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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I think I might have been wrong... |
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Posted: 30 Aug 2011, 5:45 pm
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| I've never heard of anyone medicating based on a self-diagnosis. I'd call you a liar if you claimed to have never taken an aspirin for a headache without first consulting a doctor and undergoing a battery of tests. The two situations are completely incomparable. Drugs that work on your mind are the... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Symphony in my mind |
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Posted: 30 Aug 2011, 5:34 pm
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| I get a lot of music in my head, but it is hardly constant. I've also been getting it more and more since I started playing piano. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I think I might have been wrong... |
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Posted: 30 Aug 2011, 2:11 am
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| No ... I'm just concerned that when people diagnose themselves, the next step is self-medication, which often leads to disastrous results. I am not saying that a professional diagnosis would always be accurate, or that professional treatment would always be effective. I am saying that being diagnos... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: isn't this sad and beautiful? |
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Posted: 29 Aug 2011, 4:06 pm
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| The harpsichord version is pretty, but the guitar version is beautiful. I'm more of a piano man than a harpsichord man, though. I'll have to find sheet music for this piece. I think the piano would be far better capable of evoking the same feelings as the guitar version. when i picture the piano ve... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Top 3 favorite movies |
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Posted: 29 Aug 2011, 4:01 pm
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| 1) Wall-E (the first half hour is the best piece of movie I've ever seen) 2) The Dark Knight (an absolute work of art. It's such a long movie, but you never realise it until it's over) 3) The Green Mile (a bit iffy whether or not it deserves to be this high, but I do love this movie) Honourable ment... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: isn't this sad and beautiful? |
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Posted: 29 Aug 2011, 3:54 pm
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| The harpsichord version is pretty, but the guitar version is beautiful. I'm more of a piano man than a harpsichord man, though. I'll have to find sheet music for this piece. I think the piano would be far better capable of evoking the same feelings as the guitar version. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I think I might have been wrong... |
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Posted: 29 Aug 2011, 3:44 pm
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| I think this is a very interesting issue. I do, however, disagree slightly with Fnord and the like. Most of the time, when someone posts a list of Aspie characteristics he has and asks for an opinion, most people respond by saying that a number of characteristics fit but that a professional should b... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I wanted to talk about... I forgot. |
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Posted: 29 Aug 2011, 2:30 pm
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| My problem lies not so much in remembering things, but in remembering to remember things. I keep a number of things around me which help me to remember: if they're in front of my computer or my clock, I know that I have to remember something, and I usually quickly do. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you hate it when people come round at awkward times? |
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Posted: 29 Aug 2011, 2:27 pm
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| I really dislike it when people upset my plans. However, I have never really been in the situation when people showed up completely unexpected. There have been times when there were more people than I expected, but that was at other people's places. While it was a tad unnerving, I got through it. |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Disturbing people... |
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Posted: 29 Aug 2011, 2:12 pm
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| That doesn't sound like a fun party. I don't think your friend tried to set it up like this, though. Most people don't try to set their drunk friends up with anyone. He barely could've known about it anyway. I think the whole experience mainly shows that drunkenness does not bring out the best in pe... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: "Well-rounded" Aspies |
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Posted: 29 Aug 2011, 2:00 pm
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| I want to know everything about everything. Language (I can speak seven with variable fluency), biology (I have a number of books on the subjects and greatly enjoy watching documentaries), math, geology, as long as there's data I can easily process, I'm interested (stuff like fashion and art interes... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I think I might have been wrong... |
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Posted: 29 Aug 2011, 1:56 pm
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| My problem with his argument was that the simple fact that he had friends meant that he could not have Asperger's. The "active but odd" classification rather than the "aloof and passive" classification means that friendships, especially started by others, aren't infeasible. Of the Aspies I know, on... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Did hitler have autism? |
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Posted: 29 Aug 2011, 1:28 pm
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| I actually agree with the intent of the original poster: Aspies tend to focus too much on the good people who are supposed to have had Asperger's based on one small detail we know of the person, forgetting that the same can be done for bad people. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I think I might have been wrong... |
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Posted: 29 Aug 2011, 1:13 pm
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| Well, being social doesn't mean not being socially inept - I'm social but socially inept, I just am obsessed with not offending people if I can at all help it and have been gathering information on how to not offend people for my entire life. In my case the socially inept makes me incredibly cautio... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Executive Functioning |
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Posted: 29 Aug 2011, 12:50 pm
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| Someone asked what the difference is between ADHD style executive dysfunction and autistic style executive dysfunction. Be aware that these are stereotypes and may not hold true for given individuals, but: * poor inhibition - ADHD, this is what they mean by impulsivity * poor planning - both ADHD a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Executive Functioning |
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Posted: 29 Aug 2011, 8:51 am
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| It varies a lot. Stress and especially lack of sleep are killers. Even so, it's not good by all means: I don't plan well and I have problems keeping multiple things in my head at the same time. I'm also laughably incompetent at shopping, where I need to have very specific instructions indeed. |
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