Published on 12, July, 2020
Hello! I was diagnosed this week after nearly four years of seemingly endless waiting. I'm nearly 27 now and I was starting to give up hope but at last I know I'm autistic. I'm really glad and relieved, it's nice to know why I'm the way I am and I'm pleased the waiting is at last over.
I feel a bit lost now and confused as to what to do next which is one of the reasons why I came here. I've lurked for a while but didn't want to join until I knew for certain. I'm just treating this like I do life, it's a brand new adventure a brand new chapter in my life. Not sure where it'll take me, only time will tell!
Some things about me in case you want to know. I live with my parents. I am a big Disney and animation fan. My favourite movie is The Muppets Christmas Carol and my favourite TV series is SpongeBob. My special interest is horology. I love clocks of all shapes and sizes. As a kid my mum wanted me to play with dolls but I was more interested in shadowing my Grampy as he worked on his clocks and now I'm forever surrounded by clocks and working on them myself. My favourite one I own is a German wedding clock from the 1950s. It's white and has little figures inside glass. It's gorgeous.
Sorry I get carried away!
I'll leave this here.
Immy xxx
welcome
you're a girl, did I get it right? I've never met anybody who loves clocks either. My Granpa had an old hangining on a wall cuckoo clock, that had weights hanging below used to 'power it up', I don't know a phrase for it in english
btw your opening statement is very short, you didn't get carried away, you restrained yourself. I've seen few pages long already.
continue your adventure with an optimistic view, being autistic can be fun
Hello Mariusz - cool name, took me ages to get it right lol! Does it have a special meaning?
Lol yes! My mum thinks clocks are for men really and keeps trying to get me to do more feminine hobbies but I love clocks I've always found them exciting and interesting. Your grandpa's Cuckoo clock sounds amazing! The weights are really interesting, most are called pines because they look like pine cones like from the trees and they hang on chains or a chain and that usually is attached to a chain gear that works and powers the clock, I don't think there's a specific word though you can use powers it up, drives the clock, energises it or whatever you like my Grampy used to say drives the clock.
Aw thank you, I think this reply might be a bit long. Sorry!
I think being autistic is a great thing. We have a lot of struggles yeah but I think there's also a lot of positives as well. I was just reading about everyone's special interests. Very awesome!