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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Did you self isolate as a child? |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 16 May 2024, 3:37 pm
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Replies: 8
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| I wouldn't say I self-isolated, but I always preferred to spend most of my time alone. I sometimes hung out with other kids or at least talked to them at school, but generally I could be found doing my own thing. I didn't run around in the woods because we were in a city with no woods nearby, and a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Did you self isolate as a child? |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 15 May 2024, 9:59 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 323
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| I'm wondering if other people were isolated by choice as a children. I never had the desire to socialize with other kids or even adults of that matter. If someone wanted to talk about my special interests, I'd want to interact; but people who shared my special interests were so far few in between. I... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Staying home all day long |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 15 May 2024, 6:40 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,380
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| I lived in the middle of nowhere for decades. There simply was nowhere to go. When people talk about "going out" I am always mystified by where they go and what they do there. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Discussing Suicide Prevention in the Autism Community |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 15 May 2024, 6:37 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 978
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funeralxempire wrote: I'd never share suicidal feelings with anyone who might reasonably interfere.
Same |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autism and Letting Go of Past Trauma |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 03 May 2024, 8:37 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,182
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| I was diagnosed when I was very young. Around 7 or 8. I don't remember any extinctual crisis because I was still a child in a single digit age. They called it Asperger's back then...despite the fact I had a speech delay. Being autistic is all I ever knew. My parents did not hide my diagnosis from me... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Trauma from Existence of Menstruation |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 03 May 2024, 8:28 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,832
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| I had a hysterectomy at 23 so I would stop having periods. Found a doctor who agreed with me. I couldn't remember to take hormones and those might have bad side effects. An IUD would be too painful to put in. I never wanted children anyway. Everyone said I would regret having a hysterectomy so young... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does EVERYONE have childhood trauma? |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 03 May 2024, 8:25 pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,573
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| Yep and probably will for the rest of my life too. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Inpatient Mental Health Facility for Autistic Adults? (US) |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 23 Apr 2024, 5:21 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,784
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| If it does, it's only for insanely rich people with private insurance. Yes, they do exist technically but they are for people considered "low functioning" and you should avoid them at all costs due to abuse being rampant in them. Most employees aren't background checked and they will hire ... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: What disorders do you relate to? |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 23 Apr 2024, 5:15 pm
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Replies: 28
Views: 5,605
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Schizoid personality disorder, PTSD, OCD, PDA, ODD.
Diagnosed with autism and AD/HD. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Characters whose autistic traits you relate to |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 23 Apr 2024, 5:13 pm
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Replies: 76
Views: 9,683
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| DW from the children's show Arthur reminds me very much of me when I was little. Same here! D.W. was my favorite character I never understood why everyone seems to hate her. But then people also hate on Muffin Heeler from Bluey who is kind of like D.W., just a 3 year old still learning how to maste... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Scientists push new paradigm of animal consciousness |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 23 Apr 2024, 5:11 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,398
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| The real question is do humans experience empathy |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Were you an active child? |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 21 Apr 2024, 9:55 am
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Replies: 18
Views: 4,329
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| Yes but I mostly played alone or with my dog. |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: SBSK (Special Books by Special Kids) Rant/Vent/Concerns etc. |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 21 Apr 2024, 9:53 am
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Replies: 21
Views: 7,036
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| Inspiration porn in a nutshell |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Identifying Autistic Boomers and Gen X |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 21 Apr 2024, 9:39 am
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Replies: 19
Views: 4,835
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| I'm 100% convinced my grandmother was autistic and my mother is autistic. I think my dad was too. My dad went no contact with his parents ever since I could remember. He never talked about them and we never saw them. We just didn't talk about my father's parents. My mother's father passed away when ... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Can you experience symptoms in dreams? |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 21 Apr 2024, 9:35 am
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Replies: 2
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| I've had dreams of animals that protect me since childhood. |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Father asks court to stop daughters assisted suicide |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 19 Apr 2024, 7:21 pm
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Replies: 26
Views: 4,317
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| Assisted suicide should be available anyone over the age of 21 who wants it, regardless as to why. No ones pain and suffering is any less or any greater than someone else's. Someone struggling with debilitating depression should have just as much of a right to an assisted suicide as someone who has ... |
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