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Hello everyone!
I'll start by saying that I am not good with presentations, so I will be brief and not exhaustive.
My name is Nora and I'm 15. I am a pretty smart girl, I would say, also introverted. I actually don't mind social occasions -for example, concerts- but they often make me feel uncomfortable for many reasons.
Since childhood, I have always had a strange feeling about myself, and about the world. I've always felt more or less present and not present, and I still like to take refuge in my thoughts and in my "world", in the way I see things. A few years ago, I was told by someone that it seemed like I had asperger, and I've now been reiterated by -neurotypical- people who have had lot of experience with it -I won't go into details because it's very personal stuff-. I recently started going to the psychologist because I often have "crisis" of anger or overload -that don't always allow me to go to school- and we are already talking about obsessions and compulsions that I have and that I've always had. I remember I always had this kind of "crisis", already from middle school: sometimes it happened at school, but my parents thought it was just anxiety; then, for fear that things would become "strange" between me and my family, I hid it for a while, pretending to have, for example, a fever.
My parents think I'm just very very mature for my age, and are not very open to this kind of things, although I recently tried to make them understand that I need their support and they seem to be doing their best.
I am very fond of astrophysics, quantum mechanics, music and video games.
There is much more to say about me, but I'll stop here. If you want to know me better, send me a message as well. I hope I have finally found someone who perhaps can understand me at least a little bit.
English is not my native language so I apologize for any mistakes.
Bye!

If English is not your native language, your grammar is amazingly adept, if a bit formal. What is your native language?

You sound a bit like me thirty years ago. But nobody had heard of Asperger's. I was just "not autistic, because she talks...."

Q-Mech is awesome. I really enjoyed dirac notation. And I loved knowing there were points where commutativity principles break down.

Thank you! It's Italian.

I'm happy to know that you like it!

Welcome! I can sort of relate; I like to be in "my own little world" too.

Well I'm impressed. I just hope to be able to understand where the bathroom is and not say anything hopelessly rude when I use anything other than english. Although my german friends are fooled with the texting since I semi-rely on google translate to check my grammar after I've written something.

I always used to hate doing social stuff, like going to concerts. Then I met a group of people in Seattle that played open mics and they needed someone to help with the audio engineering. It looked easy, so I volunteered to learn how to run an audio board. Everybody wanted to talk to me, we had something to talk about, and I got to be useful. Also if I was nervous, I could concentrate on the board and nobody thought I was just being awkwardly quiet. Ended up with lots of friends that way. I still hate just sitting in an audience. It's much better to have something to do.

Hey Nora welcome.

Hello

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