How surprised i am that a place such as this exists

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Hi there id like it if everyone just called me Redd. idk why the two D's its a nick name my uncle gave me because of my red hair and when he txts me wit another cheesy joke he always spells it Redd.
Anyway my tendency to go of into tangents has gotten the better of me there.
I'm 19 but ill be 20 in January. Im an aspie who lives in the most progressive open-minded fun part of the united states to be in... the south (sarcasm). I was born in a little town in western NC that has now been overran by wealthy retirees from Florida. anyway i was diagnosed as having Asperger's at the age of 6 after my peculiar asocial behavior forced me to repeat kindergarten. i have few memories of the diagnosis and was not aware that was what all the doctors or whatever were doing with ther funny questions and weird tasks for me to attempt until a few years later when my mom actually got the courage to tell me the truth about that day in Asheville. even so i was not entirely sure what she meant by Asperger's until i got online and did a little research that brought me to this sight and i would just like to say thanks to the god i no longer worship or believe in that there are actually people like me out there. until this place i had no idea anyone else had the eccentric personality i am proud to be burdened with. (sincerity) well... of course i knew there were others but i really never thought there was a place for us to communicate in this way. but for those who'm have not yet given up on reading this long paragraph (im some what of a rambler) and whod like to know a little about me I am alot of things other than an Aspie. Im a self taught musician, guitar, vocals, sax, and mandolin yet im an awful songwriter. Im a pretty big fan of MMA its becoming one of the few thing i watch on television. Im a gamer, a hunter, a fisherman, hiker n camper (i said i was southern remember), i love taking apart my firearms and paintball markers, oh yea im also a paintballer. I always loved history and english in school. Had i written this only a few days ago i would have said pot head but for the first time since i was 14 i can say that i remember what i did this morning and im finally making a conscious effort to keep it that way (3 days sober wish me luck i need it bad) if someone made it threw this, post something PLZ all this not being stoned leaves me bored and longing to read the commentary of a like minded individual who took the time to be interested

Welcome to WP! . Yup, I read the whole thing.

Good luck with staying off the pot. Seriously, drugs do NOT do Aspies a whole lot of good - look up a guy called Syd Barrett.

I'm sure you'll find this site takes your mind off it anyway. Better than Facebook any day!

Welcome to Wrong Planet!
Stop bashing the South now Asheville is awesome and ignorant rednecks can be found all over the world.
You sound interesting; I hope you enjoy it here.

Welcome! I see you used to live in NC. I'm currently living in the central piedmont area

Hi Redd, and welcome! Yes I read it all. I like history and english too. Who's your favourite writer(s)? And whose history? Mine is England. Writers: I can never remember their names! Vonnegut. And the guy that wrote The Whisperers.

Hi Redd, yeah I read (rhymes!) the whole thing as well. Wow I wonder what it must've been like going through all those tests as a kid. I got diagnosed only a couple of years ago when I was almost 30 and guess that my life would have been very different if I'd been diagnosed earlier. That's cool with the instruments and the singing. Who knows - a song might come to you one day so I wouldn't give up on the possibility. I don't think it should be the type of thing that's forced. IMO the only songs that deserve to exist in the world are the ones that sprout up from something real in life or an inspiration that can't possibly contain itself - so much so that it bursts out into words/music. And very Very best of luck with the straightness. What is it about musicians and drugs? I know several people in my family (also musicians) have gone very crazy from drugs. It's the type of crazy you wouldn't want. My theory with aspies too is that because our brains are different we're necessarily going to have a different reaction to the same drug taken by a NT. That's just my theory though. There was something else I was going to write but I forgot what it was. Anyhow, nice to meet you. I'm new here too.

thx for all the interest everyone. I think my favorite place to learn the History of is Europe because its where my ancestors came from and the United States because its were i live but i also have always found asia and the middle east fascinating. My favorite author of all time is Charles Bukowski his poetry AND his novels. Ham on Rye is the most amazing novel he ever wrote id recomend it to anyone who isnt easily put off by foul language. It made me feel like i really really got to know Bukowski even though he died when i was a toddler. but the way he was always on the bottom of the social food chain parallels my own life in so many ways. I also love Jack Kerouac i really like the beat generation's style. on the subject of all the tests i took in Asheville they actually did an excellent job of disguising them as games I honestly had no idea what was going on. Too me i was just playing action figures n PC games with funny acting grown ups and i think i drew some pictures too. oh and when did you go to A-town aimless? And whats the piedmont like ive never been anywhere but the mountains, upstate SC, the deep south and mexico but the east coast the west and everything from VA up is a mystery to me. As you might guess im into geography too as i child i would stare at globes and memorize the names and ;ocations of nations. sorry for the ramblin again but as soon as i get one idea down more words show up in the front o my skull.

I have family that lives in Asheville. Step brother and wife that is. i have never been to the Biltmore though. Did you know they used that in the film Being There?

IDK Ive never really thought of my self as an addict. I preferred to think of it as escapism not addiction Ive smoked dope for years and years as and emotional cruch. it all started when i moved to pickens middle from brevard middle in 7th grade. the kids at brevard were never tolerant of me (NT children can always tell who the "weird kid" is) but they expressed this by simply not talking to me and thats the way i liked it. once i moved to the upstate however all that changed. In pickens middle boys n girls ate separate lunches so with no females to talk too or impress the 7th grade boys would entertain themselves almost like prisoners in a yard . from the moment u stepped out onto the black top to eat lunch everybody sized you up. being thin, red headed, and possessing a different accent than the upstate drawl everyone else spoke with made me the obvious target for just about everyone proving how tough and cruel they could be. at first i didnt know what to do ( i was accustomed to isolation not conflict) but later i just started fighting back, which i wasnt very good at, so this bread despair in my mind. Naturally when you feel like you live in Hell you want to escape and no matter what you choose to do it wiht you always find something. and so the next 6 years of my life became a blur clouded in smoke. so i suppose that might actually be the definition of addiction in some ways but ive always associated addiction with the physical addiction opiod addicts and alcoholics get. the only "withdraws" i get from not having dope is insomnia. I actually have not slept in about 22 hours right now

Welcome to WP!

I'm glad you found wrong planet!

Hello Redd, welcome, enjoy your stay on the Wrong Planet!