Friendship Board - Age 19 Onwards

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Hi, everyone. My name is Andrew. I'm 19 and live in New Jersey. I'm a recent newcomer to this forum and to the world of AS. I first knew in January of this year and received an official diagnosis in May.

I have Asperger's to thank (I suppose) for my interest in the weather and therefore my intended profession in the future. I'm really into what people disparagingly call "oldies": the music of the '60s, '70s, & '80s. I also follow some sports teams in my area (Nets & Devils) and also the Miami Dolphins. The same goes for the television shows I like.

Because of the short amount of time I've known and my selectivity, I can count on my hands the number of people who I've told. I prefer to control this information. I'm looking to live my life differently now, but first learning how to do it. Even though it's summer, I'm not having much social interaction. I've made friends in my life, but most of them go to different colleges now and we rarely see each other. Besides work, I could go quite a while without seeing anyone but my family. I'm excited about making some friends and hope that you are as well.

Hi there! Thought it was about time to write here.

Name: Camilla
Gender: Female
Age: 19 (to be 20 per 5/9)
Lives in: Denmark
Languages: Danish, English - Danish being my mother tongue. I consider myself to be fluent in English, but I am not perfect.
Diagnose: On the papers it says unspecified brain-developmental malfunction on the autism spectra, however that is very long to rabble off when someone asks, so I usually say Aspergers Syndrome, as that is what I find myself to be the closest to.
I also suffer from Panic Disorder, which means I can get panic attacks over things that are not dangerous.
Occupation: Jobless. I failed college twice and have not found a job.
Main interests: World of warcraft, gaming, reading, roleplaying and occationally writing. - One could say I'm a bit of a geek.
Member on WP since: A few weeks ago, roughly.

I am looking for any kind of friend, be it online or in real life. I tend to be shy at first, but as I speak to people I get a bit more confident. I usually am not the person that takes contact to people, admittively, but I will reply to any PM's.
I've also got MSN/Skype/Facebook and such.

Hope to hear from someone ^^

Hello Andrew and Camilla, and welcome to WP!
The best way to gain contacts here is to add witty comments to recently added threads. Also make sure to add a new thread once a week or so. You need to comment to meet people here, so make sure you do!
(And Andrew, let me know if you need any advice on what math you need to study for your meteorological career.)
-Crunch

Well, Admiral, I used to be a Physics major at my college and anticipated quite a lot of math as a result. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending how you look at it), Academic Advising gave me bad information about starting my Analytical Physics sequence and messed me up. An option I found was to become a Chemistry major because what I have already taken can fit into either or; the future semesters (my second year) determine Physics vs Chemistry. As a Chemistry major, I'm following the recommended guidelines for the degree and it has me stopping at Calc 1.

I tried taking Calc 1 in the Spring and mathematically earned an F in the class, but the professor put down a D. I am just about to finish my second attempt at the class tomorrow when I take my Final Exam. My quizzes and tests are much better this time around and I should get a high B or a low A. This raises my GPA and allows me to continue on a scholarship.

Thank you for your offer. I would still be happy to listen to what you have to say. I think when I transfer to a four-year college (I'm at a county college now), I will have to come back to the math that comes up for Physics majors but this time for the Meteorology major. I'm weaker in math than in other subjects and I'll take any advice you'll give.

Please see "Map for all Earthbound members of WrongPlanet" http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt104660.html
The main purpose of the map is to help people form local support networks.
Now, I'm trying to think of a way for my map to work for both ideas -- support and dating.
Please feel free to offer any helpful comments on my thread.

Hello! My name is Daniel. I have an autism spectrum disorder, I am high-functioning and I live in south Hampshire in England.

I am also an atheist. I would like to meet people who share my naturalistic rationalist worldview, and who understand what it's like to be autistic. I am especially interested in meeting family members of people on the autistic spectrum.

PM me if you are interested.

Hello Daniel, and welcome to WP!

It's best to start here by adding topical comments to threads currently popular. Afterward, make sure to add a new thread once in a a while.
Also, there's a lot of people here who share your worldview, but we often find it better to keep discussions of such things--not related directly to AS--in the forum areas under those topics. (There's a lot of interesting people who I'm sure you'd find very interesting to talk with who don't have completely the same viewpoints.)
Good luck!

Hi everyone!!

I'm Elizabeth and I am 25. I live in the Milwaukee area. My favorite things to do are movie watching, love to listen and chat online about film scores, travelling, learning about history (which is probably why I have a passion for archaeology as well). Natural disasters fascinate me, so I have a passion for learning about geology.

