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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autism and Letting Go of Past Trauma |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,356
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| I was diagnosed when I was very young. Around 7 or 8. I don't remember any extinctual crisis because I was still a child in a single digit age. They called it Asperger's back then...despite the fact I had a speech delay. Being autistic is all I ever knew. My parents did not hide my diagnosis from me... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Trauma from Existence of Menstruation |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,224
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| I had a hysterectomy at 23 so I would stop having periods. Found a doctor who agreed with me. I couldn't remember to take hormones and those might have bad side effects. An IUD would be too painful to put in. I never wanted children anyway. Everyone said I would regret having a hysterectomy so young... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does EVERYONE have childhood trauma? |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Replies: 17
Views: 514
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| Yep and probably will for the rest of my life too. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Inpatient Mental Health Facility for Autistic Adults? (US) |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 23 Apr 2024, 5:21 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 832
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| If it does, it's only for insanely rich people with private insurance. Yes, they do exist technically but they are for people considered "low functioning" and you should avoid them at all costs due to abuse being rampant in them. Most employees aren't background checked and they will hire ... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: What disorders do you relate to? |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 23 Apr 2024, 5:15 pm
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Replies: 28
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Schizoid personality disorder, PTSD, OCD, PDA, ODD.
Diagnosed with autism and AD/HD. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Characters whose autistic traits you relate to |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 23 Apr 2024, 5:13 pm
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Replies: 76
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| DW from the children's show Arthur reminds me very much of me when I was little. Same here! D.W. was my favorite character I never understood why everyone seems to hate her. But then people also hate on Muffin Heeler from Bluey who is kind of like D.W., just a 3 year old still learning how to maste... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Scientists push new paradigm of animal consciousness |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 23 Apr 2024, 5:11 pm
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Replies: 4
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| The real question is do humans experience empathy |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Were you an active child? |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 21 Apr 2024, 9:55 am
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Replies: 18
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| Yes but I mostly played alone or with my dog. |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: SBSK (Special Books by Special Kids) Rant/Vent/Concerns etc. |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 21 Apr 2024, 9:53 am
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Replies: 21
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| Inspiration porn in a nutshell |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Identifying Autistic Boomers and Gen X |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 21 Apr 2024, 9:39 am
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Replies: 19
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| I'm 100% convinced my grandmother was autistic and my mother is autistic. I think my dad was too. My dad went no contact with his parents ever since I could remember. He never talked about them and we never saw them. We just didn't talk about my father's parents. My mother's father passed away when ... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Can you experience symptoms in dreams? |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 21 Apr 2024, 9:35 am
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Replies: 2
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| I've had dreams of animals that protect me since childhood. |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Father asks court to stop daughters assisted suicide |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 19 Apr 2024, 7:21 pm
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Replies: 26
Views: 3,525
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| Assisted suicide should be available anyone over the age of 21 who wants it, regardless as to why. No ones pain and suffering is any less or any greater than someone else's. Someone struggling with debilitating depression should have just as much of a right to an assisted suicide as someone who has ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Were you an active child? |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2024, 6:45 pm
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Replies: 18
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| Yes I was. My mother to this day regrets not changing my name to "Storm". She says I was like a little tornado or thunderstorm. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Have you been bullied for a special interest? |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2024, 6:40 pm
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,664
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ElmersTrueLove wrote: 8) Fern wrote: In response to the title of this thread: Yes. The term they would shout at me in school is "animal freak."
This is probably not a surprise to anyone. I'm assuming you are a furry?
I am. Is that a problem? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Did anyone else grow out of having special interests? |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 10 Apr 2024, 1:57 pm
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Replies: 12
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| Special interests have always been my STRONGEST autistic trait. I've had the same ones since childhood, now I'm almost 40. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Looking forward to night time all day |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 10 Apr 2024, 1:55 pm
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Replies: 10
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| One of my friends is an undiagnosed autistic lady. She refuses to admit she may be and says "that's very asinine to assume that". Internalized ableism I guess. But anyway, she worked third shift for decades and is now basically a vampire. She says she always functioned better at night tha... |
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