New swedish member

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Joined: 24 Jun 2010
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25 Jun 2010, 6:03 am

Hello everyone, just joined after checking out the forum for a while.

I'm a 20 year old swedish guy diagnosed by a psychiatrist with AS at age 16.

It is a tough thing to live with, not the personality by itself for me but the social problems, and everything resulting from it such as depression and impaired self-confidence.

Childhood went for me along fine, but it took a turn, the teenage years and high school were terrible. I assume that time is particularly hard for "aspies."

Now hoping for the best of adulthood although I sometimes see a lot of challenges.

Glad to have taken the step into here!

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25 Jun 2010, 6:44 am

Welcome!

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25 Jun 2010, 7:58 am

Hey there. Welcome!

I know how you feel. I'm around the same age as well, and went through tough years but I find I'm coming back full circle to the peacefulness I had as a kid.

I'm not sure where this is from but I recall a quote: "No one can ever make you feel bad without your permission."

Childhood was great because of the freedom. I find the teenage years were bad because of trying to meet other's criteria/routine. When I stopped trying to be like everyone else, everything began to balance out. Be you, and be happy to be.

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25 Jun 2010, 9:50 am

Greetings, Egomentis, and welcome to the Wrong Planet forums.

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25 Jun 2010, 10:17 am

Welcome to WP! Yes, the problems that we face do change over time, depending on the workplace, social environment, living situation, etc. I worked in the hi-tech field for many years and was fortunate to have a lot of coworkers who were the same as me. Lots of fellow Aspie's there.

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