Kivvi_Kindi
Member
So, I made an account on here several days ago, but I've just been creeping around and reading everything for a while. Now I'm finally going to come out of my creeper-shell and introduce myself 
I'm sixteen and I've suspected I had some kind of mental "condition" (not really sure what word I should use here; nothing seems exactly appropriate) for a while because I was just really different and it was hard for me to find people who understood the way my mind worked. It wasn't that I thought I was a special snowflake, but more that I thought there was something just so wrong with me there might not even be a name for it. I've noticed from reading others' posts that this is a common thing, which is a relief. Basically I did a ton of research on lots of different conditions and the one that seemed to encompass the most of my traits was Asperger's, so after doing lots more research I decided to officially-not-officially self-diagnose. Always a safe thing to do, right?
I talked with my mom, who is almost remarkably neurotypical, and she didn't really want to believe it at first (I don't blame her), but she now agrees that descriptions of aspies fit me, and she actually encouraged me to finally post on this forum.
My current obsessions are cartoons (particularly 90s and early 2000s ones) and comic books. I've been interested in foreign languages my whole life, but they're so time-consuming that it's hard to devote as much time as I would like to them while still paying attention to my other interests and to school. Currently I'm mainly studying Japanese, and I also have minor interests in Harajuku fashion and Japanese rock music. When I was little I was obsessed with 50s and 60s TV shows, Greek and Norse mythology, and astronomy (I've still maintained a bit of that). I also like making films and have done so since I was about eight. So I've basically had a bunch of interests that come and go, but they're always very intense while they last. Sometimes I wish they were more narrowed down so I wouldn't have to choose...
I'm also in university and have made a surprising number of friends at school through language clubs and other such interest-related activities, but before this I basically had no friends and I still have lots of trouble getting close to people and opening up to them. I love talking about my interests and actually have been called "popular" by people who only see me in my "element," but I clam up completely when I'm asked to explain my feelings or when I have to use small talk or talk about topics I'm bored by. So, I guess I'm a bit more on the social end, but I am never terribly comfortable in social situations. I tend to feel like I'm playing a character and I go by little mental scripts. I'm also logical to a fault and a friend recently told me, "You can't logic everything." YES I CAN. What does he know...
Weeellll, that was a long intro. Greetings, peoples! I'm looking forward to actually participating in these forums instead of just stalking the threads and silently identifying with stuff.
I'm sixteen and I've suspected I had some kind of mental "condition" (not really sure what word I should use here; nothing seems exactly appropriate) for a while because I was just really different and it was hard for me to find people who understood the way my mind worked. It wasn't that I thought I was a special snowflake, but more that I thought there was something just so wrong with me there might not even be a name for it. I've noticed from reading others' posts that this is a common thing, which is a relief. Basically I did a ton of research on lots of different conditions and the one that seemed to encompass the most of my traits was Asperger's, so after doing lots more research I decided to officially-not-officially self-diagnose. Always a safe thing to do, right?
I talked with my mom, who is almost remarkably neurotypical, and she didn't really want to believe it at first (I don't blame her), but she now agrees that descriptions of aspies fit me, and she actually encouraged me to finally post on this forum.
My current obsessions are cartoons (particularly 90s and early 2000s ones) and comic books. I've been interested in foreign languages my whole life, but they're so time-consuming that it's hard to devote as much time as I would like to them while still paying attention to my other interests and to school
. Currently I'm mainly studying Japanese, and I also have minor interests in Harajuku fashion and Japanese rock music. When I was little I was obsessed with 50s and 60s TV shows, Greek and Norse mythology, and astronomy (I've still maintained a bit of that). I also like making films and have done so since I was about eight. So I've basically had a bunch of interests that come and go, but they're always very intense while they last. Sometimes I wish they were more narrowed down so I wouldn't have to choose...I'm also in university and have made a surprising number of friends at school through language clubs and other such interest-related activities, but before this I basically had no friends and I still have lots of trouble getting close to people and opening up to them. I love talking about my interests and actually have been called "popular" by people who only see me in my "element," but I clam up completely when I'm asked to explain my feelings or when I have to use small talk or talk about topics I'm bored by. So, I guess I'm a bit more on the social end, but I am never terribly comfortable in social situations. I tend to feel like I'm playing a character and I go by little mental scripts. I'm also logical to a fault and a friend recently told me, "You can't logic everything." YES I CAN. What does he know...
Weeellll, that was a long intro. Greetings, peoples! I'm looking forward to actually participating in these forums instead of just stalking the threads and silently identifying with stuff.
