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17 Sep 2016, 3:32 pm

painful and lonely.
misunderstood.



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17 Sep 2016, 5:51 pm

a 486sx being made to struggle through Pentium-level programs. doesn't work, so I just sit and gather dust in the back corner of the closet.



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17 Sep 2016, 10:26 pm

Knofskia wrote:
I love a good computer analogy, thank you, StarTrekker. :D


My pleasure :)


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18 Sep 2016, 9:17 am

mebradhen wrote:
Well life is hard. I only have 3 best friends. But who I am is who I am. Because of Asperger's I'm able to remember a lot. I'm able to make models and art and develop games in my spare time. I'm able to do stuff that requires a long attention expand.

OK FINE. Yes I do have a lot of negatives when it comes to living with it. But that's life. :lol:


I like your positive outlook, because while Asperger's sucks in so many ways, it isn't without its positives. Be grateful for those 3 best friends.

I've never had more than one really good friend at a time. I've found myself increasingly isolated in adulthood - to the point where now, at 45, I don't have any close friends anywhere nearby geographically (I have a couple who live, respectively, hundreds and thousands of miles away), and that can make life lonely at times. I have work friends, but I really don't do anything with them outside of my job. I'm very grateful for my wife, but don't really have any guy friends with whom I can hang out. Interestingly, many of my artsy and photographer / model friends tend to be much younger than me, and more often than not I'm doing my own thing by myself aside from occasional photo collaborations.

Thank goodness for special interests. :)


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19 Sep 2016, 7:25 am

I am quite highly person who has the mind of little child and has many passions (special interests) who has nature which not bother with being like others, being loved by other persons (maybe I can't imagine feeling of being loved and not loved?) and whose behavior and communication tends to be "stupid" or "odd". I have problems dealing with difficulties at all, comfort is very important to my nature and I generally avoid unpleasant things (especially unpleasant for my senses).



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19 Sep 2016, 7:30 am

To answer the question; Alien.

We as humans fail to understand each other at the best of times, let alone someone who takes that disparity to whole other level.



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13 Apr 2017, 3:42 pm

i was 4,8 or 9 when i got my diagnosis :alien: :alien: :alien: :alien: :alien: :alien:



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13 Apr 2017, 4:05 pm

Stressful and confusing.

Quite often I don't really understand what is expected of me and that stresses me out.

I'm getting better at adapting, but I'm so very tired.



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13 Apr 2017, 7:12 pm

I don't know for sure that I could ever leave my hermithood, and keep what hard-won sanity I got.