Introduction of suspected aspie

Post Reply New Topic

This is the third time I am trying to write this - the other times Safari refreshed the page when I switched back and I ended up losing what I wrote and on top of that found myself logged out of WrongPlanet. So, instead of being long winded I will risk being too brief so I can actually get this posted this time.

I am 48 years old. Last year I heard a story on the radio about someone with Asperger's and realized that that story could equally have been about me. Went into research mode learning as much as I could, ended up having anxiety attacks which led me to see a psychologist who eventually told me I was likely right about the Asperger's.

When I was young the kids who were diagnosed with autism were the ones more severely affected. I was smart and reading way beyond my years - in 6th grade the school took tests and I was told that I was reading at college level. I just got pegged as a sharp, painfully shy, weird kid.

I have always been good at figuring out a way to get things done even if I can't do things the way everyone else can nor as fast as others at times. Combine that with my ability to come up with possible reasonable explanations for most things along with a lack of real knowledge of autism and I managed to get by without knowing what was wrong with me until last year.

So, I am hoping to learn from other's experiences to learn how I can better deal with my shortcomings. For me, now, the biggest problem is with forgetting... Forgetting my things at various work sites around the state. I am having a very good week if I can manage to go for 5 days in a row not leaving anything behind.

The other part of forgetting is best explained by this example: my wife had a friend over to help do some spring cleaning, they wanted to hang a picture on the wall and I went down to the basement to get a hammer but while I was getting the hammer I got sidetracked and did not remember about the hammer until two days later when I saw the picture hanging on the wall.

Welcome to Wrong Planet.

Greetings! Welcome to WP!

Welcome to Wrong Planet!

Make yourself at home with us!

Welcome!

hi i am 33 years old. just found i am probably a mild aspie. i also get things happening like you did with the hammer thing all the time and you know something? i think it gets worse while aging. so happy to find wp! at last people like me! so i am not an ufo..! !