I had just come back from an amazing weekend celebrating a friend of mine's ending collegiate basketball career in Montana. One night my parents asked me to join them in the living room as they wanted to talk to me. They told me that they had seen a child/adult psychologist regarding me. I was a little taken back and relieved at the same time. Earlier I had seen on a calendar that my parents were going to an appointment and my first thought was something was wrong with one of them so you could see the worry on my part.
Growing up I acted a way that was quite unusual to others. Some things that I would do were dress in the same types and colors of clothes, read only the sports section of the newspaper, enjoyed looking at an analyzing numbers, eat food the same way, have the same routine, and spoke extremely loud just to name a few. The most important thing is that I had a hard time relating to other people around me. I had lots of friends throughout my school days, but was never invited to anybodies house on weekends. I just thought that was normal and enjoyed being at home with my family. Then there were the times were I would have close friends and then become obsessed in the friendship. I thought that was okay. Another thing is that as a little girl I would play with imaginary friends. Also I would become protective of my family and friends all the time. I never understood want a balanced friendship was.
So after talking with my parents about their appointment with the psychologist and seeing how much they cared for me, I agreed to go see the psychologists for some testing. I went for three testing sessions and then a fourth that would change my life. I would do IQ testing and then the psychologist would ask me questions like in an interview were I just got to talk and talk and talk. Then during that 4th appointment, the psychologist diagnosed me with Asperger's Syndrome. (In my next post I will talk all about it). Once I heard the diagnosis I felt a huge weight lifted off of my shoulders. I knew I was different and did some crazy things, but I was just so thankful for that their was a name for it.
So since that day, my life has forever been changed. Even though I have Asperger's Syndrome, I am still a beautiful creation from God who has a plan and purpose on my life. So stay tuned for the next post which will be all on what Asperger's Syndrome truly is.
May God bless you in all that you do and thank you for jumping on the bandwagon with me.
Trinity aka T-Money
