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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Newbie with newbie questions |
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Posted: 04 Apr 2015, 8:10 pm
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| Hello Jeffbee. I don't know how things work in California, but here in Australia I was able to get a "Mental Health" plan assistance through our Social Security Department of the Federal Government. It gave me 10 sessions with a Clinical Psychologist who diagnosed me with Asperger's Syndro... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: newbie here |
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Posted: 04 Apr 2015, 8:00 pm
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Replies: 6
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| Hi Anna. It all gets easier with time! Burrowing into yourself will show you that "they" were all wrong to force the NT world on you! The constant "faking" we need to do to function there is a pain and the confusion it caused to my identity has taken me years to undo! Still, this... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Truly in need of help from other late-diagnosed adults. |
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Posted: 04 Apr 2015, 7:47 pm
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Replies: 56
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| Years ago I was working as a Port Controller in a tower on my own in a port in NW Australia. My job was to coordinate all ship movements in and out of this port and all the port services needed by the ship during its stay in the port. One day the company Human Resources lady visited. We had quite a ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: To the late diagnosed... |
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Posted: 26 Feb 2015, 11:38 pm
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Replies: 15
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| I never thought I was broken, or weird.....everyone else did! That's what makes it so difficult. The struggles I went through to fit in, the abuse from parents and one-time friends, the gentle ostracism of just being and feeling left out! Never being chosen for the team! I could never understand it!... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Do girls only care about "bad boys"? |
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Posted: 01 Dec 2014, 1:49 am
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Replies: 35
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| I'm really concerned about this. Why does it seem like that girls and women take one good look at a delinquent-looking, nasty-behaving guy and they end up falling head over heels for him? I find this totally ridiculous. Why can't girls go after normal/nice-looking, well-behaved guys? Also, should g... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Do men only care about "bimbos"? |
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Posted: 01 Dec 2014, 1:35 am
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| This is another thing I'm concerned about, and I'm sorry for using the word "bimbo". Why do I get the feeling that boys and men only care about women who look like gorgeous models (especially with pretty big bust sizes) and wanting to only have sexual relationships with them? Why can't gu... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Why do people want to be "special"? |
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Posted: 01 Dec 2014, 1:27 am
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| Now, I'll be upfront about this, I'm polyamorous, and whilst not everyone who is polyamorous feels this way or is capable of what I am, I do not see any individual as more or less important than any other individual. Why is it people want to be special? Is it fear? Greed? Or something else? I don't... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Talking and Learning to Talk |
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Posted: 02 Aug 2014, 2:02 am
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| My mum says I talked fluently and was reading by 3 years of age. I remember through most of my life I have either dominated conversations or withdrawn completely as small talk was not something I learned until around 50 years of age. I was a pedantic and long-winded storyteller and still manage to m... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: First time in history!! !! The NT/AS open hotline ! !! !! ! |
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Posted: 15 Jan 2014, 6:21 pm
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| Hi all, it's been a while since I have been on WP! I have missed you all! Your questions, strong opinions and sometimes amusing ideas! It's nice to be home! I was very extroverted as a kid. This was just my natural demeanor/personality....I enjoyed life immensly.....and I never considered that my li... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Aspergers SUCKS. |
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Posted: 15 Nov 2013, 7:09 pm
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Replies: 254
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| Oh, DarkBBastion, I hear ya, I hear ya!! ! You are where I was years ago. It's awful eh? Nothing seems to work! You hate yourself because nothing you do brings positive results or lasting change! Everything blows up in your face and eventually the easiest thing is to stop trying to change! I hear ya... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Truly in need of help from other late-diagnosed adults. |
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Posted: 20 Apr 2013, 9:10 pm
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Replies: 56
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| Ha ha,....I notice I've become a butterfly! What does that mean? |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Truly in need of help from other late-diagnosed adults. |
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Posted: 20 Apr 2013, 9:05 pm
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| What a lot of wasted potential. Really, as I read everyone's posts I am struck by the similarity of all the life stories! If the NT world only realised the potential of the many, many people with AS - diagnosed and undiagnosed - we have so much insight and unrealised (I say it again) potential! It's... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Bump when lonely. |
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Posted: 08 Apr 2013, 1:22 am
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Replies: 1,418
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| Red tape Oh..... red tape! Getting through Centrelink and Immigration redtape is a hassle! |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Bump when lonely. |
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Posted: 25 Mar 2013, 9:01 pm
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| Motivation shortage here today, think I'll go read a book! Ho hum!! |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Truly in need of help from other late-diagnosed adults. |
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Posted: 20 Mar 2013, 5:01 pm
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Replies: 56
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| Yaezaki, Hi! I enjoyed your post and admire the way you are slowly coming to terms with your new diagnosis. I would like to say that accepting your diagnosis as an AS is not an admission of "failure", in my opinion, far from it. I too had battled to achieve the "normal" things expected of an adult m... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Truly in need of help from other late-diagnosed adults. |
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Posted: 13 Mar 2013, 12:11 am
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Replies: 56
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| Hi Giant Rabbit, isn't it good to suddenly have the sun shine in on you after all those years wondering if you are really the person others describe you as!! ! I too have had a Clinical Psychologist tell me she didn't think I was AS! When I asked her for an explanation of my problems she was stumped... |
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