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Forum: The Haven Topic: Very conflicting emotions |
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Posted: 09 Aug 2010, 11:46 pm
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| wow, that was a lot longer and lot more ranty than I thought it'd be |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Very conflicting emotions |
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Posted: 09 Aug 2010, 11:45 pm
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| A few days ago I finally broke up with my boyfriend. We'd been together over 6 years and have a kid together. Like most relationships that end really badly, it started out pretty much fairytale. I literally have no family to rely on, and until very recently had no close friends and hadn't in years, ... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: do most people with asperger's have depression as well? |
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Posted: 09 Jun 2010, 11:15 pm
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| I think we might be more prone to depression, but I don't think it's the chemical imbalance sort. It seems a lot of aspies have probs with the medications for depression (not all, there are some who have great results, but their depression probably comes from what depression medication is actually m... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: You Might be an Aspie if... |
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Posted: 10 Mar 2010, 9:20 pm
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| - You consider your car "extended storage." - If you have ever added to this storage to fill all available seats in your car to deter people from asking for rides because you find driving stressful enough without adding company. - You have missed the exit for your house on the way home from work, e... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: This feels a little counterproductive... |
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Posted: 10 Mar 2010, 9:05 pm
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| MyFutureSelfnMe - yes, it depends. But people think that Aspies feel nothing, it's not true. We only can't express or realise. Some Aspies are asexual, but it's not true that all are. Some already don't know they feel sth. Some parents think that their Aspie child will never want to have bf/gf, bec... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: The Unfortunate Myth of Unconditional Love |
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Posted: 06 Mar 2010, 1:16 am
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Replies: 66
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| Personally I think unconditional love in a romantic relationship is unhealthy. Conditions don't have to be unreasonable or numerous but there needs to be some just so you can kind of register that your not the only one giving in the relationship. I think true love (for lack of a better term) is not ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: You Might be an Aspie if... |
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Posted: 06 Mar 2010, 12:33 am
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| Sectional plates Decisions on what to wear and what to eat are made for you. Solitude. A rigid routine. You know that the library there would be pure bliss because it's material everyone else won't touch. It's better NOT to be sociable because that only gets you in trouble. And find the only flaw t... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: This feels a little counterproductive... |
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Posted: 06 Mar 2010, 12:19 am
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| I don't know, depending on who's reading them the memoir books could help, but we really do need a FAQ style book. What questions would you guess want in it? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: This feels a little counterproductive... |
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Posted: 04 Mar 2010, 7:03 pm
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| What I would like to see in a book (and with all the other topics mentioned so far, why should we limit ourselves to one?) is a more basic explanation of symptoms, issues, coping mechanisms etc... from the aspie side of it. While there is material out right now that doesn't do this, I can count how ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: First time in history!! !! The NT/AS open hotline ! !! !! ! |
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Posted: 03 Mar 2010, 10:31 am
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| To NTs: What is with the all or nothing thing? Any time I request a limit on social interaction or touch or conversation with those close to me they cut it off completely despite repeated attempt to explain I just need a break or a little less of it. Even the cut off takes multiple requests which al... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: This feels a little counterproductive... |
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Posted: 02 Mar 2010, 11:30 pm
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| Temple Grandin wrote some. Thanks :). It sucks that the library here doesn't have anything by him, but I added some of his to my Book Mooch list. Any fellow moochers on here by the way? Neurotypical input is useful, but they should run it past us for correction before it goes to press. We are the u... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Five Languages of Love and Black Box Republic? |
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Posted: 02 Mar 2010, 11:23 pm
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| The Five Love Languages is a series of self help books. Black Box Republic is a dating/social networking sort of site. I think the other two are material gifts and time but I can't remember for sure. I actually didn't read the book in public school, it was on a reading list for a psychology class wh... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Second-hand book shops. Talk about expensive! |
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Posted: 01 Mar 2010, 12:35 am
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| I don't even bother with the second hand book shops around here anymore. There was one really good one but it closed about two years ago. Bookmooch.com all the way now. Just take the ones with me that I'm sending out when I go to the post office to send off orders for my business and wait for my new... |
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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: What sports are good for Aspies? |
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Posted: 01 Mar 2010, 12:17 am
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| Despite the bullying I loved soccer and basketball. My eye sight is awful so these were the only sports with a big enough ball that I wasn't an epic fail at it. When I finally got contacts I got really into floor hockey and that was the only team sport that I didn't get bullied in. I think it was be... |
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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: Children MUST GET VACCINATED!! !! |
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Posted: 01 Mar 2010, 12:08 am
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| I always wondered how someone with an egg allergy gets vaccinated actually. Is the allergy to all eggs usually or just chicken eggs? If its just chicken I suppose an alternate batch can be grown in a different kind of egg, but for most diseases we vaccinate for as long as you aren't traveling to are... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: This feels a little counterproductive... |
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Posted: 28 Feb 2010, 12:47 pm
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Replies: 34
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| That would actually be an awesome project for the whole WP community. We have enough writers on here and there's plenty of NTs on here too to bounce stuff off of to make sure it makes sense. Aspergers by Aspies! (or maybe it was just a little too early for that Red Bull....) |
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