10 Years On Wrong Planet!

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Wow, I never thought I would be a member of Wrong Planet for these many years!

When I was 16 years old, I was an insecure, withdrawn teenager eager to find someone or someplace where people came from similar backgrounds as me. That all changed on November 23rd, 2006 when I was in the library of my high school looking up online support sites for people with ASD. I happened upon Wrong Planet, which was founded only two years before by Alex Plank, and jumped at the chance to join. I'm glad I did and finding Wrong Planet has been an amazing journey that will continue.

This journey of epic grandeur has not only been joyful for me, but at the same time, bittersweet. Many members who welcomed me with open arms back in 2006 have moved on in their lives without Wrong Planet, been banned, seemingly have forgotten all about Wrong Planet, or for other reasons.

Now, as a longtime member of Wrong Planet, I have no intentions on leaving Wrong Planet because Wrong Planet will always be my "Internet home" where I will always be, regardless of how many more priorities will be in the future. Many of you may wonder as to what the next ten years will not only bring for me, but also for any of you who read this. I don't want to know what the next ten years will bring because I'd rather live my life one day at a time in the present.

My advice is this for those who feel that having an ASD will always cause other people to view as a pariah type:
Just because you have an ASD does not mean you will always be an outcast. Instead, slowly accept the fact that you having an ASD will always be a part of your essence. Wanting to rid yourself of something you feel that was forced upon you won't solve anything. Choose yourself as you are now rather than choosing to be someone who you may regret turning yourself into in the future. Let go of past traumas that you feel cause such emotions like guit, fear, anxiety, and anything of the sort. Live in the present instead of in the past because the joy of living your lives one day at a time will reveal that you never be a pariah eventually.

Given that tommorow is Thanksgiving Day, I am grateful for the changes that Wrong Planet has given me for these past ten years. I thank all of you who are reading this for being my "brothers" and "sisters" and showing each other empathy, respect, strength, and dignity.

The journey will continue.

Congratulations! Thank you for the wise words. Here's to 10 more years.

Congratulations on being a member for a decade AA!

10 years: Wow, geezus, that's a long time!!

Congratulations, Broseph! Here's to many more years to come.

I thank you all for the well-wishes!

Wow, 10 years... Congratulations, AA

AA, as one longtime WP veteran to another, I say: I am glad you are staying with WP. I will, too.

Congratulations!

Thank you Sister Skilpadde and Brother Kyle!

Happea WPea Birthday!

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Thanks SGT Cockney Rebel!

Well done!