Hello. Others have made similar introduction threads, so I thought I might as well. And since we're all about sharing experiences, here's mine:
When I was 8, I was diagnosed with Dyssemia, which is a learning disability having to do with forms of nonverbal communication. This diagnosis was withheld from me by my parents up until even when I was an adult, and I only found out about it by one of my siblings letting it slip by accident. Meanwhile, during the in-between time I had been fighting with my parents to see a person, as I had always felt something was different about me, but they had always insisted that there was nothing to worry about. In my own research in that time, I had explored different possibilities for what it might be, and Asperger Syndrome seemed to fit. Finally, when the truth had come out about the Dyssemia diagnosis, I had to battle with them again to help me get set up with a person to actually confront some of my problems. I had started developing some rather psychotic ideations that disturbed me deeply and which had only been exacerbated by the extreme amount of distrust that now existed between us. After a few visits helping me through these weird fantasies, the therapist finally arrived at the conclusion that I needed to be reevaluated, the results of which proved what I had already suspected: I had Asperger Syndrome. Achieving closure on that topic helped me to begin to cope with the implications of it, and I was able to move forward, dealing with my own problems as they came. I am now 23 years of age and just trying to figure out what I want to do with my life.
In terms of who I am as a person, I am something of a nerd. I enjoy card games, board games, and video games. In particular, I play a lot of Magic the Gathering, Ascension, and Smash Bros., with which I have had some amount of competitive success over the past couple of years. I used to play a lot of Pokémon as well and still follow the series closely. I am a student of anthropology and in particular linguistics and languages. I am something of a recreational language learner, and can pick up languages very quickly. I can speak English, German, and Norwegian fluently; Japanese, Swedish, and French conversationally; basic Russian, Dutch, and Icelandic; and bits and pieces of various others.
I used to write a lot, starting and stopping many a grandiose literary project. Nowadays, I still enjoy writing plot synopses, character profiles, and design documents for fictional worlds and cultures. Most serious writing I do nowadays is unfortunately confined to short stories.
Outside of these interests, I am a furry, though I am not very good at drawing. I don't really have a nailed down fursona, per se, as I am not remotely good enough at drawing to flesh it out visually, but if I had to pick something it would probably be some sort of wolf-bear hybrid. I really like the idea of the Volkolak (Волколак) in Slavic mythology, and so it would probably be something like that but both a wolf and a bear at the same time and with long head-hair.
So, that's me, I guess. Hello, all. I may mostly lurk around here, but here's me, for those interested in reading others' personal stories.
09 Mar 2016, 1:19 am
