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Got diagnosed last week

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Thomas H

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Got diagnosed with Asperger's last week. I'm in my early thirties.

I've done 4 vipassana retreats (10 days of silence). I'm actually not a buddhist though but I meditate for an hour every day.

I'm a computer programmer. I've got lots and lots and lots of hobbies.
 
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I applied for a vipassana retreat once and got rejected! I was too honest with my mental health background. They said I'd probably just get worse up there. I realized a while later they were probably right.
 
Fino said:
I applied for a vipassana retreat once and got rejected! I was too honest with my mental health background. They said I'd probably just get worse up there. I realized a while later they were probably right.
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I always advise people not to reveal their psychiatric history on those forms. One of those groups excluded me over it.
 
I'm considering getting a vasectomy for 3 reasons:
(1) I have Aspergers
(2) My nephew is a mute autistic
(3) Two of my first cousins are autistic -- one of them has severe sensory problems and the other is still in diapers at the age of 7

Anyone else consider sterilisation?
 
Hi Thomas, I was formally diagnosed a few month's ago. Anyway, very much welcome here.
 
Thomas H said:
I'm considering getting a vasectomy for 3 reasons:
(1) I have Aspergers
(2) My nephew is a mute autistic
(3) Two of my first cousins are autistic -- one of them has severe sensory problems and the other is still in diapers at the age of 7

Anyone else consider sterilisation?
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I'm considering not having children because of my autism and bipolar disorder.
 
Do you know about the risk of having chronic pain after it for life? There are safer for long-term means for prevention of pregnancy.
 
Hello and welcome.

Thomas H said:
Anyone else consider sterilisation?
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Yes, I considered and went through with it. I knew for definite from around the age of 22 that I didn't want children. I was sterilised when I was 27. Decades later, I still don't have any regrets.
 
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