Owls12
Bonjour
I'm 16 years old and I was officially diagnosed with Aspeger's Syndrome at the age of 7.
I think I created this account a while back in late March, and despite the website saying "Don't be shy, just say Hi!", I kinda hesitated to do so and it took me a long time to finally post something here. I realise this is a very friendly community with friendly aspies here which is why I created the account in the first place. I have a really weird fear of being rejected and sometimes paranoia that I'm unwanted. I often feel tension and a little nervous when in conversations and I'm hoping it won't be the same when in a conversation with another aspie. If I'm honest, I don't think I've met or known another aspie very well in my area. I always have this big social anxiety on my shoulders each time too and I often start to mentally panic at times. I wouldn't normally feel comfortable discussing some of this in the open but I'm assuming some or most people here can relate to this or understand without thinking I'm weird. Upon writing this, I hope I don't come across as uncomfortable or off-putting or anything like that.
If you want to know a little more about me, I'm a very introverted person and I've always had an obsession with astronomy, Mandrill Baboons, Owls etc. I am quite the artist, mostly a cartoonist sort of, but I can handle realistic sketches really well at some circumstances. Whenever I have the mental stamina, I sometimes draw cartoon comics solely for leisure and the humour for that is quite random and unpredictable. In terms of conversations again, expressing myself can be quite a very difficult task, particularly in text.
I also play video games like every person on the face of the Earth (except for old people). My favourite franchises are Pikmin and LittleBigPlanet. Anyone else played them?
So yeah, I hope I'll feel a lot more comfortable and used to this forum eventually. I almost see this place as home for aspies (and other types of autism too) I'm kinda paranoid I didn't introduce myself very well but its the best I could do.
BTW, like my profile picture?
I think I created this account a while back in late March, and despite the website saying "Don't be shy, just say Hi!", I kinda hesitated to do so and it took me a long time to finally post something here. I realise this is a very friendly community with friendly aspies here which is why I created the account in the first place. I have a really weird fear of being rejected and sometimes paranoia that I'm unwanted. I often feel tension and a little nervous when in conversations and I'm hoping it won't be the same when in a conversation with another aspie. If I'm honest, I don't think I've met or known another aspie very well in my area. I always have this big social anxiety on my shoulders each time too and I often start to mentally panic at times. I wouldn't normally feel comfortable discussing some of this in the open but I'm assuming some or most people here can relate to this or understand without thinking I'm weird. Upon writing this, I hope I don't come across as uncomfortable or off-putting or anything like that.
If you want to know a little more about me, I'm a very introverted person and I've always had an obsession with astronomy, Mandrill Baboons, Owls etc. I am quite the artist, mostly a cartoonist sort of, but I can handle realistic sketches really well at some circumstances. Whenever I have the mental stamina, I sometimes draw cartoon comics solely for leisure and the humour for that is quite random and unpredictable. In terms of conversations again, expressing myself can be quite a very difficult task, particularly in text.
I also play video games like every person on the face of the Earth (except for old people). My favourite franchises are Pikmin and LittleBigPlanet. Anyone else played them?
So yeah, I hope I'll feel a lot more comfortable and used to this forum eventually. I almost see this place as home for aspies (and other types of autism too) I'm kinda paranoid I didn't introduce myself very well but its the best I could do.
BTW, like my profile picture?