Being "Discovered" On Wrong Planet by Outsiders

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I think that someone would have to read the majority if not all of my posts in order to figure out who I am. I do worry about people from my work, etc. finding me here. The main reason I don't want to post a picture of myself is that it would be easy for someone I know to recognize me.

I also keep my MySpace pretty simple. I don't have my real name on there anywhere and I don't use an email address based on my name. There is a profile section on MySpace where you're supposed to enter your name so that people can search for you. I made something up instead.

Unfortunately I made myself pretty easy to find. Anyone who knows I go by Poopy Lungstuffing (musicly)...and I identify with that name almost as much as my given name.......could do a search and a bunch of WP stuff would show up...shortsightedness on my part....I still wish I could change my name for that very reason.

My co-workers and parents don't know I post here. I don't use my real name but, if they read the names of my cats, they'd know it was me.

I don't think it's shameful to remain anonymous on WP. My anonymity is what allows me to be honest in my posts.
In real life, I can't open up as much as I do here.

I did not say it was shameful to remain anonymous; I said what I said.

I'm completely myself and honest in all of my posts also; to a fault, some might say. Help me understand, if you care to; how does unshameful anonymity enable you to be honest? What is it that is holding you back that anonymity takes away?

Good fortune,

- Icarus is often misunderstood...

I wonder if we are talking past each other. I don't see shame or wrong either way. I just mean, without my real self or real life in the way, I feel free to say what I am really thinking.

No, I haven't, although I work with health professionals who certainly know what AS is, some probably having contact with aspies on a daily basis. Since this is a recent revelation for me and somewhat exciting (for lack of a better word, excitement doesn't seem to fit), I have had moments where I have been thisclose to talking about it. I can think of three or four people who would be receptive to the idea, even supportive. I have been quirky and eccentric from day one and am lucky enough to be in an environment where others think this is 'cute'. I do not think I would get a negative reaction. Even so, I probably will keep it to myself.

So.....I suppose I would be relieved if I didn't have to partake in my "outing" (why do I have the suspicion I might have to start sewing red A's on my blouses?). I am very happy in my position and the feeling above is mutual. My position oversees others and requires a lot of skills/traits that I don't think would mesh well against the "anatomy" of an aspie. That is to say that had I worn a red A to my interview, I don't think I would have been hired.

No matter. Everyone knows me as the weirdo. Interestingly, that tag seems to lack all correlation to wheter people like me or not.

I met someone I had already met offline on the #wrongplanet chat room once before. Needless to say, it was awkward.

My ex husband traced me here under a previous screen name and I had to change it because he started stalking me and sending me nasty emails.

It's not that I was posting anything I didn't want him to read, it was just that he had been stalking me on several websites that I enjoyed posting to very much, and now I can't because I'm afraid. I still feel very safe here, though. Thank you Alex. You are truly a god.

Oh- I wondered why you changed your name!

Idiots into bullying me out of the workplace tracked me down to a random forum by looking at my screen name when I was on msn during a lunch break.
I had reasonable posts about politics, literature, martial arts as well as my issues with sexism/women and frienships (or the lack of them thereof).

Apparently, they were obsessed with me and thouroughly researched my profile (we are talking about 11 people into the same thing). Needless to say, they picked on the painful stuff by constantly saying things like "I know some fa***t who did not have any friends in primary school. . . like. . . at all. . . don't you think that's pretty laughable. . . hey, come on. . . answer, let's discuss this throuroughly" or by putting pictures on the walls (or sending them by mail to the entire company as innocent jokes) that were a reference to things said in the bullying. They also made a mock account to harass me.

I don't work with people like that now, I don't open this site at work and the chance that someone from my country will open this site and recognize me in any way is negligible. One of the reasons I got mobbed back then was becase I was the only guy around fluent in English so language is another idiot-barrier.