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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: This is the only place I feel comfortable sharing this... |
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Posted: 01 Mar 2016, 7:37 pm
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Replies: 38
Views: 1,094
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Quick update: On February 24, I celebrated one year clean and sober. Today is day 371.  |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: If you could cure yourself of Asperger's, would you? |
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Posted: 24 Sep 2015, 2:32 pm
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Replies: 55
Views: 2,531
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| No. The way my brain works is the only thing I have going for me. I don't know if this is the price I pay for the gift of creativity but I would rather endure the bad things that come with this than risk losing the good parts. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Complaints that you make people "uncomfortable" |
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Posted: 04 Sep 2015, 8:11 pm
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Replies: 66
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| I get this all the time. I don't do it intentionally, but it seems like I always get pulled aside after a few weeks in a new social group to be told I'm making people uncomfortable. That and people joking/implying that I'm a serial killer. Which is stupid since serial killers tend to be extremely ch... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Unhealthy special interests |
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Posted: 04 Sep 2015, 8:09 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 729
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| Yes. I got REALLY into alcohol and drugs for a few years and am lucky to have survived the experience. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Digits of Pi |
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Posted: 24 Aug 2015, 7:14 pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 519
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: On a happy note, good things about having autism are... |
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Posted: 07 Aug 2015, 9:02 pm
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Replies: 32
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| We can use our focus to achieve things regular people only dream of. Case in point, Dr. Michael Burry saw the real estate crash coming because he was the only person who actually read the investment documents aside from the lawyers drafting them. And it's not insider trading if the other party doesn... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Drug questions |
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Posted: 26 Jul 2015, 4:24 pm
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Replies: 16
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| #1 Have you suffered from drug abuse c) Yes, it has stopped. #2: Have you ever taken marijuana? a) Yes #3 Have you've ever taken opioids? b) No Have you ever taken amphetamines? b) No Have you ever taken methamphetamine? b) No Have you ever taken THC? a) Yes Have you ever token benzodiazepines? a) ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Drug questions |
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Posted: 26 Jul 2015, 1:42 am
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Replies: 16
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| #1 Have you suffered from drug abuse c) Yes, it has stopped. #2: Have you ever taken marijuana? a) Yes #3 Have you've ever taken opioids? b) No Have you ever taken amphetamines? b) No Have you ever taken methamphetamine? b) No Have you ever taken THC? a) Yes Have you ever token benzodiazepines? a) Y... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What's Your One Worst Fear? |
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Posted: 19 Jul 2015, 8:42 pm
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Replies: 16
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| Outliving my retirement and having to work some dead-end job and living paycheck to paycheck. That or wasting away in a nursing home. I honestly don't know which one would be worse. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is it true Aspergers cannot lie? |
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Posted: 19 Jul 2015, 8:36 pm
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RoadRatt wrote: Aspies can lie. We tend towards telling the truth though, even if it's brutal.
This I think sums up the question. We can and do lie, but prefer the truth even when that truth is not socially acceptable. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Talking to yourself...A lot. |
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Posted: 19 Jul 2015, 8:34 pm
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Replies: 33
Views: 3,727
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| I talk to myself all the time. It's a good way to debate ideas, and it allows me to have someone to talk to who understands me. |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: A different 4 Stages of Aspergers – Where are You? |
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Posted: 19 Jul 2015, 8:31 pm
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Replies: 78
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| Validation. "I knew I wasn't broken! I'm just different!! !" |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: When did you *cry* the most in your life? |
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Posted: 30 Jun 2015, 8:23 pm
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Replies: 29
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| When I was drinking, my mom got sick of me and disowned me and told me she never wanted to speak to me again. I cried uncontrollably for days. It hurt even more than when I found out my father had died. It still does, but I'm coming to grips with it as the time passes. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Is anyone else here addicted to Reddit? |
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Posted: 11 Jun 2015, 4:16 pm
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Replies: 12
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| I am. I have 2 accounts there with more than 100,000 karma and I'm considering getting a third up to the same level. Reddit is all I do pretty much every waking moment(when I'm not here of course!) |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: This is the only place I feel comfortable sharing this... |
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Posted: 05 Jun 2015, 2:07 pm
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Replies: 38
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| Yeah. I'm still in sales. I don't like it, but it pays the bills and I don't want to jump to a new business till I'm back on my feet. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Post a blatant lie |
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Posted: 02 Jun 2015, 12:12 pm
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Replies: 18,828
Views: 711,494
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| The reason we haven't been able to get to Mars is that it's guarded by interplanetary trolls. And since the US government doesn't negotiate with terrorists, we won't pay the troll toll. |
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