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That's what it is, but at least you can find solace in knowing that he is smart, right?

Asperger's is basically autism for smart people, but I ain't that smart (obviously not a genius), so probably not. I am not dyslexic but I ain't hyperlexic either... I don't know about that spectrum, but someone (ie: an idiotic woman) once suggested I had ADD. yeah right.

So you have a great deal of experience in these fields. Learned helplessness: "refusing to take charge: somebody’s failure to take action to make his or her life better, arising from a sense of not being in control"

I know OCybrManO is not going to open this thread again, but I am going to answer his comments anyway. Wrong, I was diagnosed with "learned helplessness" by a person who is presumably experienced in psychology. I did not self-dianose myself with this illness. How is it my fault that I...

I don't have friends anymore. The ones that are probably still my friends live 5000 miles away.

You know what I want? I want that all this shit was not such a big deal for me. That's what I want.

OCybrManO, NO -- you just haven't been through all the shit I have been though. You just don't know... Not only is English not my first language (think about my shyness talking to women, that right there doubles my chances of making an ass out of myself) but I also belong to an ethnic group that...

You think like a woman.

According to Encarta: learned helplessness: refusing to take charge: somebody’s failure to take action to make his or her life better, arising from a sense of not being in control. Now I will quote myself from an earlier post: Maybe I am textbook example?

tinyxipe, your "learned helplessness" left me intrigued. So I did my homework and googled it. This is what I came up with: ---------------------------------- Learned helplessness: Explanation for a human condition in which apathy and submission prevail, causing the individual to rely fully...

Are you going to make me google it? :) Are you a woman?

You are going to have to expand on that.

I won't settle for anything less than that. Either I get what I want or I rather don't get anything at all. I bet you want me to settle with a fat chick right?

I talked to a psychologist once, and I left her office feeling ten times worse.

I tried. I failed. So I decided to come here and ask for help.

Ennui, it's easy to see the problems, what's not so easy is trying to solve them.

I want to know why I am waiting for someone to open my cage when the key is within my reach and noone is around. Why would I want to punish myself?

That's because noone has told me what I want to hear!!!! I liked your imaginary cage analogy. you know what, maybe you are right, but until I understand why I locked myself in that cage I run the risk of locking myself again.

Ennui you got it. Take it to my thread.

I used to believe in myself, but then external events surrounding my life forced me to open my eyes... There are just so many times you can fail until you say to yourself, yee, maybe those kids were right.