Joined: 13 Dec 2008 Age: 34 Gender: Male Posts: 2,369
04 Mar 2009, 9:53 pm
For me right now, I would describe it as a curse, a curse with benefits... An right now, I am sick of the downsides of it.
I know I will have better days. But for now all I can think of is getting past my current situation, and getting to a more stable part of my life. I am sick of the downsides to the point that I don't really see the upsides any more. I am also sick of some of the misconceptions... Such as my parents think I will outgrow AS...
Joined: 12 Apr 2006 Age: 34 Gender: Male Posts: 87 Location: New Jersey
04 Mar 2009, 10:37 pm
I would describe it in terms of social anxiety, as that seems to be its biggest feature. I don't resent the idea of being around people; I just can't do it. For example, if I need to speak to the class, I can never manage to get my point across as I have physical symptoms of anxiety.
Joined: 3 Jan 2009 Age: 29 Gender: Female Posts: 1,648
04 Mar 2009, 10:44 pm
How I explain PDD-NOS. My bf wasn't really getting the whole medical text book thing. I said imagine you live on another planet . You want to communicate but you do not know how. It is like everyone around you follows different rules and speaks a different language.
_________________ Lyssa
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DXed with PDD/AS,ADD,OCD, and more
Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Gender: Female Posts: 7,138 Location: On the Road Less Traveled
05 Mar 2009, 1:36 am
Some days it is easier to accept, others, I just want to hide in my cave and not deal with it.
_________________ Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.
-- Dr. Dale Turner
right now, i would honestly say i am ecstatic for it.
but i am very much at the point where i have finally gotten an explanation, and how i move foreward with that knowledge is up in the air. so in a year i may be strongly in hate with the whole thing. and if i went this long berating myself for no known reason, i don't honestly see that changing much sheerly for the realization of why i behave the way i do.