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Welcome, Tania. You will fit in here quite well. I was diagnosed at 60, but with a past that left me with PTSD when ASD was rarely noted, I needed to cope with that relationship killer. I hope you will learn much here.

I have been doing Cognitive Processing Therapy since the beginning of the year to rewrite the lies I would tell myself when triggered. That has helped me greatly.
 
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Just to ease some stress and time constraints, you don't have to reply individually. Welcome to the forum. I like this group.
 
Welcome! I've really felt at home here since you can come and go, comment, or just lurk as you please.

As for attracting the wrong type of people, that seems to be something that many on the spectrum experience - we may not as innately be able to identify "trouble" and having small social circles may make it challenging to walk away - so I'm glad to hear that you have found some freedom.
 
Hi and welcome!
Glad you found the forum.

I was diagnosed in my mid 50's and even though I was older, everything about my life's history
started falling into place.
This forum has been very helpful also with friendly and diverse people.
Hope you enjoy being here as well! :)
 
Welcome! I've really felt at home here since you can come and go, comment, or just lurk as you please.

As for attracting the wrong type of people, that seems to be something that many on the spectrum experience - we may not as innately be able to identify "trouble" and having small social circles may make it challenging to walk away - so I'm glad to hear that you have found some freedom.
Thanks Victor :-)
 
Hi and welcome!
Glad you found the forum.

I was diagnosed in my mid 50's and even though I was older, everything about my life's history
started falling into place.
This forum has been very helpful also with friendly and diverse people.
Hope you enjoy being here as well! :)
Thanks Susan :-)
 
Welcome @Tania!

I find this place to be wonderful therapy as you are free to be your truest self (but only if you wish to ;)).

Oh, and games on phones can be terribly addictive and probably responsible for the early demise of many a cell. :D:rolleyes:
 
Hi Alexej, I gotta admit, this might be slow for me. This is my first foray into forums, but thanks for the tip about older threads. I'll check them out when time (& my brain lol) permit :)

BTW - the search function is good and I have found it helpful when looking for a specific word.
 
As for attracting the wrong type of people, that seems to be something that many on the spectrum experience - we may not as innately be able to identify "trouble" and having small social circles may make it challenging to walk away.
My brain & my heart both go at breakneck speed whenever I try to put down my thoughts here (my first forum), so I'm going to babble & then edit before posting, and hopefully it'll be cohesive lol.

My cycle has always been - the appearance of (or sometimes it was reality) being happy with myself & my life > a man would be attracted to me > he would portray himself as everything I would want in a man > me, having always wanted to have felt real love, would always be emotionally weak & fall for their charms > as time goes on, they show their true colours of wanting to break me & remould me into a submissive mouse > I see & understand what's happening but by this time, I've been broken & have fallen into the pit of depression, have no support network or circle of friends (I've never had these) so I keep clinging to the illusion that they love me, despite knowing & seeing the truth > the length of time has always varied, but eventually I manage to break free > spend at least a year, and more, sometimes, getting my head & my life back together to where I'm happy again > a man would be attracted to me...........................

This is the best I can do atm, so I hope it makes sense. Right from a toddler, I was raised to be submissive so I'm not surprised at my emotional weakness.........

Nup, my brain has gone scrambled eggs on me & I can't even babble now lol, so I'm gonna get going.
 

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