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No they are not. But they are both animals. If you are trying to compare my depression to Autism and say I really just have Autism. You need to do your research.

What? I wasn't saying that. You said birdinflight had a pitbull, but her avatar is a mother and baby swan.

Man you are socially akward. Have you tried looking at self help guides?

What did I do wrong?...

You mistaken my communication again. Ahhh. Dude do not worry. Picture this said in a calm gentle voice. You got nothing to worry about. Don't feel like I'm thinking you are scum. Because you aren't. You just need to figure what to say at the right time. That is what I think those with Aspergers need help with.

Iliketrees - You have done nothing wrong, there is no need to let it bother you.

OP - I think you need to listen to your own advice. Maybe you need some help with that?

I'm confused too, I don't see what iliketrees said that was wrong- I didn't see any social awkwardness there at all. Perhaps OP is misunderstood in what was said, that or he's trying to troll iliketrees, making them think they did something wrong? Unsure.

Not trying to troll and not trying to do anything wrong. I'm calling to attention is what I'm doing. Yes pit bulls and swans are different. But you got nothing to worry about. Try going out more like I did. It'll be worth it. Think about the amount of girls you can attract. That is what I meant to iliketrees. I was in his shoes before.

I'm an asexual girl though. I don't want to attract girls.

OP - I can understand that you are happy about your new diagnosis but posting on WP that others just need to cheer up and get out more is not at all useful. Please employ some of your maturity to consider what you say and how it affects others.

So if you just found out that you don't have Asperger's, what makes you feel qualified to tell people with Asperger's what they need to do to improve their life?

I would say the same thing to a neurotypical or someone of another diagnosis. I'm not generalizing either... Maybe my choice of words still need to improve, but what I really meant is that it's possible and your mentality is not holding you back. Einstein? That guy's a genius! My sense of humor may need some improvement too. I tend to go for the trolling sense of humor still and it has bothered a lot of people.

Even if I have found out that I just got a new diagnosis, the symptoms I have endured were very similar to those who have had autism. And I remember a couple of times on the mentioning of the "I'm single" thread or the thread were people were complaining they can not find a girlfriend or wife that it was because of their autism or because of the BS statistics, what to know something? 50% of all mentalities of people have failed marriages.

What I'm trying to tell you guys is what I would have told myself years ago and what I have done has helped improve me. Maybe this was bad timing and the wrong part of the forum to give this advice, but I hope someone knows what I'm talking about. If I could get one person happy and feel optimistic and determined out of a lot of disagreeing people, then I feel I have done my job. And when I had the diagnosis of Aspergers I watched the South Park episode making fun of it and it did make me laugh. Yeah it does sound bullish when I think more about it and I probably may need to improve my sense of humor more. If I do sound like an as*hole and I honest to God I was not trying to, I apologize.

It sounds like you are saying your point was that diagnoses don't mean you can't have a life or do things and that's definitely true.

You're having a new provider who has relabeled you is a separate issue from not being defined by a diagnosis. What you wrote about being diagnosed differently now than in the past was frustrating because while you may trust your provider, sometimes they undiagnose people and it's both unwelcome and silly. To look at a child or adult who was diagnosed with ASD after years of therapies etc. because the person looks more normal now with no regard to how much effort it has taken to get or stay there and say the person never had ASD seems wrong to me, and sometimes, it happens. I think it's arrogant in that situation for a provider to think they know better than numerous people in the past. Not saying that's your situation, but it happens, and the problem is treating a person as if he or she is typical when that isn't true won't adequately meet their needs, and that's a very difficult experience to go through, because being depressed and on the spectrum and not understood is incredibly lonely and isolating and a lot of people here have been through that. I am glad for you that you are feeling hopeful, and this seems to be what you want, so your situation is different, but the message you are writing about hope and not being limited by diagnosis I don't think should be limited by relating to diagnoses. It's for anyone and everyone.