greetings from the moon

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Joined: 29 Nov 2010
Age: 33
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Location: the moon

21 Dec 2010, 11:25 pm

Hi! I'm the pa_muse I'm almost 19, originally from Europe, but living in Philadelphia in America. I feel different for some years now, but am still not diagnosed since I came here shortly after I turned 18 and my parents over the years accepted me how I am...I'm pretty sure I have Asperger's syndrome and selective mutism. The first time I read about autism when I was 16, searching the internet with some of my characteristics. At home I had people that accepted me like I am, people that helped me in everyday life. Here I have one girl, without her I hardly would be able to survive...but since I'm here, trying to get friends, facing problems I would never have experienced at home, I feel really different and not normal At home, everything was how I knew it, I knew the people around me, the people knew how to treat me...here I live in a big city, which means a lot more people, always people I don't know, people I don't know talking to me...I'm still living in my own world, the shy, quiet, not responding little girl, like my teachers always described me. The girl from the moon, like my mother described me. Extremely shy (my grandmother), not normal (my sister), crazy (my friends - well people I hung out with), strange (people that meet me the first time). My best friend is a cat.
I need to say, to live here, in a foreign country, a foreign city, has changed me. I feel like I can be myself, I don't need to try to be and act "normal", it's a big city, there're a lot of crazy guys running around
Ha - it's not a very good introduction, the description of the symptoms I show I left out on purpose, but I actually just wanted to say hi
If somebody wants to be my friend you're very welcome!

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22 Dec 2010, 12:45 am

greetings and welcome to wrong planet
so you live in the city of brotherly shove, eh? only outsiders call it the city of brotherly love, the people who live there know better, no? :lol:
you want friends, you now have oodles of 'em. online, at least. i would be your friend if you'd have me. i sometimes wish i could go to the moon myself.

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22 Dec 2010, 8:26 am

The moon?! Cool! I would love to explore space! Welcome!

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22 Dec 2010, 9:05 am

Welcome!

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22 Dec 2010, 11:31 am

Welcome! This site is wonderful for anyone who feels different. I'm 37 and been different my whole life...you get used to it and embrace it. Glad you could join us!

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