16 Jul 2011, 7:24 pm
I've been lurking around here for several months already and I decided I should become a registered user at last. I don't think I'll post a lot, but here I am anyway 
I'm 21 years old and I live in Russia. I think I most likely have AS. Of course, self-diagnosis isn't a very reliable thing, but that's all I can get where I live. I've done a lot of research on the subject, compared things i learned to my life experience and my parents' memories of my childhood and I think I can be quite sure that my conclusion is correct.
Now I'll try to tell my story as briefly as I can. I didn't have much to worry and reflect about until recently, though all my life I was kind of different from my peers. I must thank my parents for my good life in the past - I'm very grateful to them for understanding. But after my last year at school (it was pure madness full of endless study and sleepless nights) things began to get worse and worse. My current university study isn't an easy task and I spend 4 hours a day only on my way to the university and back home. Every year was worse than the previous one until this year, when my brain just stopped working and I hardly managed to finish this academic year. That was when I first read about AS - actually, I was searching for something like "Social interactions for dummies", but I found some information about AS. Then I read and read and read, recalled my life, asked my parents lots of questions, made huge lists until it was clear to me that I am somewhere on the spectrum. I won't write a list of reasons why I think I have AS because I'll have to name everything what I'll be able to remember, and it's going to be a very long list...
Frankly, I'm a bit nervous about posting things here because I always say childish things, I'm scared of people and I have almost no English practice (I read a lot, but hardly ever interact with people). Anyway, I see that people are very nice and friendly here, so I hope it's OK 
I'm glad that I found this site, it has a lot of good advice.
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16 Jul 2011, 7:28 pm
Welcome to WrongPlanet, Great_Snake!
I didn't see any problems with your English at all 
Hope you enjoy your stay here
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