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short and sweet,i aspergers and before i was told i never saw myself as any different as anyone else,but ever since then i feel less equal to my piers.There's been all sort of acceptences since then as if everyone just expects me to fail in life,i don't think i have strong aspergers charactaristics,i understand social situations and i am not sensitive to touch,but i don't have great belief that i can survive in this world.So i keep thinking to myself if i was never diagnoised then i'd more belief to surviv

Sorry it is so sloppy i was in a rush,you get the drift.

If you have no signifcant problems, then I don't understand the point of a diagnosis anyway. But now that you do have a dx, let me explain something. You are the exact same person that you were before the diagnosis. Hell, maybe even better considering you have an understanding of some of your difficulties. But you are not any less of a person than your peers, and a diagnosis is not a death sentence. Just because you have a label it doesn't mean you are sick, ill, crazy, stupid or less worthy. So no matter what you are categorized as, it doesn't mean you can't survive. Many many people with Autism and Asperger's live to have full lives with jobs, family and friends. Don't use your dx as a crutch, saying "I'm AS so I can't do sh**". Because that's not true. Live your life just as you did before. Don't worry about a label, it's obvious that it doesn't help you any.

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It does feel like social cancer at times though.

i know how you feel when i was diagnosed i didnt believe i was any different to anyone else still have my doubts guess its just hard for me to except,even though with hignsight i cant believe that nobody realized.yeah it sucks having AS but i guess its better than having no limbs though i am sure people in here debate that

So if you don't have sensitivity to sound, and you can read social situations, may I ask, what type of behavior were/are you displaying that led to the diagnosis?

i do have other odd characteristics and also i dont feel that i am socially retarded but other people may feel different,but all through my life none of my friends ever mentioned that i was different until i was diagnoised.