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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: It takes me forever to determine whether I like someone |
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Posted: 23 Sep 2023, 8:53 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 732
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| Has anyone else had a similar experience? How do you determine who to date if it takes forever to develop feelings? How does one go from "yeah I'm gonna need to be friends with you for about a year first" to being in an actual relationship? I'm definitely not demisexual--I can tell when I'... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: What does it feel like to crave sex? |
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Posted: 21 Jan 2017, 5:23 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 265
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| I don't think I crave sex very often, but I do experience varying degrees of arousal almost constantly. It's just a feeling in my genitalia that can range from a pleasant tingle to an intense, oversensitive burning. I crave sexual stimulation, and that can be fulfilled through orgasm or through mast... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Why cant I teach Myself? |
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Posted: 13 Jan 2017, 2:02 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,002
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| In addition to some people naturally having more difficulty learning on their own, there are certain subjects that pretty much REQUIRE interaction with other people in an academic context for you to be able to grow and use your brain in more complex ways, at least after a certain level. Music, histo... |
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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: I CANNOT handle this excess body fat please help |
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Posted: 28 Dec 2016, 6:52 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 793
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| I have extremely high sensitivity in almost every sense and since my endometriosis has gotten to the point where I'm always on my period and constantly in a certain amount of pain my body fat has increased noticeably, to the point where it keeps me up at night and triggers self hitting sessions. It ... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: **Period Rants** |
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Posted: 14 Dec 2016, 11:59 pm
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Replies: 34
Views: 6,149
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| Period rants? Hell, yes, I can do period rants. I've been menstruating for the past TWO AND A HALF MONTHS--and yes, I'm on birth control, and yes, I see a doctor. Recently the blood dropped off and I've been spotting on and off, so I think I may be "between periods"? I seem to have been ha... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Requesting Reasonable Accommodations for uniform |
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Posted: 20 Nov 2016, 10:41 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,035
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| I've recently been hired, which I desperately needed, for a part time job at a grocery store bakery. I can't find any information about the uniforms for their bakery employees other than that they wear a smock over it, but I have a feeling that the uniform may require buttons and/or collars, which I... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: How can I make new close friends when I have chronic pain? |
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Posted: 26 Oct 2016, 7:20 pm
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Replies: 0
Views: 333
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| [Disclaimer: Please, no medical advice, unless you are actually an expert in endometriosis or have it yourself and think it'll be relevant] Making friends is already a challenge, not just because of my Autism but because of my paranoia issues that I have due to my Emotionally Scarring Backstory. I h... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: I need a job two weeks ago and my organs are evil |
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Posted: 21 Oct 2016, 8:13 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 546
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| When I say it can't be mindless work or I'll go crazy, I mean that it can't be completely mindless, with no mental stimulation throughout any of it, and that I'll ACTUALLY go crazy--not just get bored! If I spend too long with nothing to occupy my mind, my brain starts to fall into mental loops that... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: How to motivate myself to do horrible things |
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Posted: 20 Oct 2016, 6:00 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 312
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| I need a new way to motivate myself to do things that I find intensely painful or stressful, but there is no information that I can find that is applicable to the kinds of things I find horrible, and no one I've asked for help has answered me. These are basic "living in the Real World" ski... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: I need a job two weeks ago and my organs are evil |
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Posted: 19 Oct 2016, 11:35 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 546
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| Saturday will be my last day working at my current job, which I've left because of lack of intellectual stimulation and because I just can't reliably be there with my endometriosis. My endometriosis has gotten to the point where even WITH birth control, I will spot and/or have pain when I shouldn't,... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: I'm too good at seeming okay BUT I'M REALLY NOT OKAY |
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Posted: 17 Sep 2016, 8:08 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 376
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| Yes, I should write down what I want to talk to my therapist about. I forget pretty often. |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: I'm too good at seeming okay BUT I'M REALLY NOT OKAY |
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Posted: 14 Sep 2016, 9:00 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 376
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| Somehow I feel like that's not okay. I don't know why I think that's something I shouldn't do. I guess I don't want to come off as accusatory. |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Trans and autistic |
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Posted: 14 Sep 2016, 8:44 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 774
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| Right, but it's still an additional layer that screens out a ton of people who, no matter how accepting they try to be, aren't attracted to trans people, or are only attracted to a gender that you AREN'T, which would force you to choose between being with the person and experiencing extreme dysphori... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Not liking who I am and can't do anything about it. |
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Posted: 14 Sep 2016, 7:56 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 526
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| The three biggest things that have helped me get control of my meltdowns are being able to control my stress level to an extent through influencing my environment, learning to tell when my stress level is increasing, and learning to change the behavior I have when I AM freaking out so that it's not ... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: I'm too good at seeming okay BUT I'M REALLY NOT OKAY |
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Posted: 14 Sep 2016, 6:06 pm
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Replies: 4
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| You know how any time we show our upsetness in our own way, we get into trouble for it? I've had therapy and teaching all my life to train me to NOT do that...but now, I'm really falling apart, and I'm scared. And it seems like unless I actually end up losing it--which would f**k me over badly--no o... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Mental health and medical problems interfering with work |
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Posted: 09 Sep 2016, 7:00 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 796
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| I know I'm not in my 30s (I'm 22), but I live alone and I'm working full time (36 hours a week) while going to school, and I think this forum is the best one for me to get help on this particular issue, since you all have probably had more relevant experience. First of all, I'm actually very good at... |
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