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Hey, you can call me Keon.

I've always considered myself different but just thought "Hey, with 7 billion people on Earth, not everyone is going to act exactly the same"... Well, I was right and I was wrong...

I would always notice little sounds that no one else seemed to pay any attention to. At work, the microwave would start beeping and I would immediately have to shut the thing off. I wondered why no one else was bothered by it. I hated going to bars because even though most people my age tend to meet people by "going out", I had an IMPOSSIBLE time trying to have conversations with people. Doing something as simple as telling the bartender what drink I wanted seemed like a challenge in itself. "How do I choose just one drink? What are the prices? How big are the drinks? Do I just buy drinks until I talk to someone? Do I start the conversation or will someone approach me?"... My mind would be racing with so many questions and I hadn't even gotten to the difficult part, socializing.

I was always the VERY last person to get jokes. Usually, the joke would be told and then most of the people would get the punchline (still not sure why it's even called a "punchline" though...) I wasn't the guy who got the joke later than everyone else; I would've loved to be that guy. I was the one that had to be told exactly why everyone was laughing and usually, I still didn't get what was so funny.

About a month ago, I starting having a horrible time focusing and doing my simple daily tasks, I had started a 2nd job and ALL of my time was suddenly taken up. I wasn't sleeping, couldn't find the time to go to the gym, and it felt like my life was spiraling out of control. At that moment, I KNEW something was wrong. After doing internet searches, I came across the symptoms of asperger's syndrome and was very shocked. I thought I was dreaming because the symptoms matched my everyday life so perfectly.

I'm in the process of getting health insurance and being officially diagnosed but I'm about 99.9% sure that I am at least somewhere on the spectrum. I had always tried to be like everyone else no matter how bad it hurt. It was an amazing relief knowing that there really wasn't anything wrong with me. Yeah, I'm more different than I realized but I've been [slowly] embracing the things that make me unique instead of trying to force myself to conform to the norm of modern society.


So... That's me!

Hi.
"Yeah, I'm more different than I realized but I've been [slowly] embracing the things that make me unique instead of trying to force myself to conform to the norm of modern society. " <- This is a good method to take.

I've been reading on here for a couple months but only recently joined.

Hello =) welcome to WP. Yup i was quite surprise when my friends all said, I was an aspie, n i started to feel less weird, n more "normal" cause i fitted in with my aspie friends =) yup "its not just me" after all"

Anyways again, welcome =)

Welcome to Wrong Planet!

Welkome to WP

Mick