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Jason
Hello!
My name is Jason. I’m 39 and while I haven’t been officially diagnosed, I do strongly believe I’m on the spectrum. So many things throughout my life are starting to add up to that.
As a child, I would sit on the couch, Indian style, and rock back and forth. I continued this until I was about 34 or so. Now I have a rocking chair. I’ve always been blunt and brutally honest, which has gotten me into a lot of trouble. If I see something is wrong, I will speak up, even on someone else’s behalf. I have difficulty maintaining relationships and have been described as “difficult”. I’ve always been a loner. I hate being around people and never really had any friends. My “situational awareness” keeps me on my toes. I have to know everything about my surroundings so I can relax. Sometimes I can be carefree and I have a “scorched earth” policy and stand my ground no matter what. What’s right is right, right? I have control issues and need to always be in-the-know. I’m super proactive and try to prevent things from happening and that causes me a lot of stress.
I have diagnosed social anxiety (agoraphobia, really) and I’m on Zoloft for it for the last 7 years. I’m in the USA, don’t work for the above reasons, and I have two kitties that I love.
My main reason for joining here is because I wanted a place where I can be me without Mark Zuckerberg breathing down my neck. It’s a shame social media sites aren’t more tolerant and accepting of people with autism. We can have a hard time making judgment calls and good decisions, but their polices and rules override that. Always. That’s not a very welcoming environment.
My name is Jason. I’m 39 and while I haven’t been officially diagnosed, I do strongly believe I’m on the spectrum. So many things throughout my life are starting to add up to that.
As a child, I would sit on the couch, Indian style, and rock back and forth. I continued this until I was about 34 or so. Now I have a rocking chair. I’ve always been blunt and brutally honest, which has gotten me into a lot of trouble. If I see something is wrong, I will speak up, even on someone else’s behalf. I have difficulty maintaining relationships and have been described as “difficult”. I’ve always been a loner. I hate being around people and never really had any friends. My “situational awareness” keeps me on my toes. I have to know everything about my surroundings so I can relax. Sometimes I can be carefree and I have a “scorched earth” policy and stand my ground no matter what. What’s right is right, right? I have control issues and need to always be in-the-know. I’m super proactive and try to prevent things from happening and that causes me a lot of stress.
I have diagnosed social anxiety (agoraphobia, really) and I’m on Zoloft for it for the last 7 years. I’m in the USA, don’t work for the above reasons, and I have two kitties that I love.
My main reason for joining here is because I wanted a place where I can be me without Mark Zuckerberg breathing down my neck. It’s a shame social media sites aren’t more tolerant and accepting of people with autism. We can have a hard time making judgment calls and good decisions, but their polices and rules override that. Always. That’s not a very welcoming environment.
