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Living in my head

Post a new topicby livingwith on Mon Apr 07, 2008 4:43 pm

I am 11 years old and I want to share my story of right now.I haven’t had a official diagnosis but me and my family believe I have Aspergers syndrome. I’ve grown up with a lot of the signs like social impairment, high intelligence, and repetitive behavior but I didn’t have speech impairment. Life is hard for me because I know I have something different about me that a lot of people will never understand but it’s also easier because I know I think and see different and it...Read the full article
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Re: Living in my head

Post a new topicby Aaron on Wed Apr 16, 2008 4:16 pm

Katie, my name is Aaron and I have lived with aspergers my whole life (37 years). I want you to know you are not alone and it is ok to be yourself. You can do a lot of things other people can't, just remember that sometimes they can get jealous of your talents and the biggest problem I have had is people thinking I am a snob because I ignore them socially. Trying to fit in is something I don't do anymore. I can imitate some social things, but I can't really keep it going, so if I start, it will eventually fail. Don't waste your time trying to be something your not. God made you this way, so your just what you should be.
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Re: Living in my head

Post a new topicby Mark17 on Sun Mar 08, 2009 6:16 pm

Hey Aaron, what do you mean by "Trying to fit in is something I don't do anymore. I can imitate some social things, but I can't really keep it going, so if I start, it will eventually fail.", ? Are you that you can't maintain intimate and "I know you almost as well as you know yourself" relationships. And you burn all of your social connections? And if you do have social relationships where the person knows yow very well, you don't know them very well? I have a sneaking suspicion that I have aspergers and this is how my relationships are. Most of the time i just want to go through life " to myself ".. But when I am in a social place I feel this obligation to strike up a conversation and make small talk, but I usually don't, and it is painful. Then when I am alone I get depressed thinking " I have no social interaction, how am I ever going to get married or have a meaningful life". Then I get lonely. I don't know if I'm really lonely or if I'm depressed because I do not care for much social interaction and society looks down upon that. I glad I looked autism up. I feel like I'm talking to people who are going or have gone through exactly what I am going through... and I'm sooooooo relieved!
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