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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Dreams |
| Elgee |
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Posted: 15 Jan 2024, 11:00 am
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Replies: 18
Views: 4,934
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| Bathroom: I have overactive bladder. A lot of my dreams are interrupted by me needing to find a bathroom because I literally need to go in reality. 99% of the dreams I can never find a bathroom. Sometimes I'm out in public and can't find a bathroom, or can only find the men's restroom, not the wome... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Dreams |
| Elgee |
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Posted: 13 Jan 2024, 1:09 am
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Replies: 18
Views: 4,934
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| Flying: Nearly 100% of my flight dreams are lucid: I'm aware I'm dreaming. Most of my lucid dreams involve flight. Hmmm, wonder why that is. Could these flight experiences be actual out-of-body experiences? The bizarre thing is that often, while I'm in flight, the scenery is exceptionally vivid, and... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Living to 39 |
| Elgee |
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Posted: 01 Jan 2024, 12:04 pm
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Replies: 26
Views: 7,604
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| I turn 35 next september, Because I have autism can I only expect to live to 39 years old? You have way more control over your life expectancy than you think. Yes, the average for Level 3 is 39, and for Level 1 is 58. But that's because autistic people take worse care of their bodies, overall, when... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Ways to torment an NT (funny) |
| Elgee |
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Posted: 20 Dec 2023, 4:28 pm
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Replies: 52
Views: 6,953
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| I would be interested in hearing an example of your experiences in this regard. When did you put an NT in his or her place with your swift problem solving capacity? My boss at the gym where I was a personal trainer, out of the blue, asked, "Why do you have a single long hair growing under your... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is There Somthing About U that Bothers Even OTHER Autistics? |
| Elgee |
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Posted: 14 Dec 2023, 6:27 pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 10,937
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| I've had this experience. Just like an NT could rub another NT the wrong way, an Autistic--without even trying--can unknowingly rub other Autistics the wrong way...and not have a clue why or how. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: China Gene Editing Creates Autistic Dogs |
| Elgee |
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Posted: 07 Dec 2023, 7:51 pm
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Replies: 37
Views: 16,261
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| All dogs are descendants of wolves, but the "breeding" was done unknowingly by primitive peoples. Packs of wolves would follow nomadic tribes who hunted animals. Out of any pack of wolves there's always going to be a more social, less aggressive one that will catch the attention of these p... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: China Gene Editing Creates Autistic Dogs |
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Posted: 04 Dec 2023, 10:23 pm
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Replies: 37
Views: 16,261
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| That article leaves a lot of questions. Is a dog even a real animal or just a variety of different creatures created by breeding? How do you define a NT dog? What is the equivalent to people's small talk - wag the tail? Or special interests? This Chinese research project sounds like BS to me. For N... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: China Gene Editing Creates Autistic Dogs |
| Elgee |
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Posted: 03 Dec 2023, 10:02 pm
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Replies: 37
Views: 16,261
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| I'd imagine that an autistic dog would behave much like a cat. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why do autistic people talk to themselves? |
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Posted: 02 Dec 2023, 11:28 am
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Replies: 56
Views: 285,530
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| We autistics do it for the same reason that drama major in college do it. To rehearse lines. But in our case not in scripted plays but to redo past real conversations with people ...to figure out a better outcome. I'm probably the biggest re-doer out there; been doing it for many many years without... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is this typical with autism? |
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Posted: 01 Dec 2023, 6:20 pm
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Replies: 26
Views: 8,908
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| I think autistics can excel in some areas and be clueless in other areas. So we can be geniuses and dum-dums at the same time, depending on which area of knowledge or ability someone who sees us is looking at. I graduated from an Ivy League university (not that that makes me a genius) but I can't d... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why do autistic people talk to themselves? |
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Posted: 01 Dec 2023, 6:16 pm
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Replies: 56
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| There are two more reasons auties talk to themselves that are not mentioned here. 1) Rehearse an anticipated conversation; rehearse the script or how they think the conversation will go, and 2) Echolalia. What bothers me is when NTs yap loudly into their wireless at the gym to show everyone how busy... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What is your current hyperfixation? |
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Posted: 15 Nov 2023, 8:55 pm
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Replies: 34
Views: 19,683
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| At the moment my special interest is STROKES. I suffered a massive stroke that destroyed my brain and my ability to read and my knowledge of words. But I have been at war against the damage it produced and made some progress. A few days ago I actually passed another major milestone. I heat my home ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What is your current hyperfixation? |
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Posted: 15 Nov 2023, 8:53 pm
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Replies: 34
Views: 19,683
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| Classical music, especially Shostakovich at the moment. BULLS EYE ! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! ! SHOSTYYYYYY ! !! !! !! Symphonies 1, 4, 5, 7,8,10, 11, 12 ----- OMG ..... especially the finale of #7 ! !! !! I discovered my Shosty in 2020. I was ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What is your current hyperfixation? |
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Posted: 12 Nov 2023, 4:59 pm
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Replies: 34
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1) Different ways to spell a female name phonetically. Alexandria vs. Aleccsanddreya
2) Big, fat, poofy or otherwise voluminous ponytails.
3) Racial mixes.
4) Autism especially eye contact. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Interests you can't share with other people |
| Elgee |
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Posted: 12 Nov 2023, 4:52 pm
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Replies: 70
Views: 102,620
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| People fatally crushed by elevators. This got kicked off several years ago when a video went viral of a Chinese college student, caught on the video inside the elevator, who upon getting into the elevator, the floor started rising. As he was trying to get onto the floor, the guy behind him tried to ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What’s your favourite sensory/fidget item? |
| Elgee |
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Posted: 06 Nov 2023, 10:50 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 26,342
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| That’s quite a list Markitzero. I’m going to look up that brush. I noticed that both ladies said their hair and fingers. Do you think that’s because women tend to mask more than men, and so their fidgets blend as well? Actually, I do my hair stimming (sniffing it aggressively, vocal sounds while sn... |
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