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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Trying to be myself |
| wrongcitizen |
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Posted: 25 Apr 2019, 1:34 am
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Replies: 15
Views: 504
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| I'm having the same problem. I think part of this issue is due to the fact that we tried to combine the mask with the real self, and it's stuck in the middle now. Part of us wants to be the mask, part wants to be the real self, part wants to be a fantasy self. Our fears and emotions are colliding wi... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Ever been perceived as weird by NTs? |
| wrongcitizen |
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Posted: 25 Apr 2019, 1:25 am
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Replies: 52
Views: 1,833
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| Yes, sometimes I wonder if they even realize they find me weird. I have had several real friendships in my life, roughly 8 since as far as I can remember. The rest of the people (about 25 or so) I considered friends would gradually start behaving with hostility towards me. I would ask them why, and ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Do people care more about world issues than they did in 2018 |
| wrongcitizen |
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Posted: 24 Apr 2019, 10:24 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 590
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| After the internet became highly accessible and became a requirement to function in society people cared a lot more in general, but that's not necessarily a good thing (in my view). |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Why do autistics support right wing policies? |
| wrongcitizen |
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Posted: 24 Apr 2019, 10:12 pm
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Replies: 166
Views: 3,461
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| A lot of people that are pro-trump don't really agree with real right-wing ideas in general, they just consider themselves right wing because they don't like what they perceive as the left wing. Left and right ideologies overlap a lot more than their actual members because Americans are polarized, a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why do nuerotypicals view being "quiet" as a bad thing? |
| wrongcitizen |
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Posted: 24 Apr 2019, 4:00 am
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Replies: 25
Views: 911
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| For some of us (NT and aspie although mostly aspie), the default is talk and silence is scary. We wonder what thoughts you have which are unexpressable in words. Unfair to people to whom the default is silence and words are scary, of course. I'm really talkative but I was known as quiet in the only... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Obsessive and Rigid Thinking |
| wrongcitizen |
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Posted: 24 Apr 2019, 1:45 am
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,138
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| I have this pretty bad as well. I'm locked into little sectionalized worldviews that make it hard for me to see reality as a whole. It's not psychosis because I know what's real, it's like my brain makes unusual connections that are often logically sound but unpleasing in other ways and either unnot... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is it just me or would this get to you too? |
| wrongcitizen |
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Posted: 23 Apr 2019, 5:53 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 220
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| I'm confused by this whole thing. I am thinking the same you are. I also find it interesting how Tirol is at a distance of 3 but Bolzano is 12, while Finnish Swede, being least related to either of those, is at 4.2. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Trouble following complex information? |
| wrongcitizen |
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Posted: 22 Apr 2019, 10:45 pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 327
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| I seem to struggle a lot with complex information, like instructions that have too many sub-components to them, but trying to explore why just shuts down my brain. This is most visible in math and logic (I am taking a math course and struggling a lot). I also tend to shut down very easily when I can... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Asia’s booming dog meat business |
| wrongcitizen |
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Posted: 22 Apr 2019, 2:42 am
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Replies: 31
Views: 726
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| Pretty soon they'll be eating buildings. There doesn't seem to be any limit. |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Attachment Issues |
| wrongcitizen |
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Posted: 22 Apr 2019, 2:26 am
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Replies: 19
Views: 521
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| Welcome to wrong planet! I also have serious attachment issues. I've wanted a relationship but I don't experience sexual attraction to anyone and most people end up attacking me because they feel like I took advantage of them. Sometimes I want to give up the relationship aspect but the thought of po... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: People being physically too close to you? |
| wrongcitizen |
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Posted: 17 Apr 2019, 4:11 am
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Replies: 17
Views: 889
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| Friends and family are a stretch for me but I do it for them as much as I can handle. Everyone else always figures out this boundary and pushes it as much as they can. They keep continuing to get closer and closer despite how many times I tell them to step back and when I leave they criticize me. I'... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: What to do if someone has a cold before you go on holiday |
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Posted: 16 Apr 2019, 6:36 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 268
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| My immune system had decided to take its own vacation when I most needed it and I picked up everything with some permanent effects. I'm gaining it back but I still look like a mess. I don't know how long your trip is. If it's in a few days, you can just call in sick before you leave like you already... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What are you like during sensory overload? |
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Posted: 13 Apr 2019, 3:45 am
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,362
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| I just get very slow, and my control over linguistic ability diminishes. I can talk excessively or I go mute. Mental processes that are more complex, involving something like executive functioning, end up collapsing and I am in a dazed state for a while until I have a chance to catch up to my senses... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Sensory Overload |
| wrongcitizen |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2019, 3:52 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 440
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| Knowing the area and knowing where to go hide and recalibrate. Often corners where there are no people or spaces that are hidden behind a lot of stuff. I find that bathrooms are one of the best places to recover in. The smell is overwhelming, but that is only one sense as opposed to two, and they ar... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Not All Autistic People Are Good At Math And Science |
| wrongcitizen |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2019, 1:08 am
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Replies: 41
Views: 1,304
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| :?: Grandin has only her experience and education to draw from. Not knocking it, just that there is so much more. I can only learn in patterns. I can't get something AT ALL until I finally see the pattern. Much of this is unconscious. But when I struggle, its when I can't find the pattern. I didn't ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Not All Autistic People Are Good At Math And Science |
| wrongcitizen |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2019, 1:02 am
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Replies: 41
Views: 1,304
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| In the group I've been with only a few people have any interest in either. Most of the time people on AS can display highly analytical thinking or have direct speech, which is often mistakenly associated with the same kind of speech scientists/mathematicians use to express their ideas. Someone who l... |
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