Talk about yourself for a bit

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Nice to meet you, Scotty1 and Kristen.

Ok, so, i'm also new here.

the thing is that i'm not sure if i have asperger's or not and to have an expert to check me is expensive but...
8 different people have already told me i that i must have asperger's for sure, one of them has it and 5 of them other have friend's / family affected by it as well
I also did my research and i have most of the traits
I see myself reflected here and i feel welcome here, so here it goes.

My real name is Pedro, i'm 20, from Algarve, southern Portugal, been working as a postman since july 2007 (tho my contract expires on the 1st of november and there's no way they'll renew it )

What i like:

- Music: Punk (and it's variations)
- Melodic Rock
- Some new-age-piano-jazz
- other music styles as well, but i dislike rap and techno

Guns: I'm not into violence but i like guns, i like to study, know the names, the kinds, the models (you could say that's one of my obsessions)

Airsoft : A sport with guns

Writing: I'm working on a series of books together with my older brother, who's 25

Poetry: i used to write poems back in the time when i cut myself and cried all day, most of them are too pessimistic and emotional, but oh well

Digital Abstract Art: that's what i call the things i produce by going on photoshop and Gimp and let the mouse fly

Some other things i can't remember now.
Another thing is that i can hmmm... in text, on msn and such, i can sweet-talk a lot, i can improvise poems and such, things are so beautiful -_-
I can't make it work anywhere else so i'm a failure.

hmm, that's pretty much it for now, thanks for listening

^Nice to meet you, Pedro.

i finally weigh 145 pounds, god im f*****g gorgeous. im in love with myself

Hmm...well, I've already explained some about myself in my intro, so I don't really know what else to tell you. I guess I'll just list some random facts about myself.

--I like to act, and I won a Boston Globe All-Star Acting Award in 2004 for my role in my school's one-act play in the Massachusetts High School Drama Festival

--I really wish that I were better at dancing (I'm a total klutz)

--I'm a hypochondriac, and I'm obsessed with assessing how I'm currently feeling

--I originally went to college thinking that I wanted to major in Early Childhood Education, but I decided that that wasn't the major for me after spending some time with young kids and realizing that I have no patience at all with them

--I own all of Bill Amend's "Foxtrot" compilation books, and I'm so sad that he's not doing daily comics anymore

--I want to be an extra in at least one movie in my life, especially a musical movie (like "The Sound of Music" or "Enchanted")

--I met Julie Andrews at a booksigning that she did in April of this year, and I still cannot believe that I met her...it was like a dream come true for me

--I often feel quite self-conscious about the way I tend to stare off into space at random times

--I'm a total pessimist and it takes a lot for me to be able to look at something positively

--I know most of the librarians at my local library by name, which just goes to show you how much time I spend at the library

--My current favorite food is turkey sandwiches with mustard, mayonnaise, lettuce, and tomato

My name is Cori. At the moment there's I'm a bit lost in the world. I'd love to see if there's a place for me out in this wide wide world, but I don't expect to find it. It's a strange position I'm in because I can't stand living alone, but I don't like the pain I experience when I'm around other people. I don't have anyone I can really connect with, but I'm still looking. Part of me is anyway. Part of me thinks it would be better for me if I learned to live in isolation. I think maybe I came here looking for something, giving the world one last chance before I shut that door behind me for good.

I love anime, manga, figures, video games (although I just recently gave up on MMOs) and all things Japan. If it wasn't for Japan and some of the stories that have come out through anime and manga I think I'd have been crushed by this world several times over. There are many characters and their stories that gave me hope when the rest of the world seemed like it was trying to take it away. I'd love to move to Japan, or at the very least visit it even just once. I bought a ton of stuff to help me learn the language, but I've been so stressed out that it's very hard to focus on learning anything right now and I feel my motivation come and go and to date it hasn't reached the point where I've been able to sit down and really study the material with any real intensity.

Getting lost in my thoughts here. It tends to be a bit random at times. It's bad enough that moden media and entertainment can put us through infrmation overload, but sometimes I think I have a habit of doing it to myself. It gets frustrating, this life. I have never really had any true friends. I used to have several playpals as a child, mostly girls. Though when they hit that developmental stage when the genders seperate for a time before becoming interested in each other again I lost them all. I've never been able to reconnect with the opposite gender since.

