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ryry85
Blue Jay
Joined: Jun 13, 2008
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 Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 1:07 pm Post subject: Hi I'm new |
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Hello everyone, I am new.
Recently heard about this condition on TV that I didnt know anything about. What they guy was talking about related to me a fair bit so i got on the net and looked it up. Realised it descibed me very well. I took online tests which have pointed to me having AS but i havent had a proper diagnosis yet. Can anyone tell me, is it worth getting one? What help can they give me? Its funny really, I always thought there was somthing different about me and even to the point where I knew what autism was and thought that perhaps I had some sort of mild autism. And even before I knew any of this I had also felt that I was from another planet. I never was able to fully understand people have always had trouble making friends, and I'm hopeless with women. I am terribly shy. It's comforting to know now that I'm not alone. Although I am quite lonely.  Looking forward to chatting/discussing on this site. Maybe some of you who know more about the condition can help me, and perhaps I can help others too.
Real Name: Ryan
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Location: Perth, Western Australia
Occupation: Electrician
Personality Type: introverted, mellancholy/choleric
Diagnosis: undiagnosed, suspected AS |
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pakled
"Bless his Heart"
Joined: Nov 13, 2007
Age: 50
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hi New! found your avatar a bit nebulous, but welcome, thrice welcome... |
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JerryHatake
Kumdo Practitioner
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Age: 20
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Location: Woodbridge, VA
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Nice to meet you, Ryan.  
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"No one is the same you can't compare yourself to other people because everyone is different" - Michelle
"Everything happens for a reason, no matter how hard that is to believe sometimes, it is so true!" - Michelle
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Tim_Tex
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Location: San Marcos, Texas
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Welcome to WP!
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nekowafer
Toucan
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Age: 23
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| Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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Welcome! I am pretty sure I have AS, but I haven't been diagnosed either.
I think it would be good to be diagnosed, so you know what's going on with yourself.. not so you can blame AS for it, or anything like that, but it's comforting to at least sort of understand what's going on in your head. I think in many cases having AS also means that you learn differently from 'normal' people.. so knowing if you have it would mean knowing that you should try alternative learning methods. |
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richie
Ye Olde Bookwyrme
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Age: 49
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Location: Lake Whoop-Dee-Doo, Pennsylvania
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yakerj
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Joined: Jun 27, 2008
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| Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 5:01 pm Post subject: another new guy |
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Hi, I'm JJ. I am in a similar boat as Ryan to a large degree. I'm 25 years old and knew I was differant from everyone too. Suddenly, my wife mentioned yesterday that I might in fact be autistic because she noticed my requirements of strict routine and hate of change. I was diagnosed with ADHD, but I don't believe it anymore. It just doesn't make any sense because ADHD are all the hands on car machanic, machinist, electrician types of people and that's not me at all. I'm definatly the book smart type with very little common sense or street smarts. When I was in high school, I was in learning support with many ADHD kids. When we had exams in a class, the learning support people would all go take them in a room together with a reader and what not. They all were loud and couldn't focus on the test, but I was consumed tests. I excelled far above other learning support students once I reached high school at about 10th grade. I guess my grades were pretty normal before that point. By graduation I was near the top of my class. The further I excelled with intelligence, the more I began to drift away from others and isolate myself.
I had a few friends who were from the "outcast bin" of people in my school. Most of us "outcast bin" people were all differant from each other, but none of us popular and were all there for differant reasons. Some were there because they were a geek, looked weird, overweight, stunk, or didn't fit in. I was there because I was a geek and didn't fit in. I didn't like organized sports like all the other kids. I was obsessed with science, whitewater kayaking and snow skiing. That's all I'd talk about and it drove others nuts. That and my boastful ways. I even lost many outcast friends that way because they couldn't stand me always talking about the same things.
Not surprisingly, I went to college and did well. Ever since I had been in middle school, I knew where I wanted to go to college and never stopped thinking about it. I decided to get a Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Sciece / Geology. Growing up in a family with a lot of money, my parents paid for my education. I had to start at a local college campus near my parents for the first two years and I was not happy about that. I was glad to at least have a little more freedom than I did in high school though. As far as the school of my dreams, it was mostly that I loved the area where I wanted to go to school. It's near Erie, PA if anyone knows where that is. I always loved snow, interesting weather patterns, creeks with rapids, woods, and plenty of places to hide from the world. Right near the campus, I had all that and it was everything I dreamed of. My dad was very down to earth and figured I'd come down "out of the clouds" but I only went higher. At this college, I was always "gone" in some form or another whether it was enjoying a day kayaking by myself or stopping by the coffee shop in the library to get an extra large mocha with a tripple expresso shot. Of course the caffiene was for one of my favorite times, CRAM TIME!!! I loved letting everything go to the last minute then going nuts basically. This was usually done way on the top floor of the library away from everyone or pacing around outside near a creek and pretending I'm teaching the material. Having the company of an "imaginary audience" was more enjoyable probably because I can't handle the stress of being in front of people and actually look quite unintelligent when I'm nervous. Giving presentations in school, I would studder, don't know how to stand, forget what to say or even realize what I am saying and things get hazy. I would even black out and not remember what I said.
