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Yeah I'm new here (newb sauce). I found this place after recently being diagnosed with AS (courtesy of my psychiatrist). I'm in a relationship that is currently falling apart, we are in counseling to try to form it into something that works for both of us. she has a tough time dealing with this stuff, but to her credit she is trying like hell.

lets see, what to say. i'm 34 years old, and had a really miserable child hood. i started therapy a few years ago after my first relationship went bust. my therapy is mostly trauma-based, in that i also have to deal with PTSD, a lot of bad things happened to me.

i'm pretty "successful" in my career, i'm a tech lead and architect for a large software engineering web development consultancy in Boston.

i'm very much into (like that needs to be said here) music and recording music. i do all sorts of stuff, i play drums, guitar, bass, keys and record post-rock, synth pop/electronic stuff with a bit of post-hardcore influences.

i'm also into NASA history (in particular the Apollo program), theoretical physics and cosmology. i'm also into the whole DIY-ethic thing, writing, publishing, design (I used to be a graphic designer), grew up as a hardcore kid in the mid-1980's, went to hardcore shows, played in hardcore bands, published zines, help run a small little record label, that kind of thing.

i'm still straight edge, and into tattoos (got a few) and just generally have embraced being, well, not "normal."

what i do want is to learn to cope with and work around (or through) the obstacles of my AS so that i can rebuild a lasting relationship with my significant other. i want to learn.

in closing, i thought i'd end with a bit of lyric (i hate when people quote lyrics in forums, but i'm going to do it just this once) from armor for sleep's first record:

this planet wasn't made for me / all of you live so easy / i lay outside and up i stare / my home is in the void up there

Nice to meet you, blinder.

Welcome to WP!

Welcome to wp, stranger!

Welcome to WrongPlanet!

Hi welcome

Welcome,

I am sure we can tell you what not to do.

Hi blinder

welcome to WP.

I have PTSD also. I also play the drums and guitar...both self taught. I can play a bit of the piano, all though i'm not very good.

I'm sure you'll find this place helpful. Check out the Love and Dating Forum...you might get some good advice about how to fix/heal [of whatever you do] your relationship with your significant other.

yeah i've been teaching myself piano... i know the basics but have a lot to learn and have lots of bad habits

my therapy started as treatment for PTSD, and it was through working on that that we discovered some patterns in my behavior that, after a year, started to form that my psychiatrist began to recognize. thankfully she treats several AS folks.

Welcome! Nice to meet you.

What brand of drum kit do you have? I use to have a 5 piece used Westbury kit. My drum instructor at the time thought i was improving but i could never seem to agree with him.