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Hi there,

I suppose I'm aspie-curious, my brother is undiagosed aspergers, he's diagnosed borderline personality disorder, but as his older sister i can vouch for the fact that he has always been the same He's done a bit of research and he agrees that his difficulties are more in line with aspergers, he also suffers from a lack of self esteme and depression, which I reckon are secondary to the aspergers, due his inability to fit in, coupled with our step-dads unhelpful bullying attempts to make him 'normal' when we were growing up.
I also see the symptoms in my mum, who is very detached from society although very interested in it from an almost scientific perspective
And myself? Well I certainly have traits, but I'm able to hide the social anxiety and generally fit in, I think I probably come across a very social, occaisionally odd, and very blunt (also rubbish at keeping secrets, is this a common trait or just me?). I've joined today because i just did an online test out of curiosity and I came out as borderline. I'm generally happy, this is ot a problem to me, but I have a little boy (aged 3) and with my family history it is on my mind that he could be on the spectrum too as he's really not much of a people person. I just want to be in a place were I can find understanding and support.

Anyway looking forward to chatting with you guys


Hayley

Hi Hayley, Welcome to the Forum!

There's another comet within this site, known as Hale-Bopp. (even though LOL, your comet is actually spelled "Halleys."

Here, you could avoid the pretentiously brilliant stars, and shine on your own!

ha ha
thanks for the welcome, Kraftiekorner.

People always refered to Hayley's comet when I was growing up and it used to bug me because it was actually Halley's not mine, I would have loved it have been mine, but it wasn't I'm over it now though, so don't worry
I have a friend who calls me Hayleybop, so the comet thing seems to be ongoing, I should probably just go with it

*Kraftiekortie, sorry!

Quite all right