For years I've been trying to take my thoughts and ideas and create something from them. The problem is is that I haven't been able to write or draw for years now. It's really sad because it used to be my only escape and I sort of had it taken from me. It's what helped me cope with the isolation when I was younger. Unfortunately I let people corrupt my motivation for writing and drawing as well as smash what little confidence I had in my abilities to pieces. I've been trying for a long time now to get back into my art and writing but the frustration is becoming unbearable. I've managed to keep notes on my ideas over the years, but the notebooks are a collection of ideas, observations on life, random thoughts, obsessive-compulsive thinking and some of my efforts to sort though all of the clutter in my head. I'd be terrified if anyone read them as I don't think they'd be able to tell any of it apart.

I love how creative my mind is, but I hate how I have trouble expressing that creativity.

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Getting lost in thought again and can't seem to keep my focus here. I really need to sit down and talk with someone who can help me sort through and help organize all my thoughts.

I hate being clumsy. I used to get teased because of it a lot when I was in school. It was the worst in gym class. It's also very awkward trying to dance which is a shame because I like dancing. I don't think i will anymore though. It's been yars since I've been to a dance club as it is. I really feel out of place there.

Damn. I really wish I had more positive stuff to add here. It seems kind of one-sided right now. One good thing I guess is that's I'm still here. After doing a bit of research I've discovered that I've lived through a lot of what I'm found is not a healthy environment for someone with Asperger's. Getting diagnosed came pretty late as well. The guy who diagnosed me then went and told me basically that I was on my own and had to do everything myself because he didn't provide the kind of support I was looking for. I was misguided in my thinking that because someone is getting paid to do a job to help you that that doesn't really mean they will. I hate the one-size-fits-all approach to mental health they have here in Penticton. I'm one of those lucky few who get to fall through the cracks because I don't fit their system.

I wish my voice wasn't so monotone.

I'm about 6'2" and 220lbs. (I think). Dark brown hair (what's left of it) and hazel eyes. 34 years old. I have a tall and slender build, though I need to lose a bit of weight (which looks kind of odd). I'm told I have a funny looking walk. My facial features are quite plain I'm told. When I was 16 I used to look like this one actor who starred in this sci-fi vampire movie called "Lifeforce" though as me and the actor have aged we now look nothing alike. I wear glasses. My eyes get dry a lot because of where I live. I do not like dry and dusty semi-desert places. I have pet allergies. I'm also allergic to dust, pollen and a few other things. I have a lot of sensitivities as well. I hate walking through the perfume section in department stores.

I have hearing loss in both ears. It used to be even worse in my left ear as the bones in that ear were not connected and I had to have surgery. The bones were probably shaken lose in a childhood accident where I crashed into a phone pole while going downhill on a bike. I've had to have surgery on my nose as well. The part seperating the two nostrils had collapsed to one side and made breathing very hard at times. I still get the runny nose in the cold though as the surgery didn't fix that. I have several digestive problems, but I know people probably don't want to hear the details. An acquaintance in highschool put me in a full nelson after losing his temper during a playfight (the sadistic bastard can dish it out but he can't take it) and messed up my shoulder. I already got migraines and tension headaches from stress, but this was made even worse from this injury.

I get lonely a lot. I'm not very good at going out and meeting new people though. Most of the people I know I met through someone else, and if the people you know don't know anyone ...

I don't know what else to say. I'm not very good at one-sided conversations. I feel lost without any feedback to help give me some sort of direction to follow.

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I guess this is all for now. This is as clear and as focused as my thinking is going to get today I think.

My name is Dawn Brown. I was diagnosed with Asperger's when I was 12. I have a lot of other disorders too. My favorite animal is a cat. My favorite food is subs, then pizza and then tacos. I really enjoy taking long walks and going bike riding. I really like kids and spending time with them. I really like animals, especially cats and I like spending time with them. I really enjoy cleaning, especially my apartment. I spend a lot of time on my computer, that is my obsession. If anyone has any questions, just feel free to ask. I will probably talk about myself again in the future. Dawn

Ningyou, hi, my daughter has a fascination for Japan, she has had this interest from a very young age. My daughter visited Japan last October and she is going back in November. This time I will go with her.
catlover, I love cats, I have two, I also like subway, and I like spending time on my computer, probably to the point of it being an obsession. I quite like cleaning as well and I enjoy long walks with listening while to music and books on my Ipod. I'm not so fussed on children.
Do you have a cat in your apartment?

Welcome to WP Ningyou. We met on the chat and all, but I go by a different name on there.

I don't have any cats in my apartment. My landlord won't let anyone in my building have any animals. We can only have fish. Subway is my favorite restaurant and subs are my favorite food. I'm on my computer mostly all day every day. My computer is my obsession too. I am a christian. I have been a christian since I was 12. I really like to go to church, read the Bible and listen to praise and worship music. Along with Asperger's, I also have ADHD, anxiety, stress, depression and OCD. I would really like to meet people that have the same disorders as me. Dawn