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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Accepting life as an asperger |
| will@rd |
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Posted: 01 Oct 2017, 2:42 pm
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Replies: 23
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| I accepted myself as an isolated alien freak by the second grade. Never heard the word autism till I was 20, or the word Asperger till I was 40. I never had the luxury of even knowing there were a few others like me in the world. I thought it was just me being a habitual loser and screwup, because t... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Aspires and NT relationship issues |
| will@rd |
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Posted: 28 Sep 2017, 4:06 pm
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Replies: 296
Views: 8,287
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| ---- When I saw him on Monday he said he hoped everything went well. ... I have learnt that he wished me luck already and wouldn't feel the need to do it again. ---- That's pretty much your answer right there ^^ ^^ I second that emotion. There's really nothing else to say. If you were having an anx... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: I feel like no one wants me to have a girlfriend |
| will@rd |
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Posted: 27 Sep 2017, 8:46 pm
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Replies: 72
Views: 4,129
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| I live in a culture that thinks evolution is "BS" while Trump is God's voice on Earth. Whatever you may think of President Trump, Evolution IS BS. I know a lot of supposedly smart people still believe it's "settled science," but the truth is, even by Darwin's own standards of pr... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Empathy |
| will@rd |
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Posted: 27 Sep 2017, 8:29 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 395
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| I think I'm a very empathetic person. I feel like it's almost a moral obligation to try and see the world from the other person's eyes. I do this often and I sympathize deeply about the misfortunes of those around me. Common misunderstanding, it really is maddening sometimes how easily people are m... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: REG: Self-Diagnosis is it a valid thing? (questioning psaych |
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Posted: 27 Sep 2017, 2:17 pm
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Replies: 40
Views: 2,116
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| Brain chemistry is not static but varies according to food choices, experiences, exercise etc. It can also be altered by drugs (legal or otherwise) as we all know. Character seems to be fairly constant in most people. , High Functioning Autism is fairly constant in most sufferers, and it is often i... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Daycare workers turn themselves in after allegedly taunting |
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Posted: 26 Sep 2017, 1:56 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 501
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| He's diagnosed with Oppositional Defiant disorder Signs and Symptoms of ODD. Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) is a childhood disorder that is defined by a pattern of hostile, disobedient, and defiant behaviors directed at adults or other authority figures. ODD is also characterized by children d... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I am 54. I have never had a wife or girlfriend. I am sad. |
| will@rd |
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Posted: 26 Sep 2017, 1:40 pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,144
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thousand1000 wrote: I am sure I not the only one. Where are the women? I am not suicidal over it. I would not have the guts.
 Meet a woman, fall in love. You'll be suicidal in no time.
Be careful what you wish for. |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Ever dated someone with a serious mental illness? |
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Posted: 26 Sep 2017, 1:35 pm
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Replies: 28
Views: 1,395
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| The fact that Aspergians are naturally naive, and notoriously bad at accurately reading and recognizing social cues means we naturally attract people who seek to manipulate and use others - we're such soft targets. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: New therapist questioning my diagnosis - can you help me? |
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Posted: 26 Sep 2017, 1:27 pm
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Replies: 37
Views: 1,477
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| I don't know, I feel quite relaxed in his company, because he never says he's certain about his ideas, and he always asks for my feedback. That's a technique he's been taught , to draw patients out and get them talking, without upsetting them. He's blowing smoke up your @$$. While he never tells YO... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Is this discrimination? |
| will@rd |
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Posted: 25 Sep 2017, 6:53 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,198
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| is this disability discrimination? Absolutely. I can't imagine it being any more condescending. They might as well have just called you "The Token ret*d." If so is there anything I can do about it. I have zero knowledge of legalities in the UK, but if it's anything like what I've encounte... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Daycare workers turn themselves in after allegedly taunting |
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Posted: 25 Sep 2017, 6:17 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 501
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| I read a couple articles about this - they didn't just taunt the kid, they beat him up, dropping him with leg sweeps and stuff like that. He's diagnosed with Oppositional Defiant disorder (as am I), so he may be difficult and argumentative and even seem downright bratty, but they had him crying unde... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: im scared |
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Posted: 25 Sep 2017, 5:14 pm
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Replies: 4
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| It's been a long time since I was exposed to laughing gas (nitrous oxide), but I had a lot of dental surgery as a kid and that's what they used commonly back then. It's just what the name says, they put the plastic mask over your mouth and nose, and you breathe it in, it has no smell or taste as I r... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The rise of National Socialism in the USA |
| will@rd |
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Posted: 25 Sep 2017, 4:24 pm
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Replies: 101
Views: 3,345
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| Antifa are a terrorist organisation. Antifa are a Communist terrorist organization. Founded in Germany in 1933, as a secondary Socialist alternative to the Nazis' National Socialism, neither are in any way related to modern American Conservatism, which sees any form of Marxist Socialism as the enem... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Im looking for other Christians?? |
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Posted: 25 Sep 2017, 3:42 pm
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Replies: 90
Views: 2,881
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| Just because God can see into the future, doesn't mean we still don't have a CHOICE, in what we do!! It's not like His seeing into the future, DIRECTS our choice----if, for no other reason, than because we don't know what He sees. To ME, it's similar to when a human, who knows us really well, can p... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Celebrating Halloween as a autistic Adult |
| will@rd |
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Posted: 25 Sep 2017, 3:12 pm
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Replies: 38
Views: 2,178
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| I looked around myself at the age of 10 and realized I was too old for Trick-or-Treating. In fact, the idea of doing it suddenly seemed kind of childish and embarrassing. I still love all the Halloween and horror accoutrements and nomenclature (toys and decorations), but even back then (in the 1970s... |
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Forum: Games and Video Games Topic: Cell phone games? |
| will@rd |
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Posted: 25 Sep 2017, 2:56 pm
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,522
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| I'm still endlessly entertained by Angry Birds. |
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