Odd (was: Re: =Alert alert= Female Asperger on the list)

[Guest guest]

>>>>>Hi, Trish! Sorry - I wasn't clear. It's not that I'm having trouble

*imagining* a woman with Aspergers. Just off the top of

my head, however, I couldn't think of any I could actually recall, particularly

in the group - it seemed like all the " Aspies " being

referenced were males. <<<<<

Ha ,

Don't worry and

excuse me..... I wasn't clear too.

I should have added a few ) here and there.

)

I know the statistics in ASmen vs ASwomen

and I am even more quite of an oddity here

(I mean here = the Netherlands)

being AS and an woman and even dx ADD as well.

I am even more an oddity being married with 3 kids

and still coping.

And

now it is getting real odd.....

I am AS and ADD and I am extravert as well!!!

I must be the most non-AS-aspie you know )

Talking about prejudices (well not you.... the world I am referring too).

But what/however labeled or no

and however characterized NT

we can learn from each other....

of course )

Trish

I am sorry

I am just in a gorgeous mood )

that is a laughing smiling joking mood

for I went to a meeting today

with all aspies

and

as the tv program said:

I am an aspie but you cannot tell (from the outside)

so I just had a meeting with my 'people', my 'tribe' ))

Trish (autist inside)

[Guest guest]

An extraverted Aspie!

I am amazed. I can perform " externally " , and even the people at work scoff

when I tell them that I'm extremely introverted, but the external behaviors

just drain me. I have learned over the years to compartmentalize when I

can't get time to recharge. I used to always be doing several things at

once, but don't do that much now. What has replaced it is having one

" track " running whatever I'm engaged in at the moment, and the other running

a " relaxation track. " Part of me running the batteries down, and the other

part trying to recharge them. I can't do it for days on end, however.

Any of that make sense?

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