Aussie aspie

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Jezza
Emu Egg
Emu Egg

Joined: 3 Sep 2012
Gender: Male
Posts: 2
Location: My own little world

04 Sep 2012, 7:38 am

Hi. I'm Jezza & after 41 years of life, & as a result of a lot of trouble in my marriage, I have just been diagnosed as having Aspergers. Its nice that after all these years of wondering why I could never quite fit in, & why everyone else was a little different to me ( well, thats the way i look at it anyway)that I finally have an answer.
Like a lot of other Aspies, I struggle to communicate in social situations, even to the point where I have been called boring & arrogant & while I knew I wasn't the same as everyone else, I certainly didn't mean nor want to be viewed in this context.
Just a bit about my condition. I cannot, no matter how much I try, read fiction books. The exception to this is I have to have seen the movie first ( Harry Potter, DaVinci code for example). This way I can place a face to the characters in the book. I tend to over explain things & I take a very analytical view on life. For example, I will never go dancing with my wife, not only because I feel it will draw attention to me, but also it seems a pointless exercise as there is no result at the end. I am a sucker for facts. I could look at a map and be intrigued by it for hours ( well not hours, but quite a while).
I, unfortunately, tend to form emotional attachments to people very quickly, none more so than my wife who, though we have had our difficulties, is everything in the world to me.
I get incredibly emotional when I hear of cruelty to animals or children.
Well, I think I have bored you enough. It's great a site like this exists and I hope to get to know some of you a bit better soon.

AZB
Hummingbird

Joined: 3 Sep 2012
Gender: Male
Posts: 22

04 Sep 2012, 9:58 am

Hello I just posted an intro thread as well. Nobody replied but jumped all over the guy after me. :shrug:

Nice to meet you. I can relate to some of your problems. I've decided finding out is half the battle and the rest is just acquiring as much new information as possible and applying it to your personal situation.

Don't worry about this forums selective greetings. i'm certainly not.

Feel free to pm if you just need to talk.