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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Seeing the potential...and persisting :? |
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Posted: 13 Apr 2009, 10:21 am
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Replies: 1
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| I've found that a reoccurring issue for me is not being able to tolerate random surface conversations. I cherish the ones that evolve from a common interest because by definition I feel I can contribute something to those. The problem comes the other +75% of the time when people are engaged in small... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Apparently I *STILL* don't get it! |
| TigerFan |
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Posted: 13 Apr 2009, 10:07 am
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Replies: 56
Views: 6,666
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| From my personal experience (your mileage may vary), over the years I've put up so many barriers to keep away unwanted attention, that most people tend to see me as unapproachable. When I do participate in groups of people who share a common interest with me, they still tend to keep their distance ... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Unexpected social calls |
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Posted: 13 Apr 2009, 9:56 am
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,243
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| I always appreciate receiving a phone call from a friend. I rarely make phone calls (I have a lot of anxiety tied up in actually placing the call), so if friends didn't call me, it's unlikely we would talk at all. An unexpected personal visit, on the other hand, might tend to make me freak. To be o... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Taking things literally |
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Posted: 13 Apr 2009, 9:46 am
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Replies: 24
Views: 4,051
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| My problem is that while I usually understand when a person is trying to be sarcastic, I just don't know what the appropriate response is. Thus, I default to the serious one and deal with the explanations later. This has resulted in countless "dud, lighten up" type comments, but I really can't help ... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: An Aspie's Friend.... |
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Posted: 13 Apr 2009, 9:38 am
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,968
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| Someone who admires certain things about me. A cool relaxed kind of person, not worried about the social ritual of gifts, small talk and popular traditions. ... Brutally honest. Absolutely. Finding these two in people has been a big, long-term problem for me despite my attempts to integrate into su... |
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Forum: Adolescent Autism Forum Topic: Wearing clothes more than one day in a row? |
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Posted: 09 Jan 2008, 11:44 pm
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Replies: 182
Views: 27,989
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| I did it when I was younger, but was strongly discouraged from doing so by my parents. I then progressed to a a system where I would where the same sequence of shirts every few days. Now I take conscious steps that would probably put me at the other extreme - I make sure I don't wear the same shirt ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do people try to protect/save you from yourself? |
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Posted: 09 Jan 2008, 11:03 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,492
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| Maybe I should have been on it before to prevent the horrilbe depression that I got. That's what it felt like for me: like the depression that let to me going on the SSRI was caused by not just a major external trigger (as it appeared) but also from having had to repress the social anxiety for so l... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: noticing pain without reacting much? |
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Posted: 09 Jan 2008, 10:13 pm
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Replies: 31
Views: 3,139
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| I can take a moderate blows and be able to "walk it off" (ignore the pain) a bit better than most people I know. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do people try to protect/save you from yourself? |
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Posted: 09 Jan 2008, 10:10 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,492
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| My ex thought she was going to save me by calling me out on my hand tics and when I got into a flow. The relationship didn't last long as, while I appreciated the aim, I needed her to accept me for how I was (am). As for your post, I've been on an SSRI for almost two years now. At first it was to tr... |
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