Man, I never thought I'd be doing something like this.
I'm Mike, I'm 20, and I guess I've been diagnosed since I was little...don't know how little. Socially I've only really "developed" in VERY recent times, sadly. Ah well, I think I'm actually not doing TOO bad as far as people with Asperger's Syndrome go. At my university, there's actually a support group for students with Asperger's Syndrome, conducted by one of the counsellors at the division known as "Accessibility Services", which seeks to accommodate students with disabilities (mostly learning, although I think physical as well). I went to that once, and when I was there it seemed to me that I was actually more well-adjusted than the other students there, for the most part. I wouldn't be surprised if they've struggled through life even more than I have. From that point on, I began to think that as far as people with Asperger's Syndrome go, I'm relatively "normal" (I'm sorry if that terminology offends anyone, but really, I believe it's appropriate). But in recent months I met a guy, roughly three years older than myself, who really doesn't exhibit any symptoms of Asperger Syndrome...like at all. He seems to be more well-adjusted than a lot of people I know without Asperger Syndrome. And I've started to feel rather "inferior" inside as a result. I mean, I do tend to have an inferiority complex that does come up at times. Perhaps it's because I've never had any romantic experience (i.e. no kissing, sex, relationships, dates, or anything of that matter), and have only had one job in my life (which was quite brief), thus forcing me to still live at home whereas a a lot of (if not MOST) people my age have already overcome these life milestones, thus making me worry that they would view me as very immature (and in the case of females, not sexually desirable in the least) if they found out the truth.
God, I REALLY hope no one I know is reading this. If that person is, well, now you know the truth about me. You happy, you bastard?
Anyway, I'll shut up now, and save the rest for other topics.
P.S. I was very reluctant to post this just because I don't want people who I know in real life to stumble across this. Anonymity is a key for me...which is why I picked a dumb username. Oh well, stupid me.
I'm Mike, I'm 20, and I guess I've been diagnosed since I was little...don't know how little. Socially I've only really "developed" in VERY recent times, sadly. Ah well, I think I'm actually not doing TOO bad as far as people with Asperger's Syndrome go. At my university, there's actually a support group for students with Asperger's Syndrome, conducted by one of the counsellors at the division known as "Accessibility Services", which seeks to accommodate students with disabilities (mostly learning, although I think physical as well). I went to that once, and when I was there it seemed to me that I was actually more well-adjusted than the other students there, for the most part. I wouldn't be surprised if they've struggled through life even more than I have. From that point on, I began to think that as far as people with Asperger's Syndrome go, I'm relatively "normal" (I'm sorry if that terminology offends anyone, but really, I believe it's appropriate). But in recent months I met a guy, roughly three years older than myself, who really doesn't exhibit any symptoms of Asperger Syndrome...like at all. He seems to be more well-adjusted than a lot of people I know without Asperger Syndrome. And I've started to feel rather "inferior" inside as a result. I mean, I do tend to have an inferiority complex that does come up at times. Perhaps it's because I've never had any romantic experience (i.e. no kissing, sex, relationships, dates, or anything of that matter), and have only had one job in my life (which was quite brief), thus forcing me to still live at home whereas a a lot of (if not MOST) people my age have already overcome these life milestones, thus making me worry that they would view me as very immature (and in the case of females, not sexually desirable in the least) if they found out the truth.
God, I REALLY hope no one I know is reading this. If that person is, well, now you know the truth about me. You happy, you bastard?
Anyway, I'll shut up now, and save the rest for other topics.
P.S. I was very reluctant to post this just because I don't want people who I know in real life to stumble across this. Anonymity is a key for me...which is why I picked a dumb username. Oh well, stupid me.
