Hi I am definitely a Dino - a Triceratops
What is your first name? Henric
Age: 52
Location: Sweden, but I was born in Denmark
Current perseverations: AS/ADHD
When did you discover AS? 2009
Do you have other psych diagnoses? social phobia with anxiety
Do you have a degree? no
Kids? Nope, I do have a bunch of Inner Children
Favorite music, other than NIN Bach, Beethoven, Rachmanninov, Mozart, Sibelius, Chopin, Meatloaf, U2, Johnny Cash, Barbara Streisand, Vangelis, Enigma...
Job? No.
Relationship with significant other, past or present? Happily married to another Aspie since 1999.
Plans for the future? Just being me.
Anything else you feel is pertinent: Jewish, Transgender, at 52 I have stopped trying to please Neurotypical Society and People. They cheat at life and change the rules to cover it up.
I vehemently refuse to conform. I absolutely refuse to play their little social games of 'small-talk', 'social-hide-and-seek', 'read-between-the-lines', 'greet-and-smile' and other such malarkey.
If they dont want to get real with me, I force them by asking any and all pesonal questions I can come up with until they do. If they run screaming the other way it is their loss, because I am a really great guy to know and socialize with once 'you' skip all the fake stuff.
If they dont run away screaming, they are usually keepers.
I do not like being around Neurotypical people. They usually don't have the intellectual or emotional scope to think beyond their own experience/framework. ASplaining to NTs is sooo energy consuming. So I just don't bother.
My interests run along the lines of the Humanities - religion in general and jewish theology in particular philosophy, ethics, history, language.
I speak and write Swedish and English fluently. I read English, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic fluently.
I can muddle my way through a text in German, Spanish, Italian, Hebrew, Finnish and Latin.
I am an avid reader of Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thrillers and Mysteries.
I play video games (PS3, PS4) to decompress.
If I have myself undstood something I can explain it so a 5 year old can understand it.
I am dyscalculic, and firmly believe that numbers are at best a hoax, at worst evil.
I hated school.
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Looking or asking for a cure for Autism is like looking or asking for a cure for being Black.
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there, their, they're - learn the difference goddammit!