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Hi...? "Newbie" here :)

NinaB

NinaB

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Hello guys...my name is Nina, i am 21 years old and i have a suspicion that i might be aspie...

Early this year i was in one of my trances through the internet ( :D ) when i read for the first time, the symptoms of Asperger's Syndrome, then i found out this forum and now here i am!:D

The more i read the posts the more it blows my mind because i identify too much with a lot of them....

So that's it! Still reading about it all.

p.s this is the first time ever that i use an online forum so please forgive some mistake that i may have done in this post :D
 
Hi there!
I did the exact same thing and wound up on this forum ... and haven't left :D
It really is a 'light bulb' moment reading traits that you thought were yours alone and realising that there are many others. Just. Like. You. (only different :D)

This, too, is my first online forum-thingy. We can be newbies together!

Hope you find it as enlightening and comforting as I did after the initial shock and confronting aspect of it all settled down.
 
Hi Nina. I don't mean to doubt your ability to diagnose yourself, but many people who are new to the idea of being on the spectrum make use of the tests here - Aspie tests , so I thought I'd offer the link.

I found out rather recently, it was between the last Christmas and New Year's that a friend suggested that I might be autistic, and I'm more than twice your age. Many people on here have found out rather late in life. It's becoming more common to be diagnosed as a kid, but you're certainly not alone in having that 'whoa, so this is what's been going on my whole life' moment. Not moment, exactly, it takes a few days... you know what I mean. It's an experience. Welcome.
 
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Hello!

I don't want to discourage you but I'm always a little bit worried with people who read up on these things on the internet and jump to conclusions like any condition they read about. There will be a certain amount about Asperger's that you can identify and that's like that for most people. The only real way you can find out is going to a doctor who knows about Asperger's in females. I know that isn't always an easy task. I'm sure I'm telling you stuff you already aware of. But I just like to perhaps put a little pause for thought there, I guess.

Regardless, you are of course welcome to partake in discussions. Not like you need my permission or anything though.

Enough rambling. Welcome and dive in!

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Definitely the right place to explore your "suspicions".

Interact with us and get a feel for how you may or may not relate to all the possibilities of what makes us who and what we are.

Welcome to AC.
 
Hi there, guys, it's been a while!!!

Thank you all!!! I felt very good here since the very first time and for your welcoming ^^

I have to apologize for the late reply, my life has been not easy lately(death related stuff), so i didn't have the time.

I also got to say that i am not a native english speaker and since i'm still learning it, there will be some mistakes.

And to make a short update, i am now sure of my aspie condition after months thinking about my life and my difficulties, things that i didn't understand and still don't understand very well like: why i didn't have any friends until the last year of elementary school when one kind soul tried to get close to me and accepted me even being quiet as i was, elementary school was the seven most lonely and painful years of my life, by this time i also used to have a lot of paranoid thoughts(ok, i didn't know how to have a conversation:tearsofjoy:, i would just sit there on the chair and watch like they were different beings, but still) i don't know why not any single one tried to talk to me or to teach me how to be a friend, ( i only realised that it was a normal thing to have friends and that i didn't have one on seventh grade). I still don't understand also why the teachers didn't do anything about it :rage: Now i realize that i was totally neglected, by school, by family, parents... it's so... :rage::rage::rage: frustrating

But anyways, that's just one aspect, there is so much more that i can't even put it in words here... Thanks again you all, the world seem to be little better now :kissingheart:
 
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Lady Penelope said:
Hi there!
I did the exact same thing and wound up on this forum ... and haven't left :D
It really is a 'light bulb' moment reading traits that you thought were yours alone and realising that there are many others. Just. Like. You. (only different :D)

This, too, is my first online forum-thingy. We can be newbies together!

Hope you find it as enlightening and comforting as I did after the initial shock and confronting aspect of it all settled down.
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Hi there! Yasss let's do it! I'm sorry that i couldn't reply earlier, my life has been very confusing lately, i didn't have the time.
But yeah, you described the exact feeling and process that i have been through lately!
Thanks for the welcoming :*
 
MrSpock said:
Hi Nina. I don't mean to doubt your ability to diagnose yourself, but many people who are new to the idea of being on the spectrum make use of the tests here - Aspie tests , so I thought I'd offer the link.

I found out rather recently, it was between the last Christmas and New Year's that a friend suggested that I might be autistic, and I'm more than twice your age. Many people on here have found out rather late in life. It's becoming more common to be diagnosed as a kid, but you're certainly not alone in having that 'whoa, so this is what's been going on my whole life' moment. Not moment, exactly, it takes a few days... you know what I mean. It's an experience. Welcome.
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Hi, thank you very much!:) I know exactly what you mean, thanks i will do the test. To be honest, after all these months, i don't even have a doubt, after all this time i started to remember of so many things of my past that i never understood, and thought that something was wrong with me(at first i used to think that other people were wrong and they were the different ones:tearsofjoy:), and now i know why...I am the different one and still it's not a bad thing! It's kind of a relief! Maybe i'll do some posts about my experiences and childhood later :)
 
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