NecroCurator
Well-Known Member
Since this forum has a section for introductions, I thought this might be a polite place to start.
I am a 30 year old finnish/lappish librarian, or a mobile library driver to be more precise. I work and live in the Tampere urban area.
I have always struggled with school and depression, so lately my new psychiatrist brought up some new study that opens up my case once again. She seems to think I have some level of autism, so we have started the daunting process of diagnosis. Personally I am not certain whether the hunch is right, but partly because of that I became interested in this forum. I came here to ask some questions and read whether or not my psychiatrist has a point or not. I am hoping that this process would clear things for somewhat.
Superficially my life is fine, so previous psyhcs haven't considered autism to be really appropriate in my case. I have a job, no financial problems and I do have a girlfriend. So if I do happen to have autism, it is not of the more paralyzing sort, at least seemingly. Other than that, my psychiatrist might have a point, and she draw her conclusions from my social background (or rather the lack of such) and from the more difficult details of my "career". In this case career meaning a hodgepodge of assorted entry-level jobs, until about a year ago when I landed my job in the city library.
As a hobby I tend to read and write philosophy. I have assisted in the publishing of several books, and I am currently in the editing process of my first collection of essays. Oh yes, and I also use my spare time to study philosophy at the university. I don't really like academia so much. It's just that it's the only place where I can study philosophy at the appropriate level.
Anyway, this is the gist of it. Now I am here. I won't go into any more detail right now. Maybe something will come up in the other topics around here.
I am a 30 year old finnish/lappish librarian, or a mobile library driver to be more precise. I work and live in the Tampere urban area.
I have always struggled with school and depression, so lately my new psychiatrist brought up some new study that opens up my case once again. She seems to think I have some level of autism, so we have started the daunting process of diagnosis. Personally I am not certain whether the hunch is right, but partly because of that I became interested in this forum. I came here to ask some questions and read whether or not my psychiatrist has a point or not. I am hoping that this process would clear things for somewhat.
Superficially my life is fine, so previous psyhcs haven't considered autism to be really appropriate in my case. I have a job, no financial problems and I do have a girlfriend. So if I do happen to have autism, it is not of the more paralyzing sort, at least seemingly. Other than that, my psychiatrist might have a point, and she draw her conclusions from my social background (or rather the lack of such) and from the more difficult details of my "career". In this case career meaning a hodgepodge of assorted entry-level jobs, until about a year ago when I landed my job in the city library.
As a hobby I tend to read and write philosophy. I have assisted in the publishing of several books, and I am currently in the editing process of my first collection of essays. Oh yes, and I also use my spare time to study philosophy at the university. I don't really like academia so much. It's just that it's the only place where I can study philosophy at the appropriate level.
Anyway, this is the gist of it. Now I am here. I won't go into any more detail right now. Maybe something will come up in the other topics around here.
I think you'll be surprised at how functional people with high functioning autism are. And many of us always had struggles but didn't know we were on the spectrum until much later in life (diagnosed at 59, not 61 and I'm not alone). Hope you learn what you need to know.
