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Gingersnaps
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27 Sep 2009, 11:08 pm

I'm an undiagnosed/ almost-diagnosed-and-confirmed (maybe next appointment in October) 60 year old aspie who has little doubt it's true after time on this website. It would explain a lifetime.

Just at the point of discovering I don't want to lie and pretend I'm normal anymore. I'm odd and that's okay.

Then I discovered this website and discovered maybe I'm like everybody else ... here.



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27 Sep 2009, 11:50 pm

Welcome to WP!


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28 Sep 2009, 6:17 am

Autdicted? to WP topic

So soon? :wink:

And yes, welcome. 8)


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28 Sep 2009, 9:41 am

You might be an Aspie if your first topic to start is Addictive :lol:

I see you are finding your way around Ginger, seems like you fit in quite well. 8)

I'm glad you found a place where being odd is the norm and nobody is better than or worse than.

Welcome again,
to the inspiring escape from loneliness where conspiring a shape out of the ordinary is not extraordinary.

OH...and don't worry about the addictive thingy, this place has very special rates during the vampire hours :P



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28 Sep 2009, 9:47 am

I am also addicted to WP :wink:



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28 Sep 2009, 10:11 am

Welcome greetings, fellow-traveler Gingersnaps, to the WP neighborhood.


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28 Sep 2009, 11:03 am

Welcome Ginger and feel yourself at home!

Im also addicted to WP. Sometimes its annoying as it prevents me from doing things I need and should do, but it gives my social life a meaning as here is the place I do socialise....


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28 Sep 2009, 8:51 pm

Hi Gingersnaps - welcome to WP!

We're all pretty odd, here. Odd is good. Odd is interesting.

It can be a little overwhelming, this site. Too much to take in. But there's a lot of knowledge & a lot of insight here. All in all, it's not a bad addiction to have.

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28 Sep 2009, 9:16 pm

Gingersnaps wrote:
Just at the point of discovering I don't want to lie and pretend I'm normal anymore. I'm odd and that's okay.

Then I discovered this website and discovered maybe I'm like everybody else ... here.


While attending to my case after I had a heart attack a little over ten years ago, a cardiologist who did not like something I must have said told my MD he would not see me again until after I got psychiatric help (and he made a note of that on my chart) ... but then he relented when the MD told him he (the MD) would talk with me.

I now have a different cardiologist in that same office, and this new one had raised that issue with me when I first met him about a year ago ... but today I was finally able to clarify things by letting him know I have some kind of neurological disorder rather than a mental illness ... and now I no longer have to try to cover up being a bit odd.

Pretty cool, eh?!

Being welcomed here has made a tremendous difference for me in life over these past couple of weeks, and I am enjoying seeing the same happening for you, Ginger!


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