Considering I am both someone with an ASD and a member of the Otherkin community, I'm very surprised I managed to garner so few haters on Youtube at least.
At least you're safe here Urca, with me and the guys and the other girls and all these titties lol
Mental, Urca, Napa:
That's the thing with Asperger's. People often come across as difficult, awkward, rude and generally strange when they really don't mean it. I've been described as far worse than that. School was hell. Even teachers coukdn't handle me. I was forever being kicked out of class despite being one of the few who truly wanted to learn. But then there are people who genuinely are dicks but also have it and then there are dicks on the internet who CLAIM to have it, causing many people to form a negative opinion of it.
It's not some bullshit disorder you diagnose someone with simply poor social skills with, though that is part of it. It's a complex disorder affecting people physically and mentally in a variety of ways. In some ways, I am very high functioning. I've always been a caring person who got told I still come off as a selfish bitch when I had no Idea- through a combination of resulting paranoia and fear of offending people I've gradually become more of an insecure, though 'pleasingly' empathetic person. I'm lucky my language skills help me cover some of my symptoms, but there are times I display symptoms more like classic autism- flapping/rocking/pacing/fitting, misreading social cues, sensory hypersensitivity, poor coordination, obsessive compulsive behavior, rigidity in my plans/routines, panic attacks/ breakdowns etc. The most frustrating thing in the world is having the cognition to recognise and be aware of your own symptoms, but being powerless to change some of them regardless.
I have had to work VERY hard at modifying my behavior. Every day something crops up that reminds me I am different and some things will always be harder for me. I had to LEARN how toh have a conversation with people. I spent my first 14 years in a bubble, and at times I need to go back in it. I get overloaded by too much sensory information and shut down on the world for anywhere between a couple of hours and a few days.
After reading the Encyclopedia Drammatica entry on Asperger's, I really am not surprised no one believes/likes a person who claims to have it.
I'm glad you like me though :3
Now, where's the titties? (/thread derail)