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Forum: The Haven Topic: What If I Threatened To Pull The Fire Alarm In 7th Grade? |
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Posted: 05 May 2020, 10:45 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 374
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I think you just would have ended up with even more oppressive supervision and a bad reputation in school worse for your social life than having a teachers aid would be.
Grades 5-7 were the worst for me too. |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: I don't want to live anymore |
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Posted: 05 May 2020, 10:34 am
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Replies: 75
Views: 2,330
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| The way I see it, you're going to die someday anyways, so what's the rush? You might as well ride it out. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: High/Low Functioning: to label or not to label |
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Posted: 05 May 2020, 10:13 am
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Replies: 48
Views: 4,490
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| I think that we all realize that in reality, abilities and challenges vary across multiple traits and fluctuate with time and other environmental variables. I do think that, in the name of greater public recognition and accommodation, there needs to be a simple to convey way of putting things for th... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is It Easier For An Autistic Person To Identify Another? |
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Posted: 12 Mar 2020, 9:35 am
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,587
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| I am certain that this is true. I already know the traits\symptoms, notice people avoiding eye contact, recognize when someone goes on about an unusual special interests, and can tall when people's body language is off due to a lack of understanding. I also find that if I feel on the same wavelength... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How do you get over feeling hopless after a diagnosis? |
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Posted: 14 Feb 2020, 2:34 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,097
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Thank you all for your kind responses.
It's just tough when you run into problems every day. I feel just unaware enough of my problems not to be able to get ahead of them proactively, but just aware enough of them to look back on every incident with horror. It kind of feels like hell. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How do you get over feeling hopless after a diagnosis? |
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Posted: 05 Feb 2020, 3:33 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,097
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| A few months ago, I went and got a Neuropsychiatric evaluation to confirm my long time suspicion that I am on the spectrum. They concluded that I likely am. A lot of people seem to talk about this experience as being really positive. People feel like they finally have an explanation for all of their... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Can Aspergers/High Functioning Autism be a deal breaker? |
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Posted: 22 Oct 2019, 10:28 am
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,411
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| The sad truth is that, yes, it is a deal breaker for a lot of people. Maybe even most people. The truth is that people thrive on shared emotional and social experiences, and autism directly interferes with that. It is possible to make a relationship work while autistic, but the fact of the matter is... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Feeling Terrible |
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Posted: 26 Sep 2019, 9:25 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 382
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| I’m feeling pretty awful. I am having the hardest time with my girlfriend and family. My girlfriend is the person I have been the closest with out of anyone ever. She had been with me through a lot, and is the only person I have ever felt that real, deep, two soul mate type of connection with ever. ... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Are Photons and Electrons Really 'Real'? |
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Posted: 13 Sep 2019, 11:32 am
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Replies: 53
Views: 2,309
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| Wow For the record, I hold that not only are the fields real, but that they are the fundamental ‘components’ themselves. It is very interesting that you brought up the notions of space and time as things in of themselves. Space and time have no properties of their own, rather they describe the rela... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Religion and Aspergers |
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Posted: 12 Sep 2019, 1:05 pm
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Replies: 84
Views: 9,638
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| Oh, and to clarify something about dogma: EVERYONE observes dogma in one form or another. That God is God and Jesus is the Son of God isn't something I CAN question, any more than an atheist can legitimately question that there is no God--and that's a whole other argument. For what it's worth, ther... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Cannabis users: how long does an eighth last you? |
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Posted: 12 Sep 2019, 10:43 am
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Replies: 31
Views: 228
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| I don't smoke weed right now, but I used to. They key to making it last is taking tolerance breaks. You can probably set a schedule for use to make sure it lasts. Say one does is roughly 0.25 grams. If you give yourself 2 tolerance breaks days week, you can probably get by with 1/4 oz if you smoke ... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Are Photons and Electrons Really 'Real'? |
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Posted: 12 Sep 2019, 10:36 am
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Replies: 53
Views: 2,309
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| Wow, these sorts of questions will have you heading towards a new paradigm. The last one came with relativity. I'm curious how you reached this conclusion as I've essentially arrived at the same. Photons and electrons are models, the 'actual existence' of such entities breaks down as soon as you st... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are autistic professionals under represented? |
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Posted: 12 Sep 2019, 8:22 am
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Replies: 26
Views: 904
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| My hunch is that most people who are autistic and also have professional jobs get on well enough in life to not receive a diagnosis, and likely do not know themselves. They are probably just seen (and see themselves) as quirky and introverted. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Gang stalking |
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Posted: 12 Sep 2019, 8:20 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,329
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I agree. People can't be bothered to vote, read the news, care about the environment, or improve their own lives. 99.999% of of us regular people are simply not important or interesting enough to provoke something as involved as gang stalking.
There is plenty of individual stalking, though. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is everyone on the spectrum? |
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Posted: 12 Sep 2019, 8:15 am
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Replies: 60
Views: 1,895
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| I think that it can all be true that 'autism' refers to people who are especially weak in certain traits, that these traits exist on a full gradient which includes all people, and that autism is still a distinct thing and deserves its own understanding. If we take 100% as the peak person who has ev... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: My desire to date has diminished |
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Posted: 12 Sep 2019, 7:39 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 462
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| I think it is good to go through a period of time after you end a relationship before you begin another. I would say at least give yourself one week off per month of relationship. I would also suggest that you don't start a relationship unless you are really into it. If you want to find hookups, jus... |
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