How this morning went...PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE..read the disclaimer first

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HI , I am so happy for you! I think you are brave, too. I love your post. If you want to share the aaspects that relate directly to your faith, I would love to hear and praise the Lord! there is another list called CATACOMBS full of Christian members of ASPIRES who created it for faith based posts that really get into ones relationship with God in detail- your post here is fine, but the other list is a delight, too. There are now other members in that group that did not come directly from ASPIRES, as well. And, you certainly have my permission to email me off list. wrote:

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Hi ...

Thank you for thinking I was brave. To me, it wasn't that I was or

wasn't brave. I KNEW this needed to be done, as I saw it just as

another step along the journey. Think of it as Alcoholic Anonymous.

First you acknowledge there's a problem. Then you admit to it. I

acknowledged I had Asperger's and it would be something I would live

with the rest of my life. Then, I admitted it. Seems like a lot of

this has made a lot of sense to me about the steps I am needing to

take.

Thanks,

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, I certainly did that, but you came out to all those people at one time! You did not even take it slow, and see how people reacted to the news! Wow! Of course, you are right- I do not expect to ever turn into an NT- and I am not sure I would like it if I did. Still, I do expect my theory of mind to improve with age, expecially now that I am working on it, and now that I know that asking NTs why they do certain things, and how it feels to them, will help. At a Bible study I attend, i ask a lot of ASpie questions, and haven't come out to more thqn two people out of the six or seven who come. One of the people who knows is trying to get me to tell a few more. I am careful, because I am not too sure how all these women would react- I am comfortable in sharing with some and not others. Maybe, as with alcoholism today, it will be a common enough thing,

and nobody will feel awkward about it one day- may that day come soon. Of course, AS is different- I don't think we get addicted to anything besides perseverations! wrote: Hi ...Thank you for thinking I was brave. To me, it wasn't that I was or wasn't brave. I KNEW this needed to be done, as I saw it just as another step along the journey. Think of it as Alcoholic Anonymous. First you acknowledge there's a problem. Then you admit to it. I

acknowledged I had Asperger's and it would be something I would live with the rest of my life. Then, I admitted it. Seems like a lot of this has made a lot of sense to me about the steps I am needing to take. Thanks, >

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If anyone has followed what the New England Patriots did in

accomplishing a perfect regular season mark of 16-0, I'll use a

football analogy here. Bill Belicheck, New England's coach, didn't

care what other teams thought of him or his Patriots - regardless

of " SpyGate " or anything else. He was like, " I don't care what any

of you think. " Likewise, I didn't care what others were going to

think or say with what I shared with everyone this morning.

I'm not the kind of person who will just tell one person something.

My philosophy is let's have a " coming out " party (which is contrary

to certain characteristics of people with AS). If I am in a very

comfortable environment as I was this morning, I'm going for the

gusto - no questions asked. My personality can be seen as charming,

very Indiana like, no holds barred. However, my AS kicks in

when an event like the holidays rolls around and no one is going to

be around and such. Then, I will begin having feelings like " I can't

be here in my apartment all by myself, or I will feel inwardly

depressed " .

After this morning, I can assure everyone here that people will see

me as more outgoing, more extroverted. I have nothing to lose. I

have nothing to hide. And the world is not about to end for me.

Sure, I love being by myself, but that does not mean I want

to " withdraw " . I am seeing more and more about when I feel

Asperger's kicking in or when I start feeling " different " . Not sure

how to explain that to people, but I can feel it in my own way, more

and more.

By the way, I am volunteering this upcoming weekend at the Interfaith

Homeless Network office. I'm pumped up and can't wait for Saturday to

get here

Suggestion for you - you mentioned about not knowing how women would

react to you. Suppose you ask a question to the group.. something

along the lines perhaps of.. " Have any of you ever encountered a

situation in your life where you questioned God about why your life

changed? "

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way to go scott... you are fearless and free!   Janet ZEEare these Nt terms ?

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Good for you!!!!!!