Federica
New Member
Hi, I am Federica, 40 years old (but childish), and I have been diagnosed Asperger as an adult, 2 years ago.
Also all my life has changed.
I closed a relationship that was very bad for me, left a job that I wasn't happy to do anymore, faced my second cancer (now faing the third), found my real first love (an American asperger man), began a career as poor and not very good artist that is what I always wanted to be, and begun to be who I actually am and stopped pretending to be "normal".
Even though I am seen as somebody who has lost everything lately (good job position, relationship with a wealthy person, money, status, health), I have never felt more alive and happy in my life.
I am full of ideas and project, and even if, at the moment I am visiting my boyfriend in the USA and we are living in an RV because we don't have the money for a real house, I am the happiest person ever.
I have accepted who I am, my limits and my strenghts, and I am ready to begin everything again.
At the moment I have a project for a children illustrated book about three adorable insane girls, I have some ideas for tridimensional paintings with geometrical patterns and I and my boyfriend are trying to visit as most as abandoned mental institute and buildings related to mental illnesses to take pictures for an art project. (If you are curious, visit our website: www.the-mind-project.com)
I am also interested in science, reading, comedy, comics, surrealism, illustration, psycology, sociology.
My biggest problem are the small talks and hypocritical people. Basically because I don't understand them or what is going on, even though years of a job as a wedding planner have taught me a lot about both.
I also am an happy person with moment of big depression. A strong woman with lack of self confidence.
I guess this are common traits among asperger people.
By the way, being "old" and not very bad on the spectrum, and with a lot of studies of psicology, sociology and communication, I have learnt some stuff about society and social norms and I appear very normotype, when I want, today. Balanced and well adjusted. I am not, ah ah, but it's a secret.
Anybody here who uses art as a way to understand their own emotions? is one of my bigget problem. I feel stuff, but it is very difficult to identify them. I used to say "I need to think about this" when somebody asked me what I was feeling. Now I tend to draw or paint something, when I feel upset and I don't know what I am exactly feeling. Most of the time I can understand it by what I have done.
I also tend to talk to much about stuff I like, so I guess I should stop now.
Hi again
Also all my life has changed.
I closed a relationship that was very bad for me, left a job that I wasn't happy to do anymore, faced my second cancer (now faing the third), found my real first love (an American asperger man), began a career as poor and not very good artist that is what I always wanted to be, and begun to be who I actually am and stopped pretending to be "normal".
Even though I am seen as somebody who has lost everything lately (good job position, relationship with a wealthy person, money, status, health), I have never felt more alive and happy in my life.
I am full of ideas and project, and even if, at the moment I am visiting my boyfriend in the USA and we are living in an RV because we don't have the money for a real house, I am the happiest person ever.
I have accepted who I am, my limits and my strenghts, and I am ready to begin everything again.
At the moment I have a project for a children illustrated book about three adorable insane girls, I have some ideas for tridimensional paintings with geometrical patterns and I and my boyfriend are trying to visit as most as abandoned mental institute and buildings related to mental illnesses to take pictures for an art project. (If you are curious, visit our website: www.the-mind-project.com)
I am also interested in science, reading, comedy, comics, surrealism, illustration, psycology, sociology.
My biggest problem are the small talks and hypocritical people. Basically because I don't understand them or what is going on, even though years of a job as a wedding planner have taught me a lot about both.
I also am an happy person with moment of big depression. A strong woman with lack of self confidence.
I guess this are common traits among asperger people.
By the way, being "old" and not very bad on the spectrum, and with a lot of studies of psicology, sociology and communication, I have learnt some stuff about society and social norms and I appear very normotype, when I want, today. Balanced and well adjusted. I am not, ah ah, but it's a secret.
Anybody here who uses art as a way to understand their own emotions? is one of my bigget problem. I feel stuff, but it is very difficult to identify them. I used to say "I need to think about this" when somebody asked me what I was feeling. Now I tend to draw or paint something, when I feel upset and I don't know what I am exactly feeling. Most of the time I can understand it by what I have done.
I also tend to talk to much about stuff I like, so I guess I should stop now.
Hi again
