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03 Dec 2007, 4:23 am

Hello there. I just found this place today and thought I'd stick around. I was diagnosed with Aspergers in 4th grade (I guess that would have made me 11 or so--I'm 21 now), but I didn't realize what that really meant until a couple years ago. I had never been allowed to see the documentation from my original evaluation and diagnosis until then, and my mom didn't understand my condition (she still doesn't), often describing and treating it as Autism proper, though she's more often called it "high-functioning autism". But I won't say any more about her just now.

I had another evaluation over the summer, but it was rather unproductive. I had some difficulty providing satisfactory answers to some of the questions (mostly because I worry too much about my answers), and my anxiety pretty much got in the way of everything. The only thing that could really be determined from that session was that I have a problem with anxiety, and not much was said for that, except that it was an issue that needs to be dealt with in some way, which I'll have to figure out.

I think this is my biggest problem. I can overcome all the others. Over the years, I've learned how to interact with people. But the hardest part for me is just making myself do it. I know what to do, but I don't have the confidence to do it.
And now that I've gone on about my issues, I guess I'll wrap it up.

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03 Dec 2007, 5:53 am

Welcome to WrongPlanet

Pleased to meet you.

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03 Dec 2007, 6:55 am

Welcome here, WurdBendur.

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03 Dec 2007, 7:07 am

Welcome to a very funny place ! :flower:

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03 Dec 2007, 7:11 am

Welcome WurdBender,

We do a lot of that here. Dealing with things we do not understand.

What we discovered is the problem is in what we think we understand.

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03 Dec 2007, 7:32 am

Welcome to WrongPlanet!

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03 Dec 2007, 8:40 am

Welcome to WP.

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03 Dec 2007, 10:41 am

Welcome to WP im Comet nice to meet you

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03 Dec 2007, 12:17 pm

Thanks for the welcome, everybody!

Inventor wrote:

What we discovered is the problem is in what we think we understand.

That's always the problem, isn't it? (see my sig)

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03 Dec 2007, 2:53 pm

Welcome to Wrong Planet!

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05 Dec 2007, 2:51 pm

Welcome to Wrong Planet, Wurdbender.

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