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You all have no idea (though I'm sure you actually do) how freakin excited I was to find this website. First off, I am completely undiagnosed. In fact, I'm fairly new to discovering Asperger's Syndrome but, after reading pages and pages of information, am 100% positive that I have some form/degree of Asperger's (or other PDD) according to symptoms and descriptions of AS idiosycrasies i.e. stims, tics, social problems, peculiar speech, clumsiness, etc.

I hope I don't sound like some foolish neurotypical who thinks he has a disorder just because he's got social stress or he taps his foot in class -- I really just want to engage in a forum where I can freely talk about my symptoms and fragile psyche without timidity or shame.

Before I'd heard about AS, I was beginning to lose hope in my social endeavors and it was really, really wearing on me -- I was constantly blaming myself or thinking I was just going insane as I matured and could readily differentiate NT social behaviors from my own peculiar ones (especially in my ignorant, intolerant Southern university setting). Looking back, I can now see that I'd always had certain undetected AS characteristics my entire life.

This was my fundamental problem and cause of my circular tug-o-war in my own head: Because I could pretty much do most things NTs could so sufficiently or better, I simply could not begin to admit that I was physiologically different from my peers. Instead, I blamed myself (and was also blamed by friends and family) for my strange behaviors. I was starting to believe that I was in some sort of eternal Catch-22 that was literally going to drive me mad.

But, anyways, hey, here I am! I feel better already . Soooo, let me just prematurely thank everyone here (members, admins, founders) for creating and supporting such a crucial and compelling outlet (to vent/discuss/JUST FEEL COMFORTABLE AND SANE) for people like me.

I look forward to meeting you all.

Jake

Hey there!

Welcome!

I don't believe anyone would read all the symptoms and self-diagnose in order to lie, meaning I believe you.

I understand your story oh too well, first off I blamed everyone else, then I blamed myself, then I started to lose hope alltogether.

Since discovering this forum I've learnt so much about myself and relating to others, I've also learnt that the way I have to "act" simply to speak to others is something I don't do alone!

Sure you'll get some comments saying you're faking, you'll also get some negative criticism, but you'll also get open minded people rebutting such statements.

I look forward to hearing about your interests, your story, and whatever else you may want to share.

Hi MaxPow, welcome aboard the good ship WP.

Hope you enjoy the forum.

Hello and welcome to WP

Welcome to WP

Welcome to WP!

Tim

Hi there

Pleased to meet you my son is not yet diagnosed and i know myself he has aspergers and so does his Paed all we need now is the diagnosis so we can move on!

I was pleased to learn about this site also, there are so many people all over the UK and the world who we can turn to for support and boy do we need it!

Alexia

Hi!

Welcome to Wrongplanet!

I hope you enjoy posting here!

Welcome to WP!