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Hi everyone,

after being in and out of the forum for months now I finally decided that I had to introduce myself eventually, so here it goes...

I'm a 22 year old male, currently living in the south of Germany (got a German passport as well). A friend of mine mentioned AS a few years back in a conversation, saying that I would perfectly fit the spectrum and saw a documentary about the “condition” some time later.

Hmm, well I had cope with the typical problems during childhood, hardly any friends, sometimes throwing severe tantrums over minor issues and always accused of being detached or an emotional freak. I'm having the same problems nowadays though less severe, as I learned to play the game and just try to fit in as much as I can. Took me the best part of my teen years to teach myself to get this far. Though I still don't really get it....
I can't read people, I'm over sensitive to noise (I can only fall asleep when it's absolutely quiet, ticking clocks, things that emit hardly perceivable high-pitched noise can really kill me), absolutely hate being touched in any way except when I specifically ask for it (I've been trying to explain this to my family for years now, not very surprisingly to no avail ), tend to be quite direct and open in my expression and thereby often phrasing things in a way that makes them sound funny to other people, the usual reaction is laughter and statements like sick bastard or cold-blooded freak. (funnily this is usually not meant negatively but rather as you would react to severe black humour)
I'm mostly friends with everyone and no one at the same time.

In contrast to most individuals on here, I've never been bullied around at school even though people always considered me to be vastly different from them. Still they seemed to like me sooner or later, perhaps even because of my oddity. I used to be the know-it-all geek in class and was actually quite good in school (maths, physics and chemistry). Just lucky I guess...

What freaks me out the most at the moment is that I haven't really ever had a girlfriend... Though I actually make that “a very long time” mostly, as “never” usually causes quite a stir among my not-so-numerous friends as you might be able to imagine.
It's probably because I do tend to be extremely passive about social and especially relationship related interaction. Secondly most girls that hit on me are not the ones I could really imagine to be with for more than an evening...

My interests include physics, aviation, being outdoors in nature as often as I can, my Linux machine, music and a few more...

I hope to get as much out of this Forum as I will be able to contribute, so far it has proven to be very interesting. Enough from me now, looking forward to enlightening conversations!

cheers to Alex for providing this platform and to the rest of you for making it what it has become over the years.

Adrian

Welcome to WP, you'll find we are all a little different here so you will fit right in. Looking forward to reading what you have to say

Hey!

Hi Adrian, welcome to Wrong Planet. Where abouts in South Germany are you?

Nice to meet you, Adrian BlueSkies!

Welcome to WrongPlanet!

Welcome to WP!

Tim

Hey BlueSkies,(Adrian),
I'm glad that you feel comfortable enough to introduce yourself. You sound like a very interesting person- one that will fit in here well. Welcome!

Hey, thanks everyone...

mb: Frankfurt to be precise.... not really the very south but closer to the alps than to the north sea

Aloha and welcome to WP im Comet nice to meet you