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Hello.

I suppose I could introduce myself. I think I should, but I'm terribly nervous. I hope it's all right to do so. I suppose you can know me as greensocks, since that's my username.

There isn't really too much to say. I'm not officially diagnosed. Unofficially maybe? I didn't really know much about asperger's syndrome until A Health Care Professional said, "you know, I think this is what's going on with you."

So, I've been doing what I always do: I've been doing a lot of reading. It all makes a great deal of sense. I'm just not entirely sure what to do with the information I have. I would like to read and learn more.

My life isn't that interesting. I'm 23. I'm getting married next year. I've just finished school for a while, though I intend to go back. I'm supposedly very intelligent, so it's very hard for people to understand why I'm a terrible student. I've been told that I'm "brilliant," and "insightful," but I'm a straight C student; the world would end, I think, if I ever handed something in on time, hence I am also, apparently, "lazy," and "incompetent." I would eventually like to work in a library.

I write. It's about the only thing I really enjoy doing. I would write constantly if I could, but it doesn't pay my bills. Yet. I also enjoy playing video games and watching anime, I'm a pretty prolific reader, and I play a few instruments relatively well.

That's all. Haha, I'm still terrified to post here, but that's okay.

Hello! Don't be scared, I don't bite...at least not often^.^

Hello greensocks! I'm much the same ('cept I'm only 16), a friend of mine has a T-shirt that sums us up:

Gifted by Birth,
Lasy by Choice

Like writing? Wow, so do I! I've got a big story which I plan to publish. You may be sorting those out in a library someday!

Welcome to WP!

Tim

Welcome greensocks,

Another writer here, and just as disorganized, but I do get it done. What I like I am real good at, and what I don't, makes for a overall C.

I just go with the good stuff.

All that world is strange does not happen here, you have a tribe. We are all different, but some points of view are common.

You will fit right in and make friends, three since you said you were a writer.

We know AS, the world, so tell us what you write. We are just starting a Writers Cafe, care to post?

23 eh? Lucky you! Wish I had the sense to come here when I was your age...

Don't be scared... Welcome Aboard!! !

Not interesting? Funny, I found what you wrote to be. Back in the dark ages, someone came up with a plan of where to stick young kids that tested high on "brain scans" for lack of better word. I ended up in that little expirement. You got C's? You did far better then I did. I remember putting my heart and soul into a writing when in 5th grade, I was stood up and made an example of as how not to write. I don't believe I ever saw more then half of recess time, to busy rewriting test answers over and over again. I guess that's the kind of writing they were really looking for, repeat the same thing over and over again. Yup, I learned my lessons well, they didn't get the grade right, because the report card was all wrong. Ah well, they have a label for us now, I still can't decide if that's a good thing or not. At the very least we can more easily find each other when we google.

As to the lazy part, I like it, that's just the physical side that people see. I've never been lazy in my mind. It actually may turn out that I need to do a bit more physical, as this writing stuff is very demanding, but I won't hold my breath on that one either. Funny I knew to play chess well, it took a lot out of you. So hit me in the head with a 2x4 and call me incompetent, took me a while to see it, is all. I guess from the 5th grade, I was to nervous to ever write again till recently. Helped to get the brain race a little under control better. I'm nervous everytime I post here, but they can't make me shut up now.

Hello, right back at you

Hi, welcome to WP.

I can relate to the problem you are having with your studies - despite having a high IQ I really struggled at University because of the time organisation required and because of the lack of structure and because I often got socially overloaded by having to be around so many people.

So don't be disheartened - the fact that you are having difficulty is no reflection on your intellect - is there any possibility that you can get some support put in place?

Also, I don't know if it is worth pursuing a diagnosis for dyslexia as I found out when I was studying for an MA that I was dyslexic (and that I had AS!) this really helped as it explained the problems and I was able to take measures to try to rectify some of the problems that the dyslexia created.

Good luck!

Hi Greensocks and welcome to WP.

I was nervous when I first joined, but people are friendly here and understanding. The don't bite although they may howl at the moon sometimes (or maybe that's just me, lol) but I think you'll feel right at home here

Have a good look around at the different forums, there's lots going on.

I hope you enjoy yourself here.

Hi!

Welcome to Wrongplanet!

You've "come on down" to the right place and we don't need a Banker-esque persona to tell you that by joining here, you made "a great deal!"

I hope you enjoy posting here!

Thank you very much for the welcome, everyone. I find I want to say something to everyone, but if I just went ahead and said everything, it would likely be confusing. So I addressed certain things to certain people, by writing the person's name, putting a colon, and then putting a response. By all means, anyone can read anything in this post, even if it's not directly addressed to them.

Foxman: I'm glad you don't bite. It's very reassuring.

KBABZ: That sounds like a marvellous t-shirt. Good luck with your story. I really hope it gets published. It could be very exciting if it did. I'm sure it'd be good to sort that story out in a library someday.

May I ask what sorts of things you write, KBABZ?

Tim_Tex: Thank you for the welcome. I can't really welcome you back to anything. I could maybe welcome you to greensocks, but I'm not quite sure how welcoming someone to me would work . . .

