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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Another newbie |
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Posted: 15 Jul 2020, 9:06 am
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,548
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Post Something That Made You Stressed Today. |
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Posted: 08 Jul 2020, 6:47 pm
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Replies: 166
Views: 67,164
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| I'm a 'shielded' patient during Covid. So being indoors today made me slightly stressed and edgy by 10am, as I hadn't been out for a few days. Despite the weather forecast not beng so good, i changed my plans and work for the day and instead cycled with it and my laptop to the park where I worked un... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Buzzing/high pitched noise -anyone else |
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Posted: 24 Jun 2020, 12:42 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 922
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| I can usually hear something, even if it's just a faint ringing in my ears. Maybe we can call it "the sound of silence" because it's always there. I always wear earplugs to sleep btw, and have for about ten years now. I'm a really light sleeper. I'm a really light sleeper too: I can remem... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: aspergers used as excuse too much |
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Posted: 20 Jun 2020, 4:24 pm
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Replies: 57
Views: 8,739
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| Okay, here's a thing: In the UK, around 1-2% of the population have autism spectrum disorder. Of those, I'm not sure how many are Aspies but, clearly, a smaller proportion of the population again. Given the hundreds of stories you read in the news and see on TV each day/week, how often does the excu... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Having A Hard Time Handling Loneliness |
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Posted: 19 Jun 2020, 3:11 pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 444
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| It is something that is hard to understand. Yes. Very. But you're not alone. I think thx only advice I can give is to do group activities. Focus on yourself. You can't control others. You are more than worthy. Yes, I love group activities. A cycling group I know is great - the focus is the cycle, a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Adverts: Love 'em or loathe them? |
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Posted: 19 Jun 2020, 2:44 pm
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,647
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| Thank you all for responding so far. Interestingly, I posted this poll around 4 hours ago and of the 10 poll responses, all have been 'dislike' or 'hate'-red of ads. My autism and ideological / political preferences combine to induce a near-violent hatred of ads. Yes Not surprisingly I've surgically... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Talking to Liars |
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Posted: 19 Jun 2020, 10:59 am
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Replies: 41
Views: 1,346
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| It took me decades to learn that when people said "We should get together sometime" or "I'll call you again" or "I'd love to hear more about that later" they don't mean it. I was once casually invited to a birthday party (We're having a party on Sunday for so and so's ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: UK Aspies - the National Autistic Society 'Covid-19 Survey' |
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Posted: 19 Jun 2020, 10:34 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 578
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| I wanted to do the survey but after I answered about two questions a message came up telling me that I am not qualified to take this survey and now it won't let me do it from my computer again. :? :? Silly survey! I wonder if it has to do with any 'cookies'? TBH, I always block cookies: Many things... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Receiving counselling when you are autistic |
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Posted: 19 Jun 2020, 10:14 am
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Replies: 28
Views: 1,232
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| I found some counselling helpful to reconcile past behaviour of other people with my reactions and feelings. But that's not to say I thought any better of those people. I just understand myself better as an Aspie. My counselling was always privately paid for, despite the eye-watering expense: I don'... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: UK Aspies - the National Autistic Society 'Covid-19 Survey' |
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Posted: 19 Jun 2020, 10:02 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 578
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| . Because of Covid-19 a lot of things have had to go 'online'. Many of those companies/organisations weren't ready to do so. I'm aware the UK's official 'National Autistic Society' ('NAS') has had complaints about the lack of support Aspies get, particularly when "everythings's online" isn... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Adverts: Love 'em or loathe them? |
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Posted: 19 Jun 2020, 9:36 am
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,647
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| Explanation for my poll: I'm 57 y/o. I wasn't diagnosed an Aspie until aged 46. Until my diagnosis, I'd noticed all sorts of things about myself which made me think i wasn't normal (Aspie-speak = 'neuro-typical'). I'm no good in loud places - I can't hear anyone speak despite everyone else being ab... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: advantages of aspergers |
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Posted: 15 Jun 2020, 5:01 pm
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,619
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| Things I can do: Intense work focus; attention to detail; finding patterns; finding solutions (preferably simple ones). Do I wish to lose the above in favour of being neuro-typical? Yes. I'm not suggesting other Aspies aren't happy with being Aspies and/or their super-powers, I'm just referring to m... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Talking to Liars |
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Posted: 15 Jun 2020, 4:35 pm
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Replies: 41
Views: 1,346
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| Today, I'm upset about people who didn't keep appointments, but there are many variations that give me the same feeling. I can't believe what someone says after being caught lying, but somehow there will be more trouble if I don't wait and let them betray the trust. I feel like an accomplice for gi... |
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Forum: LGBT Discussion Topic: Favourite LGBT films? |
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Posted: 14 Jun 2020, 6:34 pm
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Replies: 262
Views: 100,815
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| "Christopher and his Kind", based on Christopher Isherwood's life in Berlin, where he met the real-life Sally Bowles around whom he based the novel that went on to be the film "Cabaret". "Christopher and his Kind" is great - highly amusing in places, deeply sad in other... |
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Forum: Stats Topic: Long or short hair? (Or somewhere in-between?) |
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Posted: 14 Jun 2020, 6:10 pm
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Replies: 89
Views: 53,832
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| Short. I assume it's my AS, but I like my hair really tidy. Given my age, it's not a question of vanity, nor am I particularly fashion conscious, but I dislike my hair to go much beyond 10 days without a cut. So, lockdown in the UK's been tricky, and I've had to watch several lockdown videos to lear... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Monuments to racism toppling around the world. |
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Posted: 14 Jun 2020, 5:57 pm
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Replies: 427
Views: 21,165
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| If the Churchill one gets toppled (Black and Tans were evil, he did other evil stuff too like causing a famine in India), we should appease the people who are good and not bigots but object to it cos he was a World War Two hero. I suggest Alan Turing. Man was probably aspie, gay, a war hero of the ... |
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