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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Introducing myself - hello! |
| gigi9 |
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Posted: 05 May 2025, 2:23 pm
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Replies: 14
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Hello,
I am too from poland. Just moved back here last years after 20 years abroad and just self-diagnosed. Welcome.
Also into arts and writing, and nature. Hope you will find here a good community. I'm still new but feel that people are nice |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I lately discovered I'm most likely with ASD and ADHD. |
| gigi9 |
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Posted: 13 Apr 2025, 1:38 pm
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Replies: 26
Views: 12,017
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| you are not alone. Discovered my ASD and formally diagnosed at age 68. Many here will identify. So many "whys" of the past answered! Such a relief! thanks! yeah, i'm still not sure how this online forum will help me but let's see. btw i checked out your blog. looks pretty good. good job |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I lately discovered I'm most likely with ASD and ADHD. |
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Posted: 13 Apr 2025, 1:35 pm
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Replies: 26
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| Welcome to Wrong Planet! My life experience is similar to yours. Now that I know about my Asperger’s, my life makes more sense, but it is still difficult to operate in this world of weird allistic people everywhere! I need to make a point of visiting this forum more often, and to look into Tony Atw... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I lately discovered I'm most likely with ASD and ADHD. |
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Posted: 12 Apr 2025, 6:44 am
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Replies: 26
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| Welcome Gigi9! I share a lot of your experiences and thoughts. After an intense journey of reading and discovering so many things on my own I went for a formal assessment and just got the screening results. Check check check check check. Although I had the feeling of “buying champagne” there is ano... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I lately discovered I'm most likely with ASD and ADHD. |
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Posted: 10 Apr 2025, 1:31 pm
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Replies: 26
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| Welcome to Wrong Planet I expect these discoveries about yourself will prove useful. Mixed emotions upon finding out one is neurodivergent is fairly typical. I loved the name "wrong planet" - it really feels that way, doesn't it? thanks for the welcome. what is your best advice to coping.... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I lately discovered I'm most likely with ASD and ADHD. |
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Posted: 10 Apr 2025, 1:29 pm
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Replies: 26
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| Welcome to WP! I hope you find this a useful and pleasant place to frequent. Regarding not having a diagnosis...you could possibly get some info from an informal assessment: AQ . Thanks for the link! I actually found almost the same one today. I hit the level for "official diagnosis" and ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Stress |
| gigi9 |
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Posted: 10 Apr 2025, 1:23 pm
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Replies: 7
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Kitty4670 wrote: Can stress cause physical pain?
yes! 100% Emotions live in the same place as physical pain - limbic brain. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I lately discovered I'm most likely with ASD and ADHD. |
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Posted: 10 Apr 2025, 1:21 pm
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Replies: 26
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| i do things that are not good for me. but the biggest problem is i cannot stop myself doing them You may have OCD. Or an autistic stim. The difference is that an autistic stim is calming, and reduces anxiety, even when done in the presence of others. I do retail therapy. I buy clothes that I don't ... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Do you think music helps you process strong feelings? |
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Posted: 09 Apr 2025, 2:31 pm
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Replies: 3
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TwilightPrincess wrote: Absolutely. I’m not sure how I would’ve managed without it.
cool |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I lately discovered I'm most likely with ASD and ADHD. |
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Posted: 09 Apr 2025, 1:43 pm
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Replies: 26
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| Identify sources of stress and see if there are practical ways of avoiding them. I'm retired and get to shop when the grocery stores aren't busy, such as a weekday morning. Sometimes I go inside Target and the store is really busy. So I walk out and come back later! Movie theaters are too loud so I... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I lately discovered I'm most likely with ASD and ADHD. |
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Posted: 09 Apr 2025, 1:10 pm
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Replies: 26
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| Welcome to Wrong Planet I expect these discoveries about yourself will prove useful. Mixed emotions upon finding out one is neurodivergent is fairly typical. I loved the name "wrong planet" - it really feels that way, doesn't it? thanks for the welcome. what is your best advice to coping.... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I lately discovered I'm most likely with ASD and ADHD. |
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Posted: 09 Apr 2025, 1:08 pm
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Replies: 26
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| I'd also strongly suggest you see if this applies to you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotropism Thanks. yeah that's me alright. I am black or white. I loose myself 1000000% in or i just cut it off completely and never look back. lately my book interest got the better of me so much so that i was... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I lately discovered I'm most likely with ASD and ADHD. |
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Posted: 09 Apr 2025, 12:30 pm
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Replies: 26
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| thanks! will check out these sources. where i live (in Poland) there is still little knowledge about what spie is and plenty stereotype. but like you say, online is a way to go. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I lately discovered I'm most likely with ASD and ADHD. |
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Posted: 09 Apr 2025, 11:40 am
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Replies: 26
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| If you are new to Aspergers I can recommend the Tony Atwood videos on Youtube or the free pdf booklet Aspegergs An Intentional Life. That is so funny. I literally just discovered T Atwood and watching an interview wit him as we speak. I feel like the aspie fits me quite well for all the reasons I l... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Do you think music helps you process strong feelings? |
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Posted: 09 Apr 2025, 10:49 am
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Replies: 3
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| So I'm doing a bunch of writing on sensitivity. Not from books, or research but from life and what I intuit. And one thing that's been helping me cope since teenage hood was music. I've been drawing since I could ever hold anything in my hands so art in general have been my safe place. But after stu... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I lately discovered I'm most likely with ASD and ADHD. |
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Posted: 09 Apr 2025, 10:41 am
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Replies: 26
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| What's strange I always thought I was a highly sensitive woman (more like super hyper sensitive) person with lots of anxiety and fears, and completely isolated, rebellious, radical, obsessive, and weird, but never really knew anything about ASD. Now a few weeks later, getting deeper beyond the stere... |
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