An introduction (just diagnosed for the second time)

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Hello, I've just joined (and been lurking a little on!) the WP site and would like to introduce myself officially

I'm a 27 uni graduate and writer from Glasgow, Scotland, and I was recently diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, again. I'll summarize as briefly as I can.

I've always been pretty "Aspie", and was treated for developmental and speech issues during the first few years of my life. I went to a mainstream school but always had great difficulties socializing and making friends (so far so typical!), and by the time I was 13 I was diagnosed - but the circumstances were such that I flat out rejected it because the therapist who made the diagnosis (unbeknownst to me) was one I DID NOT AT ALL get along with, being one of those therapists that think the best way to get you to talk is to stare you down and make you squirm in your seat the whole time . Also, from the literature I'd found around the house on Asperger's my 13 year old self gathered that it was some kind of "human robot" syndrome, and I just didn't want any association with it because of what it might have said about me.

So I plodded along, ignoring the "diagnosis" (which was never made formal anyway) and despite never quite managing to hold onto friends, I continued to struggle with many things in life. Fast-forward to a couple of years ago, due to other "issues" I was having, I got referred back to a mental health service, where I was more willing to consider the notion that I might, in fact, have Asperger's, and as expected, although pretty borderline, I fit the criteria and was diagnosed officially.

Although I realize that there is growing awareness of the condition, I still feel wary of being judged by the wider world, and as a general rule do not disclose my condition unless it's absolutely necessary.

I still have a marked distrust of therapists. Perhaps I've simply been unlucky with some, or maybe it's just the way I come across when put "on the spot". I tend to shut right down and feel extremely uncomfortable if all the attention is on me, and that only gets worse when the therapist (especially the one I'm currently stuck with) is extremely patronizing and talks to me like I might go crazy at any time .

Anyway, that turned out to be a longer introduction than I thought, but just to give some background on myself, and hopefully some context for any further conversation

I hope to get to know some of you a bit more!

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