Why do you post on this website?

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I am here to take advice from my elders and peers, to solve my growing pains (due to the AS).

I'm here for solutions to understand and communicate in my marriage better. It's also nice to feel like I'm not the only one like me on the planet; to be in touch with like minded people.

I'd say:
10% Venting
10% Support
80% checking and trying to find out what parts of my personality are owed to my Autism and what are personal quirks. It is both fun and an interesting journey, and believe it or not, coming here gave me a huge deal of purpose in my life, as trying to figure myself out is something I truly enjoy doing, hopefully becoming an acceptable person one day.

At the moment it is 85% new special interest with Aspergers, including any and all differential diagnoses.
5% support
42% unknown...

Trying to get support from other members, and to talk about my imagination and interests

^This.

I don't really post that much when I'm on here, despite being on quite a lot. but the main reason I'm lurking around is to find a useful advice and solutions handling AS, reading people share the same frustrations I have etc. makes me feel less alone in a bizarre way.

Part of it is that I am obsessing over autism right now and trying to figure out if it describes me. Part of it is being able to share with others who have had similar life experiences and part of it is hopefully being able to use my experiences and coping strategies to help others live fuller, better lives.

i have actually seen that you are transforming on this site - you come across very differently now, and i think it's cool to see.

i post on the site because i have intermittent addiction lol. well not really, but it feels homey. i like that there are soooooo many diverse members so i can interact with people of all different types, from all over the world, in a fast paced forum. i have made dear friends here and even found love. i have learnt a great deal and i keep on learning.

I came here to get involved with the community, but soon I realised you people weren't too friendly, thus I myself have become unfriendly.

are you friendly on other forums?

so cool

DanRaccoon - you seem to like it here. Your complaining seems to me as asking for help and understanding. It attracts certain people, but there are always much more effective ways to this goal.

I have no other place to go. It's so sad that the place and the people I dislike are the only ones I can socialize with. Unless certain people would kindly ban me from the forums.

I originally came here as someone undiagnosed, with an idea that I might be on the spectrum (esp when my mom admitted she'd tried to have my grandparents take me into a doctor for possible autism when I was a kid). I also came, because I suspected my daughter was on the spectrum too, but she is also like a personality clone of me. There was one crucial difference. My mom is bipolar, and I am pretty sure my ex husband was too. My daughter has had depression issues since a very young age. She used to refer to "the empty feeling" at like age three. Depression is reasonably common in Apsie women though, and based on her other traits, we're discovering her depression stems more from that aspect than from being bipolar. Chances are she will still need medication to help, but she doesn't do the emotional roller coaster in ways that are like those experienced by bipolar people. Hers require definite triggers, often related to disruption of her routine or her involvement in special interests.

I've stayed, because I like discussing issues many of us share. As someone that recently returned to my home town, I've reunited with old friends, and made some new ones (mainly through the old friends). The trouble is, the ones I used to know have known me since elementary school, and don't relate to why I am, the way I am. To them, I'm just quirky, and they don't get how irritating it can be to receive that as a reason for why I do act the way I do. I adore them, but I get annoyed by the "u so funny" and "goofy" labels I receive at the age of nearly 36. The ones that actually work in special education, new friends, don't understand how it fits in relation to an adult.

I visit this board to learn more about autism so that I can better understand the challenges faced by my friends who are on the spectrum.

DanRaccoon - Well don't worry, you can practise here and then start real socialization elsewhere.