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Recent content by Hadarian

  1. "Developmentally Disordered" with "Atypical Autism"

    "Developmentally Disordered" with "Atypical Autism"

    I was diagnosed with atypical autism literally just two weeks ago. According to the psychologist who evaluated me, I really have Asperger's Syndrome, but she said that since the DSM has removed Asperger's from its diagnoses, she gave me a diagnosis of "atypical autism," as I lacked one of the...
  2. Autistically Spiritual

    Autistically Spiritual

    I got officially diagnosed 2 weeks ago-extremely late in my life. The depth of my spirituality and obsession with psychoanalyzing myself over the decades in desperation to find my way out of my own suffering has saved my life, in a way almost literally, through over 2 decades of suicidal levels...
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  3. Hadarian

    Slowly awaiting

    Hi Trenton. I'm not new here, but I disappeared shortly after I first joined in about 2018. After about 4 years on a waiting list, I finally received a diagnosis of "atypical autism" literally 2 weeks ago (according to the psychologist, the DSM has now done away with the "Asperger's"...
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    Ever Quit A Job Over A Meltdown?

    Never mind quitting a job, I can't even get one. That's because I already know what jobs are going to traumatize me and it's almost all of them. It's not the job itself, but the stress and fast pace that everything demands these days. I can't function that fast. However, I ended up "getting rid...
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    The One Characteristic Aspies Share

    I don't disagree with everyone here. On the contrary--I disagree with "normal" people on almost everything, almost across the board. One of the most unexpected and pleasant surprises I found on this site is that I not only agree with a lot of people here, but I feel like most people here, even...
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    The One Characteristic Aspies Share

    I know that people have said that each person with high-functioning autism is unique and different and that there is not supposed to be any one "symptom" or characteristic which we all have, but I have actually found one potential "symptom" that we all seem to have. Let's say that so far, I...
  7. Hadarian

    Certified "Mentally Disabled" Aspie?

    I have a similar experience with my mother. I will hear someone speaking English with an accent and I'll say "Oh, she's French." My mother rolls her eyes like I'm being some form of linguistic racist. Then the woman turns out to be French, or Russian, or whatever the accent is. I also have some...
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    Certified "Mentally Disabled" Aspie?

    I absolutely have this last one. I remember crying my way through algebra in high school.
  9. Hadarian

    Certified "Mentally Disabled" Aspie?

    Lol, they absolutely are!
  10. Hadarian

    Certified "Mentally Disabled" Aspie?

    Exactly. I have been called a retard and stupid a lot growing up. Mostly by my brother. He skipped 6th grade, got straight A's in everything, went to Harvard and has a PhD and a bunch of other degrees from other universities. My parents mostly just treated me like I was stupid and especially my...
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    Certified "Mentally Disabled" Aspie?

    Well, again, I'm the one using the word "retarded." I don't mind it if it's true and if the words are not said with intent to insult behind them... well, maybe I am intending to insult myself, but, again, that's the family's voices in my head. I usually say I'm "socially inept." It's just words...
  12. Hadarian

    Certified "Mentally Disabled" Aspie?

    Actually, I just moved up to Norrbotten this past summer. My psychologist is up here, but the specialist I saw is in Umeå. He doesn't have anything to do with ASD. He is a specialist in my disorder and was just doing what was in his power to do to help me get help to find a job that wouldn't end...
  13. Hadarian

    Certified "Mentally Disabled" Aspie?

    Thank you all for your replies. I'm sorry for how I expressed myself. The doctor did not use the word "retarded," I did. I translated the certificate in question from Swedish, which said what I think translates as "cognitive disability". Also, I didn't mean to put my doctor down. He is not a...
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    Certified "Mentally Disabled" Aspie?

    I have been officially diagnosed as "mentally retarded" now. I guess the "pc" term is "disabled," but I don't want to mince my words. This is the diagnosis I have to live with now and, while I was quite happy at the prospect of being diagnosed with Asperger's, or even social retardation (because...
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    I feel alone, even among other autistics.

    Me. I suspect average people avoid me because I'm serious, or, according to them, I am unhappy and bring them down. Or I used to get that all the time, even though much of the time I was feeling kind of neutral and was surprised by their judgment of me. I can't tell you how to make it through...
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