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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Mother thinks I have prader Willi syndrome |
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Posted: 09 Jan 2019, 6:02 pm
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Replies: 35
Views: 1,445
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| I'm sort of cursed with low muscle tone and I'm an aspie. It happens quite a lot in Asperger's. That is why we slouch. It takes painful tension to stand straight. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do we need more sleep than NTers? |
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Posted: 09 Jan 2019, 5:57 pm
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Replies: 42
Views: 1,396
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Me yes.
I would never be able to do it with 7 hours day after day. I'd always be tired. I have a lot of REM sleep. |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: What is the best way to apologize? |
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Posted: 24 Jul 2016, 9:39 pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,810
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| I think it depends on whom you are apologizing to. Some people don't care if you even know what you did wrong, they need you to apologize as an emotional gesture, that you are sad you did it. Some people do not care so much about the gesture, they more care about that you understand what you did wro... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: NTs with poor social skills |
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Posted: 15 Jul 2016, 8:15 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,224
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| I might not be a good conversation starter but I know better than to ask smalltalk with someone who just went to a funeral. I would be more prone to say something totally stupid aimed to show them they have my sympathies. Also people who are normally quite sane sometimes say dumb things at times. Li... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: "Weird" things you find relaxing |
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Posted: 14 Jul 2016, 6:52 pm
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Replies: 100
Views: 5,790
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| Playing "Sweet Drmzzz". It's free online. I played all the game levels but sometimes I play a level just for relaxation. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: NTs with poor social skills |
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Posted: 14 Jul 2016, 6:41 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,224
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| NT:s often don't know when to stop. Because for some reason it is OK to hurt people with questions. If it is the right ones. "What do you DO?" "As in work? I am on disability but I'm interested in..." "Why are you on disability?!" "Because X,Y, Z, anyway..." (... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspie shyness poll |
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Posted: 14 Jul 2016, 6:32 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 772
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| Not shy. Talkative. But if I'm paired up with someone shy I might not be able to drive the convo anyway. And if paired up with someone talkative I might not be given a chance to talk. Also I hate to intrude so I don't ask personal stuff cuz I hate when people ask me that. But at the same time I migh... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Suicide - no-one understands? |
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Posted: 14 Jul 2016, 6:04 pm
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,364
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| Long ago I mentioned to my doctor that I hoped my illness would kill me. She just laughed as if I was joking. I have realized later on that I look pretty much the same when I am OK compared to when I'm depressed. People usually think I do better than I do when I am not well because I just explains i... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspergers is not just being socially awkward |
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Posted: 14 Jul 2016, 5:41 pm
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,407
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| I don't think of it as a disorder per se. I might be one of those annoying people who thinks it is part of who I was supposed to be. Everything neurological is a tradeoff. If I want some of my talents, those cannot exist in a brain that is not sensitive to anything. The talents are closely connected... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Non visual non language thinking |
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Posted: 14 Jul 2016, 5:27 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 461
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| I've talked about this with people and most of them have no idea what I'm talking about. I feel my third inner language is language, my second one is images and my first is just thoughts. People then ask me what makes up the thoughts that makes me know what I'm thinking about. I have no idea really.... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Post a theory. Post many theories. No matter what it is. |
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Posted: 14 Jul 2016, 1:47 pm
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Replies: 157
Views: 16,174
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| My theory is that most doctors are sociopaths. Sociopathy in doctors is in most cases a learned personality disorder that they acquired at some point in medical school, where they had their empathy completely conditioned out of them as it is unlikely that the sheer volume of sociopaths in the medic... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Post a theory. Post many theories. No matter what it is. |
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Posted: 14 Jul 2016, 1:39 pm
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Replies: 157
Views: 16,174
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| Theory time I just posted about sundowning in another post When the sun goes down And Alzheimers patients get worse I was wondering if it happens to Aspies Because I feel kind of crazier at night Lycanthropic sometimes What if Lycanthropy is a form of Autism I dont have much to base it on besides m... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Experience with benzodiazepines? |
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Posted: 14 Jul 2016, 9:36 am
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,306
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| Not sure what obsessiveness means, but I take a low dosage Luvox for this with amazing results. It is the number one med for OCD. All people cannot tolerate SSRIs though. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Routines vs predictabilty |
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Posted: 14 Jul 2016, 7:13 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 551
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| (Sorry about the random breaking up my post but it brought me into imnorobot hell when I tried to post all text in one post....) I might be a robot? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Routines vs predictabilty |
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Posted: 14 Jul 2016, 7:11 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 551
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| Like if you get up at 7 you do, if you eat cereal for breakfast you do that. And so on throughout the day. I can't relate to that at all. It takes me a million years to establish routine, and all my routines are piggypacking on other people's routines. I do some stuff the same way, if I have found t... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Routines vs predictabilty |
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Posted: 14 Jul 2016, 7:11 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 551
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| Insistence on sameness, inflexible adherence to routines, or ritualized patterns of verbal or nonverbal behavior (e.g., extreme distress at small changes, difficulties with transitions, rigid thinking patterns, greeting rituals, need to take same route or eat same food every day). This is from DSM-... |
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