Hi, new to the forum

Post Reply New Topic

Hi, 20M, recently diagnosed (at 20!) with level 1 autism. English is not my first language so sorry for my imperfect text (I'm italian).

Been a little bit afraid of this new diagnosis and how I will be able to manage it in the future but at the same time relieved and explained a lot of stress and alienating feelings during my school years (and a lot of coping/masking). Also I am ipersensitive to sounds, have a little bit of problem in managing emotions or socialization and in general I have been treated as strange my whole life. They stopped only because I got progress the gym and became better at masking in the latter years of high school.

Never had a girlfriend although i was quite close to getting one in high school (I often think that if I had known about my diagnosis then maybe things would have gone differently ... it's one of my biggest regrets.)

Now i study physics at University with very good results (I suspect to have some sort of mental predisposition to it because i always have been one of the best student in my past schools). I'm very interest in science but also in history, videogames and films.

I have friends, they all are NT (a strange fact is that the covid lockdown helped me make them [with discord and videogames]) but now I live distant from them. At the moment I'm very interested in knowing new ND people in my zone but also in the internet. So very happy to be here and to learn more about myself!

Welcome to WrongPlanet ... see ya around the forum.

Welcome to WP! I hope you like it here.

There are other folk here whose primary language is not English. Some of them note that in their Forum signature so (hopefully) people can be more understanding. (I am a typical American...I can only speak English.)

Hi and welcome to wrong Planet....have interacted with at least one other Italian speaker on thi$ site recently .
but it was not me. But highly intelligent .

Welcome to the alternative Planet! Enjoy browsing the different forums. Wishing you a long and happy stay.

Howdy Howdy Howdy

Welcome to the best Wrong Planet.

Welcome.
20 not exceptionally late.

Think a lot how different it would be had diagnosis been sooner. Would probably have made some things easier. As apparently many non-diagnosed came out of school slightly damaged and had learned to avoid people at all costs. Some of it could have been prevented.
On the other side, with my track record I would without a doubt have ended up in buso (+- 'special ed') and not entirely sure that would be a good thing. Officially 'my type' is defined as having to go to regular schools but with assistance. Assistance no school has budget for and.. if that is the case, why do they build special schools for us. Schools with special services for autistic kids never reach the news in a positive way. Teachers are allowed to bully and torture them. Even a private one highly sponsored by one of our biggest ICT slave traders... Doesn't do much to beat the stereotype...

As for CLB (in my time PMS) that takes care of the assistance... They are wanabe shrinks and doctors that cannot function as a regular one. They are best to avoid but unfortunately you need them if you are diagnosed and still in school. And our current Hittler wanabe Gennez makes it possible again for the government to take away children from (what they believe are) unfit parents. I will be on their radar. Anything different from the norm will be The stuff Dr Asperger did. The things he hid after Ze Whar. Slowly we evolve to a society I believe that diagnosis will be dangerous.

Welcome to Wrong Planet!

Welcome to WPea