Asperger's confusion

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I'm confused. I've put up some ads lately on the internet looking for friends and I think somehow, astonishingly, I've figured out how to attract people to e-mail me. I've had about 10 e-mails in the space of a few days.

The daunting thing is people are contacting me for all different reasons. Some live 25 miles away, some say they want to get involved in the activities I suggest, some seem to want to form a rapport based on humour. The difficulty is how do I entangle myself with these people who have different lifestyles to me? Who work where I don't, who live where I don't.

The other thing is I've been offered negotations to make a documentary for TV. I don't know whether to do it. I wrote to production companies asking for a documentary to be made following me, showing how I struggle with eye contact, not talking in a way people like and how I keep on defiantly trying to get myself ingratiated among people.

I'm worried I won't get paid or will get paid very little and that I'll only get the downsides of fame like being recognised, maybe stalked and picked on. Or even if I get the good sides will it actually be good for me?

This topic is silly. Ha ha. Well, so am I. I'm a prize clown. I could use a little help though folks. Any thoughts?

I would suggest that you stay off the TV, depending on the nautre of the TV program and the people there they might try to make you look like a freak or a performing monkey.

Becuase of self respect I have always refused to allow myself to be paraded in public like a perfoming zoo animal. Even if you do not want to be the performing zoo animal depending on the way the film is cut and the commentry you could end up being the subject of a mocking film will be shown on TV.

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Diagnosed under the DSM5 rules with autism spectrum disorder, under DSM4 psychologist said would have been AS (299.80) but I suspect that I am somewhere between 299.80 and 299.00 (Autism) under DSM4.

I'm inclined to agree with you it's likely I'd be mocked like a zoo animal. I am kind of a clown personality in life sometimes but I think playing that role on TV would be a step too far.

What about the friends? Do you think I can make some?

The issue is how can I form a group of friends when all these people e-mailing me have different time schedules, lifestyles, jobs, studies etc?

I wish I could have just had a great group of childhood friends who stuck by me up till now. I don't like change too much. I want a tightly-knit group of friends who I can associate with regularly. It seems that is impossible to achieve now.

Documentary: Unless you could find an agent/manager/attorney that you could trust to do the business side of it, you probably will be paid next to nothing, and the ramifications could be very painful.

On the other hand, it could *possibly* be a good opportunity, not only to make some money, but to build awareness, if it was done right. So, I wouldn't rule it out completely.

I agree with everything patternist said.