Hey, I'm Mike...

[Heart of Stone]

Hey, everyone:

I'm obviously new to the forum, so I thought I'd introduce myself. Well, I'm 19. Canadian. I like psychology (specifically behavioural, cognitive, and psychoanalysis), video gaming (mostly RPG and FPS), anime, and rock music (my favourite band is Skillet). I also have ADD and (mild) dyscalculia. I haven't been officially diagnosed with Asperger's, but several of my family members believe that I do in fact have it. (It also runs in my father's side of the family.)

I intend on getting officially diagnosed, eventually, but I have a plethora of other mental illnesses I'd like to address first: anxiety being my utmost priority. I (obviously) have tremendous difficulty with communicating with others; alleviating this difficulty is paramount to me.

By joining this community of individuals akin to me, I hope to acquire skills and a sense of belonging that's been lacking in my life.

 

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[Warmheart]

Hey as Mike! Glad you could join us here on AC. Welcome!

 

[Nitro]

 

[Streetwise]

welcome to the tribe

 

[Squished Crab]

Welcome Mike. I'm new here too, there is an amazing group of intelligent, articulate and thoughtful people on this site. Glad you're here.

 

[Tyrantus1212]

Hey, everyone:

I'm obviously new to the forum, so I thought I'd introduce myself. Well, I'm 19. Canadian. I like psychology (specifically behavioural, cognitive, and psychoanalysis), video gaming (mostly RPG and FPS), anime, and rock music (my favourite band is Skillet). I also have ADD and (mild) dyscalculia. I haven't been officially diagnosed with Asperger's, but several of my family members believe that I do in fact have it. (It also runs in my father's side of the family.)

I intend on getting officially diagnosed, eventually, but I have a plethora of other mental illnesses I'd like to address first: anxiety being my utmost priority. I (obviously) have tremendous difficulty with communicating with others; alleviating this difficulty is paramount to me.

By joining this community of individuals akin to me, I hope to acquire skills and a sense of belonging that's been lacking in my life.

Hello Mike and welcome to AC! I'm Mike too, and I hope to acquire the same things having joined this forum. It's been very helpful so far, I can tell you that - so you have come to the right place.

I have been to a psychologist who very much thinks I have Asperger's, but he doesn't think I need to formal diagnosis; he wants to work with me on my self-improvement so that I can cope better in the NT world; because let's face it, I don't. I have difficulty communicating with others as well, in terms of understanding what people are getting at, explaining things myself, and saying things to people without coming off as hurtful. It used to be much worse in the past, and I may be gradually learning, very gradually and at a snail's pace. I suffer from severe anxieties as well. The anxieties I exhibit are OCD and just general anxiety. I can also go into extreme moods, either hyper-content or lashing out at people - which makes me wonder if I'm bipolar. One of my grandmothers was bipolar, so there's the family history. I also suffer from self-loathing and emotional outbursts, and that's actually the worst of it all...I need to conquer and banish all these things once and for all and it's going to take a really long time, I'm afraid to say. Finally, I don't have common sense which makes me come off as an idiot sometimes. I'm also extremely immature, pretty much a toddler in a grown man's body.

So, a grown man...I'm almost 30 by the way and I live in the US. I like video games too but I usually stick to one at a time. Right now I constantly play the online card game Hearthstone, but RPG's are some of my favorite types of games in general. My favorite type of music is also rock, and my favorite band are the Beatles. I've exhibited a variety of interests throughout my life, which include construction sites (not working, but only observing), streetlights, sprinklers, Isuzu tow trucks, bottle caps, 4-digit integers that start with the number 9, and a couple of other mathematical aspects - specifically divisibility of larger integers by certain smaller integers and perfect squares. I studied the ones for 0 to 100 when I was a preteen and it made people falsely believe that I was a genius. I'm not a genius though, and I really really wish I was. I currently work as a software developer, but I wouldn't call it one of my interests really, simply something I'm good at and like - but not a passion/ambition. I don't really have any ambitions in life.

I should have gone to see a specialist ages ago and not sweep my struggles under the rug, as I keep saying here. He was the one who recommended that I join an online group for Asperger's, and that's why I'm here - and independently of whether he advised it or not, I love it here and I visit it every day. Welcome again Mike, and I'm glad you joined.

 

[Gracey]

Hello Mike and welcome.

 

[xudo]

Welcome

 

[As sweet as-pie]

Hey Mike! Welcome to AC

 

[WittyAspie]

Welcome Panhead!

This is a great forum. I hope you stick around awhile.

 

[Heart of Stone]

Hello Mike and welcome to AC! I'm Mike too, and I hope to acquire the same things having joined this forum. It's been very helpful so far, I can tell you that - so you have come to the right place.

I have been to a psychologist who very much thinks I have Asperger's, but he doesn't think I need to formal diagnosis; he wants to work with me on my self-improvement so that I can cope better in the NT world; because let's face it, I don't. I have difficulty communicating with others as well, in terms of understanding what people are getting at, explaining things myself, and saying things to people without coming off as hurtful. It used to be much worse in the past, and I may be gradually learning, very gradually and at a snail's pace. I suffer from severe anxieties as well. The anxieties I exhibit are OCD and just general anxiety. I can also go into extreme moods, either hyper-content or lashing out at people - which makes me wonder if I'm bipolar. One of my grandmothers was bipolar, so there's the family history. I also suffer from self-loathing and emotional outbursts, and that's actually the worst of it all...I need to conquer and banish all these things once and for all and it's going to take a really long time, I'm afraid to say. Finally, I don't have common sense which makes me come off as an idiot sometimes. I'm also extremely immature, pretty much a toddler in a grown man's body.

