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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Embracing your diagnosis? |
| squirrelonthego |
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Posted: 29 Sep 2015, 11:03 pm
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| Somewhat tangential, anyone have any advice on embracing it? I was brought up to be kind of ashamed of it and now that I'm on my own I'm starting to think perhaps that's not the best way to go through life. You've already started, you are questioning the negative rhetoric. Good to know. I take it t... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: The Dino-Aspie Cafe (for Those 40+... or feeling creaky) |
| squirrelonthego |
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Posted: 29 Sep 2015, 4:10 pm
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| What was the level of severity you received? I was given Aspergers diagnosis but at moderate to severe level. I have burnt out or regressed in my 50's but the diagnoses a couple of years ago explained why most of my life happened the way it did. I knew I was different but had no idea how much and h... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Embracing your diagnosis? |
| squirrelonthego |
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Posted: 29 Sep 2015, 2:17 pm
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ProbablyOverthinkingThisUsername wrote: Somewhat tangential, anyone have any advice on embracing it? I was brought up to be kind of ashamed of it and now that I'm on my own I'm starting to think perhaps that's not the best way to go through life.
You've already started, you are questioning the negative rhetoric. |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: ASD treatment for adult. Experiences? |
| squirrelonthego |
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Posted: 29 Sep 2015, 2:15 pm
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| Don't laugh, but my husband caught onto this years ago. Minimalism (http://www.theminimalists.com/) It took him awhile to get me on board, but it really helps A LOT!! !! There are a lot of articles and blogs on the subject. It has been difficult and sometimes hard to move that direction, but well wo... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: The Dino-Aspie Cafe (for Those 40+... or feeling creaky) |
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Posted: 29 Sep 2015, 2:00 pm
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| I've been "lurking" around on Wrongplanet for over a year now and have finally decided to try and be a bit more social about it (no guarantees though). Three years ago my life started spiraling out of control suddenly, when I suddenly started "melting down", having more than the ... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Husband, please leave me (meltdowns) |
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Posted: 28 Sep 2015, 7:12 pm
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| Consider you and your husband going to separate (ASD specialized) behavioral therapists. You, to learn to learn to reduce the number and severity of the meltdowns and your husband, to learn how to communicate and what to do when he recognizes they are going to occur or occurring. My husbands leaves ... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: ASD treatment for adult. Experiences? |
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Posted: 28 Sep 2015, 6:46 pm
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| I was excited and I still am about going to an ASD psychologist because finally I found someone that didn't want to pigeon hole me and try to "fix" me with meds. meds were discussed early on and I stated quite clearly that it is only a last resort for me. My therapist let me set the tone a... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Embracing your diagnosis? |
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Posted: 27 Sep 2015, 11:59 am
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| Oddly enough, they have met more resistance to being their own person as adults than they did as children. Both of my boys present with symptoms on the spectrum (one more severe than the other); however, thankfully, we were ignorant when they were young about what exactly autism was. We knew they we... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Embracing your diagnosis? |
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Posted: 27 Sep 2015, 12:52 am
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| I love that term and am totally "jacking it" and using it. I not only embrace it, I use it to my advantage. I have learned that if people know that I am Autistic (my preference) then they do not react as though I have grown a third eye and horns if I engage them differently, or react to my... |
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