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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What things do you not understand? |
| wrongcitizen |
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Posted: 17 Jun 2019, 2:29 am
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Replies: 32
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Anybody else ever wonder...? |
| wrongcitizen |
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Posted: 16 Jun 2019, 5:00 am
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Replies: 21
Views: 592
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| Yes, and I'm never going to do anything to change it. My past attempts to correct myself ended up damaging the "good" part, but in exchange were supposed to make me dull and ignorant of the bad (whole range of things including bullying, manipulation, and anxiety). I'm still feeling the eff... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aphantasia and ASD survey |
| wrongcitizen |
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Posted: 12 Jun 2019, 1:34 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 809
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| I can't imagine images,smells,sounds, taste and touch. When I got off my SSRI for anxiety I would temporarily lose my ability to experience senses, followed by an amplified period where I would experience thoughts so vividly that they were actually mistaken as hallucinations by others. I still rare... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autism perception |
| wrongcitizen |
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Posted: 12 Jun 2019, 1:10 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 345
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| Yes. I was talking to a person at an event somewhere who attacked autistic people with obvious disgust. They said that autistic people were increasing due to chemicals and that we are a problem, and talked about them in the way an arachnophobe talks about spiders. I can't remember much more. I follo... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Real empathy or hypocrisy? |
| wrongcitizen |
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Posted: 12 Jun 2019, 12:51 am
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Replies: 35
Views: 705
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| I was born with a kind of "surplus" of empathy, and emotion and feeling in general. That's gradually got squashed and exploited. Now I know to only truly open to those who I'm close with, but I struggle to do that. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aphantasia and ASD survey |
| wrongcitizen |
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Posted: 12 Jun 2019, 12:48 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 809
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| This is interesting. I'm actually the complete opposite however. I can imagine very vividly explosive visual experiences, and my other sensory-based memories and imagination are still quite huge. Some things are highly abstract like impossible shapes textures, and colors. My biggest issue seems to b... |
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Forum: LGBT Discussion Topic: Im Super Confused |
| wrongcitizen |
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Posted: 09 Jun 2019, 3:46 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 863
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| Same here. Can't figure it out at all. Thinking about dating again to see if that changes anything, but so far pretty lost. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Shutdowns. What do they feel like? |
| wrongcitizen |
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Posted: 02 Jun 2019, 4:08 pm
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Replies: 38
Views: 1,391
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| For me a meltdown is primarily emotional dysregulation. But a shutdown is sensory overload, like my senses become so powerful I can't filter anything out, and I can hear, see, smell, and touch (not taste) things that no one else is even aware of. I become somewhat slow as a result so it looks like I... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What would a world without neurotypicals be like? |
| wrongcitizen |
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Posted: 22 May 2019, 3:50 am
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Replies: 22
Views: 688
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| I'm struggling to define the line between NT and Neurodiverse. I am probably much closer to a NT than I am to someone with severe autism, and I would assume that some supposed NT's are closer to someone with severe autism than I am. Nevertheless, I assume it would be a typical result of drastic popu... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Maybe I am just insane? |
| wrongcitizen |
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Posted: 15 May 2019, 4:23 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 320
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| I've had a really weird past few months but I am now taking steps to fix it. I've read all of your posts but I'm not sure how to address them all, so I will just post this saying I have read them. I acknowledged that I have a problem, because I realized that the disorder I have that isn't AS makes y... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Gender Differences for ASD People re: Dating/Relationships |
| wrongcitizen |
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Posted: 15 May 2019, 4:16 am
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Replies: 78
Views: 2,414
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| I'm very rigid. To a NT it looks like I've forgotten my partner exists but in reality my brain gets stuck on a thought loop and I can't pay attention to anything else at that point in time. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Hearing the subject but going off topic |
| wrongcitizen |
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Posted: 14 May 2019, 4:40 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 308
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| For me it's because I'm a highly associative thinker. If someone mentions a lamp, and I see a nearby lamp, then I think about light, I start talking about light. If I focus on the conversation I don't have this problem, but sometimes when I'm tired it's especially pronounced. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Should I quit social media again? |
| wrongcitizen |
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Posted: 12 May 2019, 2:46 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,218
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| Yes. I am currently trying to find friends that are true friends. I'm hopeful because I myself am willing to be a true friend to someone and my social skills are good enough to actually attract some people. I'm not as much of a disaster anymore because I've received training. Social media literally ... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: I struggle with being "too much" for people; anyone with me? |
| wrongcitizen |
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Posted: 12 May 2019, 2:24 am
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Replies: 51
Views: 1,277
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| Definitely relate. I learned the hard way that most people aren't actually interested in the content of what I'm saying, they just want to follow the cues. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Help explaining levels of friendship/relationships |
| wrongcitizen |
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Posted: 12 May 2019, 1:13 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 325
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| Can someone explain relationship depth? I heard somewhere that when you get to know a person you don't have to use the "mask", and I also heard that everyone has a mask, which means I should actually try to find serious friends now (after 10 years of avoiding this because the mask is exhau... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Dealing with Emotions is a Disaster... |
| wrongcitizen |
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Posted: 12 May 2019, 12:47 am
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Replies: 14
Views: 338
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| ...after having buried them for so long. Basically, I wasn't able to deal with them growing up because they were so hard to understand or reconcile and because I lacked the usual NT self-comfort with myself. Now that I've tried to deal with them, they've come back with a vengeance and I don't seem t... |
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