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Hi everyone-

Found this forum a few months ago while trying to learn more about Aspergers. I'm not sure if that's what I have or some other form of autism. I'm currently involved in a program at the local university to find out whats going on with me. I'm obviously able to get through life, but I want to be able to help myself live a better life. I'm tired of feeling out of place and/or different.
After hearing about Aspergers and reading up on it, I believe that is what I have.
I'm certainly not a social butterfly (prefer books and animals to people). Eye contact just makes my skin crawl.
During middle school years (80s) the school talked my parents into having me see a psychiatrist, which of course said I was depressed. Once I was in high school and able to drive, I skipped school a lot and went to the smithsonian in D.C.. I still passed my exams at the end of the year. This seemed to noticeably disturb my teachers.
I seem to go through different obsessions throughout the year. Some of them last a few weeks, while others last months. I learn and get rather good at a subject, then lose interest. My last one was restoring/repairing old fedoras. I taught myself how to clean, re-block, and add to sweatbands, liners, and ribbons. Before that was fixing Apple laptops.
Anyway, I joined WP after lurking here for a few months and reading the different questions and solutions and how people find ways to cope with some of the same issues that I have.
It's really calmed me and made me realize that maybe I'm not so out of place and/or different.

Welcome to WP!

Well there's always gotta be somewhere to not feel out of place, hey

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Mick