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Dara
Butterfly

Joined: 3 Oct 2011
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Posts: 13
Location: San Francisco

18 Nov 2011, 7:16 pm

Hi all,

Nice to be here.. My name is Dara, I'm 26 and I live and work in San Francisco. I was recently diagnosed as being low/medium on the Aspergers spectrum. The more I explore this part of myself the more I realize the sheer amount of effort I have been putting into being "normal". Whew, that can be exhausting. It's nice to find a place like this where not so much pretending is necessary...

My biggest struggle is with regulating/expressing my emotions, especially in regards to some self-harming coping techniques I acquired during childhood. Those are still giving me a lot of trouble and I have been seeing a professional for the last year, which is going well.

On the flip side, my biggest joy is usually in my ways of processing language and physical sensation, which I have learned to embrace. I also take a lot of joy from specific types of story, whether they be in the form of books, television, movies, etc. I love mythological stories and mythology/folklore. And, though I am usually completely awful at it, I do love the time I spend with my friends. I am becoming more aware of how I can be difficult to interact with...which, ironically, helps me interact better.

Hope to make some new friends here. Hello!

cathylynn
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 24 Aug 2011
Gender: Female
Posts: 13,045
Location: northeast US

18 Nov 2011, 7:28 pm

hi, dara.

i know what you mean about knowing you have AS. things make more sense.

what kind of things do you edit?

Dara
Butterfly

Joined: 3 Oct 2011
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Posts: 13
Location: San Francisco

18 Nov 2011, 7:53 pm

hello there

i work in newswire editing -- so mostly business news and press releases. it's partly copy editing and partly very repetitive, computer-centric transmission stuff, which i find sort of soothing