Hello from Oklahoma!

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Spyral
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Age: 51
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Location: Norman, OK

31 Jul 2010, 3:55 am

I'm kind of new to this whole forum business, so forgive me if this post is awkward or whatever...

I'm 35 and I live in Oklahoma. I'm currently getting a second Bachelor's degree because I love school and want to avoid the real world as long as I can. Oh, and my first degree doesn't really get me anywhere. I guess I'm pretty high functioning since I've been able to get an education (although haven't really been able to do the social stuff that college offers).

I also have yet to be officially diagnosed...there are no programs for people in my area, I have no insurance, and don't know how helpful a diagnosis would be at this point. Although I'm working with a therapist on some of these issues. I understand some people don't accept a self-diagnosis as valid, but those people don't live in my brain, so they don't count.

(There are smiley faces next to this area--is it weird that I cannot tell from looking at them, which might be appropriate? Not without looking at the word tag, anyway...)

Brainfre3ze_93
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31 Jul 2010, 8:27 am

Welcome!

dyingofpoetry
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31 Jul 2010, 8:35 am

Where the wind comes seeping down the plain...
Where the waving wheat can sure smell sweet
when the wind comes right behind the rain!! !

I've discovered that at 46 a diagnosis WAS helpful so that I wouldn't get taken advantage of at work. It's good for that reason if no other. I was nearly fired because I couldn't recognize nonverbal cues and a colleague decided that I was easy pickings for getting walked all over.

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