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Hey I'm Dan. I'm an Aspie. I was late diagnosed with Aspergers in 2007 (born in 1984). I'm 31 now and I'm still living at home. How long have you got? I've got a fair bit to tell, and to get off of my chest. To start with, I'm an only child and that sucks royally.

By 1989 I was "semi-diagnosed" (is that even a thing?) with Aspergers. Back then though it wasn't verified, because our medical science of the time sucked. Needless to say school was rough for me, all the way until Grade 10 when I dropped out. I just couldn't take the bullying anymore. I actually wanted to see the school blown to bits (not necessarily with human casualties - I'm not that malicious).

I hit a very-low point towards the end of 2009. I was considering suicide because I feared the results of a blood test that was coming (unprotected sex, story for another time). The results were negative, but I was still in a mood. So I got put on anti-depressants and, for the most part, they've picked me up a fair bit.

In 2010 it started turning around for me. I got to know a small but good circle of friends who actually give a crap about me. I still live with my parents, sure, but it's mostly for health reasons. At the end of 2011 I had to go to a major hospital in Sydney NSW and get a pacemaker put in me. Towards the end of 2014 I had an incident with a blood-clot in one of my lungs. Hasn't been fun.

I'm also out to everyone as gay. So I have that to deal with too. FYI I'm not the type who is "super feminine" - that is actually off-putting to me. Sexuality is only a fragment of who you are anyway. Sadly I'm not hooked-up, but whatever. Sometimes that isn't an issue, but at other times I feel so alone.

I did Taekwondo from 2003-2015, on and off several times due to various issues. I no longer do it because I feel that my health issues have stunted my performance in the activity. Where I used to be able to go almost all-out, I now found myself exhausted after a few minutes. Perhaps due to the blood-clot eating away a bit of the lung it infected. By the way I have my black belt in the sport so I'm very happy about that.

Now days I mostly just hang out with friends when something is on, or play video-/computer-games at my house. I've been employed before, but not for a ridiculous amount of time. I've looked, but nothing is out there that I want, or the requirements are stupidly out of reach.

World of Warcraft has been an issue for me for some time. I never thought of playing it before I was introduced to it by a friend I met at Tafe. I got hooked, and I've been playing it on and off ever since. It's sort of a love-hate relationship. I enjoy it sometimes, but with others I wish I never even played it. It also doesn't help that I have no real-life friends that play it either. So yeah, I'm just wondering if I should even play the damn game anymore.

To end this, I wanna say that I'm not particularly happy with most of my life. I very often feel like an alien on this mud-ball of a planet. Equally as often, I wish I had certain paranormal "powers" so I could fix a lot of things, not only in my own life but those of others too if they'd let me. Nanobot-medicine to conquer diseases and neutralize cancers, for instance, is a passion of mine if I had the funds and expertise to create it. "Save the world", in a way.

But that is all a pipe-dream, because I've been born into the wrong universe!!

That's like 5% of my life-story. I'll be on here for as long as the forums exist, so feel free to say hello. I don't bite LOL.

Seeya 'round

Hi, Thanks for the intro. You can have real life friends here. I'm interested to read the other 95%. Sorry to hear about the heart and blood clot problems. A lot of us share your feelings of being an alien. I guess that's why they named this place "Wrong Planet." I'm very grateful for whomever started this and moderates it because it is the only place I feel at home. I am not comfortable talking to people. I prefer writing. I hope you will feel at home here too.

Welcome to Wrong Planet!

There is an LGBT forum here on WP for members who identify as LGBT.

Hey Dan welcome.