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I've had an account here for I don't know how long, but I've never really looked around too much. So I guess introducing myself is a good (re)start.

My name's Nick, I'm 35, and I've been "officially" diagnosed for about two years. I'm guessing it's the case with many of us, I knew this truth before a diagnosis.

I have a habit of either making single, long, sentences that comprise their own paragraph, or using a combination of short, medium, and long sentences in excessively long paragraphs; semi-colons are also sprinkled liberally in my writing.

Over the years, I've become increasingly bitter about conforming to the NT way of life. Being married and having a child makes it a lot harder to have the "alone time" I need to recharge after a day at work, or hours in some social situation. In addition, while my psychiatrist is great at working with my anxiety and depression (the meds and therapy really have helped), he doesn't know squat about AS; nor does anyone else in my area, not as it applies to adults anyway. Anyone I've tried to explain it to never understands; it always feels like explaining color to a blind person (I know, that's an extremely overused phrase. Deal with it

I'm a computer geek. Comic books, too. (Superman, Batman, and related characters only.) I work in IT, which suits my skills and likes. I collect books, mostly textbooks and other non-fiction types, and "antique" (read: more than a decade old) computer books.

That's all for now. Looking back on this post, I think I wrote it more for me than anyone else. Well, maybe someone out there will have been entertained in some way. I hope to learn more about how everyone copes in their lives, and integrate what I can into my own life. I hate feeling the way I do, always nervous about others' perceptions, to the point of phobia. Anti-anxiety meds are great, but they can only do so much, ya know?

Thank you, and Zod bless.

Tiger Woods said that right after he turned pro.

Perhaps a portentous omen for you!

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Welcome to Wrong Planet!

Greetings and welcome to the Wrong Planet.

i enjoyed your writing style. welcome.

I usually get my alone "recharge" time in the late evening after everyone else has gone to bed-I have a wife and child also and they are both extroverts! I know that might be a little unusual, but right now it seems to work for me. That is probably my favorite part of the day right now.

Welcome to the forum, and I am glad that I am not the only one who likes to read unusual things, or really gets worn out and depressed trying to be accepted by the NT world.