Page 1 of 2 [ 17 posts ]  Go to page 1, 2  Next

Lyll
Snowy Owl
Snowy Owl

User avatar

Joined: 17 Feb 2012
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Posts: 164

19 Feb 2012, 3:19 am

Hi everyone,

I'm Lyll,. I discovered I might be Aspie while watching the Temple Grandin film. The similarities between her character and mine sort of made me wonder.
AQ test results 38
Rdos results 160 of 200 and 94 of 200
That really helped me (and my partner) understand many things. Kind of a great relief.
Unfortunately, living in France, I am quite hesitant to have the official diagnosis. :?
I'm happy I found the site, I gathered some very helpful information already.



MusicIsLife2Me
Velociraptor
Velociraptor

User avatar

Joined: 18 Jan 2012
Gender: Female
Posts: 401
Location: In a musical wonderland ♬ ♭ ♫ ♩

19 Feb 2012, 3:36 am

Hello
welcome to WP.


_________________
Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.


TenPencePiece
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 11 Dec 2009
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Posts: 46,000
Location: Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

19 Feb 2012, 4:49 am

Welcome :)


_________________
I'm always here, all you have to do is ask and you shall receive


Rax
Sea Gull
Sea Gull

User avatar

Joined: 15 Nov 2011
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Posts: 226

19 Feb 2012, 6:39 am

(insert impersonal but polite generalized greeting here) I gotta ask, why "froggy" Aspie?


_________________
You laugh because I am different, I laugh because you're all the same.


Bun
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 8 Jan 2012
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Posts: 3,356

19 Feb 2012, 6:40 am

Hi. Rax - I think it means French.


_________________
Double X and proud of it / male pronouns : he, him, his


Rax
Sea Gull
Sea Gull

User avatar

Joined: 15 Nov 2011
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Posts: 226

19 Feb 2012, 7:00 am

Much obliged mister Bun. (Kurt nod)


_________________
You laugh because I am different, I laugh because you're all the same.


Bun
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 8 Jan 2012
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Posts: 3,356

19 Feb 2012, 7:03 am

:)


_________________
Double X and proud of it / male pronouns : he, him, his


questor
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 23 Apr 2011
Age: 64
Gender: Female
Posts: 2,696
Location: Twilight Zone

19 Feb 2012, 7:51 am

Welcome to WP, Lyll! Hope you like it on WP! I do! I also agree with MusicIsLife2Me, that music washes away the dust of life from the soul. One of my music favorites is the music from Henry V. My sister had both the CD and a cassette of it, and gave me the cassette. By the time I wore it out, she had gotten tired of the music, and gave me the CD.

Here at WP there are a number of different forums for different topic categories, so you should have no trouble finding answers to most of the questions you run into in life. They also provide articles, chat, a dating site, blogs, a Wiki, books, and Autism TV, so there is a lot to do here.

Mostly I just read and post on the forums. I think you will like WP, and again, WELCOME!


_________________
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured, or far away.--Henry David Thoreau


Tequila
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 25 Feb 2006
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Posts: 28,897
Location: Lancashire, UK

19 Feb 2012, 8:43 am

Bun wrote:
Hi. Rax - I think it means French.


"Frog" is a slur used by the English for the French, who are meant to have a strong love of frogs' legs. The OP is using it in a jocular fashion.

The French call us Brits "rosbifs" (i.e. roast beefs), after the traditional English love of roast beef.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5lhjYzbfco[/youtube]



Lyll
Snowy Owl
Snowy Owl

User avatar

Joined: 17 Feb 2012
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Posts: 164

19 Feb 2012, 9:53 am

Correct...I'm french and I like frog legs and snails (and raw beef) :wink:
My partner's a roastbeef though
Thanks for your welcomes.



Bun
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 8 Jan 2012
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Posts: 3,356

19 Feb 2012, 9:58 am

You're welcome. :D


_________________
Double X and proud of it / male pronouns : he, him, his


AnonymousAnonymous
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 23 Nov 2006
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Posts: 72,078
Location: Portland, Oregon

19 Feb 2012, 3:19 pm

Welcome to Wrong Planet!


_________________
Silly NTs, I have Aspergers, and having Aspergers is gr-r-reat!


g_mahler5
Hummingbird
Hummingbird

User avatar

Joined: 20 Apr 2009
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Posts: 21
Location: Wisconsin, USA

20 Feb 2012, 2:21 pm

Hi Lyll, welcome to WP :)

I saw Temple Grandin movie too, and always though ti'd be nice to be as successful of an aspie as Temple Grandin is, though she's obviously a rare, extreme case.



Lyll
Snowy Owl
Snowy Owl

User avatar

Joined: 17 Feb 2012
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Posts: 164

20 Feb 2012, 3:43 pm

Absolutely. She is an amazing individual. I cannot thank her enough for 'enlightening me'. What she has given by explaining autism from inside is such a gift.
The way she sees things in the film really spoke to me. Some of the things that caused anxiety as well. So I decided to research the web about her and I found Alex's documentary which eventually led me to the site, the tests, the information and then wow...I finally understood why I act like I do. As I said above, it was a relief. I am now in the process of reviewing my whole life, replaying it bit by bit with 'understanding' and explanations. It feels sooo good.



Tim_Tex
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 2 Jul 2004
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Posts: 46,021
Location: Houston, Texas

20 Feb 2012, 4:10 pm

Welcome to WP!


_________________
Who’s better at math than a robot? They’re made of math!

Now proficient in ChatGPT!


g_mahler5
Hummingbird
Hummingbird

User avatar

Joined: 20 Apr 2009
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Posts: 21
Location: Wisconsin, USA

20 Feb 2012, 11:10 pm

Lyll wrote:
Absolutely. She is an amazing individual. I cannot thank her enough for 'enlightening me'. What she has given by explaining autism from inside is such a gift.
The way she sees things in the film really spoke to me. Some of the things that caused anxiety as well. So I decided to research the web about her and I found Alex's documentary which eventually led me to the site, the tests, the information and then wow...I finally understood why I act like I do. As I said above, it was a relief. I am now in the process of reviewing my whole life, replaying it bit by bit with 'understanding' and explanations. It feels sooo good.


I've been spending a lot of my free time the last few days zoning out and thinking about all kinds of past stuff that's happened to me related to being an aspie. I did it to an extent before but now I've focused a lot more on the subtle bullying and constant social miscues. There just seems to be hundreds of past social situations where people were laughing at me or getting angry at me and I had no idea why, and I just let it slide and not let it bother me at the time. It's made me quite unhappy thinking about it, but at least I can accept it now. I guess I'm a proud, somewhat somber aspie.