So, a grown man...I'm almost 30 by the way and I live in the US. I like video games too but I usually stick to one at a time. Right now I constantly play the online card game Hearthstone, but RPG's are some of my favorite types of games in general. My favorite type of music is also rock, and my favorite band are the Beatles. I've exhibited a variety of interests throughout my life, which include construction sites (not working, but only observing), streetlights, sprinklers, Isuzu tow trucks, bottle caps, 4-digit integers that start with the number 9, and a couple of other mathematical aspects - specifically divisibility of larger integers by certain smaller integers and perfect squares. I studied the ones for 0 to 100 when I was a preteen and it made people falsely believe that I was a genius. I'm not a genius though, and I really really wish I was. I currently work as a software developer, but I wouldn't call it one of my interests really, simply something I'm good at and like - but not a passion/ambition. I don't really have any ambitions in life.

I should have gone to see a specialist ages ago and not sweep my struggles under the rug, as I keep saying here. He was the one who recommended that I join an online group for Asperger's, and that's why I'm here - and independently of whether he advised it or not, I love it here and I visit it every day. Welcome again Mike, and I'm glad you joined.

Thank you for the warm welcome. I can resonate with the anxiety (I have both social and generalised anxiety), self-loathing, and moodiness. I have a family member with Bipolar too: my mother. I've read a study some time ago stating that if a family member has Bipolar Disorder, the descendants will (obviously) have a higher-than-average possibility of developing Bipolar, but it also stated that whether the descendants have Bipolar or not, they typically have higher levels of the stress hormone cortisol, which could contribute to higher neuroticism (moodiness). I usually use video games to either cheer myself up or cool myself off. (That being said, I tend to play a lot.)

I've heard of Hearthstone, but never played it. I, too, prefer to stick with one game at a time -- despite owning a copious amount of video games. I'm currently glued to Fallout 4, but I play Battlefield 1 occasionally. As I've previously mentioned, I prefer RPG and FPS, but I do play a variety of genres -- just not often.

My interests, overall, are quite limited, but due to ADD I jump from subject-to-subject. I usually obsess over the subject for a long period of time (like psychology for instance). I have immense difficulty in Math though (I have dyscalculia after all), so you lost me with the Math stuff.

When I was in early adolescence, my teachers claimed that my vocabulary was surprisingly precocious. This led to my peer group believing that I was more 'intelligent' than them, but in reality I'm more or less on the same intellectual level as them. I do, however, wish I was a genius like you do.

Since I have difficulty with Math, my self-esteem has deteriorated severely during my high school years. I'm currently still in school due to repeatedly failing Math, which is exacerbating my mental illnesses. I used to aspire to be a psychologist, but I don't believe I have the aptitude to succeed. Other than graduating, I guess you can say I have no real ambitions.

PS: I apologize if any of this seems nonsensical, I have difficulty with organizing my thoughts. I also apologize if you didn't want to read my rambling.

Lastly, I wish you luck in overcoming your challenges.

 

[Tyrantus1212]

Thank you for the warm welcome. I can resonate with the anxiety (I have both social and generalised anxiety), self-loathing, and moodiness. I have a family member with Bipolar too: my mother. I've read a study some time ago stating that if a family member has Bipolar Disorder, the descendants will (obviously) have a higher-than-average possibility of developing Bipolar, but it also stated that whether the descendants have Bipolar or not, they typically have higher levels of the stress hormone cortisol, which could contribute to higher neuroticism (moodiness). I usually use video games to either cheer myself up or cool myself off. (That being said, I tend to play a lot.)

I've heard of Hearthstone, but never played it. I, too, prefer to stick with one game at a time -- despite owning a copious amount of video games. I'm currently glued to Fallout 4, but I play Battlefield 1 occasionally. As I've previously mentioned, I prefer RPG and FPS, but I do play a variety of genres -- just not often.

My interests, overall, are quite limited, but due to ADD I jump from subject-to-subject. I usually obsess over the subject for a long period of time (like psychology for instance). I have immense difficulty in Math though (I have dyscalculia after all), so you lost me with the Math stuff.

When I was in early adolescence, my teachers claimed that my vocabulary was surprisingly precocious. This led to my peer group believing that I was more 'intelligent' than them, but in reality I'm more or less on the same intellectual level as them. I do, however, wish I was a genius like you do.

Since I have difficulty with Math, my self-esteem has deteriorated severely during my high school years. I'm currently still in school due to repeatedly failing Math, which is exacerbating my mental illnesses. I used to aspire to be a psychologist, but I don't believe I have the aptitude to succeed. Other than graduating, I guess you can say I have no real ambitions.

PS: I apologize if any of this seems nonsensical, I have difficulty with organizing my thoughts. I also apologize if you didn't want to read my rambling.

Lastly, I wish you luck in overcoming your challenges.

It was no trouble at all man, we're here to listen. And thanks, I just hope luck is actually on my side this time . I wish you the same! I had an early development in terms of vocabulary, but ironically I don't read much (that has too developed early). I played Fallout 4 for a few months but didn't really get into it; New Vegas was much better. I too have tons of video games most of which I haven't even played. Playing Hearthstone does act as a temporary relief for my endless anxieties. My interests have been sort of jumping too, but some did overlap - for example in my childhood I used to be interested in streetlights, sprinklers and construction sites (observing, not working there) all at the same time. When I was a teenager, I used to obsess about trucks with square cabins, especially tow trucks with platforms. Now...I guess Hearthstone is my sort of obsession, and I'm still not over construction sites. I'm not really into the math stuff anymore.

 

[Alaska]

Hi Heart of Stone. Welcome to AC!!!

I hate for you to give up on your ambitions because of your dyscalculia. Because of your mental health problems, you may be eligible for help with your dyscalculia, including tutoring.