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I discovered this site by accident the same way I discovered I had Aspergers. I didn't even know that the condition existed until a few weeks ago.

Basically, I am a 40 something male who always knew that there was something different about me; but like everybody else I just assumed I was "screwed up", "weird" or just a freak. I only decided to start actually researching my symptoms last year when I decided that just maybe it was a condition that could be treated and that "weird" did not exist.

After going through what I wasn't - psychotic, neurotic, schzophrenic, bi-polar - I came on autistic. Some - many in fact - of the symptoms matched but I KNEW that I wasn't autistic. But I decided to continue the reading on autism anyway and that was how I discovered Aspergers.

I am still a little "shell shocked" by this discovery. At first I denied that it is what I had; I was certain that I was just fooling myself, "buying" a condition just so I could put a name to my history. But the more I researched the condition, the more I realized it was describing me. Personal stories and ancedotes from those with AS seemed to be pages out of my own book. When I found this site and read the "helpful hints" and tips on living with AS and found that the problems being discussed are problems that I currently have, I could deny it no longer.

I am sorry for going on this way but it is both a shock and a relief to finally understand what has been such an enormous mystery to me; why the world seemed so strange and why people never seemed to make sense. To finally know why I became obessed with flies at the age of 7 and why I never could look anyone in the eye. Why my attempts at being "normal" always failed.

Anyway. I will stop myself here. I hope to be a long time contributor here because what I have read so far is so familiar all I want to do is reply YES! YES! YES! I know what you MEAN!! ! If I have broken a rule on length, please forgive me, I haven't had a chance to view the Rules of the Forums just yet.

Till next time. Hello.

Hi!

Welcome to Wrongplanet!

I hope you enjoy posting here!

Welcome invisibleman.

Welcome Invisible Man! It's good you are accepting yourself. You should see AS as a gift because there are benefits to being on the autistic spectrum.

i know exactly what you mean, invisible.

i too have found a peace that i have been looking for...

welcome!

Here are the advantages I can think of:

If you're listening to music and you don't hear what someone has said, you can use AS as an excuse, or vice versa.
It leads to some very odd ideas. One of mine is in my sig, and the other is common sense being a physical object.
Ignoring what other people say comes quite naturally. Helps when you're being called names some of the time at school.
The knowledge that you have a different perspective on things can be quite a spirit lifter instead of being the opposite.

Welcome to Wrong Planet! This from the mind of a 16 year old boy in NZ.