Hey you all,
I'm 22 years old and recently found out about this whole Asperger syndrome, and I felt like it answers most of my many questions I have been wondering about for years. I'm a girl and live in Finland, so I'm not perfect with my English skills at all times but I'm trying and enjoy it all the time
I haven't been professionally diagnosed, but I really feel like this could be why I am what I am. It's still all quite new for me though, and I haven't talked about it with my family too much - I think they don't want to believe such things about a family member.
I was bullied at school for oven seven years until I moved to another school and started all from scratch. Socially I've learned a lot within the last five years as I managed to get myself a friend over internet who's NT but still gets me or at least tries to. Back when I was a little kid I had an obsession with washing my hands and I never did too well with other kids. I have siblings but I'm not really that much alike with them (they're NT). I have problems with watching people into their eyes, and I can spend hours with my special interests rather than going out with the others. I'm not that much into alcohol or noisy places like night clubs and such so I often get left out of the group - which most of the time I don't really mind 'cause I rather spend my time at home, researching stuff and painting and drawing. I just feel like I don't belong there with other people. My parents have real problems trying to understand this 'cause they've been more of a wild kind when they were young and so are my siblings. They mainly just seem to think I'm obsessive and lazy and might be mentally ill.
I don't get friends easily, though I feel like I don't even need to get too many of them. I have lots of things to do anyway. When I'm around people of my age, I feel like I can't keep up with them in conversations or if I do, they say I talk too much. If we're supposed to do something I often end up being afraid of having problems with my speech or motor skills - which I often have.
Phew, you can see I like to write too, that's one of my interests as well. I'm sorry I can't get anything too straight here now, there's a lot on my mind. Anyway I hope I could find people like me from here as I don't know any fellow aspergers. Nice to meet you all
I'm 22 years old and recently found out about this whole Asperger syndrome, and I felt like it answers most of my many questions I have been wondering about for years. I'm a girl and live in Finland, so I'm not perfect with my English skills at all times but I'm trying and enjoy it all the time
I haven't been professionally diagnosed, but I really feel like this could be why I am what I am. It's still all quite new for me though, and I haven't talked about it with my family too much - I think they don't want to believe such things about a family member.I was bullied at school for oven seven years until I moved to another school and started all from scratch. Socially I've learned a lot within the last five years as I managed to get myself a friend over internet who's NT but still gets me or at least tries to. Back when I was a little kid I had an obsession with washing my hands and I never did too well with other kids. I have siblings but I'm not really that much alike with them (they're NT). I have problems with watching people into their eyes, and I can spend hours with my special interests rather than going out with the others. I'm not that much into alcohol or noisy places like night clubs and such so I often get left out of the group - which most of the time I don't really mind 'cause I rather spend my time at home, researching stuff and painting and drawing. I just feel like I don't belong there with other people. My parents have real problems trying to understand this 'cause they've been more of a wild kind when they were young and so are my siblings. They mainly just seem to think I'm obsessive and lazy and might be mentally ill.
I don't get friends easily, though I feel like I don't even need to get too many of them. I have lots of things to do anyway. When I'm around people of my age, I feel like I can't keep up with them in conversations or if I do, they say I talk too much. If we're supposed to do something I often end up being afraid of having problems with my speech or motor skills - which I often have.
Phew, you can see I like to write too, that's one of my interests as well. I'm sorry I can't get anything too straight here now, there's a lot on my mind. Anyway I hope I could find people like me from here as I don't know any fellow aspergers. Nice to meet you all