Being alone was both a love and a curse. I had been looking for a woman in my life since I was 14. Finally, I met my wife at age 21. We met on the campus dating site and clicked instantaniously on our first date. We even talked about marriage on our first date. She was my first date ever too! I know many of you are not Christians, but I know God is real and that He died on a cross for me and that He loves us. Feeling I could not take heart break, I prayed that God would not let me date anyone until I could meet my wife. I simply knew what I wanted and my being fast and to the point didn't scare her so I knew she was the one. My differantness didn't scare her either. She was never very popular.
I soon faced something I was not looking forward to at all... graduation!!! I became very depressed my last semester, feeling like my life was comming to an end. All I ever knew and was good out was about to be taken from me and that scared the sh!t out of me. I soon graduated with honors, but skipped the cerimony to train as a whitewater river guide down state. So I left Erie and went out into "the real world". Of course the season for commercial whiteawter rafting is only when it's warm so that soon ended too. Besides, this forced me to interact with other guides. I almost got into fist fights with them many times because I'm absent minded and make a lot of mistakes. Then I get made fun of for being a clutz. They think they are joking but it hurts. This job and many other jobs soon followed, jumping from one to another, mostly from being fired or asked to leave for "not fitting in" or not being fast enough with my hands. None of these labor jobs pay jack sh!t either. I'm sick of working with other people and not being able to use my God given brains! I have so much trouble interviewing!!! Geez, sitting there talking to someone looking at me in the eyes just scares the living sh!t out of me!!! How do I speek under that kind of stress!?!?!?! Come on!!! That's rediculous. Job interviews were created by "The System" and that "System" doesn't work for everyone, HELLO!!! I'm so frustrated!!! So what do you all think? Do I have AS?
God Bless,
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JerryHatake
Kumdo Practitioner
Joined: Jul 02, 2006
Age: 20
Posts: 8712
Location: Woodbridge, VA
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Nice to meet you as well, JJ.
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"No one is the same you can't compare yourself to other people because everyone is different" - Michelle
"Everything happens for a reason, no matter how hard that is to believe sometimes, it is so true!" - Michelle
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yakerj
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| Sorry, I don't think I clarified myself there at the end. I am back near Erie and I am now working for a temp agency. They put you into jobs that don't pay you hardly anything without having to interview. At least the job I have now requires inspecting parts and having an eye for detail. That I do have. Plus I work with a lot of foreign people and I have always gotten along with foreign people better. But I'm so poor because I can't hold down a job or get into anything that pays well because interviewing stands in my way. Plus I don't want to leave here because I am very particular about where I live, so there is a limited job bank. Erie just gives me a good "vibe" if you know what I mean. Differant places make me feel a certain way, like I can feel energy or something like that. |
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yakerj
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| Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Hi Jerry |
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Tim_Tex
Fork and Spoon Operator
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Age: 28
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Location: San Marcos, Texas
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| yakerj wrote: | | Sorry, I don't think I clarified myself there at the end. I am back near Erie and I am now working for a temp agency. They put you into jobs that don't pay you hardly anything without having to interview. At least the job I have now requires inspecting parts and having an eye for detail. That I do have. Plus I work with a lot of foreign people and I have always gotten along with foreign people better. But I'm so poor because I can't hold down a job or get into anything that pays well because interviewing stands in my way. Plus I don't want to leave here because I am very particular about where I live, so there is a limited job bank. Erie just gives me a good "vibe" if you know what I mean. Differant places make me feel a certain way, like I can feel energy or something like that. |
Welcome to WP!
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ryry85
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| Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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Thankyou everyone for your welcomes. 
So can anyone tell me, what is the diagnosis process? Is it difficult, intrusive?
Cheers, Ryry |
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Boof1988
Tufted Titmouse
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Age: 38
Posts: 32
Location: Ohio, USA
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| Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 11:49 pm Post subject: |
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Ryry85,
Welcome to WP... Hope you can find some helpful support/info here.
Peace,
Bruce
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Jacobison
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| you're melancholy and have cholera!? |
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Izaak
Squeeky Bathtime Companion
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| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 3:51 am Post subject: |
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Ah! A fellow sandgroper!
welcome ryry85. |
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