Comments on: Aspie Pride: Respecting Our Strengths, Respecting Ourselves

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:35:33 +0000

Hi Sally,

I’m so glad my Aspie sisters from WP sent you here. Every time a new person comments on this blog, I feel so happy. We are definitely not alone!

By: Sally

Sally — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:13:57 +0000

How uplifting and grounding too… you write your wise insights beautifully and I can see why Saja and the other AspieLasses on WrongPlanet recommend reading your blog. Thank you, it helps (a LOT) to know even if we don’t connect with others, we ain’t alone!

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:16:53 +0000

Hi Moksha,

So glad you found us here!

The experience of people trying to “put me back in my place” really resonates. So often, when I have experienced an injustice and tried to make it right, I’ve found that the only way to be accepted is to sit down and shut up. Since I’m not terribly good at either of those things, I tend to just stand up and vote with my feet.

By: Moksha

Moksha — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:37:09 +0000

Thanks for sharing this; I, too, have felt like pulling my hair out in my search for a therapist who doesn’t sound like an ignorant bumpkin when I try to explain why I think I have Asperger’s. I also love how your ‘blog sounds like it’s describing my life. I have a lot of Aspie guilt too; there is a constant dialogue in my mind about whether I should assert my sensitivities or sweep them under the carpet, suffer silently, and spare others the work of having to look after me. More often than not, when I did have the courage to tell people that something was bothering me, they either patronized me or ganged up on me to put me back in my place. I am carrying the weight of the world on my shoulders all the time, and on top of all that, people preach at me to “be more positive”. (I feel like strangling them!)

By: Rachel

Rachel — Sun, 31 May 2009 12:25:50 +0000

Hi Teghan, and welcome! There are at least a couple of others from Australia here, and from other countries in addition to the U.S. We’re quite an international group; I’m so glad you happened upon us!

By: Teghan

Teghan — Sun, 31 May 2009 04:39:31 +0000

Hi Rachel,
And hello to everyone else here :0) I have only very recently come across this blog within the past few days. I was Googling Asperger’s and depression as i was going through (well, what seemed like) a breakdown. By chance Rachel i came across this website and started reading. I was in tears in the first 10 mins. I could not read fast enough!

I didn’t know other Aspie’s felt so overwhelmed and tired, i didn’t know Sensory Overload existed. I always felt hampered by the fact that, when i walk into a room, my own emotions and thoughts are ’scooped’ out and replaced by others. But now i see it as an insight into knowing how they are feeling, seeing as i can’t ‘read’ body language. We have been dealt another hand in exchange for having one taken away.

You are an inspiration….even to me who is all the way over here in Australia!!

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 29 May 2009 16:09:23 +0000

Saja—Enjoy!

By: Saja

Saja — Fri, 29 May 2009 16:03:16 +0000

Rachel – LOL. Love that. Hoping to break some plates soon.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:22:14 +0000

A lot of the plates have already fallen and broken to pieces in the past few years, and lo and behold, I’m happier, my family is happier, and my friends and family members still love me.

By: LizzieK8

LizzieK8 — Fri, 29 May 2009 12:16:40 +0000

Woo HOO! ” I don’t have to pretend to be neuro-typical anymore.” Good for you, girl friend! What a life changing affirmation! Make sure when things get rough, you say this as a mantra!

To Rachel’s comment I say, “What happens if the plates all don’t stay spinning?”