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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: greenturtle74’s Cartoon Guide to Asperger’s |
| Mosborn |
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Posted: 09 Nov 2018, 7:33 pm
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Replies: 680
Views: 779,926
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Post something that made you UNHAPPY today. |
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Posted: 19 Nov 2016, 6:00 pm
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Replies: 31,981
Views: 1,116,936
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| Today I found my first scratches on a car I bought three days ago. It made me unhappy to see the scratches, but what made me even more unhappy was that I cared about it. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Feeling uncomfortable with my name |
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Posted: 11 Aug 2016, 11:08 pm
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Replies: 37
Views: 1,847
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| I was never too fond of my name as I was growing up. I was named "Roy Claude Osborn III." I never really liked "Roy" very well, and "Claude" I did not care for at all. I thought it sounded like "Clod." When I was in my thirties, after I already had two childre... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Metonymic Thinking |
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Posted: 11 Aug 2016, 10:39 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 578
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| It might be sort of a tedious read, but for those who may be interested, this book at Google Books examines what I find to be an interesting commonality among some persons with autistic experiences (specifically Herman Melville, Arthur Schopenhauer, and Ernest Hemingway), namely METYNOMIC THINKING, ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How do I identify my feelings? |
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Posted: 11 Aug 2016, 10:12 pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,045
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| Some years ago, while I was in therapy, my therapist would ask me how I was feeling, and I had a lot of trouble answering those questions because my ability to know how I was feeling was very restricted. I could identify anger easily, and fear, but beyond that the territory was pretty murky for me. ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: NT phrases or questions that drive you nuts! |
| Mosborn |
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Posted: 21 Jul 2016, 10:44 pm
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Replies: 240
Views: 10,700
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| I used to have a terrible time with "How are you?" My mind would race over many topics I had recently been thinking about, I'd try to evaluate my current states of emotion, finances, health, employment, etc., and frantically search for a concise answer to such a broad question while trying... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I interview Steve Silberman about his bestselling book, Neurotribes |
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Posted: 21 Jul 2016, 10:10 pm
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Replies: 162
Views: 10,194
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| Thanks for sending me an email about this article, Alex. I enjoyed the article very much. I posted it on my Facebook page because it's so interesting, I think it might help my friends understand more about the issues, I hope it will help a particular friend see what I am trying to say when I tell he... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Verbal Articulation |
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Posted: 08 Mar 2015, 9:58 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 782
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| “To make biological survival possible, Mind at Large has to be funnelled through the reducing valve of the brain and nervous system. What comes out at the other end is a measly trickle of the kind of consciousness which will help us to stay alive on the surface of this particular planet. To formulat... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Poetry |
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Posted: 08 Mar 2015, 9:56 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 420
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I've got some lyrics posted at UsedMeat.com  |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Post a book you're reading |
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Posted: 08 Mar 2015, 9:50 pm
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Replies: 4,751
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I'm currently reading The Princess Bride.
Most recent book I finished was The Meaning of Meaning. |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: At what age did you have your first official job? |
| Mosborn |
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Posted: 08 Mar 2015, 9:35 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,542
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| The first job I had outside of my own home was cleaning up at a gas station. I stopped by the gas station on the way home from school in the fourth grade, so I must have been 10. I had various little money-making projects as a kid. Like kool-ade stand, or putting on magic shows in the garage, or run... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Best and Worst Jobs for Adults with Autism |
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Posted: 08 Mar 2015, 9:13 pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 3,260
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| I had a wonderful job that started as a fraud analyst for an Internet e-commerce company. It was all about analyzing credit card transactions to spot things that didn't make sense. That grew into areas involving consumer protection, anti-money-laundering, anti-terrorist financing, and a rather large... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: I do not like you. |
| Mosborn |
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Posted: 08 Mar 2015, 9:01 pm
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Replies: 44
Views: 434
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"You better not try any preversions in there."
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