HI everyone, I guess I'll just dive right in.
When I was really young, I was always very different, I was obsessed with random topics. I was obsessed with trains, and then when I finally got to drive one (my uncle who apparently also had aspergers) I got extremely scared of the loud sounds it produced (I was young). From there I became obsessed with drawing... Everything. I was going to a Montessori school at the time, where I discovered math, and music. I became obsessed with those as well. In around 4th grade I moved into a public school. I was shunned by the entire school and started failing completely. When I moved into middle school my failing and social removal became depression, and I was commanded by my school to see a therapist. He apparently immediately recognized me as having aspergers, and proceeded to consult my parents to get a diagnosis. They got one, and didn't tell me.
I turned things around in 9th grade, when I found my calling: airplanes. It gave me a focus, and helped me succeed. I continued with my social outcast status, until I met some other really outcast kids in 11th grade. I then got accepted to Georgia Tech, where I'm pursuing aerospace engineering.
Last week, when my friends and I were hanging out, and discussing our interests, I had a long discussion about psychology with a friend (for about 4 hours) when she told me about how she was diagnosed with aspergers when she was young. I understood all of the symptoms she discussed so I looked into it. I matched all the symptoms. I looked into the medical records, and I saw the diagnosis.
This explains almost my entire personality, from the inability to look people in the eyes, to my narrowed interests.
30 Jun 2011, 10:22 pm
