News of Asperger's Syndrome Forum

This/these could help quite a lot, in relation to my last whingey thread.

What do you do for a job?
How did you get into it?
How old are you? (If you don't mind)
Are there parts of your job that you find very uncomfortable? (Due to being an aspie, or otherwise)
If so, how do/did you deal with these, and is it still as uncomfortable?

And anything else relevant like those questions, relating to ...

A year ago i went looking for what could drive me in life did a lot of new things and learned a lot about myself but i still don't know what i want.
what drives you?
how did you find out?
was it hard, were you scared?

I'm 22 now and have no career, no education really, limited job options, blah de blah de blah. Although I do have some ideas for businesses I would like to run, but obviously you can't start a business with no money, to get money you need a job, blah de blah de blah.

I'm getting so frustrated at employers (or, people in positions to help?) being such, um, C*NTS, it's making me feel really down. ...

My mom left a few months back, and I still think about her from time to time, but, teres was something about the way she raised me which was different then how I saw most moms like on tv and when I went over a friends house.

She was very very distant, whenever I cried or when my sister cried she didnt console us, she barley looked at us. When my parents split up, we ...

While working on a project, an older lady coworker whom I talk to often called me to fix a door in the ladies lavatory. After the area became unoccupied I proceeded to examine the broken door. After doing so and before I had a chance to exit she leaned foward and asked how about a kiss? Very reluctantly I turned my cheek towards her as I thought she wanted to kiss me on the cheek; ...

I am a life-long perfectionist, and I suspect some of you guys are too!

My mum commented on this from my very earliest days, and I can still see it in myself now. In professional terms it is a distinct bonus, as an eye for detail is considered a positive. But in my private life it can be more of a pain, e.g. why do I need identical tyres front and rear on my MTB, ...

I posted a picture about something political my friend decided to comment on, about how she's so proud to be an American because people died for her freedom. I went off in a rant about how those people were forced against their will (not all of them, but a LOT of them) and I may have carried along, and she ended up saying something about my thinking my opinion was more important than everyone else;s ...

Let me put pen to paper, or fingers to keys, and I will elucidate my every though in a coherent manner that would at least leave you with the impression that I wasn't mentally or intelectually inept.

Call on me to speak off the cuff, or casually engage in so-called small talk or "chat", and I will feel lost. Every second demands the proper word and thought, right then and there. I will cave, and ...

AS IS very difficult at times, but I will share some strategies I have, especially when it comes to critic and people in general.




- I will ignore any people that just cant criticize in an objective, constructive and more positive manner. Those who do it harsh, subjective and destructive are excluded from my life.

And thats the best way I guess. Why should you suck up all the $#%^ from people around?
It hurts, ...

So i dont really know if i have AS or not, but for many years i am searching why i perceive things so differently, than others, why i dont not know how to flirt, why i can not find a job, why i can not trust anyone, or if i do then i regret it, why i dont like clubbing and parties, why i can not start small conversations with people etc. Back in 2007 ...