So.....received my Aspergers diagnosis today

Hi Peachi,

My turn to apologise for taking so long to reply.

The email thing is one of those issues that I never realised took up so much of my time. Like you I keep pretty much everything and review them , sometimes years after writing them, depite knowing this is largely pointless.

To answer your question about how I feel being it at home, largely more relaxed than being forced into the work structure.

I'm hoping that the diagnosis will allow me to perhaps be myself a bit more than I ever have been. I've always put pressure on myself to conform and act in a way that everyone else expects, despite knowing that it will be difficult.

This obviously doesn't apply to work though and my focus has been missing since Wednesday, which I suppose is understandable. I find focusing quite difficult most of the time anyway but the latter part of this week has been a bit of a write off.

It's been interesting the last few days. I went to a very late showing of a film last night (there are never any people there so it suits me fine). The cinema is in town and I had to "run the gauntlet" of the nightclubs and pubs on my way back to the car. It was around 1.30am.

I was struck by just how fearful I was. Not a pleasant feeling. The only way I can explain it is that before, I had this type of hardened exterior which I'd put up and walking past all of those fairly drunk people would have been ok. Since Wednesday, I've allowed myself a little leeway but the downside is feeling like that.

I was just desperate for nobody to drunkenly say anything to me or posture aggressively, as is so often the case in town.

Don't think I'll go again on Friday night!

Hi Peachi,

My turn to apologise for taking so long to reply.

The email thing is one of those issues that I never realised took up so much of my time. Like you I keep pretty much everything and review them , sometimes years after writing them, depite knowing this is largely pointless.

To answer your question about how I feel being it at home, largely more relaxed than being forced into the work structure.

I'm hoping that the diagnosis will allow me to perhaps be myself a bit more than I ever have been. I've always put pressure on myself to conform and act in a way that everyone else expects, despite knowing that it will be difficult.

This obviously doesn't apply to work though and my focus has been missing since Wednesday, which I suppose is understandable. I find focusing quite difficult most of the time anyway but the latter part of this week has been a bit of a write off.

It's been interesting the last few days. I went to a very late showing of a film last night (there are never any people there so it suits me fine). The cinema is in town and I had to "run the gauntlet" of the nightclubs and pubs on my way back to the car. It was around 1.30am.

I was struck by just how fearful I was. Not a pleasant feeling. The only way I can explain it is that before, I had this type of hardened exterior which I'd put up and walking past all of those fairly drunk people would have been ok. Since Wednesday, I've allowed myself a little leeway but the downside is feeling like that.

I was just desperate for nobody to drunkenly say anything to me or posture aggressively, as is so often the case in town.

Don't think I'll go again on Friday night!