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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Did any of you have a bad time in autism groups? |
| Mona Pereth |
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| I've never gone to a support group meeting or anything like that. I am high functioning enough to pass for NT and a lot of those events seem to be for those who cannot work, still live with their parents, and have problems much worse than mine. This is one of the reasons why the autistic community ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Did any of you have a bad time in autism groups? |
| Mona Pereth |
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Replies: 15
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| There's an art to making friends in groups: 1) Only attend groups that are interesting to you in their own right, apart from the potential of making friends there. The group should revolve around a topic you want to learn about, or an activity that is fun for you, or a common goal that you believe i... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Did any of you have a bad time in autism groups? |
| Mona Pereth |
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| In general, I find a lot of groups to be very cliquish, say hobby groups online. It seems like it's always 4-5 people that run the show and if they don't like you, you get railroaded out. Which is why I am always hesitant to join any group in person or online. Groups naturally tend to be cliquish, ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Did any of you have a bad time in autism groups? |
| Mona Pereth |
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Replies: 15
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| I'm not that good at making friends, which is why I value social acceptance and being liked in the workplace, as it's a place you have to go to every day. Good luck with making friends in the workplace, if that works for you. I agree that making friends in the workplace can be very rewarding -- but... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I feel bad because I got asked for change. |
| Mona Pereth |
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Replies: 13
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| I feel more guilty about not doing much to try to change the economic system so that the rich-poor divide is less, but there's not even a big enough political party to vote for that has the will to try and fix that, and political parties are package deals that usually have a lot of policies I don't... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: I feel socially broken |
| Mona Pereth |
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Replies: 7
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| [*]I bottle up my anger more than most of the people I know. Never let it out. I have never once believed anyone has wanted me to be honest with them when I am angry with them. Everyone insists otherwise, and I feel lied to every single time. Why? Why would I believe any of you? I observe people. I... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: I feel socially broken |
| Mona Pereth |
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Posted: Yesterday, 10:22 pm
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| [*]I have not been direct or emotionally honest since I was a child. I lie to others about how I am feeling. I pretend to be happier than I am. I play along in all social and family gatherings until I am allowed to be alone. This causes me to feel NOTHING towards everyone around me, which leads to ... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: I feel socially broken |
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Posted: Yesterday, 10:14 pm
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| Society, my peers, and my family have all conditioned me to expect rejection for who I am. I am autistic and queer and trans and politically radical. Have you made a point of seeking out spaces where you could find people who shared as much of the above as possible? For example, have you ever gone ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The prehistoric war that wiped out 95% of men. |
| Mona Pereth |
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Posted: 15 Jul 2025, 1:00 pm
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| Regarding the isolated tribal cultures, many confuse them as being matriarchal while they are in fact just matrilineal; but their warriors are still mostly male (ie the Moari). Although not fully "matriarchal," at least some of these societies have been more than "just matrilineal.&q... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: All's Fair In Love And War |
| Mona Pereth |
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Posted: 15 Jul 2025, 12:22 pm
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Replies: 16
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| ToughDiamond said it very well. The way I might phrase it - we're a Darwinian species, anything that matters at a deep level to physical bodies - like death and sex - is existential in it's level of importance, also zero-sum, and because of that the rules of civility tend to go out the window rathe... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: All's Fair In Love And War |
| Mona Pereth |
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Posted: 15 Jul 2025, 11:35 am
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| Well, I was using the term loosely, which is probably the only way it can be used. I mean the kind of chap who out of principle would be loathe to nobble the competition, seek undeserved brownie points by hiding his shortcomings and exaggerating his strengths, or use other dirty tricks to improve h... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Fed up about my love life |
| Mona Pereth |
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Posted: 14 Jul 2025, 8:53 am
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| perhaps a positive point to try and tie up this thought: we in ND land are, less affected by the described atomization, because we have different social value and interaction systems. As such as a purely anecdotal example, the local ASD-support centers where i go to meetings have seen an increase i... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Video review of a novel about masking |
| Mona Pereth |
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Posted: 14 Jul 2025, 7:53 am
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| Below is a video review of the novel No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai: The Most Disturbing Book Ever Written | No Longer Human , on an anonymous YouTube channel called Unsolicited advice . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pgGgOU_UGY From the description on YouTube: This is perhaps my most requested vi... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: All's Fair In Love And War |
| Mona Pereth |
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Posted: 13 Jul 2025, 3:28 pm
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| Allow me to introduce you to the Rough Wooing . Henry declared war to force the Scottish Parliament to agree to the planned marriage between Edward, who was six years old at the start of the war, and the infant queen, thereby creating a new alliance between Scotland and England. This was a forced a... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Great Job Donald Trump. |
| Mona Pereth |
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Posted: 13 Jul 2025, 2:48 pm
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Replies: 17
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... and ruined the U.S. relationship with lots of other countries too, and for no good reason.
IMO this serves the interests of Russia and China, not the U.S.A. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Tom Barrack hinting on Lebanon's total dissolvement |
| Mona Pereth |
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Posted: 13 Jul 2025, 1:43 pm
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Replies: 2
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Yikes! I'm very sorry to hear this.
Is there any chance these Syrians could compromise and take only Hezbollah-land, leaving northern Lebanon alone? |
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