PrisonerSix says hello

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I found out about this site from Aspergia and decided to join.

I am 36 years old, male, college educated, and work in state government. My interests include ham radio, computers, electronics, technology in general, and science fiction.

These kinds of things have always been my obsession. I always wondered how things worked and why. I always wanted to learn about this sort of stuff.

Although I'm married now, friendship has always been difficult for me. I've always had a hard time making friends and keeping them. I was often bullied in school, and what made it harder is my parents often blamed me for it! I could never figure out what I did wrong, I never made trouble or was mean to anyone, in fact, I always tried to be nice. The times I did fight back against the bullies, I would get punished at home for fighting! It was almost like I couldn't win.

A big peeve of mine is double standards. I think our media tends to praise some people for certain behavior while condemning someone else who does the same! I often found myself on the wrong end of double standards growing up.

I'm participating in this group, even though I'm not sure if I'm AS. I'm here because I possess alot of AS traits and think I could have it. I also identify with alot of the problems other AS people have because I have them myself. In spite of this, I hope I'm still welcome here.

I take my nickname from the cult classic British TV series "The Prisoner." I don't like the idea of being a number, I want to be an individual. Much of my life has been a fight against forced conformity by my family. It's taken a long time to break away. Still, I feel like I haven't found my place yet, where I can be appreciated, where I can succeed.

Right now, I'm just glad to be here.

Don't worry, you're not a number... you a FREE MAN!

And with that, a warm welcome to WrongPlanet.net. Ah yes, I also enjoyed the show The Prisoner... I even have a glossy book which details "the making of" and an episode guide, pretty detailed. It ended too quickly, although I have a feeling this contributed to its so-called cult success.

Hello and welcome to WrongPlanet, PrisonerSix.

There are currently 18 neurotypical members and 24 members that aren't sure if they are on the autistic spectrum.

I know exactly how you feel when it comes to making friendships and being able to maintain them. Its very difficult for me also. One of the things I hate alot is being teased and hypocrisy. Years back when I begun to take liking into girls, I would always try to hangout and get out of the house. Whenever I asked my parents permission they would always so no. They didnt want me going out anywhere and getting into trouble. My senior year was exactly opposite. New school, new kids, and new neighborhood. I feel due to my social disability I wasnt able to make any friends, just acquaintances. Im a nice guy and people would always come to me and try to have conversations, but I wouldnt be able to keep them going. Thats when people started to think I was shy and usually upset and they would tell me to smile. Even though I felt just fine.

Well, this year my parents usually ragged and teased me about having no friends, and always being inside the house never going out during the weekend. Wasnt I trying to a while back, but none of you would let me? It would get to the point that they would start getting upset with me and start teasing me asking if Im still a virgin. Why does that matter? Anyways, I just joined this website last night and Im enjoying just as your are, and I hope your able to gain the experience your looking for.

I have a book about The Prisoner in my collection as well. I enjoyed the series alot and would like to one day go to Portmeiron, the resort in Wales that served as "The Village."

There are some other old British shows of that era I still enjoy seeing. "U.F.O." is a great series that also ended too soon. Another I've been looking for is "The Champions," which also ended too soon. I'm even involved in a petition drive right now to get that series released on DVD in the United States. It has been released in France and the U.K., but not here. The only way to get it here is to find a bootleg.

"Space: 1999," even with it's hard to believe premise, still had its charm during its first season. Second season didn't do much for me, less emphasis on story, more on action/special effects.

In addition, I'm also a longtime Dr. Who fan and even had a chance to meet Dr. Who #3 Jon Pertwee before his death.

troyzz, do your parents know that you have Asperger's? i would really hate my parents if they did that.