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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Were you ever put in a psych hospital? |
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Posted: 16 Jan 2017, 11:00 am
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Replies: 49
Views: 2,863
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| three times when I was 21 and once when I was 29 |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Will we end up dating life-like robots??? |
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Posted: 12 Jan 2017, 11:23 am
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Replies: 88
Views: 4,120
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| Science fiction movies have a way of making robots appear seamlessly fluid in movements where its hard to tell if its a machine. We're so far away from that kind of A.I. at the moment that a love-bot would appear extremely awkward. A couple months ago I watched a documentary on love dolls and found ... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Red flags in dating? Early stages |
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Posted: 11 Jan 2017, 2:00 pm
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Replies: 239
Views: 10,051
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| it isn't a red flag to get drunk in public without your partner? So, if I wanted to go get drunk with my buddies and goto a club where there are drunk girls, that's not an issue? Correct, for most couples it wouldn’t be an issue on special occasions. If it happened every weekend then I'd say it wou... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Red flags in dating? Early stages |
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Posted: 11 Jan 2017, 12:45 pm
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Replies: 239
Views: 10,051
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| It's a red flag to me and I've NEVER seen a relationship where a women likes to go bar hopping last; not once. There are times when I wouldn't consider it an issue. If someone is acting as a wing-man (wing-woman?) to help a single friend then its fair. Or if its a girls-night out for someone's birt... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Red flags in dating? Early stages |
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Posted: 11 Jan 2017, 11:21 am
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Replies: 239
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| Lots of good tips for spotting red flags in this thread although some I disagree with. Another thing to consider is if you're dating someone with ASD or a different personality disorder. Some of the typical red flags are just (hopefully) harmless traits of the person. Obviously you can have ASD and ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Relaxing into AS Vs fighting against it |
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Posted: 10 Jan 2017, 4:37 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 966
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| Its a mix between the two depending on the environment. In private I can let more of my AS out. In public I try to suppress odd behavior whenever I'm conscious of it due to my social anxiety. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: funny joke |
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Posted: 10 Jan 2017, 3:36 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,003
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| On a scale of 1 to 10, I give it a 2. Sorry. |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Not wanting to do things you don't want to do |
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Posted: 09 Jan 2017, 3:19 pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,042
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| Even with ASD there are times when I am honestly lazy for selfish reasons. Other times I appear lazy because the task at hand is emotionally breaking me, but no one can see it. I think its important to understand which situations might just be outright laziness. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Your Favourite Autism Product |
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Posted: 09 Jan 2017, 11:17 am
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Replies: 63
Views: 4,827
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| I don't use any autism specific products but whenever my left hand is idle I like to slowly twirl a writing pen like a drum stick. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Whenever you talk to people.... |
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Posted: 06 Jan 2017, 12:27 pm
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Replies: 6
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| Generally it's other people that randomly seem to change topics on me Same here. If I'm talking to someone at work who switches the topic more than once I tend to fall silent or exit the conversation if I can't get them back on point. Especially if the conversation is non-work related to begin with... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: discomfort with people crying |
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Posted: 05 Jan 2017, 5:21 pm
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,716
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| If its a stranger then I feel disconnected or numb, like I'm living in a different universe where whatever is going on with the person crying isn't part of my reality (sort of like watching a movie). If its someone I know then I tend to feel cold and stiff. I can't react in real-time to what is goin... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: What do I say to estate agents? |
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Posted: 05 Jan 2017, 2:08 pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,097
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| I had one agent who showed me different places. After the first day she picked up on when I was done looking at a room. I'd ask a couple technical questions now and then but didn't really give opinions on specific rooms. I would say something like "okay" or "next" when I was done... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Living on your own with ASD, advice? |
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Posted: 05 Jan 2017, 1:14 pm
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,365
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starkid wrote: Getting an animal to dump your emotional problems on is abusive.
Are we talking about pet cats and dogs or did I miss something? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Identifying with characters from an ASD point of view? |
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Posted: 04 Jan 2017, 2:10 pm
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Replies: 22
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| The character I absolutely identify with is Sheldon Cooper (Big Bang Theory). Its not his extreme qualities but its because in most of the episodes I would react almost the same way to the situations he encounters. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Your quirkiest aspie quirk |
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Posted: 04 Jan 2017, 10:46 am
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Replies: 65
Views: 3,978
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| I often look at the blank spaces in between lines of text. I do this as well but it started after I took a Graphic Design class in college. During a session about newspaper layouts there was a topic of 'white space' and since then I've paid way too much attention to the spaces between text lines, l... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you have Autism and feel like you have ADHD as well? |
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Posted: 03 Jan 2017, 6:38 pm
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,285
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