Coming to Terms with ASD/High Functioning Autism

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And don't ever forget that these types of life-changing events/revelations can be a cause of stress, now or later. Nothing wrong with a bit of professional counselling if you ever feel overwhelmed.

 

Hey! I too have ASD (If you can't tell), and I was diagnosed at about 10, and I thought nothing of then, and think nothing of it now. It's not life changing in any way. Your life has already been this way, except now you have a little tag that says something. That's all.

 

Hey dude!

I too was diagnosed with AS when I was about 20. It was a big shock and life changing experience for a while. It was also a huge relief to have some recognition that things we're genuinely harder for me. But the more I learned to accept my limits in certain area (pubs, parties, college and high school cliques) the more freedom I found I had.

This is obviously a very big deal for you now, but if your anything like me it won't be a big deal forever. It takes a few years to grow into this new knowledge and where it leaves you with regards the outside world, which can be a painful struggle I won't lie. But ultimately you'll probably get to a stage in a few years where it seems like a really small aspect of who you are that you just have to be a little bit aware of some times.

Reading up is good, but there's a lot of bad and conflicting information on AS. The media has a pretty skewed view on it as well. But people are becoming a lot more aware of it and there are some good portrayals now, like in sherlock or in night crawler etc. The way I describe it to people now is its a bit like dyslexia but for socialising. I get confused and I mix things up and its not my fault kinda thing.

Feel free to message me if you want to ask me anything about this stuff!

Also aspie pride!!

 

its a little bigger then that although that is defiantly the disability part of it. even if you do overcome that don't expect to be normal or necisarly even be able to fly under the radar.

 

Everyone's issues are different. Though it felt good to have an explanation when I was diagnosed with Asperger's about six years ago.

 

it just feels like who i am for me. i mean i have struggled to come to terms with it but i really don't see it as separate from who i am.

 

I didn't mean it to come off as it's not a part of me. More of, it felt good to actually know why I have issues with the things I do when others seem to do them easily.

 

its not just a bad thing for me.

 

True. But the good parts aren't what needs explaining, typically.

 

thats true for the most part.

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sorry for being upity.

 

I realize this topic is a bit older...

I am 23, and I have an autism spectrum disorder.

I'm always here if you need some advise on dealing with certain things.

 

I was born mess up. but I'm glad your getting to understand who you are.

 

None of this changes who you are. I felt i should say that.

 

You just need to learn to except yourself as who you are and it as a natural variation like being a midget or being gay or being a pygmy would be rather then a horrible mental deficite like being mentally retarded. At the very least rhink of it as something that does not make you stupid or less sophisticated or able to think like being blind because that really as far as you can go if your being reasonable. I dont think you need to be into what everyone else is into or watch the big sports game like the other little boys and girls. I mean fuck. Ive seen ichi the killer more times then the super bowl and i turned out all things considered. Ultraman was my childhood i never even fucking saw baseball untill i was like 12. I've been writingand drawing since i was like five or six.