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 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: hi guys im new here

Phil1986
 Post subject: Re: hi guys im new here
Posted: 16 Feb 2016, 3:50 pm 

Replies: 9
Views: 359
I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has written back to welcome me. I already feel more at home amongst the people here than i ever have anywhere in my life before and i am very excited about becoming a regular contributor here. Thanks guys, you're all amazing :heart:

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Are you at ,or have you dropped out of University?

Phil1986
Posted: 16 Feb 2016, 2:03 pm 

Replies: 18
Views: 1,140
Trogluddite, your experience sounds extremely similar to mine, although I used recreational drugs rather than alcohol but apart from that your story sounds very very familiar.

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: The worst thing a bully has done to you

Phil1986
Posted: 16 Feb 2016, 7:26 am 

Replies: 433
Views: 61,581
worst thing a bully has done to me is hang me from a tree by my jacket and have everybody else use me as a target for the football. left me there when the bell went to signal the end of dinner time and it took half an hour before i was rescued by a teacher.

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Do you wear glasses?

Phil1986
 Post subject: Re: Do you wear glasses?
Posted: 16 Feb 2016, 2:33 am 

Replies: 28
Views: 2,186
Age 7 or 8 I had to start wearing glasses as I couldnt see the blackboard in class. I wear contact lenses about 65% of the time, glasses the rest. If I am doing something special or meeting somebody who I consider important, like my mum, or an interviewer, I will wear my contact lenses as I hate wha...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Are you at ,or have you dropped out of University?

Phil1986
Posted: 16 Feb 2016, 2:15 am 

Replies: 18
Views: 1,140
I have been to two different universities to study two different degrees. Despite achieving exceptionally high grades during my first years, in both cases I dropped out a short time into the second year. This was before I was diagnosed with Asperger's. For me, it was social and financial issues unre...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Autism and gender

Phil1986
 Post subject: Re: Autism and gender
Posted: 16 Feb 2016, 1:36 am 

Replies: 14
Views: 1,129
Thank you! too many people say "well everyone gets depressed" to me when im going through depressive episodes, the only time when people take me seriously is after they see my cuts on my wrist of after a suicide attempt. And the irony is they say WE'RE the ones that don't feel any empathy...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Autism and gender

Phil1986
 Post subject: Re: Autism and gender
Posted: 15 Feb 2016, 10:58 pm 

Replies: 14
Views: 1,129
after all everybody gets depressed This is untrue and is a dangerous myth that is propogated all too often and leads to massive misunderstanding about the nature of the condition. Everybody has occasional peaks and troughs in mood, but depression is a VERY VERY debilitating illness. To say everybod...

 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: hi guys im new here

Phil1986
 Post subject: hi guys im new here
Posted: 15 Feb 2016, 10:12 pm 

Replies: 9
Views: 359
Hello. I'm new here. Received a diagnosis today and after reading through this forum im now 100% sure that i finally have the correct diagnosis after years of not quite fitting the criteria for a number of different conditions. i am 29 and live near liverpool in england. i hope im welcome here as i ...
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