TempeFan
Well-Known Member
It's Thanksgiving Day in the USA. IMO, having something to be thankful for is a good thing so I shall observe the tradition. Luckily, this year, I finally have access to something new to add to the very short list of stuff available to me over the last half a century. So, yes, I'm going to do it.
Thank you for this forum!
For the first time in my life I have access to the comraderie of like minded people, who like myself, would rather elevate themselves by being themselves, instead of by tearing down other people. Conversation here is not just a ritual where you have to guess the correct lie to be heard and accepted. All points of view are valid. We can share ideas and new insights and perspective and humor, experiences, knowledge, etc. Doing so calms my overactive brain, like cranberry juice calms my overactive bladder. It doesn't fix the problem but it makes a big difference. Now these conditions only plague me twice a night for hours instead of all night for no sleep.
Here I can tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, even state the obvious, without overwhelming consequences. Yes, I am still being stalked by bullies in here, but only like 2% of the time instead of 98% IRL. With Asperger's blinding me to social cues, I am constantly being blindsided by people who ask me for the true facts when they are not willing to deal with the topic they asked me about and desperately need advice on. My poor little Aspy brain can't understand why someone would ask a question that they don't want the answer to but I am aware of the phenomena that most people do so. I've noticed most people only want to reinforce and gain accord for their agenda, even when they are certain it is just a fantasy or a very evil thing.
Intelligent, caring, understanding people do exist, even when they are a state, a nation or a continent away. It thrills and surprises me, especially the young people who get it - and give it. I'm getting good practice conversating with some one other than myself and my cats. I'm learning how to reel in my TMI, thanks to good advice and examples from Quinn and Company. Getting a mega dose of alphabet soup learning the lingo HFA, ASD, PDD-NOS, DSM,etc. I even added a few new words to my over cluttered vocabulary like comorbidity and alexithymia and my new personal favorite: CRAPTASTIC, thanks @Misery. Thanks @Pats and, well, everybody else for talking with me!!!
With this thread, I invite you to tell me what you are grateful for about this forum.
Thank you for this forum!
For the first time in my life I have access to the comraderie of like minded people, who like myself, would rather elevate themselves by being themselves, instead of by tearing down other people. Conversation here is not just a ritual where you have to guess the correct lie to be heard and accepted. All points of view are valid. We can share ideas and new insights and perspective and humor, experiences, knowledge, etc. Doing so calms my overactive brain, like cranberry juice calms my overactive bladder. It doesn't fix the problem but it makes a big difference. Now these conditions only plague me twice a night for hours instead of all night for no sleep.
Here I can tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, even state the obvious, without overwhelming consequences. Yes, I am still being stalked by bullies in here, but only like 2% of the time instead of 98% IRL. With Asperger's blinding me to social cues, I am constantly being blindsided by people who ask me for the true facts when they are not willing to deal with the topic they asked me about and desperately need advice on. My poor little Aspy brain can't understand why someone would ask a question that they don't want the answer to but I am aware of the phenomena that most people do so. I've noticed most people only want to reinforce and gain accord for their agenda, even when they are certain it is just a fantasy or a very evil thing.
Intelligent, caring, understanding people do exist, even when they are a state, a nation or a continent away. It thrills and surprises me, especially the young people who get it - and give it. I'm getting good practice conversating with some one other than myself and my cats. I'm learning how to reel in my TMI, thanks to good advice and examples from Quinn and Company. Getting a mega dose of alphabet soup learning the lingo HFA, ASD, PDD-NOS, DSM,etc. I even added a few new words to my over cluttered vocabulary like comorbidity and alexithymia and my new personal favorite: CRAPTASTIC, thanks @Misery. Thanks @Pats and, well, everybody else for talking with me!!!
With this thread, I invite you to tell me what you are grateful for about this forum.
I wish I had been on here more today and said sooner how much you all mean to me. In the few months I have been here has made such a difference in my life. I feel connected to you of all ages and all locations, where I can't connect to those close by. 
