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Since late last year I've been wanting to make a thread like this because even now, I'm surprised at the amount of people who have Aspergers and I saw even more people mention that they have it in the disability/impairment thread. As you can tell from the title, the purpose of this thread and others that may follow is for us to have discussions among ourselves and as long as we don't bring in any of the restricted topics listed in the http://www.gamesas.com/topic/724862-forum-rules-and-general-information/, we should be fine.


I suppose I'll kick the thread off by going over how Aspergers has affected me:

I don't know when I was diagnosed with Aspergers, but I remember I heard that word here and there when I was younger.. I didn't pay it much attention back then though. While today I'm more of an Introvert than ever, I did make a few friends in a Creative Writing class back in High School and even hung out with them some.. it was as social I'd ever been, yet when others tried to befriend me I shut them out because of my lack of interest in them. Some invited me to a party that I chose not to go to (I know I wouldn't have liked it anyway), while I felt dragged into another social group which actually irritated me because I didn't know anyone.. nor did I care to at that point. I've lost touch with those I did befriend later and while it made me sad then, I'm not sad about it today and usually prefer time to myself so I can gather my thoughts on things. The few interests that I have help me come up with new writing ideas, and while I have come up with a lot.. I'm hoping to come up with much more as well.

Some things I saw mentioned in the other thread that I'll say here:

I don't have panic attacks, and it might not even be because of Aspergers.. but nowadays I'm afraid of going down stairs with my hands full and I can't hold on to the rail, probably a fear of toppling down them. Alongside that is a combination of fear and hate for phones; the hate comes from the noise they make when ringing, the fear was born from a job I used to have where I had to answer them.. the experience wasn't pleasant in the end.

That's all I'll put for now, but I'll probably add more later if I think of anything. I'm hoping I can really get into my writing later this year, but I still have a lot to learn.. I've come up with a lot of book names over time but not characters, and I don't have a lot of plots down either. To keep the thread moving, we can have further discussions on how Aspergers has affected us, move on to talking about our interests and possible career paths or have other discussions about interesting subjects out there as long as we keep it civil.


The moderators will keep an eye on the thread and make sure it runs smoothly, and while I have not been as active lately I will post when I can though it may take a while for me to do so.


So, does anyone want to add anything?