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In my 30s and just finding out about Asperger's. Reading this forum kind of reminds me of the type of scene in a movie where the main character has a revelation that casts everything that came before in a different light. Like in Primal Fear when [SPOILER] Richard Gere's character realizes that Edward Norton has been playing him the whole time, or in Fight Club when Edward Norton realizes [SPOILER] that he and Brad Pitt are the same person.

Everything in my life up to now makes more sense, but in a way that makes it seem completely obvious in retrospect. It has been very empowering. I am so grateful for Wrong Planet. Feel stronger than I have in a long, long time.

Jason

Hi Jason,

I discovered Aspergers and got diagnosed myself only a few months ago, so I know exactly how you feel about the whole 'revelation' thing.

Welcome to Wrong Planet, make yourself at home.

Welcome to Wrong Planet!

I feel exactly the same, in fact it all fits a little too obviously, like every 'weird' trait I have has finally been explained to me it is so obvious that i'm sure that someone should have seen this in me before. I have been misdiagnosed as depressed, suffering from pmt and stress. I have seen therapists, been on various medications and it could have all been avoided!

Hi, Jason. I'm only thirteen, but I found out about asperger's, because I found out that my friend in school has it. After a time, I researched it, and realized that it was quite like me. It took a long time until my mom took me to a counselor, and after many things that I explained or did, she said, "Ahhh, classic. Classic asperger's." I then went to a psychologist who is testing me for asperger's and ADHD. I am between testing dates, actually. I am really glad that I found out about it as well, because now I don't feel like everything that people hate about me is just something un-explainable to the world. Now I know, that my neurodiversity is something common that I do share with others, somewhere, and with my elvish friend. Of course, I am not fully sure if i am an aspie yet, but even if I'm not, my counselor said that if it isn't asperger's, then it is very highly likely to be some form of PDD-NOS, but the kind that overlaps very much with asperger's.
Even if it is something that I won't ever find out for whatever reason, I still know that I do not like very many neurotypical humans, and that I will be able to relate to some neurodiverse ones. Though I don't need to relate to anyone, once I found out about asperger's, I realized that relating to people with some things is a good feeling. However, no matter what, people will still get extremely angry at me on a daily basis, and that's just how it will always be, I suppose.