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 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: I think I'm high-functioning autistic

Posted: 31 Oct 2019, 11:50 am 

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A million thanks to everyone who answered. You gave me enough of a lead to figure it out. I wasn't autistic; I was stuck in a permanent hypomanic state, which is very similar to autism. Similar enough, I think, to warrant investigation, but at the moment I'm relieved by having reached out for help a...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: I think I'm high-functioning autistic

Posted: 08 Oct 2019, 10:51 am 

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Thank you, jimmy. I feel these kinds of stressors all the time. I have techniques for dispersing them within my own mind, but it hurts to do it, so I live in a constant low-level pain (occasionally acute) and as compensation I get to function as a mostly normal human. But I see everything that anyon...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: I think I'm high-functioning autistic

Posted: 08 Oct 2019, 10:04 am 

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Thank you. There is an autism expert in the psych department at the college here. I'll try to pull that thread.

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: I think I'm high-functioning autistic

Posted: 08 Oct 2019, 9:43 am 

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A week ago I spent time with a group of autistic kids (middle schoolers) as a social worker. No big deal, right? But the experience was katabasis for me. The lights were too bright and blaring from overhead, teachers kept interrupting kids when they were obviously trying to get something done, every...
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