It's official, by the way

[unixronin]

Repeated in an unlocked post for those interested enough to read, but not on my restricted-access list:

The results of my recent neuropsychological testing are in, and I have now been formally diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome.  I have almost certainly had it, previously undiagnosed, all my life.

Knowing this (and, before now, the increasingly clear indication that it was the case) has made a great many of the things that have baffled me in my life much clearer.  Not that I now suddenly understand them; rather, I now understand why they have always baffled me.  Understanding the reasons behind such things gives me direction for ways to learn to cope with the differences in the way my mind works¹.

I have moof² to thank for the post³ that first set me on the trail of Asperger's.

[1]  Asperger's is not necessarily a handicap, except socially; it's more that Aspies think differently, our minds operate differently and process information differently, compared to what's considered "normal".

[2]  Who had, for some reason, inexplicably vanished from my friends list. No wonder he didn't seem to be posting much lately....

[3]   I'd point you at his original post on the subject of what life with Asperger's is like for him, but I've lost track of it.  (No, I never got into the habit of using the Memories feature.)

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[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I wish I'd know it a lot earlier. Say, thirty years or so.