Laddo

That sounds... liberating!

Happy new year!

how are you? you sounded at deaths door the other day!

Yeah, I'm surviving. Haven't had many flareups today thankfully

Let's keep fingers crossed together for a positive change!

Hopefully global thinking patterns - then everything else would fall into place.

Welcome back, friend.

Thanks. Hoping the forum will ease my pain a bit

Me too, my friend.

I hope you're keeping it up!

Oh you poor thing! I'm sending you a PM right now.

I didn't see this til now - Laddo can you get in contact?

Still alive. Managed to find somewhere to stay. Thanks for the concern to those who showed it. To those who posted a doubtless rude comment and deleted it - back off. Seriously

Very true. Nourish all that's positive in you, and never give up!

You're not the only one feeling this Laddo. For the last week or so I've barely been able to speak due to the lump in my throat. Ive been on my own for 30 years and it's killing me.

Thanks Mihaela Sorry to hear you're lonely too Pari. If you need to vent or anything please feel free to send me a message

Years ago I used to get painfully lonely, but I don't get lonely any more, and can't really explain why. My cats are all the company I need. This doesn't mean I avoid meeting people - quite the opposite. I enjoy meeting my friends. Hope you're both feeling a

little better today

For both career and life direction. Everything I want to do in the future either costs money to get started or needs loads of confidence and everything I don't want to do but can do pays too little for too many hours. Can't complain though, most aspies are in the same boat

I feel I'll forever be at a crossroads, and just accept it now. ...Very true. For too many years I thought I was entirely alone. I blame NT society for messing up our lives, and the proof isn't hard to find.

To be honest all I want is to be accepted at work. I don't want colleagues to avoid me, or managers to overwork me and treat me like dirt, or to be constantly made fun of. I just want to work with understanding, friendly people who don't hate me on sight

You're not the only one. Only a small proportion of those 10,000 will be visiting the site though, but even so it looks as if our posts are read by quite large numbers.

It makes me feel like I'm being spied on, especially considering that each and every post can be found through search engines

I'm past caring what the NT world think of me! I've run private forums in the past. They do have their advantages, but so do public ones.

Fantastique!! They should have explained this at your diagnosis.

I don't think female Asperger's was even thought of back in 97 when I was diagnosed. They didn't explain anything to me anyway hence me thinking AS just meant I was a naughty, crazy kid

It wasn't. When I tell others I have AS, they don't believe me at first, assuming all aspies conform to the media stereotypes.

Get well soon

Thanks

Are you feeling any better now?

Not really desperately need a job but the only jobs I can do have too much social interaction

Life isn't easy for us

Nah, I'm pondering whether to use a proper one or not. I want to meet someone but it could be risky

Hmm, there's always a risk. Is there no aspie group local to you?

No, unfortunately not

Why? By the way how do you post in this section?

Work, or lack thereof, mostly. Singledom, too. You can post status updates on your profile, then go on 'profile feed' and there'll be a box that says 'What's on your mind?'

Thanks. I get frustrated by having to deal with stupid people, but I'm never bored. Try and do things to take your mind off.

Great! I'm sort of mediocre at the moment, with the prospect of visiting that housing org. looming.

Stay strong, you will get through it! Hope you go from mediocre to happy very soon

Thanks

Thank you Mihaela I hope you're well too

I am, thanks. Thinking of going for a walk to the beach

Sounds nice, have fun