Do you feel like an outsider, even here at Wrong Planet?

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I feel like an outsider for not feeling like an outsider.

I vaguely remember this thread...
I felt like I didn't really belong anywhere when I was in regular school, but now that I do school at home, I hardly think about it.
In fact, I found this today. Yeah, it's an old and overused stupid meme, but I find that the content of it is actually very applicable to me.



Oh, and regarding WP, I don't really feel like an outsider.

Ditto!

Yeah that really applies to me as well. There are so many levels of Aspergers, and most of the difficulties people on this forum have I don't really have. I'm pretty good at being expressive, and I usually know what most people want, but it can feel more like acting to me. As a kid I had trouble with this, and I had to teach myself all these things. I mostly suffer from over stimulation in new and changing settings. This often makes me want to hide from the world, and I'm more an introvert than a true Aspie. However I can also have problems with awkward speech, but I think it mostly just comes from a lack of experience.

I feel like an outsider until I hit the video game part of the forums.

I was last here about a year and a half ago, and just happened to be subscribed to this post.

I left because I'm quite the outsider, always have been. Old friends, even family, weren't talking with me much so I guess I didn't find here any different. I've been dreaming of creating a technology to treat the symptoms of Asperger's for about 25 years now, and was advocating work on affective computing like crazy on here. Obviously, I was not popular and felt un-liked. I kind-of rage quit and worked on a new strategy.

So I started working on creating support services for people on the spectrum. I created three support groups and have hired some people to work through the non-profit I set up as contractors--their first real jobs.

Things were going well enough until a few weeks ago when the DSM V announced the change. Now, the strategy is questionable. So I'm wondering if I should stop by here and get a sampling of what the community needs and if anyone has ideas about public support now that my diagnosis is no longer valid.

I'm hoping to not be an outsider this time around.

Yes.

Yes. Everyone else on here seems way more rebellious and vocal than I.

Are you just trying to say we're gobby bastards? LOL

I have accepted that I will always feel like an outsider, perhaps everywhere forever into eternity. But really, I must always be an outsider while on earth, because I'm here and everyone else is elsewhere. See what I mean

I feel like I fit in here and get along with people here better than any other online forum I've been in. Other forums tend to have too many trolls or haters or judgmental people or people that I just don't understand and that don't understand me.

To be honest I feel like more of an outsider here than i do in everyday life

It would be cool to befriend another aspie, in person i mean.

I feel like an outsider here on the count that I always give brief answers, and everyone here elaborates, from what I've seen. I'm not used to elaborating.

I've always felt like an outsider, and have never been popular or part of any cliques. The only time I ever seem to do anything that others really enjoy or appreciate is when I'm DJ'ing. I've made the mistake of saying I agreed or could relate to others here, only to be ignored and / or avoided by them afterwards, same as IRL. At this point of my life, I've come to accept being an outsider - it is what it is.

I feel out of place at most places. I feel somewhat out of place here because I don't have a diagnosis yet, I feel like I'm a provisional member.

Believe me you, this has got to be the best thing you could do. Having worked in some support groups in the area, I've found the people to be almost exactly like me, to the point of being scarey. I look forward going to the meetings since I know there's another troubling aspect of life that I'm going to discover is not just my own.

And yes, other aspies make the coolest friends. (Just be willing to be flexible with your schedule, since we tend to have so many problems getting places on time.)

I hyper-recommend that you look for a support group around you. If there aren't any, heck... start one. (If you're in North America, check out GRASP).