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19 Apr 2009, 1:32 am
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19 Apr 2009, 2:03 am
Well welcome to the wrong planet.
I can not promise a voice from on high which will give you all the answers to life, but if you stay here you may well start to be able to chip away at the rock face and get some of the answers.
When I first worked out that I had AS, it was a shock to me. I also felt that suddenly I understood myself more and I was at peace with myself.
Bear in mind that there is no "cure" for AS, in the same way as there is no cure for having ginger hair and blue eyes. In the same way as blue eyes and ginger hair are not diseases but just differences AS is a difference.
By the way the answer to the universe and the meaning of life is 42
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I am not a jigsaw, I am a free man ! Diagnosed under the DSM5 rules with autism spectrum disorder, under DSM4 psychologist said would have been AS (299.80) but I suspect that I am somewhere between 299.80 and 299.00 (Autism) under DSM4.
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19 Apr 2009, 5:02 am
To WrongPlanet!! !
19 Apr 2009, 5:26 am
Hey, don't be sad, everyone here is different. 
19 Apr 2009, 10:26 am
19 Apr 2009, 10:40 am
19 Apr 2009, 11:39 am
19 Apr 2009, 12:57 pm
pensieve wrote:
UtahOutcast wrote:
What I am depressed about is my impaired social interaction problems will be with me forever. There really isn't a treatment for Asperger's. Anti-depressants and Anti-Anxiety medications can be given for the anxiety and depression but the impaired social interaction troubles are a permanent problem. I wanted to have a normal life of being with a woman, having friends, etc but now I am realizing that this will never happen. I really wish I had a more simple illness such as depression. I'm currently lonely and am having a hard time dealing with my lonliness and have even thought about suicide.
Do not think like this. Yes there is a social impairment, but with much practice you can get better. I didn't talk to anybody until I was 14-15 and since then my social skills have improved. There is still a tiny bit of anxiety and I'm still very quiet, so I still have much work to do. I have friends, I just don't spend as much time with them as they do with their other friends. I have dated too. My relationship skills need some work too. I'm not giving up.
People on WP have friends, good social skills and some are even married with kids. So, don't give up.
By the way I was diagnosed last year when I was 22.
After I was diagnosed I started to have the same feelings as you did, but I have accepted the diagnosis and now I'm working out ways to be content with myself and trying to get my life together - find a job, move out of home, etc.
Pensieve is right - AS is a developmental disorder, not an incurable disease. Don't think of it in terms of treatments & cures - think of it as living a life with a different set of rules. You have a set of characteristic traits that contribute to your social dysfunction - but that doesn't mean that you can't learn to work around them. Your social skills will develop differently from those of neurotypical (NT) people - so maybe the people who you become friends with will be different - outsiders, misfits - our kind of people
22 Jun 2013, 6:17 pm
23 Jun 2013, 12:43 pm
zeichner wrote:
pensieve wrote:
UtahOutcast wrote:
What I am depressed about is my impaired social interaction problems will be with me forever. There really isn't a treatment for Asperger's. Anti-depressants and Anti-Anxiety medications can be given for the anxiety and depression but the impaired social interaction troubles are a permanent problem. I wanted to have a normal life of being with a woman, having friends, etc but now I am realizing that this will never happen. I really wish I had a more simple illness such as depression. I'm currently lonely and am having a hard time dealing with my lonliness and have even thought about suicide.
Do not think like this. Yes there is a social impairment, but with much practice you can get better. I didn't talk to anybody until I was 14-15 and since then my social skills have improved. There is still a tiny bit of anxiety and I'm still very quiet, so I still have much work to do. I have friends, I just don't spend as much time with them as they do with their other friends. I have dated too. My relationship skills need some work too. I'm not giving up.
People on WP have friends, good social skills and some are even married with kids. So, don't give up.
By the way I was diagnosed last year when I was 22.
After I was diagnosed I started to have the same feelings as you did, but I have accepted the diagnosis and now I'm working out ways to be content with myself and trying to get my life together - find a job, move out of home, etc.
Pensieve is right - AS is a developmental disorder, not an incurable disease. Don't think of it in terms of treatments & cures - think of it as living a life with a different set of rules. You have a set of characteristic traits that contribute to your social dysfunction - but that doesn't mean that you can't learn to work around them. Your social skills will develop differently from those of neurotypical (NT) people - so maybe the people who you become friends with will be different - outsiders, misfits - our kind of people
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