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Hello.

Major Tom

Hey there!

My name is Tom. I’m autistic and really a bit of a loner, I spend most of my time writing and coding. I like to keep fit, I do go out, it’s just people tend to spook me so I tend to be alone a lot. I have a deep love and special interest with aliens… Don’t we all!? Sadly my family don’t but I adopted a really cool dog called Elvis who I chat to about aliens instead. He’s really happy, turns out he’s big on extraterrestrial stuff too!

I like listening to music whenever I can. I own a great array of CDs and records. Same with books, I enjoy reading every now and then but half the books I buy I yet to even read! I’m good at buying stuff and then never using it.
Another kind of special interest for me is electrics. After school (27 now) I did train to become an electrician but during that time I had a bit of a mental health crisis and I haven’t gone back to it. I currently work as a programmer which I get to do at home, win-win for me. I’m still interested in electrics and in my spare time do up old electrical items like games consoles and old record players, Elvis helps of course…

I have two sisters, I’m the youngest, yep growing up with them was unimaginable pain, torture and tears. We live with our mum, who I am certain is also autistic but she’s undiagnosed.

Thanks for reading my introduction. Have a good day and keep being awesome. Alien

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  • Hey Tom,

    Welcome to you (plus your cool canine Elvis too).

    It sounds like you have worked out in life; those things which you like (I believe that is success by anyone's measure).

    One Oxford dictionary definition of "loner" describes: "a person that prefers not to associate with others".  (I don't read into that definition anything judgemental at all). 

    For my part, I might wish to add to the end of such a definition "...in person".  I don't feel I am an anti-social person, more; just intolerant of traditional "socialising" settings, environments, assumptions, expectations and the barrage of assaults on the senses!

    Looking forward to discovering your posts on this forum.

  • in reply to DormouseAtRest_25

    Good point. Thanks for posting the definition, loner is the wrong word, I’m not sure what the word is but I think we all know it. I want to be social with people, I enjoy being social like we are now, that is the social interaction that works best for me. I would like to be able to interact in the normal and conventional way but when I do I get worked up and anxious...

    Believe me, it is NOT a pretty sight for anyone to have to witness.

    And that is a shame as believe it or not I am actually quite a charismatic character in my own little way.

    As with you, I am not antisocial, I may come across that way but it is unintentional and certainly not true. I tend to wonder a lot how it would be if I wasn’t autistic. Would I be better at interacting with others? But perhaps that is a discussion for a different time.

    For now I am content typing online and chatting with Elvis Slight smile

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  • in reply to DormouseAtRest_25

    Good point. Thanks for posting the definition, loner is the wrong word, I’m not sure what the word is but I think we all know it. I want to be social with people, I enjoy being social like we are now, that is the social interaction that works best for me. I would like to be able to interact in the normal and conventional way but when I do I get worked up and anxious...

    Believe me, it is NOT a pretty sight for anyone to have to witness.

    And that is a shame as believe it or not I am actually quite a charismatic character in my own little way.

    As with you, I am not antisocial, I may come across that way but it is unintentional and certainly not true. I tend to wonder a lot how it would be if I wasn’t autistic. Would I be better at interacting with others? But perhaps that is a discussion for a different time.

    For now I am content typing online and chatting with Elvis Slight smile

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