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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Marriage Breakdown, Casual Sex and Loneliness |
| ladyasd |
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Posted: 20 May 2013, 12:08 pm
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| I barely know where to start. I think a lot of people reading this will think I'm a terrible person, but please be kind. I've been married a very long time to a good man. We are both Aspie. I love him but it's become more like friends and we stopped having sex a long time ago. Sex was always difficu... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Need advice on dealing with intense, overstimulating person |
| ladyasd |
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Posted: 11 Aug 2011, 5:22 am
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| I have a friend/business associate who is very sweet and caring, but almost everything about her is painfully overstimulating to me. She talks loudly in a harsh voice, dominates any conversation, and when she's around, I don't get a moment away from her. In groups, I find it very hard when there are... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: mild aspergers and relationships |
| ladyasd |
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Posted: 27 Dec 2010, 7:27 am
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Replies: 15
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| Your question really reminds me of my own relationship. I'm "mild" AS and I have been with my husband since I was 19 - nearly 20 years now. Your daughter's boyfriend sounds quite like me. I'm obsessive and I need a lot of reassurance. We have a great marriage but we do have to work very hard because... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Tattoos...how do you feel |
| ladyasd |
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Posted: 25 Dec 2010, 2:28 pm
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Replies: 47
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| Due to an accident when I was a baby, I have third-degree burns all down my left arm. Throughout my childhood, children (and adults!) would let me know how revolting they thought my arm looked, so I spent most of my life wearing long sleeved clothes. Several years ago I got a sleeve tattoo which wor... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Anyone use those daylight alarm clocks? |
| ladyasd |
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Posted: 03 Nov 2010, 7:46 pm
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Replies: 18
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| I have an alarm clock which gradually gets lighter for 30 minutes before the alarm sounds. It's a much more gentle way to wake up. Before, old alarm clocks always made me feel like I'd been slapped in the face. |
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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: Can aspies benefit from yoga or meditation? Very stressed |
| ladyasd |
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Posted: 03 Nov 2010, 7:22 pm
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Replies: 29
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| Hmmm, you could be right about food. I'm vegetarian but I have a very restricted diet, I only eat a few things and tend to eat the same things every day. I'm making myself eat fresh fruit every day at the moment but in general I pretty much live on pasta, potatoes and All Bran. |
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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: Can aspies benefit from yoga or meditation? Very stressed |
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Posted: 27 Oct 2010, 10:21 am
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Replies: 29
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| Thank you very, very much for your replies. I've never considered it before, but I think yes, writing thingsdown is probably both a compulsion and a coping strategy for me. I like the idea of setting a timer for 10 mins to start with, and hour class is a really long time for me, maybe that's been th... |
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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: Can aspies benefit from yoga or meditation? Very stressed |
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Posted: 27 Oct 2010, 6:08 am
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Replies: 29
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| I am really stressed all of the time and I don't have techniques to"switch off". I have tried a yoga class in the past and found it very frustrating because my mind was going at 100mph still and I was annoyed that I was away from my notepad and pen so I couldn't write things on my to-do list as I th... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Can you be Asperger's and still be "cool"? |
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Posted: 08 Feb 2010, 6:13 am
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Replies: 78
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| I go to any skating rink in the country, wear the right clothes, do some tricks which usually gets me noticed as the best skater there, then everyone thinks i'm cool. They smile at me, clap, nod in my direction, tell me my tricks are cool etc, then the DJ mentions me and more people start watching.... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Who else can't do work while listening to music? |
| ladyasd |
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Posted: 05 Feb 2010, 1:40 pm
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Replies: 11
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| If there is music, I can't do anything else. I can't even do other things if someone is talking. I was once driving, and my husband turned on the radio and at the same time, the sat nav machine issued an instruction. I went around that traffic island about 5 times like a robot until everything got s... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: How do you tell someone about being Aspie? |
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Posted: 05 Feb 2010, 1:35 pm
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Replies: 5
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| I'm sort of starting to tell a few people, and it's been pretty positive. Some people have said "oh, that explains everything" and have been brilliant, but the majority have listened, *appeared* to take what I say on board...and then instantly forgotten, and reverted straight back to doing things th... |
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Forum: Adolescent Autism Forum Topic: Autism = Superpowers? |
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Posted: 26 Aug 2009, 4:59 pm
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Replies: 62
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1Oryx2 wrote: Umm...maybe being able to hear really, really well.
I have ridiculously sensitive hearing. My husband said to me recently (re. the hearing): "You're like a superhero. And not in a good way". |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Obscure genres of music |
| ladyasd |
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Posted: 26 Aug 2009, 4:52 pm
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Replies: 21
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Your weirdest stim |
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Posted: 26 Aug 2009, 4:51 pm
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Replies: 45
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| I rub my eyebrows. I've done it since I was a baby in my cot, according to my parents. I love it. It feels great. I used to think it was just a wierd thing I did until I was assessed last year, but since that, I figure it must be a stim. that makes me less embarassed about it too, knowing why I'm do... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Interacting with your local store clerks, salesmen, etc. |
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Posted: 23 Aug 2009, 1:33 pm
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Replies: 16
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togda wrote: Yeah, sometimes I feel embarrassed when I am always ordering/buying the same thing.
I've never even thought of that, but I'm not embarrassed about it. I'm quite proud that I know what I like and I like what I know 
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Interacting with your local store clerks, salesmen, etc. |
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Posted: 23 Aug 2009, 11:15 am
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Replies: 16
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| When it comes to shop assistants and shopping, my eye-contact skills disappear. I can't look up from the floor, let alone at people's faces. Most times, I couldn't even tell you the gender of a shop assistant from whichever shop I'd just been in. Sometimes a shop assistant will say something nice li... |
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