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anneurysm
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04 Sep 2009, 3:35 pm

I was 18 and initially moved out for university. I lived in a dorm for two years, but went back to my parent's house during the summer. When I got sick of residence, I decided to share a basement apartment with a friend, who has since graduated and moved out. This led to my decision to permanently move out into this apartment, as most of my friends live near the university, and I didn't want to be antisocial like the last two summers.

I've spent my first summer on my own here and have loved the independence. whoo hoo! :)


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Given a “tentative” diagnosis as a child as I needed services at school for what was later correctly discovered to be a major anxiety disorder.

This misdiagnosis caused me significant stress, which lessened upon finding out the truth about myself from my current and past long-term therapists - that I am an anxious and highly sensitive person but do not have an autism spectrum disorder.

My diagnoses - social anxiety disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

I’m no longer involved with the ASD world.


WoodenNickel
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04 Sep 2009, 7:58 pm

23, when I went to grad school out of state. I returned when I was 25 and moved out for good when I married at 28.


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