As the name says, I am A Delicate Balance.
I'm 27, living in Toronto, Canada with my wife, 2 cats, 2 bearded dragons and a fiery-shouldered conure. I was diagnosed aspergic October 2010, although I had wondered for some time before then if a diagnosis might be appropriate. I have also been diagnosed with ADHD and struggle with bouts of severe depression.
I was born in rural England and spent my first 19 years there. I was bullied in high school, although still made it into university to study computer science, but dropped out before completing the first year. Then I met the woman who is now my wife on an Internet forum and moved to Canada to be with her. We have been married almost 8 years and have been through all sorts of things, although having children is not one of them and pretty much certainly won't be.
I have done a few different jobs and started studying various subjects at university level, but am currently unemployed and trying to work out what I should be studying for the upcoming year. Right now I'm thinking I'll hopefully be able to re-take Linguistics 1000, which I need in order to continue down the path to a cognitive science degree.
I've read a couple of long threads right through in the last week or so and felt that it was time I posted something.
As a quick end note - when I was being bullied in school, about age 11, I started telling people I came from Jupiter in an effort to get them to leave me alone (I suppose). I had no idea about aspergers at that time, but... Wrong Planet indeed! Now I'm off to get some lunch and pick up my latest prescription.
23 Jun 2011, 12:14 pm
