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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are you housebound due to sensitivities? |
| Adamantus |
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Posted: 24 Mar 2025, 9:47 am
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| My friend cannot go out due to sirens, flashing lights and flourescent clothing. She feels imprisoned in her own home and cannot go out without help. I've never met anyone who is like this on the spectrum before so we feel quite along in this. This is being totally housebound, not just that it's dif... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: If you have PDA, have you made any progress? |
| Adamantus |
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Posted: 12 Feb 2025, 12:08 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 22,697
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Don't have PDA
If you do not have PDA please do not answer this topic.
Do have PDA or suspected
I can't cope with demands and they cause me so much pain. I can never seem to change that, have any of you made any progress with demands, even your own? If so, what did you do? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you struggle to understand the societal structure? |
| Adamantus |
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Posted: 13 Nov 2022, 7:16 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,058
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| not sure that in a dictatorship everybody knows where they stand, from the dictator we know where we stand but all the levels of the group that is being dictated to will still find various levels of power and works within the dictatorship, and of course power structures everywhere are constantly sh... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: aren't ret*d people the opposite of autistic people? |
| Adamantus |
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Posted: 08 Nov 2022, 11:45 am
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Replies: 140
Views: 16,627
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| It's impossible to say really. Is an orange the opposite of an apple? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you struggle to understand the societal structure? |
| Adamantus |
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Posted: 06 Nov 2022, 7:18 am
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Replies: 16
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| I worked with animals for years and understand power structure, can read it clearly in any room by watching other people's interactions. I don't know what you mean by societal structure... surely that is different in every level from family structure to structure of countries or even the world. If ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Never invited out anywhere |
| Adamantus |
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Posted: 28 Oct 2022, 2:19 pm
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Replies: 48
Views: 2,508
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| I run a group for Autistics and we try to invite them out to our events all the time, but most don't show up most of the time. The reason most people don't show up is usually anxiety, cost, or physical disabilities. You really have to engage with people and put energy and time into relationships in ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: "Cringe Culture" has ruined lives |
| Adamantus |
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Posted: 28 Oct 2022, 2:16 pm
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Replies: 20
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| What do you mean by cringle culture though? When I hear this I tend to think of the old days of watching people on Popstars / X-Factor. Some of those performances were genuinely cringy but I understand your point that it could be taking advantage of vulnerable people. Nowadays what I find cringy is ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you struggle to understand the societal structure? |
| Adamantus |
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Posted: 28 Oct 2022, 2:10 pm
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Replies: 16
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| I think I need to understand the structure of society in order to cope. In the past it was just a simple pyramid of power but now it seems to be much more complicated, or no structure at all. How do you cope? How does it work now? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How do you cope with learning new things? |
| Adamantus |
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Posted: 18 Mar 2021, 7:16 am
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Replies: 16
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| are you anxious or stressed? because the symptoms are similar. i used to confuse them https://www.cardinalinnovations.org/Resources/Blog/Stress-vs-Anxiety-What-s-the-Difference it's normal to feel stress after studying for people with sensory issues Yeah, but when you can't even watch a video on a ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How do you cope with learning new things? |
| Adamantus |
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Posted: 16 Mar 2021, 5:13 pm
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Replies: 16
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| For me, it is not a matter of "coping" and feeling anxious. Quite the opposite, in fact. It is a matter of knowing when to stop and assimilated what I have learned. It's always so hard to know when to stop. I take breaks when it gets too tough otherwise I can't think straight. But there... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How do you cope with learning new things? |
| Adamantus |
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Posted: 16 Mar 2021, 2:55 pm
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Replies: 16
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| Every time I have to learn sometime it's always new, and new causes me so much pain. I don't know what to do. Like I keep on studying things like programming and other IT-related subjects but no matter how relaxed I am at the start within a few hours I'm totally anxious about it. I keep trying but i... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why is everyone is psychic except for me? |
| Adamantus |
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Posted: 08 Jun 2020, 4:03 am
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Replies: 21
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| It happens to me time after time and it makes me worried that people can ready my thoughts. Today a builder is in the house and every time I go through he hits me with some new thing to be worried about. I would rather he just gets on with it. Anyway I walked back through and he said " I don't ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: PDA: Strategies for dealing with routine changes |
| Adamantus |
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Posted: 07 May 2020, 9:50 am
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Replies: 1
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| I struggle when I have to come back to work for the first 2 days. There is literally nothing I can do to make things better. The only thing I can do is talk about it to my employer but it doesn't help that much. I can only think clearly by day 3 and can't get any work done until then. If you have th... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: I can't take criticism of any kind. |
| Adamantus |
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Posted: 02 May 2019, 10:33 am
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Replies: 18
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| Exactly the same here, I don't know what to do. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Social skills for HFA |
| Adamantus |
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Posted: 27 Mar 2019, 5:30 am
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,479
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| See about an autism support group for adults. You can exchange observations and tips without feeling judged for being different. Incidentally, I found your strong objection to use of the word "normal" off-putting. Do you want to have a meaningful conversation with others here, or do you w... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Social skills for HFA |
| Adamantus |
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Posted: 26 Mar 2019, 11:06 am
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Replies: 19
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BTDT wrote: Anyone who mentions Godel's theorem in a discussion on social skill is strange.
You may continue to have issues with relationships if you consider yourself normal but unable to have a relationship.
Who is "normal" anyway? I don't think anyone is. But we're getting off-topic here. |
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