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What to do When you Find out you're Autistic?

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De_lox

Guest
So two nights ago my parents say me down at the dinner table and told me that I have aspergers, and that they've known for a while and that most of my teachers and coaches know too. This is all a lot for me to take in and I've been feeling pretty down and I want to be alone because I don't want people to think I'm different and I know if people find out they're going to think something is wrong with me and they're going to treat me differently and have different expectations for me and I just want to be treated normally and I just don't know what to do.
 

Cyco-Dude

Member
are you trolling? from your posts here, you seem just like anyone else here... *shrugs*

if you are serious, i wouldn't sweat it. from what i can gather, it has nothing to do with learning ability or anything like that, but social interactions and it can be managed.
 
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modfox

Guest
hey look i have aspergers and ADHD when i drink a soft drink i literally bounce off the walls you're not different at all just because you have autism it dose not mean anything some of the most smartest people have autism. dont let it drag you down. i tell everyone i know about my autism and they dont treat me any different. YOU ARE COMPLETELY NORMAL!!!
 

Zipline

Noodle Fish
Dat fox face... It appears to have illegal intentions. But do not tell anyone and your parents and coaches will not spread it around. Tell them it is not true and go about your day normally. They tried telling that baloney to me to without actually going to a doctor. It did not change how I act during the day.
 
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De_lox

Guest
are you trolling? from your posts here, you seem just like anyone else here... *shrugs*

if you are serious, i wouldn't sweat it. from what i can gather, it has nothing to do with learning ability or anything like that, but social interactions and it can be managed.
No matter how much I wish I was trolling I am clinically diagnosed
 

Somnium

The Sparklewolf
Banned
so what? it doesn't change anything. you still have to give your 110% to everything you love and results don't matter as much as the process itself anyway
 

PlusThirtyOne

What DOES my username mean...?
Nobody wakes up one day and says, "Yup! i'm autistic now." Even if you've been diagnosed NOW, you've clearly ALWAYS had it. Your teachers have known this whole time too, right?
Then nothing's changed!
You are still you. This isn't something new. You didn't wake up to discover a new limb or to find your hair falling out. You didn't catch a disease over the weekend and nothing in your life is going to change significantly. if anything, you may now have a better understanding of your limitations (if you even have any). Some bits and pieces of your life may just now be making sense. Clarity is your friend. Use what you know now to better yourself. There are many people out there with mental problems and no diagnosis and they don't know what's wrong or how to treat and cope with them. YOU DO! Use it.
 

StealYourFace

long live Jerry
Your teachers and coaches knowing won't really be much of a big deal, in my opinion, but it is your life and your choice to tell your peers, or to not tell. If you don't feel comfortable with them knowing, that's totally up to you. Let your parents and educators know that you are in control and if you want it kept private, they should honor your wishes.

Asperger's does sometimes make it a little more difficult to socially interact, but if you haven't noticed that until now, no sense letting it keep you down, right? Things will turn out okay. Once in a while, you can get shown the light in the strangest of places, if you look at it right.
 
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Helios276

Guest
Just don't give up , communication sucks but its something that everyone has to have in the real world
 

AsheSkyler

Feathered Jester
I always recommend going to Cynthia Kim's blog and just start reading. After you've had some time to come to terms with what your diagnosis means for you, you'll be fine. Not only will you be able to carry on like you always did, you might learn a few tips and tricks to make it even easier for you.

If you're already considered a nerd, you got it whooped. My D&D group had an Aspie, but all we remembered was that he was the guy you wanted to play the wizard characters. Any oddities he had from his neurology blended right on in with the oddities us other nerds and geeks had. :p
 

aluminumnati

A cool mouse
A label doesn't change who you are. I was lucky enough to know I had Aspergers at a young age, so I never had to go through that. Still, though. It's just a word. Don't let a label change how you view yourself. You're still you.
 

SpiritMachine

Butt Sniffer
So in your mind , youre normal one day, suddenly the next youre a wierdo?

