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Self diagnosed Aspie

Robin Banks

Hi all, i'm looking for a bit of advice, i guess.  I recently bought a book on Aspergers to learn about a condition we think my son has.  Someone who knows me well said, 'that's you' just before i started it.  That comment barely registered.  Then i started the book and got the shock of my life.  It was like reading my life story!  Everything slowly dropped into place; always been a bit different, crap at sport as a kid, last one to be picked for games, on the outskirts of the group or ostracised, etc.  Each section of the book revealed more connections.  I have no doubt i have Aspergers Syndrome despite having done the Cambridge test and getting 24.  I believe i have trained myself into different ways of thinking.  I have over ridden a lot of the traits with my mnd in an attaempt to fit in; to be Neuro typical.  Does this ring true for anybody else?  I was thinking get a diagnosis but am now thinking it will be too much hassle.  What kind of help could it be to do that?  I live a fully functional working life already.  I have some daily anxiety around a particular issue but how many people don't?  Any thoughts welcome, please.  Thank you.

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  • Hi guys, thanks very much for all these replies.  Much appreciated.  Hi G.G.  I got more detail from reading The Complete Gide to A.S by Tony Attwood.  I always came out ok in the tests and had not the slightest inkling of what was going on until i got to the A.A.A and got the shock of my life.  Then i read the book and it was my life story.  I have to say it was an enormous effort as a teeneger to try and appear N.T.  I have put a lot of effort into that over the years without knowing what i was dealing with.  I could go on with all sorts of stories in true Aspie fashion but will save you, lol!  I've bent many ears over the last week!  Yes, relationships have been difficult for me as well.  I'm just trying to watch the Aspie aspects when they appear and see if i can move them gently in a more positive direction.  I'm also seeing how much effort is going into being N.T so i can let the go a bit without becoming completely strange.  Maybe eccentric with some more energy and less tension.  All very interesting.  Great to chat.  Thanks again.  

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  • Hi guys, thanks very much for all these replies.  Much appreciated.  Hi G.G.  I got more detail from reading The Complete Gide to A.S by Tony Attwood.  I always came out ok in the tests and had not the slightest inkling of what was going on until i got to the A.A.A and got the shock of my life.  Then i read the book and it was my life story.  I have to say it was an enormous effort as a teeneger to try and appear N.T.  I have put a lot of effort into that over the years without knowing what i was dealing with.  I could go on with all sorts of stories in true Aspie fashion but will save you, lol!  I've bent many ears over the last week!  Yes, relationships have been difficult for me as well.  I'm just trying to watch the Aspie aspects when they appear and see if i can move them gently in a more positive direction.  I'm also seeing how much effort is going into being N.T so i can let the go a bit without becoming completely strange.  Maybe eccentric with some more energy and less tension.  All very interesting.  Great to chat.  Thanks again.  

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