Inventor: The reason I don't do well is mostly because I'm disorganised. Even the things I'm really good at, and really enjoy, I'll sometimes do poorly on because I let the due date go by, or I'll think I handed something in (that I'm proud of) when I didn't hand it in at all, and then I find it in my notebook two weeks later. But I'm more likely to do an assignment (and do it well) if I'm interested in it to start with. Otherwise I can't even seem to get started.

I have very certain thoughts on the subjectivity of "truth," so that there are always going to be differences between each individual's perception of a situation but I also think that all people, just people in general, no matter who they are, or what they're like by nature, all share certain needs, such as the need for compassion and understanding. Sometimes, however, some people have an easier time understanding certain others because of shared experience; shared experience creates an easier relational interaction with the other individual. Shared experience, in many ways, can bridge the gap between the private self-knowledge of the individual. Under the same theory, common interests would bridge a similar gap.

Which is why other writers are great! I would definitely be interested in a Writers Cafe.

May I ask what sorts of thinks to you write, Inventor?

Beammeup: Yes. I'm only 23. Too old to be idealistic, and too young to be wise. I came here after I put a lot of thought into it. I've been struggling with depression and anxiety for at least a decade. I reached a point where I realised that life was controlling me, so I started seeing a medical person about it, and ended up here.

I don't have sense, but I have had an interesting life, and I have a lot of personal experience for someone my age.

postpaleo: I always say I'm not interesting. I'm very used to being in situations where I open my mouth to say something, but I don't get a chance because someone interrupts me, or speaks first, or fails to notice that I've actually decided to speak up. Either that, or, when I do speak up, the person ends up staring at me blankly.

I got exceptional grades in early elementary school. I was very "smart," but as I got older I found I just couldn't keep up with the work. I have problems with prioritizing what I have to do when I actually remember that I have to do it. All through elementary school I was tested, and talked too over, and over again about my "behavioural issues," which, admittedly, I feel very angry that people were very willing to criticise and punish, but not very willing to understand and help. To be honest, by the time I was 11, I felt pretty worthless, and the only thing that really made me keep trying at anything was that my writing and musicality got a lot of praise, so I've always clung to writing and music as "things about me that make me worthwhile." I suppose it seems like a negative thing to say because obviously a person has more worth than what they can do, but that's how I feel a lot of the time.

I have trouble getting started with anything, so people tell me I'm lazy. A lot of the time it's because I look at a task and it just seems overwhelming to the point that I get tired before I even do it. I would love to get a new bike and start cycling again, I always enjoyed it, but I worry a bit that I'll fall off my bike. I walk everywhere, so that's good for me, but I don't really have anywhere to walk too most of the time.

Also, I can be quite a talker in the right circumstances, but every time I say something, or post something somwhere, I get nervous because I worry that I've said too much, or that what I've said isn't interesting, or that I've accidentally said something offensive when I'm really just talking, and I'm also very used to my parents getting mad at me for "complaining," when I'm really just trying to talk to them. I went through a lot of grief before I finally figured out that my parents can't tell when I'm "making conversation," and "complaining," so a lot of the time they'd get angry at me when I was just looking for help, or advice, or a different perspective, so I'm very afraid to say anything at all.

girl7000: Yes. People seem to think that having a high IQ equates to being a good student, and it doesn't. A lot of a person's marks come from being able to follow the instructions and hand things in on time, and I've also found that having to be in class with my classmates is stressful.

I'm currently taking a year off of school to try to figure out some strategies to make school a bit easier. Take advantage of my strengths (such as getting my books on tape, and using a tape recorder instead of trying to read and take notes) and accomodating for my weaknesses (I'm working on figuring out how long tasks take for me, making schedules for myself, and sticking to them because I don't manage my time well) instead of trying to make myself do things in ways that have always failed to work.

The school was very, very good about giving me extensions this year, but I messed it up in a big way, so I'm a bit disheartened about it at the moment. I'll recover. I don't think it's really extra time that I needed, but a different way of doing things.

Also, I had the flu, pneumonia, strep throat, and a stomach flu in the span of four months, which really didn't help.

I do have problems reading, but I'm not sure what they are, but I find that when I read I don't retain what I'm reading unless I read out loud, so reading and making notes doesn't work for me. Reading out loud, and talking to myself, however, works wonders and I can retain enormous amounts of information that way. Similarly, if I write exams in a room by myself where I can talk my way through it, I do much better than if I have to be silent, so writing exams with my classmates puts me at a disadvantage.

Things that people don't see because I'm "bright" and "eloquent."

Thank you for your suggestions, and thank you for your wishes of luck.

Do you mind if I ask what you studied?

Starr: Thank you for the welcome. Doing anything new can make a person a little nervous, I think. There does seem to be a lot going on here.

larsenjw92286: Thank you for the welcome. This is completely random, but my favourite numbers are 8, 2, and 6.

My name is Jason, and I'm a big fan of game shows as you can tell!

I know a lot of excellent people named Jason. One of my favourite people is a Jason. I might be partial to Jasons.

I can tell you like game shows.

My parents watch a lot of game shows. They can be a lot of fun to watch sometimes. What do you like about game shows?

Very nice!

I think game shows are very exciting, and they really keep you interested in the television for a while!

Hello. What do you write?

Fact more than fiction