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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does anyone stim by shaking their head? |
| scribbler99 |
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Posted: 21 Nov 2014, 12:40 pm
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Replies: 20
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| I do. If I'm stressed, my main way of stimming is to vigorously turn my head, ususally to the right. It looks like a kind of twitch or tick, I suppose. For a long time, I was pressurised not to do it, which, frankly, made the anxiety worse. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What are your favorite echolalia phrases/word stims? |
| scribbler99 |
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Posted: 15 Oct 2014, 9:38 am
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,548
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| My wife's mobile phone ring tone. I repeat the whistle instinctively within a second. I think its a Samsung Galaxy. Can't help it. I even do it unprompted in bars. People look at their phones sometimes thinking they have a message. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you freak out when a stranger approaches you? |
| scribbler99 |
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Posted: 14 Oct 2014, 3:52 am
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,831
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| I get this in shopping centres and supermarkets; I feel a sense of panic when Im shopping alone and Im constantly consciously thinking "dont approach me, leave me alone, dont speak to me, please just act like im invisible and not here." Its easier if my wife or one of my kids (not really kids now, t... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: MEN - Do you have 15 mins to help with research? |
| scribbler99 |
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Posted: 11 Oct 2014, 3:07 am
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Replies: 37
Views: 5,099
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| ok, did the test, hope it helps your research |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Cutting |
| scribbler99 |
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Posted: 10 Oct 2014, 12:57 pm
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Replies: 28
Views: 5,093
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| What " I am the Catalyst" says does make a lot of sense to me. Cutting is not anything that I'm ashamed of, it satisfies a need that I cant explain but just know that I need to do. I dont so it much and I have never done myself serious damage with it, but the need feels real and makes sense. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Specific Things you like about Aspergers |
| scribbler99 |
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Posted: 08 Oct 2014, 6:28 pm
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Replies: 52
Views: 5,080
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| I love that I can live as a ghost. I can lock myself in an office at work and just exist, as far as the outside world is concerned, on the end of a text message or e mail. I love appearing not really to exist at all and not having to inter act with anyone in a physical context. I can simply exist as... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Anyone here serve as a police officer? |
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Posted: 08 Oct 2014, 6:03 pm
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Replies: 24
Views: 4,006
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| Thanks for all the kind words and support, much appreciated. Not long to go now!! |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Anyone here serve as a police officer? |
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Posted: 07 Oct 2014, 6:45 am
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Replies: 24
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| I have had a number of difficulties, but I cannot really be sure how much is due to asperger's and how much is just what i would have been like anyway. Maybe the asperger's is just masking natural incompetence, i cant tell. However, the main problems have been these: 1. I tend to believe what I am t... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Anyone here serve as a police officer? |
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Posted: 05 Oct 2014, 6:46 pm
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Replies: 24
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| lol, yeh retired and able to give more careful consideration to my next career |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Anyone here serve as a police officer? |
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Posted: 05 Oct 2014, 6:33 pm
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| Thanks mad man. It was a career i sort of drifted into by accident and I have to do it for only another two years ten months. it will pass soon enough and i will definitely hang in there. But as you posted the question in the first place, Im very happy to answer any specifics, unless the posts have ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Anyone here serve as a police officer? |
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Posted: 05 Oct 2014, 3:57 pm
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Replies: 24
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| Hi, i have been a police officer for twenty seven years. I was diagnosed with asperger's about nine months ago. It might explain some of why im not very good at my job. Or it might be that im genuinely incompetent, badly organised and poor at social interaction, irrespective of the asperger's. I wou... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Deliberately Avoiding Contact with Others |
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Posted: 29 Sep 2014, 6:57 pm
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| Thanks crystal, you have helped me to feel normal. Im a police officer, but i have now been assigned to desk duties. I like to work evenings and weekends because it allows me to be alone in a big building. I can be locked away in an upstairs office doing my work. As far as the outside world is conce... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you experience "social burnout?" |
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Posted: 26 Sep 2014, 11:02 am
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Replies: 25
Views: 3,021
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| absolutely. its the main thing that causes me problems, the need to withdraw after interacting with others. Social evenings are a nightmare when your partner is gregarious and sociable when all you want to do is go home and be alone |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Mom punishing me for stimming? |
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Posted: 26 Sep 2014, 8:59 am
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Replies: 24
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| My wife would get very embarrassed by any of my behaviours that i unconsciously felt the need to do, such as twitching or my way of twisting my arms around my head and she would tell me off. I found it so stressful to have to suppress it. After i was diagnosed, i think maybe she relents a little now... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do we really love water? |
| scribbler99 |
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Posted: 23 Sep 2014, 5:08 pm
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Replies: 40
Views: 3,270
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| I love water too, but I have no idea whether that is connected to being on the spectrum. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Everyone has it?? |
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Posted: 23 Sep 2014, 4:50 pm
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Replies: 30
Views: 2,536
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| andyfzr, i know what you mean, i was very reticent about sharing my suspicions with anyone. One or two people had suggested it in semi-jest but it was only after i had been formally diagnosed that i really had the confidence to tell anyone |
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