How to tell your peer you are an aspie?

[Dillon]

So all my life I've never told any of my peers that iam an aspie, I don't trust anyone no matter how good of a friend he or she might be. I used to get bullied because people found out I am aspie so I try not to reveal any of my Aspie characteristics

if there was a time where I really want to tell someone I am an aspie what should I do? I mean I keep my mouth shut about it but someone usually pressures me into asking why I don't socialize much and usually I make up a lie so he or she dosent find out. If I do say anything I get made fun of like always.

 

[Nemo]

Just tell them! When I feel I'm close enough to someone to tell them, I'll throw it in with conversation like "I think it's an aspie thing". If they ask, I'm happy to tell them about that part of myself. If not, I'll assume they understand.

 

[SusanLR]

I don't tell. I don't trust anyone enough to understand either without being made fun of about it.
In medical situations I tell if I think it might be relevent.
Unbelievably just two days ago when talking with my Rheumatologist about things that can bring immune system problem on, I told her may as well add to your chart that I have Asperger's Syndrome. She looked at me and said, "What's that?"

 

[Alaska]

So all my life I've never told any of my peers that iam an aspie, I don't trust anyone no matter how good of a friend he or she might be. I used to get bullied because people found out I am aspie so I try not to reveal any of my Aspie characteristics

if there was a time where I really want to tell someone I am an aspie what should I do? I mean I keep my mouth shut about it but someone usually pressures me into asking why I don't socialize much and usually I make up a lie so he or she dosent find out. If I do say anything I get made fun of like always.

Emotion-based decisions often turn out badly. One of these might be telling someone that you have Aspergers. If you know you are feeling strong emotions when the urge to tell about being an Aspie strikes, stop. Do not go on and confess that you are an Aspie. Wait and think it over first. Then decide.

 

[Dillon]

I should have added this in my thread but I keep on being told by people that they are "too busy" to talk and I never hear from him or her until the middle of the night when iam asleep or in a few days. I had one girl tell me the other day "It's not like I'm doing anything besides sitting down resting" and that I needed to "chill out". I also had another girl telling me yesterday that she was "busy" and dose not want for me to text her again. Keep in mind these are people going to A&M in a few weeks just like iam. After all the crap I've been through lately I always wonder why I need any friends iam just a nusience anyway. Hell iam probably not going to find anyone the whole semester who will actually hang out with me no matter how nice of a person I try to be.

 

[clg114]

So all my life I've never told any of my peers that iam an aspie, I don't trust anyone no matter how good of a friend he or she might be. I used to get bullied because people found out I am aspie so I try not to reveal any of my Aspie characteristics

if there was a time where I really want to tell someone I am an aspie what should I do? I mean I keep my mouth shut about it but someone usually pressures me into asking why I don't socialize much and usually I make up a lie so he or she dosent find out. If I do say anything I get made fun of like always.

You are doing it right. For me, it is a need to know basis only. If you tell someone that your autistic, they ether will not or can not understand. You would not believe some of the things that they think! I actually had someone tell me that I did not look autistic.

 

[WildCat]

I don't. Ever. It's that plain and simple. It's not a crime to be autistic is it? Is it a crime to have a personality? Didn't think so.

The average person has no concept of what it is or what it entails anyways, and I can only imagine the responses I would get from said person..."oh, but my child has it and you're nothing like him/her", "are you retarded?", "you must be special", blank stares, and so forth. Apparently, only children can still have it and they magically outgrow it somehow, so there's not even a firm concept of adults with autism yet.

No matter the circumstances, I keep it to myself. Need to know only, "don't ask, don't tell", and if you need to ask, you better have a good reason for doing so. I've stated this on other threads similar to this one and my stance on the subject remains.