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Hello I'm a 19 year old auspie just wanted to post here to get accustomed to it.

Ive been lurking around this forum and i feel i should become more engaged with whats currently happening. (lifestyle for a long time was isolation, occasionally leaving my house, comparable to a hikikomori.)

I exhibit a fair disconnection with reality due to this. I feel that this place with help me "come out of my shell" as well as help me with anything else wrong.

Ive never really did well school (which i regret at times) and always thought it as overwhelming never being able to easily complete even trivial difficulty tasks (algebra 1, writing, ect)
Thankfully i still graduated with a good grade. (By the coattails of the No Chile Left Behind Act.(Am i being politically correct here?))

Currently I'm considering going to college. (My parents say i should take some easy classes).
But my auspie friend says I'm not ready due to a lack of fundamental skills.(I did graduate on the coattails of the NCLB act)

Prehaps a bit excessive for a first post but anyways..
Hello Wrongplanet!

Hi, welcome to WP. I'm a bit of a hikikomori as well. I hope you enjoy your stay.

Welcome to WP
I recognize one part of your story (the lifestyle part).

Well hello there! Hope you enjoy Wrongplanet.

Welcome to WrongPlanet, t55!

Greetings, and welcome aboard the Wrong Planet, t55.

Welcome to WP!

Hi T55,

Just wanted to join the others in saying hi and welcoming you to WrongPlanet.

I'm a newbie to this website too, and even though I've never lived in isolation from society in any way, I'm only discovering Aspergers now and it's completely transforming the way I view myself and the kind of thought habits I've had about myself, others, social interaction, etc.

I myself did very well in school, but now at 30 years of age, I want nothing more than a relatively simple, stress-free job and lifestyle. In other words, what you said about school *totally* resonates with me now at this later point in life. When I was 21, I felt expected to go on to achieve great things in the professional world, and now I want none of it. Perhaps it would be accurate to say that I don't feel I could cope with the accompanying stresses of it.

I can't help but remark, too, on your affable writing style for someone who lived 'hikkimori' for a time. I could not have expressed myself more fluidly than you have, and I've been working hard at passing for NT (neurotypical, a normal person without Aspergers) since I was 13!! Shows you how much progress I've made since then!! lol

Welcome again,

Dan




Prehaps a bit excessive for a first post but anyways..
Hello Wrongplanet!

To WrongPlanet!! !

I learned 2 years ago that I had some degree of autism, and like some of you I have a high IQ and it often makes me sad to realize that I could have been a high-achieving professional if I didn't have ASD, and that I'll never be able to have a family due to low income and other problems. ASD prevented me from having a "normal" life. But that was how it was meant to be. I wouldn't know how to function if I suddenly became "normal" and "successful." My life has made me more humble and more compassionate. It has made me more compassionate to my girlfriend, who has "special needs." And it makes me more grateful to the Lord for earning a better life for me in the next world.

Welcome aboard the Wrong Planet!

Thanks guys for the kind introduction.

I was hoping (not in the best tastes) that i wouldn't be alone in my feelings.
Perhaps i should commit to posting in this place to become less disconnected with reality.

And in response to shomnec. I felt rather high of myself when i was younger, somehow better than most but now I'm realizing that I'm not so great. (comparing to your statement about achieving great things) And this "perfectionism" has left deep cracks in my "foundation" for a successful future which perhaps was a big contributing factor to my current situation.

Eh maybe i post too big and should slow down. But I'm a little concerned.
Where should i discuss this?

Irashai, t55. Don't worry about rambling in your posts, half the people here tend to have intro posts longer than yours. If you want to discuss things in-septh, well, youve come to the right place.

Oh, and out of curiousity, what is a "hikkimori"? I'm assuming given the spelling and syllable pattern that the word is of Japanese origin, but I haven't heard it before.