I guess I'm one of the incredibly lucky ones.
I was diagnosed with Aspergers syndrome when I was 12. My mother grew up in an abusive household with an abusive whole family of 6 kids. She knew how to love a child, because she knows how horrible it is without it. She put in the work and the effort to get me the proper education and training in social cues and social skills. She understood my obsessions, and gave me free range. She understood that when I don't say anything, it's not because I'm angry. I'm just not saying anything. She knew that I needed to be taught how to understand how to socialise with other people, and how to understand them too.
Being diagnosed with Aspergers also explained why I have a Canadian accent and I'm Australian, why I never sleep, and why I was always lost in school, off in my own little world,

drumming on desks, etc, why I got so frustrated when someone crossed my train of thought by trying to talk to me when I'm in my zone, why I could only ever talk about my current obsession, why I am always so pedantic, why I still - at 18 years old and living on my own - prefer to sleep with the main light on, why I know so much about stuff most people wouldn't really think about, etc. I consider myself incredibly, incredibly lucky, and it hurts to know that there are people like me that weren't so lucky, and ended up in a world of constant mis-understanding. I know what it's like to be constantly mis-understood, but only from my early days of school. I still always had my home as my safe haven.
Oh, and did someone say Sega? I was obsessed with Sonic the Hedgehog for 10 years! =)
Still sorta am. Sonic rocks, though. I used to resent mario =P I still play my Sega Saturn. And Dreamcast. And Genesis. And the rest of them...:tongue: