Hello. My name is Rob and I am 17 years old. I live in New York, and I have undiagnosed aspergers. I have only became aware of my condition just recently, although looking back, I feel that I have always had it and no one noticed, not even myself. My father was actually the one to realize it, research it, and come to me and talk to me about it. One of my biggest symptoms is stimming. I have been stimming for my entire life (confirmed by my parents). I do it when I get excited. Its a weird stim though, I kind of tickle the outside of my nose with all my fingers and it just feels nice, or i put my hands behind my head and play with my hair. There are other things, such as in conversation, where I will not understand or pick up on a metaphoric action, and I think very literally. Not too literally, but I think literal and it doesn't help me at all in my social life. Although many people see me as normal because I am physically like them, and as you know, things are more learned than picked up on by yourself, so I am able to talk to people in a normal fashion to a certain degree. On the bright side, the people who like, respect, or don't care about my semi-weirdness become nice/close friends to me, because I do consider myself a good friend, and my friends are the same way. Although I have friends, non of them know about my condition, and I don't want to weird them out since I have learned to socialize with them very well, and I enjoy their company as friends, so it is easier not to tell them. There is one exception though. My best friend in the whole world knows because me and him are very close, almost like brothers. So that is what I am here for. I am here to learn more about my condition, and I am excited because I plan on being able to talk to alot of people "in the same boat as me", so to speak. If you are interested in talking to me you can reply or pm me and we can chat. I can't wait for the knowledge, help, and understanding that I hope to get from WrongPlanet. Because I won't judge, I just want to be understood, and understand others.
I love you WrongPlanet!
Sincerly,
Rob
P.S - Sorry for the life story, I just wanted to get people on the same page x)
30 May 2013, 11:23 pm
