in---it's just like I can't.
My sister (also aspies---not diagnosed) used to say we felt like we were aliens. Like our speech was "martian" And we could understand each other, [ but "normies" couldn't understand us.] I seldom can read between the lines and grasp the emotional tone or "unspoken" message of other people's words---both written and spoken. I'm a literal-thinker. Yes, very different from "normies". |
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anneurysm
Who needs birds when you have Lena Dunham.
Joined: Mar 26, 2008
Age: 25
Posts: 1945
Location: Barrie & Toronto, Canada
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For the vast majority of my life, this was me. Until I started developing my social skills and confidence, I was always the shy, awkward one who always felt out of place in social situations. Kids tried to include me, but I found myself being quiet and not being able to socialize effectively enough to feel included. My only friends for quite a while were a girl with an intellectual disability and some younger kids.
Today, I have a few close friends and a boyfriend, all who truly include me and care about me. However, I'm not perfect socially, as I've also screwed up some friendships and weaved in and out of social groups over the past few years, leading me to still feel this way sometimes. I feel at times that I'm halfway between normal and socially awkward. I can seem fine in person, but the doubts and insecurities I have socially often hold me back from truly connecting with people at times.
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KillerWaffles
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Joined: Jul 09, 2012
Posts: 33
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| I don't really fit in with people my age, and I was bullied a lot at my last school. At my new school people there felt sorry for me and my group of friends, so they gave us phony compliments. I didn't much care for my friends, the only thing we had in common was our poor social skills. There was only one girl who was vocal about her disdain towards us,she gossiped about me, and called my borderline anorexic friend a fatass. I was picked last everyday, and a group of jesusfreaks gave me a hard time about not going to church. People are just so annoying. |
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