Hello everyone.
I’m a 27-year-old autistic male with an interest in writing to long term pen pals. I find it extremely difficult to socialise in the outside world, I know that the internet is the only medium I’ve been able to communicate with as comfortably as I can. My situation is such that, I have been taught at home since my breakdown I experienced in mainstream school, leaving me with several bouts of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Long story short, from that day, up till my special educational needs statement ended when I reach 19 years of age, leaving me with no help whatsoever, I was taught from my home by two home and hospital tutors. Long story there, but that’s the general gist, it’s been quite an arduous experience on all accounts. Didn’t end well either, but again, that’s part of that long story. Basically, due to my trauma and my difficulties, my options for socialising are extremely limited, which is why I’ve been hoping to find meaningful social interaction across the internet, hoping it could help me to meet new people, and to develop into trustworthy long term relations.
I have an interest in nature photography, but find it difficult to travel, so as a nature photographer, I mainly spend my time taking photographs from within my garden and surrounding areas, which is woodland and lakes. I have some of my artwork in a gallery on deviantART online, and I’m hoping to sell my artwork on Redbubble in the near future. I once sold my artwork to raise money for the National Autistic Society in the past, as part of, one of my home learning courses, with the help of one of old home tutors. I also have a keen interest in Japanese video games, such as JRPGs (Japanese Role Play Games), strategy, point and click, adventure, basically games which have deep storylines that I can lose myself in, and also tactical games which train the mind. I also enjoy playing games with a wide expansive world, like Skyrim and Final Fantasy XV (15) (huge fan of the Final Fantasy video game series, lol). I also have an interest in Japanese and Chinese histories and culture in themselves. Learnt both Japanese and Chinese histories with the help of both the Samurai Warriors and the Dynasty Warriors video game series. I wish I could learn the Japanese language to unlock the ability to play many more Japanese-only games. I enjoy watching anime, reading manga, and other fantasy novels. I also have interest in researching the unexplained mysteries in the world. I’m also very keen on gardening, but due to my Sensory Processing Disorder and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, I find it increasingly difficult, so I mainly help as much as can with my mum around the garden, using whatever precautions for my conditions as I can along the way. I am also hoping to learn to play the guitar, but it’s very early stages for me, and it a slow process, besides which I’m trying to learn it on my own, which can be really difficult at times, so motivation levels need a bit of a boost really, lol.
I am also affected by Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as a result of effects the mainstream school system caused me. Eventually I was taught at home, by home and hospital tutors, as I’ve mentioned above, which only lasted until I was 19 years old, unfortunately. I wanted to continue with further education, but was denied by a deceitful 193a Assessment document, long story. As a result, I find it increasingly difficult to find ways to interact with others in fear that someone could invoke my PTSD ‘triggers’ and offset my inner turmoil reminding me of the horrors of what I experienced all those years ago. Not to mention, all those years left its scar on me, which makes the general social world much more complex for me, but equally just as important. This is my way of helping to recover from my traumas, to find long term pen pals I can write to, people who I can socialise with, grow trustworthy meaningful relations with. Socialising has always been difficult for me, and I’m hoping to find people out that are open-minded, willing to listen, to understand, to care.
