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NegativeNancyboy
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30 May 2010, 4:12 am

... you will find no competition from this newbie. haha

I guess I'm a new member!

I'm a 39 year old guy in the Midwest USA.

In the last 6 months, while being treated for depression, I have had two different counselors independently suggest to me that I get evaluated for possible Aspergers.

I guess I didn't really take it that seriously at first. I even have a person I am supposed to call who is an expert to evaluate me, but I just didn't do it. With my depression treatment, I have been spending a lot of time thinking about how I approach life, including social interaction.

Well tonight, on another "general interest" forum, I read someone's post about Aspergers. So many of the things he said in his post were things that have been coming out of my mouth the last few months, that a lightbulb went off and I went frantically searching for more information. I ended up finding another post on that forum about having Aspergers, which mentioned this site.

How grateful I am to have found what looks to be a fantastic resource!

I guess what I most wish I had was a little guy sitting on my shoulder who could watch me interact with people and tell me what I did/said wrong or right, or what cues I was missing, or whatever. Because I find myself scratching my head a lot, and not understanding "what just happened there??"

Anyway, I look forward to hopefully learning, sharing, and growing with everyone.



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30 May 2010, 5:41 am

Hey there, Welcome!


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30 May 2010, 5:54 am

Welcome! :)


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30 May 2010, 6:21 am

Welcome to WrongPlanet, and welcome to my time warp.

I look like the drummer of my favourite band, and I drum some good 60s beats. 8)

I'll send you a picture, later. I don't want to spam the welcome forum, with Kinks pictures.


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30 May 2010, 6:23 am

Oops...I took that a little too literally. Welcome to WP. :oops: :lol:


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30 May 2010, 11:25 am

Hello, NegativeNancyboy, and welcome to the Wrong Planet community.


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30 May 2010, 11:42 am

Welcome to Wrong Planet!! :D


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30 May 2010, 1:06 pm

Welcome. It'd be really cool to have that little guy on the shoulder, wouldn't it? BTW, nice post title. If you continue complimenting us like this, you'll be popular in no time ;)



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30 May 2010, 6:21 pm

Welcome to WP!


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31 May 2010, 10:58 am

Hi I just joined and I agree with you saying you wish you had someone sat on your shoulder advising you about your social interactions. I have often wished that. I have been thinking of getting a mini camera sewn into my clothes to record all my interactions and then play them back to someone who can tell me what was going on....LOL



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31 May 2010, 1:50 pm

Robdemanc wrote:
Hi I just joined and I agree with you saying you wish you had someone sat on your shoulder advising you about your social interactions. I have often wished that. I have been thinking of getting a mini camera sewn into my clothes to record all my interactions and then play them back to someone who can tell me what was going on....LOL


No kidding!!


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31 May 2010, 2:06 pm

Two forum questions:

1. How does Cockney have a different icon every time I see it? :)

2. I am curious to post things such as "Here is something I observed: Asperger's or not". Is there a specific place where this would be appropriate?

e.g. For hobbies: I will get interested in something and have laser focus on it....for like 2 months....then I get bored or distracted for a while, until the next thing catches my eye. Usually I spend all my energy all day thinking about the current "hobby" and feel like it will last forever. Normal/Aspergers/Something else? :)


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31 May 2010, 2:24 pm

NegativeNancyboy wrote:
I will get interested in something and have laser focus on it....for like 2 months....then I get bored or distracted for a while, until the next thing catches my eye. Usually I spend all my energy all day thinking about the current "hobby" and feel like it will last forever. Normal/Aspergers/Something else? :)


Perfectly normal for us Aspies. :lol:


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31 May 2010, 4:33 pm

TallyMan wrote:
NegativeNancyboy wrote:
I will get interested in something and have laser focus on it....for like 2 months....then I get bored or distracted for a while, until the next thing catches my eye. Usually I spend all my energy all day thinking about the current "hobby" and feel like it will last forever. Normal/Aspergers/Something else? :)


Perfectly normal for us Aspies. :lol:


I need to really really try to get over the sporadic interests. I started writing a book about 2 months ago and wrote a complete first draft (80,000 words) in about 3 weeks. Then I slowed down with it and now I have not touched it for 2 weeks. I feel I have lost interest but want to get back on it.



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31 May 2010, 6:03 pm

Robdemanc wrote:
TallyMan wrote:
NegativeNancyboy wrote:
I will get interested in something and have laser focus on it....for like 2 months....then I get bored or distracted for a while, until the next thing catches my eye. Usually I spend all my energy all day thinking about the current "hobby" and feel like it will last forever. Normal/Aspergers/Something else? :)


Perfectly normal for us Aspies. :lol:


I need to really really try to get over the sporadic interests. I started writing a book about 2 months ago and wrote a complete first draft (80,000 words) in about 3 weeks. Then I slowed down with it and now I have not touched it for 2 weeks. I feel I have lost interest but want to get back on it.


Wow!! That sounds like a lot of writing. Are you happy with the work?

It will always be there for you to come back to. My sporadic interests usually cycle, so eventually I come to the same things again :)

How much more work do you think it will take to 'finish' ?


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31 May 2010, 6:09 pm

Hey NegativeNancyboy, welcome to the forums. :D

I'm going to welcome you because you was pretty interesting in the WP irc chat.
So yea, can I ask, how did you found out about this site?


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