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11 Sep 2008, 4:16 pm

Hi, call me Mishi.

I was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome when I was nine, but I never really had much support or help with it, and I was doing okay. But in the years since I finished high school my life has been decaying and I was finally recently diagnosed with ADD. Now I have a coach and a therapist, and I'm slowly (but too slowly) getting back on track.

My coach keeps on saying that I haven't accepted that I have AS. I'm not entirely sure what she means, but I figured if I'm going to accept it, this would be a good place to start. And since I don't know any other 'aspies', I figured it would be a good place to meet them, too.

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11 Sep 2008, 4:34 pm

Hello mishi sings.

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11 Sep 2008, 5:00 pm

To WrongPlanet!! !

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11 Sep 2008, 5:10 pm

Thank you.

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11 Sep 2008, 5:45 pm

Welcome to the forums

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11 Sep 2008, 7:43 pm

Glad to meet you, Mishi_Sings, and welcome to Wrong Planet. I don't know a better place than WP not only to get back on tract but also to stay on tract. All the best to you.

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11 Sep 2008, 8:57 pm

Hello

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The only thing I got was the error message because I have to reboot my best friend sometimes.

I have two cousins and a younger sibling who have Asperger Syndrome.

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11 Sep 2008, 11:21 pm

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12 Sep 2008, 1:57 am

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12 Sep 2008, 10:28 pm

JetLag wrote:

Glad to meet you, Mishi_Sings, and welcome to Wrong Planet. I don't know a better place than WP not only to get back on tract but also to stay on tract. All the best to you.

Thank you.

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12 Sep 2008, 10:43 pm

Nice to meet you, Mishi.

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13 Sep 2008, 4:56 pm

I've been diagnosed since I was three. It was hard to accept for me in a long time until the last couple of years. I don't think of aspergers as a disability but as a difference. I love who I am now.

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13 Sep 2008, 4:57 pm

Welcome Mishi!

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14 Sep 2008, 6:36 pm

physicsteen wrote:

I've been diagnosed since I was three. It was hard to accept for me in a long time until the last couple of years. I don't think of aspergers as a disability but as a difference. I love who I am now.

I'm glad for you, but I don't think it's as simple as that. I've never precisely thought of my Asperger's as a disability, never thought of myself as disabled. (anyway, technically, it's not a disability, it's a disorder) I think what my coach meant is that I never accepted the fact that certain things are difficult for me and that I need help. Since in the last few years it's become painfully obvious that I'm an undisciplined and unmotivated screw-up, I can't deny that anymore. So I've been working on accepting help and learning not to be such as ass about it. But I'm not sure if this is even related to my Asperger's.

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14 Sep 2008, 6:43 pm

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