So I've finally decided to post something here.

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Hello WP

So I've finally decided to post something here.
I'm a 25 year old AS diagnose-ee, finally coming to terms with the diagnosis and looking for similar minded folks.

I went all the way though schooling and college and university, struggling with dyslexia and dyspraxia never realizing or getting help for AS.
I struggled with bullying most of the way though school and struggled very much with living away from home at university.
Life at Uni was such a struggle living with 5 other students that by the end of it I was effectively shut in my room and went out to a local shop and/or a take-away van for food most evenings. I really struggled to deal with other peoples use of the kitchen and what they'd leave around, or have in the rubbish bin. This was particularly worse in the second year when the Uni messed up my accommodation, forgetting me, so i had to be housed with foreign students, 5 chinese and a cypriot. The chinese food smells and messes, and yelling at most hours was annoying to say the least.

When I gave up with Uni and came home after two years I got my diagnosis after a long trip up to a hospital in London (yes i'ma Brit) for the day.
This was about 4 years ago.

In that time not much has happened, I lost all my social circle from college days. They're all moving on in life, marriage and things and I'm somewhat stuck. I've received some therapy over my specific anxiety of certain food smells. But apart from that, I seem to be stuck under the care of the local NHS "Community Mental Health Team", which very much seem to have the theme of helping with specifics issues and then disengaging.

I very much want to move out of my mothers house and do the whole independent thing again, but getting help to be able to do that seems to be a struggle.

On to the positives I guess, I would say my special interest is technology, particularly computers, games and internets. I play a fair amount of WoW, I would probably say thats my sole social output atm.

Anywho I think I've probably rambled enough here.

welcome to WP. happy holidays!

You're doomed!

Welcome! I like british people, everything is bloody with them. I'm a huge fan or doctor who.

The body get sad or reluctant for a reason... you might be allergic to those smells... therapy won't help people with peanut allergies... just stay calm and waltz away.

Ah redrobin62, it's my hobby to say the wrong thing at the wrong time and see people freak out... I enjoyed that. Maybe I should try it sometimes...

Enjoy!

Welcome to Wrong Planet! Glad you finally decided to post and I look forward to reading your future posts as well.

Why am i doomed? What gave you that impression?

I think that was a joke

Welcome to WP!

There is a certain dry wit, an aspie style of dark situational humor that goes over the heads of NTs. The irony is that, since aspies tend to be on the fringe, half of them are laughing hysterically at these inappropriate utterances, and the other half miss it even more completely than NTs. Go figure.

I bid you welcome to Wrong Planet.

Welkome to WP

Mick