Hi, I'm back after a break from WP
The reason I took a break from WP is because I spent so many hours on it that I didn't get enough career research done.
During the 1st time I signed up, I never really introduced myself in this chatroom before jumping into all the others, so here's my chance to re-introduce myself.
In childhood, even though I had many interests, I was obsessed with Underdog and Sonic the Hedgehog quite a bit. That's all I would think or talk about. Also, I loved to draw cartoons, especially cartoon dogs. In my 5th grade class, my classmates would ask me to draw for them whenever they wanted to have a drawing of a dog. Also, I made a comic book series about my pet dog, Autumn. Also, I've always had a fascination with insects. Some seem to think of it as an obsession, and some people simply just think of it as a strong interest. Now in days, it doesn't seem as if I obsess as much anymore. It seems like most of my obsessions mostly come in the form of perserverance of thoughts.
I've been diagnosed off and on with autism throughout my life. My situation is mind boggling to me. I was bullied in childhood, and as a baby I had a language learning delay, even though I did start speaking at age 1. The psychologist at the Special Ed school I went to said that I was autistic, but my parents hired a really expensive child psychologist that observed me for a few years and said that I wasn't autistic, and gave them advice to teach me 1 language at a time, which evidently worked well. Then, in college I saw a psychotherapist for a few years that diagnosed me with AS. I didn't come in expecting a diagnosis, and I didn't get much of a chance to explain my childhood before being diagnosed. Also, the psychotherapist I had in college seemed to have pretty sharp insight about other people I talked about. Also, other autistic people I have met have mixed opinions about whether or not I'm autistic. In a way being diagnosed is a relief, in a way it's scary. Though, with all the confusion it's harder for me to come to terms with it. While anything's possible, I think it's most likely that I have the female version described in Tony Attwood's book. It describes me a lot, even though it doesn't describe me exactly 100%.
Last edited by rainbowbutterfly on 05 Nov 2009, 1:13 am, edited 1 time in total.
During the 1st time I signed up, I never really introduced myself in this chatroom before jumping into all the others, so here's my chance to re-introduce myself.
In childhood, even though I had many interests, I was obsessed with Underdog and Sonic the Hedgehog quite a bit. That's all I would think or talk about. Also, I loved to draw cartoons, especially cartoon dogs. In my 5th grade class, my classmates would ask me to draw for them whenever they wanted to have a drawing of a dog. Also, I made a comic book series about my pet dog, Autumn. Also, I've always had a fascination with insects. Some seem to think of it as an obsession, and some people simply just think of it as a strong interest. Now in days, it doesn't seem as if I obsess as much anymore. It seems like most of my obsessions mostly come in the form of perserverance of thoughts.
I've been diagnosed off and on with autism throughout my life. My situation is mind boggling to me. I was bullied in childhood, and as a baby I had a language learning delay, even though I did start speaking at age 1. The psychologist at the Special Ed school I went to said that I was autistic, but my parents hired a really expensive child psychologist that observed me for a few years and said that I wasn't autistic, and gave them advice to teach me 1 language at a time, which evidently worked well. Then, in college I saw a psychotherapist for a few years that diagnosed me with AS. I didn't come in expecting a diagnosis, and I didn't get much of a chance to explain my childhood before being diagnosed. Also, the psychotherapist I had in college seemed to have pretty sharp insight about other people I talked about. Also, other autistic people I have met have mixed opinions about whether or not I'm autistic. In a way being diagnosed is a relief, in a way it's scary. Though, with all the confusion it's harder for me to come to terms with it. While anything's possible, I think it's most likely that I have the female version described in Tony Attwood's book. It describes me a lot, even though it doesn't describe me exactly 100%.
It's nice to hear from you and hope you will enjoy WP for a long, long time!
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