I'm coming out...

[bluestarultor]

...as having Asperger's, surprising absolutely no one. :P

Been holding off on it for years because I'd rather be judged by who I am rather than what I have, but I think we've pretty well established who I am around here over the past several years. I don't use it as a crutch or an excuse and don't consider it a barrier to making my way through life. I've never met a person in real life who would have guessed, even another guy who has it pretty bad, and I only bring it up in front of people I know and trust. So I guess that says what I need to say about you guys.

I figure it's about time because, although I've told a few select people here over the years, 42 called me out on it before I ever did. If there's one thing I wish I could have done differently with the guy, as much as we didn't get along, it would have been to have admitted it. As it was, I denied it, and it doesn't seem like that long after that he passed on.

I've had a lot of time to think about doing this and I always imagined being a lot more joking about it, but I guess my reasons would have conflicted with it no matter when I did.

This doesn't change anything about me. My over-the-top sense of humor is my own damn fault and I'm sure it'll be inducing strokes for years to come, or at least as long as it takes for you schlubs to figure out that gays in the military wearing pink camo and feather boas is intentionally ridiculous. :P My habits don't need to be "explained." That's been a big barrier to me breaking down and doing this over the years, because labels are easy to slap onto things and those things are then easy to write off. I am not "an Aspie" because I find that to be hiding behind a label instead of taking responsibility for who you are and what you say and do. I'm better than that. I just see the world differently.



I really don't know what else this thread will be good for. I don't intend to have an "Aspie party" because I don't identify myself as being separate and unique and I don't need some sort of show of support because I've known my diagnosis since grade school and it was never something I felt I needed help with. Marked with "mIrAcLeS" so it can go wherever the winds take it.