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Jenn here.

I'm self-dx'd, with an AQ of 39. Don't want to waste time in a doctor's office.

I've been out of college for about a year and the real world is much harder for me than school. All the way up through college I buried myself in my studies (even if I wasn't particularly good at or interested in the subject) and used class subjects as a way to bounce conversations off of people. Now what?!

For a long time I wanted to be a journalist, and even though I am told I'm a good writer, it's proven to be really hard for me. What's even harder is the interviewing part, because you have to be slick with how you talk to people and I'm not. Right now I'm working in a library in southwest Florida. I want to be a librarian at a university.

In real life, I can pretty cleverly disguise myself as an NT. If I space out or get quiet, I can always blame it on my blondeness

What frustrates me the most is not feeling like I really connect with that many people and not being able to communicate my true self very well. I do have some close friends, though, and they are great.

I look forward to being enthralled by the message board!

HI welcome to WP

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Welcome to Wrongplanet!

I hope you enjoy posting here!

Welcome.

I think writing is a perfect past time (I've been writing for 35+ yrs) & librarian a perfect occupation for someone with AS, or anyone on the shyness spectrum.

As for the difficulty in connecting with NTs - i wouldn't lose sleep over it - after a lifetime of dealing with them, i've concluded that if you aren't one of them you can never connect except in a superficial way with them.

They really are on a different planet.

Hi cybelle, welcome to the forum

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