I will be responding to TracyAnne's story and her question later this week. I
think most of you in this group will be able to
identify some of her gifts-
Pamela

From TracyAnne-I just need to tell somone:

Since I have been little I have not been able to stop rhythmic
movement. I was diagnosed with Aspergers a while ago. It was hard
enough not being able to make connections with people but I could not
really make myself unknown rocking my head back and forth all day
every day. It hurts when I don't move. I have to move some part of my
body. I have been made fun of all my life for this to a degree I cant
explain. Getting called crazy, stupid, and retarded. No body knew
what was wrong with me. I was smart but I could not fallow along in
school I would try so hard but because I could not fallow along with
the reading I was kicked out of regular class. My best subject was
math until 5th grade for this reason. They would take me out of math
or out of regular schooling as often as possible. Miss holiday I hope
you read this because you are the worst teacher I have ever had. She
told my mother that she did not want to take the extra time to
explain what I could not understand by reading in math. She told my
mom I should be in "special classes". She said she did not become a
teacher to deal with kinds like me she just wanted to teach "normal"
kid's. The worst part is after I left 5th grade I had students that
were in her class tell me the stories she would tell about me to her
new class. My mom was mentally ill and a alcoholic on top of it. My
dad left my mom for her problems along with me for that time. After I
hit about 14 my mom tried to kill her self again. She went nuts she
told my family I was beating her witch was not true. I lived on the
streets for about a year. When I came back I lived with my dad for
the first time. After 2 weeks he put me in a mental intuition with
drug attics, bipolar, people that would see things. They locked me in
a white room for 3 days once. After I got out I got my first brake I
lived with a Mexican family. Debbie was the mom she told me 1 to
drink lots of water. 2 to do my best with everything and last 3 work
hard focus on you self and remember I love you. She died when I was
18. My dad and me don't talk he does not even invite me or let me
come over for Christmas. He is remarried and has "normal" step kids.
My mom is better now she is a lot better. Im 21 now my neck hurts a
lot I still can not stop moving it. I'm in pain It helps when I have
weight on my neck or on a belt for my legs. I'm sick of hurting no
one understanding me and most people jugging me for what they do not
know. That does not stop me though I have graduated cosmetology
school, phlebotomy school, I just got my CNA and im going to go to
college to be a nurse. Miss holiday half you normal kids did not even
get there GED and do drugs all day. You call me the stupid one ha.
Anyway I was wondering if you know of anyone that sells weights that
I could use to help before my neck falls off.