Hullo,
I'm Marcy and I was just diagnosed with AS on Thursday. I'm not quite sure how to process the information. I'm 25 and my psychologist says that I'm quite high-functioning, as I adapted well as a child through therapy and environmental factors.
I guess I just found this website through Google today as I was punching myself in the face. I get compelled to do repetitive behaviours, often I punch myself in the leg or the arm. I cut, and have cut since I was 15. It's not a depressive thing, I just do it because I feel disconnected and it calms me down.
I don't really know how much I want to go into all the symptoms my psychologist and psychiatrist gave me that made them come to the conclusion that I have AS, I just wanted to say...here I am. Maybe I'll discuss them later.
I also have Bipolar Disorder and was diagnosed at the age of 19, which is a whole other basket of snakes to itself.