Soon after I took the online Aspie Test, I began periodically journaling privately in order to help myself remember the things I was learning and discovering. I'm going to rely fairly heavily on my journaling from that time in my next set of posts so that I can most accurately convey my thought process and feelings … Continue reading Everything Makes Sense
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Other Oddities – Sensory Overload
Part one of describing my other oddities. At the point when I took the Aspie Quiz for the very first time, I had already discovered a few other odd things about myself. The first thing I discovered, at around 22 years old while pregnant with our oldest child, was that Sensory Processing Disorder existed. I went through the checklist … Continue reading Other Oddities – Sensory Overload
My Self Doubt and Diagnosis
As I said in my previous post, my journey towards my neurological self-discovery began several years ago. After realizing that I was quite different, neurologically-speaking, from my husband and several other friends whom I also asked to take the Aspie Quiz as control subjects, I immersed myself in reading books, taking online tests, and seeking … Continue reading My Self Doubt and Diagnosis
The Journey Begins
It was several years ago when, yet again, I was involved in an uncomfortable, badly-ending social situation that was utterly baffling to me. Normally, after situations like that, I would puzzle over them for a time and then I'd move on. Usually moving on involved making the conscious assumption that it couldn't possibly be me … Continue reading The Journey Begins
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