lizzy171002
Well-Known Member
Hello,
I received my diagnosis Tuesday this past week. Well, actually I was diagnosed between the 26 march and the 10 April, but I didn't find out the result of it all until Tuesday. I was in to get checked for social phobia, so the Aspergers diagnosis was a bit unexpected. I'm still freaking out internally, and have become really very self-conscious over all of the little behaviors I never really noticed.
(I never thought about how little I look at people, or how often I actually rock back and forth in my chair, or those little thoughtless sounds I make occasionally...wow, I am not very conscious of my own behavior. At least I noticed the obsessions.) When I think about it, it shouldn't have come as a surprise. My most common comment about social situations has always been 'I don't understand [insert social behavior/expectation].' That lack of understanding, and a growing anxiety over those situations, has contributed to me dropping out of the danish equivalent of high-school twice, before I barely got through on my third try. The same story happened in university, but my anxiety in social situations had gotten so bad that I dropped out completely on my third try. I've been unemployed ever since, trying to work through my issues since with counselling and mentoring. I am a bit dishearten to realize that I've been working on the wrong issues.
I'm 27 and I live with my parents. I had my own apartment for three years, but I moved home once I dropped out of university for the third time. I don't know what else to write.
I received my diagnosis Tuesday this past week. Well, actually I was diagnosed between the 26 march and the 10 April, but I didn't find out the result of it all until Tuesday. I was in to get checked for social phobia, so the Aspergers diagnosis was a bit unexpected. I'm still freaking out internally, and have become really very self-conscious over all of the little behaviors I never really noticed.
(I never thought about how little I look at people, or how often I actually rock back and forth in my chair, or those little thoughtless sounds I make occasionally...wow, I am not very conscious of my own behavior. At least I noticed the obsessions.) When I think about it, it shouldn't have come as a surprise. My most common comment about social situations has always been 'I don't understand [insert social behavior/expectation].' That lack of understanding, and a growing anxiety over those situations, has contributed to me dropping out of the danish equivalent of high-school twice, before I barely got through on my third try. The same story happened in university, but my anxiety in social situations had gotten so bad that I dropped out completely on my third try. I've been unemployed ever since, trying to work through my issues since with counselling and mentoring. I am a bit dishearten to realize that I've been working on the wrong issues.
I'm 27 and I live with my parents. I had my own apartment for three years, but I moved home once I dropped out of university for the third time. I don't know what else to write.
