what happen to older aspies?

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what happens to older aspies?

In this case, lurking on the sidelines of WP like Banquo's ghost, wondering how everyone on here seems to be friends already...

They shrivel up and die, just like anyone else, except maybe faster due to having such AS related problems to deal with.

When I'm older I will be lead guitar in a band and we'll play all this hardcore political stuff like Rise Against, Protest the Hero, Bad Religion etc.

symptoms lessen then you release there stil there and find life extremely hard

Shrivel up faster???

Eeek

*runs to nearest Clinique concession waving credit card*

the become one with the universal funk

Oh well, that's ok then!! I'm with Denis Leary as far as losing some years at the end....adult diaper, senile years, you can keep'em.
Um. Yes. Probably not the most mentally healthy view.

I got better. I only diagnosed myself a couple of years ago. When I was a kid, growing up in a working class neighbourhood, you were just expected to earn your own living and stay out of jail or trouble. Mental issues were just weakness or self-centredness; diagnosis was only for those who got institutionalized.
Anyway, I had a troubled life, and finally quit drinking almost 20 years ago. Almost 10 years ago, I really got involved with the 12-step program in AA, and that was what made a good life happen for me. I never learned to grow up as a child, teenager, or young adult, but I did in my fifties with the support of all those other reformed ex-drinkers. They cut me a lot of slack, they have good principals of looking after each other, connecting with a Higher Power, service to other people, and now I'm being the person that was inside of me all along. For a long time, I felt that my goal in life was to conquer my fears, and I would be ready to die when I was no longer afraid of anything. Now I've passed that and I'm happy to be a sponsor and support to a couple people in AA and a few in Overeaters Anonymous. Life keeps getting better now that I finally know how to do it.
Ron

"Life keeps getting better now that I finally know how to do it."
Ron

I like this,trying to live by something close to it.


Getting older gives you more distance from younger problems....
Dunno what is is about nearing 50 that seems to wake us up-set us searching for answers,but given the way people were when I was younger,its prob. a blessing I was never "caught"-Sure its different for more severe cases.
(i'm just bad enough to be thought strange,socially weird and prone to explode)

I was much more "out there" in my youth.
Shame,like many of us,no one knew my problems,so any talents that could have served me,were never explored.
So,starting some new stuff,writing for net and have been photographing for 2 years..its not as hard as it sounds,
but it does pay most bills,keeps the anxiety away.
ITS NEVER TOO LATE-if I can,bet almost anyone can..learning to solve problems IS really hard,but I bless Google...


I know many who are most likely aspies,but have no diagnosis,like me,and make a living from arts and crafts,music,writing,working online,etc.Using go-betweens to sell stuff,if its too hard to deal with the public,personally.


Seems like a lot of the difficulties can be dealt with alternative life styles...I'm been lucky,raised in part by hippies,around artists and musicians all my days.I get encouragement to live using my creative abilities...bet most of us have them in some field..often real talents...(computers are the most creative things,I just discovered them !)