Im Starting to Understand.... but still need some help.

Alright sooo, Hi, this is me, you can call me Joe. So listen, I'm usually never on a kind of site like this, im either playing some video games or just on facebook or something at this hour. A while back, I was told something from my father. Now with the taking into the account in 25 years old. He thought that I might seriously have asbergers.

Now I have NEVER had the impression i had anything like this... I was diagnosed with ADHD that was never fully cured. I mean the physical traits faded out, but the social ackward elements remain.

Like I CANNOT maintain a conversation to save my life, I've tried and felt ackward coming out of it every single time. Like certain people understand me, and I love that one person, but every else who dosent I just dont really like the quality of people who have too much pride in their own appearance, abilities, achievements, etc. : the quality of being vaincare for. I mean i care, but eh, friends are overated and complicated.

Every aspect of my communicating skills from the time I was 5 has been kinda diminished. I verbally stutter, I physically can't do cursive writing, and i have slight dyslexia when I try ti type out on the keyboard. <----- see what I mean? I just left that in there!

And relationships, boy let me tell on one hand (not including the thumb) just how many I had. Well i'll let you guess, but maintaining a relationship and knowing a sense about coupth, morales, and even general demeanor you have when your out with someone, is very very hard to me.

Like, all my life I felt... different, and for god knows I never wondered why that was. I felt like I didn't fit in with absolutley anyone and I was always so frustrated when i didn't even KNOW what asbergers was. So I just thought it was me, I mean, i'm not writing it off as a way to right off excuses or anything. But It just feels good to know that, I wasn't just a messed up kid, I had a reason for it.

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  • Former Member
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    A professional medical opinion can be useful but it isn't always essential. I was referred to a psychiatrist from my GP. Don't worry about the fact that it is a psychiatrist, ASD is often a completely benign condition (i don't think of it as a disorder, a lot of us think that we are different but not ill)

    nursing sounds like an excellent job for you. You sound thorough and caring and unwilling to skimp on your duties. These are all aspie traits so your story about the job helps to work out whether you have Aspergers.

    were you working directly for a hospital or through an agency?

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    A professional medical opinion can be useful but it isn't always essential. I was referred to a psychiatrist from my GP. Don't worry about the fact that it is a psychiatrist, ASD is often a completely benign condition (i don't think of it as a disorder, a lot of us think that we are different but not ill)

    nursing sounds like an excellent job for you. You sound thorough and caring and unwilling to skimp on your duties. These are all aspie traits so your story about the job helps to work out whether you have Aspergers.

    were you working directly for a hospital or through an agency?

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