I work two part-time jobs (one in retail, and one in a sandwich shop). I'm taking a break for a while from 5 years of being in college and feeling like I'm not getting anywhere. I have a few ideas of what I want to (special ed teacher, paramedic, film historian[have no idea what the heck i would do with that], archaeologist, or geologist.)

If I ever have the time, I would love to meet new people, but most importantly I like to feel like people can rely on me whenever they need someone to listen to or need help. I might not know what to say, but I certainly want to be able to help out whenever and wherever I can.

I'm a geology student. I'm studying for a part-time degree. I've just finished the first year, and there are three more years to go. I find it a fascinating subject.

Are you learning it on your own, then?



That sounds nice.

I'm Dennis. I'm 23 years old and nearly 24. I live in the Cincinnati area.

My interests are mental illnesses, cats, malls, wrestling, MMA, video games, anime and manga, and the internet. I'm mainly interested in mental illnesses since I have them, my relatives have them, and I'm attracted to other people who have them. My favorite video games include Earthbound and the Final Fantasy, Zelda, Pokemon, and Metal Gear Solid series.

I enjoy sarcasm and black humor. I seem to have decent social skills by Asperger's standards, that or I'm just good at finding people who are like me. I still fail at having relationships with girls, though.

I took a class as part of my gen eds. and fell in love with it. If I were gonna major in it, I would probably study volcanoes and be a volcanologist. I don't know what it is about geology, but natural disasters fascinate me.

Hello, i want to make friends i've never tried hard to make friends before just think noones intrested so i am going to give it a go making friends until i run out of the energy and passion for it hopefully i will have some friends before it runs out lol

I'm open minded to what kind of people i meet, preferabley like people around my age 23 as i want to keep a young perspective, i am willing to go as deep as having a soul connection with people, i would appreciate friends who can accept me for my quirks, and how i sometimes need to be a little arkward because thats how i'm feeling as when the burst of freedom comes after the arkwardness it will be so much more exciting, i wouldn't judge anyone either as im a really understanding person because of how much of a weirdo i am lol, i live a normadic lifestyle and in time thats going to get even more adventurous, i'm quite other worldly and unusual in what i think and say which usually gets more random the longer i know you but i do like interlectual convo also a good balance, i appreciate people who have the depth, strength and courage to live there life the way they want to and i like niceness.

Next month i'm going to be in Scotland so let me know if you live there as i don't know anyone, i'm going to go to alot of exhibitions and art related venues, so if you are into that or you just like a coffee i'd like to hear from you

Hello, my name is James. I'm 21, I am self-diagnosed AS, and I'm from Michigan. I'd like to make some friends here because while I already have some friends, most of them or sort of like acquaintances really. The only people I actually "hang out" with my girlfriend and her best friend, and some times her best friend.

I guess I'm not quite sure how to initiate a friendship though...

Giving this post a go without much hope.

My name is vincent and I´m 19.

I was diagnosed with as 2 years ago.

I´d like to make friends online because I expend many hours at a computer during a week and from time to time it gets lonely if you have no one to talk to.


I have no problem with gender/age just pm/add me if you wanna talk some time.

Hi. I joined this forum a year ago but havent since been on it! It would be good to meet like minded people on here as I have no friends atall and am quite agoraphobic! My name is [redacted] and I am 21 years old, I was diagnosed with aspergers over a year ago. I was suffering from really bad depression for ages but have begun to feel much happier this year although I still suffer from real bad anxiety. I am starting to get back into doing things now like I have just started an Open Uni science degree focusing on astronomy. My other main interests are drawing and art. I love music alot from all different genres like electronic, rock, punk, dub, dubstep, goth, indie, psychedelic, riot grrl etc... I can also play some guitar and am just starting to learn about music production (I just got Reason duo for my computer today!). Im also quite spiritual and am learning meditation, tarot, astrology and chi kung. Im from the UK

Hello, my name is Cody and I was diagnosed with AS when I was in elementary school.

My favorite pastimes are reading, writing, video games, and bodybuilding. I'm a college student majoring in Finance/Accounting and I'm in my fourth year. I'm still unsure of what I want to be, but I'm confident I will figure something out before long. I work in the hotel industry, which is remarkably stressful, but I think I've learned a lot about how to socialize with others because of it.

I don't have a lot of friends and I'd like to talk to some people that have the same problems I do. Anyone interested in PM'ing me is welcome.