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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What made you first wonder if you could be Autistic? |
| Whale_Tuune |
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Posted: 16 Dec 2022, 11:03 am
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Replies: 51
Views: 3,484
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| I never suspected it. When I was 10, I had trouble with a lot of things and a psychologist decided I had it. That was that. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Feeling manic after long conversations |
| Whale_Tuune |
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Posted: 14 Dec 2022, 5:02 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,019
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| It sounds like it could be burnout from all the socializing. Last year, I was volunteering full time and living in a house with six roommates. I liked it all, but I often got a sense of being tired/wired after prolonged socializing. Like the regulative part of my brain was fizzled out, and that made... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: my friends are happy without me |
| Whale_Tuune |
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Posted: 15 Aug 2022, 2:08 pm
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Replies: 44
Views: 2,414
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Sometimes my friends will tell stories about things that happened when we were all together to me, apparently having forgotten that I was there.
Also, people refer to me as me quiet a lot. Which is odd, as I don't try to be quiet nor do I see myself as such... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Interview the person below you |
| Whale_Tuune |
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Posted: 15 Aug 2022, 11:45 am
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Replies: 66,830
Views: 1,951,550
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Other than a will I wrote in 2nd grade when I was convinced I was dying for some reason (just had a sore arm lol), no.
Same question |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: my friends are happy without me |
| Whale_Tuune |
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Posted: 15 Aug 2022, 11:42 am
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Replies: 44
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| i haven't seen (or spoken to) my classmates, that i at least exchange a few words with every day, since summer break started about a month ago. today i saw an instagram post from one of them and found out they went on a huge, week long camping trip to a country neighboring mine. i wasn't aware of t... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: "Ba ba black sheep" |
| Whale_Tuune |
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Posted: 30 Jan 2022, 2:41 pm
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,843
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| I'm sorry that happened. I feel like being disabled in this way makes you an outsider to any community. Hey, are you responding to OP (me) or someone else? :) I'm mostly just saying that being on the spectrum is isolating regardless of who you are, in terms of racial, sexual, or religious identity. |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: "Ba ba black sheep" |
| Whale_Tuune |
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Posted: 16 Jan 2022, 5:43 pm
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,843
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| I'm sorry that happened. I feel like being disabled in this way makes you an outsider to any community. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What's on your mind right now? |
| Whale_Tuune |
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Posted: 24 Nov 2021, 9:36 am
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Replies: 40,360
Views: 1,147,469
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IsabellaLinton wrote: I'm in emotional shutdown. My mind is here, but I'm low on EF and about -500 on spoons.
Apologies to people I haven't been able to PM.
I'm doing my best to practise more self-care, to avoid burnout at this time of year.
How are you doing today? Is everything going a little easier?  |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What's on your mind right now? |
| Whale_Tuune |
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Posted: 21 Nov 2021, 9:38 am
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Replies: 40,360
Views: 1,147,469
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| Went on a date last night. He was cute, but his breath smelled a little. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: A conspiracy theory about Hans Asperger |
| Whale_Tuune |
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Posted: 15 Nov 2021, 10:09 am
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Replies: 71
Views: 4,677
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| I remember reading through a study on Asperger where we can see pictures of the crying children he sent to get murdered by the Nazi state. I'm aware that Asperger's phenotypes came from some boys he described who he was trying to save, but the man was complicit in the murder of other children who he... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: A conspiracy theory about Hans Asperger |
| Whale_Tuune |
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Posted: 13 Nov 2021, 8:20 pm
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Replies: 71
Views: 4,677
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| I just don't understand why we insist on calling it Asperger Syndrome. Most of the research was done by Lorna Wing in the 1980s. If we want to bring something like that category back into the fold, call it Wing's Syndrome or something. She was the one who did all the heavy lifting, and she wasn't a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: A conspiracy theory about Hans Asperger |
| Whale_Tuune |
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Posted: 13 Nov 2021, 12:37 pm
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Replies: 71
Views: 4,677
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| Hitler had Aspergers. They experimented on aspies to see how they work. Hitler had excellent social skills. He's one of the most charismatic and persuasive speakers the world has ever seen, it's how he got the power he did. I doubt he was on the spectrum. According to WP everyone's on the spectrum.... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: A conspiracy theory about Hans Asperger |
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Posted: 13 Nov 2021, 10:28 am
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Replies: 71
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| I just don't understand why we insist on calling it Asperger Syndrome. Most of the research was done by Lorna Wing in the 1980s. If we want to bring something like that category back into the fold, call it Wing's Syndrome or something. She was the one who did all the heavy lifting, and she wasn't a ... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: I messed up at my job! What do I tell my boss?? |
| Whale_Tuune |
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Posted: 28 Oct 2021, 6:28 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,359
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| Everything seems fine atm. My bosses are super disorganized, so I guess they don't care. |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: I messed up at my job! What do I tell my boss?? |
| Whale_Tuune |
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Posted: 05 Oct 2021, 7:42 am
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Replies: 12
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| I'm a volunteer intern just out of college. This is my first "job" job. About a month ago, my boss's boss sent out an email about a job training summit/seminar that was virtual, and continued to send out email reminders weekly. During that time, I would see the email reminders and then... ... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: ASD women with partners: how did you do it? |
| Whale_Tuune |
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Posted: 26 Sep 2021, 1:48 am
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Replies: 50
Views: 8,084
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Caz72 wrote: every couple of weeks im being asked on a date by some bloke or other
i dont know why
huh, maybe UK men are more assertive? I got hit on by an English fellow at a bar tonight, not that anything came of it-- my friends grabbed me before we really got to talking. :/ |
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