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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Harden up people - it is an intolerant world out there. |
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Posted: 18 Sep 2010, 6:43 pm
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| Hope is good, but hope is only a "wish" unless you are prepared to deal with setbacks on the way to attaining what you hope for. "Blind" hope is dangerous for it gives us false illusions. The answer is not "out there" the answer is only and always will be, within ourselves. It is hopeful to think th... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What other diagnosis did you get before Asperger's? |
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Posted: 11 Sep 2010, 8:42 pm
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| Post Traumatic Stress disorder Borderline Personality disorder Narcissistic Personality disorder Anti-social personality disorder psychopathic, anti-social behavioural issues Anger management issues Alcohol and drug abuse issues Major depressive disorder Agoraphobia Generalised Anxiety Disorder Thre... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Harden up people - it is an intolerant world out there. |
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Posted: 11 Sep 2010, 7:56 pm
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| That they will not be taught the skills to not only survive, but to LIVE, and have a good self-esteem. I am not saying that early diagnosis is not a good thing, but are parents given the idea that it is okay to wrap these children up in cotton wool and not expect them to strive or THRIVE because th... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Harden up people - it is an intolerant world out there. |
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Posted: 11 Sep 2010, 7:53 pm
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| That they will not be taught the skills to not only survive, but to LIVE, and have a good self-esteem. I am not saying that early diagnosis is not a good thing, but are parents given the idea that it is okay to wrap these children up in cotton wool and not expect them to strive or THRIVE because th... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Harden up people - it is an intolerant world out there. |
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Posted: 11 Sep 2010, 7:43 pm
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Werecrocodile wrote: At least I'm not the only one keeping it real.
Cheers, Werecrcodile 
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Harden up people - it is an intolerant world out there. |
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Posted: 11 Sep 2010, 6:19 pm
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| I am going to be deeply controversial here and probably really offend people( and lets face it, this post is just my opinion and I am a terrible cynic in the guise of a "realist"), but if I let that hold me back, I would still be living in the dark ages of an emotionally disturbing and fragile exist... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Not sure if I belong here... |
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Posted: 10 Sep 2010, 4:40 pm
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Mollisol, of course you belong here!
It matters little what others think......if you feel good on WP and it helps you, then you belong.
Welcome to WP 
Take good care,
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Social etiquette vs Sociability |
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Posted: 10 Sep 2010, 4:34 pm
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| That's a good blog so I bookmarked it. By no great concidence, my daughter is wrestling with the things you blog about. Thanks Janissy, I hope it helped in some way and I hope your daughter finds some peace and good health. It is a bit of minefield. Some days are downright horrible, some are bearab... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Social etiquette vs Sociability |
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Posted: 10 Sep 2010, 4:30 pm
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| I like your blog, thanks for the link. :) Interesting stuff about ATP. Did you know that gluten-intolerance, ( often-hidden/asymptomatic ) , and the resulting intestinal damage can severely reduce our ability to absorb several of the essential nutrients that you mention, and is associated with a co... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Social etiquette vs Sociability |
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Posted: 10 Sep 2010, 4:21 pm
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| Wow. You just described me to a 'T'! I bookmarked the blog. May I show it to my counselor? Dryad, glad you found some common ground. Absolutely, share with your counselor. There is a print function on the "share this" button at the bottom of the post in the blog if that makes it easier for you. I a... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Wrong Planet...this is good! But... |
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Posted: 10 Sep 2010, 1:51 am
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Replies: 35
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ProfessorCrow wrote: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women.
Good one.
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What do you want to do and what's holding you back? |
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Posted: 10 Sep 2010, 1:37 am
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| I want to make a difference and facilitate a better future through awarness campaigning. Bare with me here... In 2008 I attempted, unsuccessfully to get a career on an Australian CSIRO research ship to be part of a better future for our home Earth. After a difficult job in a hostile location fell a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What do you want to do and what's holding you back? |
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Posted: 10 Sep 2010, 1:32 am
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| Being in the painful process of getting a literary agent, my greatest wish is for my book to be published. I had no real life understanding of the fear until I received an "interest" response from an agent requesting more of my manuscript. All of a sudden, my work for the last two years on a project... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Lucid dreams? |
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Posted: 10 Sep 2010, 1:14 am
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| To the OP, I hear you. I have a had a life of extremely lucid dreams, and some extremely terrifying. A lot of the dreams I had as a kid were premonitory, and I was often right, down to peoples names and features, times and events. I would LOVE to sleep without dreams., as none of the dreams I seem t... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Social etiquette vs Sociability |
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Posted: 10 Sep 2010, 1:07 am
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Hi everyone,
Wanted to save space on WP and ask if you guys could have a look at this post on my blog rather than pasting it on here. It is kinda long.
The Demon Run
It is an observation that I made regarding the above topic. Wanted to see what you thought.
Thanks in advance,
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspie v's Boarderline Personality Disorder |
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Posted: 10 Sep 2010, 12:55 am
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Replies: 8
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| Can I just point out here that there are people on this board who have been diagnosed with both AS and BPD. I am one of them, and it was hell. I was also diagnosed with traits of NPD and Anti-social PD and "psychopathic anti-social problems".......This was way before Aspergers was even heard of, esp... |
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