Windrunner

Thankyou Gordie, that was a very interesting read as every few lines I sat up and said 'wow me too!' I suppose I'm lucky in the way that my housemates have never been outwardly horrible to me (although I recently found a picture of all of us in the kitchen with my face scribbled out, not sure what that is supposed to mean or if I was indded even meant to see it) but I can very much understand the being avoided for not attempting to go out with them. I also know what you mean about being considered tactless when I do speak to people. Even my own family find me offensive sometimes as I often just say something about a sensitive subject which they do not like because I imagine if the same thing was said to me I wouldn't mind. Of course this approach doesn't work so well because everyone is different and in different situations, so I'm still working on that one I'm hoping in my second year I will find myself in better accomodation too so all I can do is keep my fingers crossed I think!

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hmm I guess I could put one up, if anything I might be able to send some people some instructions on how to set it up ,as its complicated to do here, and then get them to add me on the game so I could at least communicate with them on there.

I did consider starting my own society like that for a while but there were two big problems with that. 1) as the leader of a society I'd be expected to go to events to recruit new people and to publicly talk to exisiting members and I'm not sure how well I would cope with that, although it would be about something I love so I could muddle through better than with other things i suppose 2) I don't even know 20 people at university, let alone 20 who also play World of Warcraft, which is a shame because it would be a nice little conversation starter if I managed to approach them (and you need 20 to start a society)

that could be an option but could be rather difficult considering I don't yet have a dx. In fact I gave up on trying for one after several bad experiences with 'experts' who clearly had no idea what they were doing and only succeeded at terrifying me (2 of them cornering me in a room and asking me personal questions is NOT going to make me feel comfortable!) and I'm unsure how much the university would co-operate without one.

Thanks, good to know its possible to do I am a member of the science fiction society but I joined that for the main reason that social interaction wasn't necessary as all we do is meet up weekly and watch a sci-fi film maybe I could look into joining some more. Shame there isn't a World of Warcraft society, I could be running that by the end of my university career

I have been at university since September now and am finding it increasingly difficult. I originally came here with a friend from home but she found her course too difficult and left. Now I do not know anyone here and feel rather lonely a lot of the time. However I find it almost impossible to approach anyone and don't think it is likely I could try to make friends with anyone due to this. Indeed I have only spoken to my housemates about four times since I arrived, and actually find their constant presence quite intimidating as back at home I was used to being able to cook or go to the bathroom without the chance of meeting someone who I may have to try to make conversation with, as I would have no idea what to say if they ever began to expect such a thing. Has anyone else in my situation got through the whole of university? I'm doing well at my course so far and it would be a shame to throw it away over such a thing, but I'm not sure if its even possible.

That doesn't sound silly at all, in fact I made the same promise to my dog before he died several months ago. Luckily I think he must have heard me and worked out how to communicate that he was ready to go by whining all the time and sticking very close to me (sometimes I'm fairly sure that dog understood me better than most humans!). It turned out he was correct also because the vet discovered he had some very bad liver and kidney problems. Spoil your cat the little guy might as well go out in style

very glad to see I'm not alone in the lists I do think I would have a much harder time getting anything done without them, I'd just sit in a panic all day trying to organise my thoughts on what needed to be done! Tally I too had trouble with tasks such as 'clean the bathroom' and 'tidy the lounge' which was problematic for me as I worked as a cleaner in a large house at the time! Luckily I had an understanding boss who made me a nice little list of tasks for each room and after that my days were much easier

Does anyone else require these in order to get through the day? It frustrates people that I have to sit down and list everything I have to do during the day and when and then refer to it everytime they ask me if I can do something. I dislike not having one though as I don't know what I'll be doing that day and I'm worried I'll forget to do something important. At this moment I have three of them stuck up around me. One for exam related actvities, one for housework and the other (which seems to annoy everyone the most) reminding me when to do important things such as eat and shower. Does anyone else have this need for organisation in their lives or am I alone?

seems a fairly widespread problem then unfortunately. You'd think as awareness increases and more people have the confidence to seek a diagnosis they would try to train people in the medical profession to be able to deal with it but apparently that isn't happening. Best of luck with this next one and let me know how it goes

I can't drink tap water either, and only bottled water at a stretch. You're right, it does have a taste, its just hard to decribe it to people who don't think it has one! In summer I get by with squash and make litres of koolaid if the father remembers to send me any and I'm none the worse for it I have a similar thing with the taste of chicken. I don't like chicken but I love turkey although most of the people I know don't think there is a difference in taste between the two

I had trouble thinking of mine this year, most likely because I spent New Years Eve sober and most of the ones I have had in the past have been inspired by a substantial amount of alcohol The only ones I could think of were 1) Try my hardest to pass the upcoming exams and ignore the usual distractions 2) Try to occasionally communicate with my housemates Good luck with all of yours!

well done and good luck for the next one! I had a terrible experience when I tried. My first doctor told me it was impossible I had it because I was able to tell him I believed I did. However he then sent me to a 'psyhology expert' who said I was similar to someone with it he had met but that he had no idea why I was there because he was only a depression specialist. He then sent me to yet another person who said that it seemed I displayed the symptoms but had no authority to diagnose me. On my last appointment I was cornered in a room with two 'experts' whilst they bombarded me with personal questions which I found intimidating to say the least. Their only conclusion was that I was of above average intelligence and therefore was unlikely to have anything wrong with me, but they wanted to check with someone else for a second opinion. After that I refused to return to any more and wouldn't reply to their letters. You're lucky that you seem to have found one that at least isn't going to send you to the first person he thinks of! Best of luck, Becky