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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How Old Were You At Diagnosis? |
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Posted: 07 Mar 2019, 9:24 pm
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Replies: 30
Views: 822
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| Well my mother used to take me to lots of doctors because I would get sick a lot as a little kid. One of those doctors told my mother that I was autistic. She thought that was messed up, so she didn't do anything about it. I went on to have severe mental problems for the rest of my childhood and tee... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: How do you deal with feeling excluded? |
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Posted: 07 Mar 2019, 9:08 pm
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,165
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| I don't know what I am doing wrong, I make an effort to try to connect but it just always ends up feeling like other people cannot be bothered talking to me. Or they do it just to be nice but don't really seek out my friendship as much as I seek out other friends. It's so hard not to take this crap... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: How do you deal with feeling excluded? |
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Posted: 07 Mar 2019, 6:49 pm
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,165
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| I usually end up in tears over a situation like that and especially when I want to join a conversation but I am told that the conversation is private. It also hurts whenever I see people making or talking about their plans right in front of me. Recently though, I have learned that people like to pl... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: How do you deal with feeling excluded? |
| leozelig |
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Posted: 07 Mar 2019, 2:33 pm
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Replies: 25
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| How do you deal with feeling excluded? I busy myself with reading science, science-fiction, and science-fiction role-playing game books. Sometimes I'll see who is on the ham bands or the CB radio. Other times, I'll just go for a walk or watch TV. Thanks those are all good ideas, and I have been try... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: How do you deal with feeling excluded? |
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Posted: 07 Mar 2019, 2:29 pm
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,165
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| I don't know what I am doing wrong, I make an effort to try to connect but it just always ends up feeling like other people cannot be bothered talking to me. Or they do it just to be nice but don't really seek out my friendship as much as I seek out other friends. It's so hard not to take this crap... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: How do you deal with feeling excluded? |
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Posted: 07 Mar 2019, 11:08 am
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,165
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| Hello, I seem to end up in situations where I am feeling good and a part of some interest group. Then I start to want to help more and I end up participating more than other people seem to want to. Until I am the only one making any effort and feel like other people are indifferent to my presence. I... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Life Is Passing Me By |
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Posted: 09 Apr 2018, 1:23 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 176
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| My life was always that same way for a very long time. I'd go days and months just doing the hobbies I had without any structure to them. I think the only pressure I felt to do more goal-oriented activities, like going to college, were the critical comments that I would get from loved ones. The thin... |
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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: Chronic fatigue syndrome |
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Posted: 04 Feb 2018, 10:49 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 433
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| Hello, I am wondering if any aspies suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome. I saw a documentary about a woman with this condition and it was shocking how much I related to it. It was when I began having a lot of health problems in my 20's that my Asperger's syndrome came right up to the surface. I'm j... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Too much stuff going on...! |
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Posted: 29 Dec 2017, 3:49 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 157
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| Living with random / extended family members is difficult, and stressful. But like you say, often a necessity if one has low income due to disability. Moving is stressful as well, and autistics struggle with change even more than most people. I've had to face all of that too, and at times it's been... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Too much stuff going on...! |
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Posted: 29 Dec 2017, 12:08 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 157
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| If you have particular issues you may want to ask for help on this forum. There may be other Aspies who have found things that will help. Autism is a really tough disorder in that the best people to help are the people who have it, but those that have it can't do social services jobs to help other ... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Too much stuff going on...! |
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Posted: 29 Dec 2017, 9:17 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 157
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| It's taken me a long time to be able to adjust to moving back to my home country with my husband, and getting used to married life. It's very hard. I was finally settling in and then my mother moved back to our apartment that I've always lived with her :( I hate living with my mother and it has take... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you ever get bored of people? |
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Posted: 30 Sep 2017, 11:11 am
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Replies: 19
Views: 882
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| I'm almost always getting bored of other people. It has caused me a lot of problems, and I find it hard to pretend with them, once I am bored of them. I have done a lot of things to help me with it. Like sometimes I can find something specific that's bothering me about someone, for example if they l... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autism and Left-Handedness? |
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Posted: 14 Sep 2017, 3:36 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 871
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Got some lefties on my dad's side of the family, including myself and my dad. My autistic husband's also left handed. I love lefties  |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: What is the point of a party? |
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Posted: 04 Sep 2017, 8:28 am
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,135
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| I think the reason is to share with other people in a group, and trying to have fun together. I personally enjoy going to a party if it's with mostly people I feel comfortable with. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: What am I doing wrong? |
| leozelig |
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Posted: 04 Sep 2017, 8:20 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 468
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| I know that feeling too and it's not pleasant, but there are many possible reasons for why you might not get answers. People have a limited amount of time for reading topics and replying them, so they only open the ones that have a title that is either interesting or sound like something they would... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: What am I doing wrong? |
| leozelig |
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Posted: 04 Sep 2017, 8:16 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 468
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| I don't think anyone is ignoring you or ostracizing you. It's really kind of hit or miss on if your post gets replies or not, depending on if anyone has anything to say and/or contribute to the topic you started. Don't take a lack of replies personally.... try editing and re-wording, or start (or c... |
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