19 Jul 2020, 7:16 am
I have high-functioning autism, and Russian is my interest, I want to do something with it or make career out of it someday, and I want to study Russian abroad by next summer.
However, I feel autism makes me too excited and often times it makes me unfocused, this can be a problem for my future.
I am afraid my autism will make me less prepared to study Russian abroad or even cope with it.
I hope to one day cope with autism and reach my life goal, and in the end have good future, be happy.
I hope you like my intro, I think I will like this place, coping with autism is hard for me and I feel it could ruin my chance of a good life. 
19 Jul 2020, 7:34 am
However, I feel autism makes me too excited and often times it makes me unfocused, this can be a problem for my future.
I am afraid my autism will make me less prepared to study Russian abroad or even cope with it.
I hope to one day cope with autism and reach my life goal, and in the end have good future, be happy.
I hope you like my intro, I think I will like this place, coping with autism is hard for me and I feel it could ruin my chance of a good life.
19 Jul 2020, 7:35 am
19 Jul 2020, 7:39 am
Welcome.
For me, if I am on the spectrum or not (I think I am), being me has advantages and dissadvantages compared to others. It is about using the advantages to the best and most of all being happy and living a righteous life. 
Welcome to Wrong Planet.
19 Jul 2020, 8:15 am
^Nicely said Mr MountainGoat.
Welcome to WP Matthew
19 Jul 2020, 10:17 am
19 Jul 2020, 12:08 pm
добро пожаловать, очень прятно!
I too study Russian, though not with as great ambitions as you do. I just want to understand Arkona's lyrics and maybe survive a visit to St. Petersburg some day. And maybe be able to speak several successive sentences without sounding like a three-year old, but that might be pushing it. 
I've never even heard of a person on the spectrum whose life was easy. It's great that you keep on pursuing your dreams in spite of difficulties. Many positive traits are part of bundle known as Autism, I hope yours will serve you well. Really, having a special interest as "useful" as another language and culture is a big advantage in life.
22 Jul 2020, 6:07 am
24 Jul 2020, 5:06 am
However, I feel autism makes me too excited and often times it makes me unfocused, this can be a problem for my future.
I am afraid my autism will make me less prepared to study Russian abroad or even cope with it.
I hope to one day cope with autism and reach my life goal, and in the end have good future, be happy.
I hope you like my intro, I think I will like this place, coping with autism is hard for me and I feel it could ruin my chance of a good life.
Welcome to the forum my friend. I feel ya on the excitment thing cause` Im pretty much the same, all or nothing.
You shouldn´t be afraid about your Russian studies. I studied Thai in Thailand for 2 years and had the same feeling as you have but hey, here I am today with 2 diplomas
24 Jul 2020, 9:00 am
24 Jul 2020, 10:06 am
Reminds me of a story. When I was in the university, I choose to study Russian. It was an intense class where once you enter the classroom you were restricted from speaking anything but Russian. English was strictly taboo. If you had a question in the class, you had to ask it in Russian.
At the time I lived in a co-op with 3 other roommates. It was almost like they hated me. I didn't know why. I was a nice friendly fellow. I had the habit of saying goodbye every time I left the room to go to classes. I would say goodbye in Russian.
До свидания (pronounced Dasvidaniya) is actually two words, not one: до (until) and свида́ния (meeting). So literally it means until the next meeting. Dasvidaniya is a formal way to say goodbye.
It wasn't until several months later that I realized what caused the hostility of my roommates. My roommates did not speak Russian. They had no idea of what I said. What they heard when I left each morning was "I spit on You."
24 Jul 2020, 2:03 pm
Reminds me of a story. When I was in the university, I choose to study Russian. It was an intense class where once you enter the classroom you were restricted from speaking anything but Russian. English was strictly taboo. If you had a question in the class, you had to ask it in Russian.
At the time I lived in a co-op with 3 other roommates. It was almost like they hated me. I didn't know why. I was a nice friendly fellow. I had the habit of saying goodbye every time I left the room to go to classes. I would say goodbye in Russian.
До свидания (pronounced Dasvidaniya) is actually two words, not one: до (until) and свида́ния (meeting). So literally it means until the next meeting. Dasvidaniya is a formal way to say goodbye.
It wasn't until several months later that I realized what caused the hostility of my roommates. My roommates did not speak Russian. They had no idea of what I said. What they heard when I left each morning was "I spit on You."
Oh no, Jimmy
! Welcome Matthew
! Working with it, not against it can help ... I hope you follow your Russian dreams and that things will fall into place for you. There can be good and not so good days whatever path in life you choose. Nothing worthwhile in life is ever easy or plain sailing, I find. I have a Russian friend who brings me back these Russian made choc coated fruits ... flavours like no other and I travel quite alot! (Soo good!) Will post image later as internet where I am this moment is not co-operating .Russian candy/lollies/sweets ...
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25 Jul 2020, 7:13 pm
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