Lol, if youre a weirdo, youve probably always been one and a new label isnt gonna chanhe who or what you are. Dont be dumb about it ¬.¬
 
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De_lox

Guest
So in your mind , youre normal one day, suddenly the next youre a wierdo?

Lol, if youre a weirdo, youve probably always been one and a new label isnt gonna chanhe who or what you are. Dont be dumb about it ¬.¬
I just don't want people to treat me different but I also don't want people to get mad at me if I can't think/feel the same way they do.
 

StealYourFace

long live Jerry
I just don't want people to treat me different but I also don't want people to get mad at me if I can't think/feel the same way they do.
I know exactly where you're coming from with that. I have hereditary anxiety and depression, and I've been kinda forced to come out about it when I asked off work to see a therapist. It's scary thinking that people might treat you different, but if they really deserve to be in your life, they will be there to support you however you need. Those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.
 

Katriel

Well-Known Member
A lot of people have it. /small wave/ Or something that impacts behavior with other people. It's not really a big deal in terms of how people think of you.

What you might want to do is figure out what it is actually causing you trouble with, and practice that hard. Social interaction, possibly. Read up on how people work (I had a book "The Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships" by someone else of this diagnosis), study facial expressions and practice ability to make good eye contact, deliberately train your ability to empathize. Discipline, possibly. Figure out if it is causing any issues with your work habits and make a plan to remedy them. I don't know what it is for you; those are the two that are most obvious problems for me. Edit: Of course I also dealt with being diagnosed with dysgraphia by trying to write constantly every day, heh, so I may overtrain against my weaknesses.

There's no reason to have different expectations of yourself, or for people to have particularly different expectations of you. However, it is a diagnosis because it can cause challenges, so use getting it to your advantage! See if you can tie any challenges you have to it, and find strategies other people with it have used against those to better yourself. This one can entail some strengths as well, so enjoy those and leverage them. Diagnoses don't change anything about you - they just help you figure out what to do about it.
 
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TidesofFate

Your friendly neighborhood Executioner
You have it wrong man, I've talked to someone who studies this stuff, and he said that Aspergers and Autism are separate conditions. Having Asperger just means you're different, that's really it. Don't let this get to you and don't let other people try to use that against you by telling you that you are a certain way(when you know you're not) and making something up. Read up on Asperger yourself, you'll do yourself a huge favor if you actually understand it.
 
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Helios276

Guest
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Katriel

Well-Known Member
You have it wrong man, I've talked to someone who studies this stuff, and he said that Aspergers and Autism are separate conditions. Having Asperger just means you're different, that's really it. Don't let this get to you and don't let other people try to use that against you by telling you that you are a certain way(when you know you're not) and making something up. Read up on Asperger yourself, you'll do yourself a huge favor if you actually understand it.
For some reason the latest psychology guidelines lump it in with the rest of the Autistic spectrum. It is a pretty different experience from other sorts of autism, but yeah, perspective on how separate it is has changed a bit.
 

AsheSkyler

Feathered Jester
But I hear the DSM-V is actually acknowledging sensory issues now. One step forward, one step back?
 

TidesofFate

Your friendly neighborhood Executioner
But I hear the DSM-V is actually acknowledging sensory issues now. One step forward, one step back?
I guess.
Either way de_lox, don't let the Asperger's get to you. Asperger's just means you're different, and that's not a bad thing. Also, Asperger's is different for everyone who has it. Is yours mild or not? Something you should remember is that famous and very smart people have had Asperger's. Thomas Jefferson, Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, and George Lucas is believed to have Asperger's. Here a a few example.
Famous People With Asperger Syndrome
 

Sarcastic Coffeecup

Hand. Cannot. Erase.
Just do what you did before.
A rose by any other name...
 

nerdbat

Green butt of reason
Don't want to be rude, but is there any diagnosis or something? It's just that there are so many self-diagnosed autistics on this site that it's becoming hard to take these threads seriously, especially outside of medical forums.
 
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