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Forum: The Haven Topic: Common for NTs to displace anger on someone with AS? |
| AtticusKane |
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Posted: 19 Jul 2013, 12:53 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 516
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| I think taking out our bad moods on people who don't deserve it is almost universal. As for expecting you to do his laundry, well, yeah, that sounds like just the kind of weird-as-hell thing I've come to expect from NTs... I don't get it. |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: shared diagnosis with employer today |
| AtticusKane |
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Posted: 19 Jul 2013, 12:23 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 3,440
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| Well hey man, we can cling to our labels all we want, but the truth is that none of us has enough knowledge about the human brain to sufficiently define what we are. Any of us. Autistic, schizophrenic, sociopathic, so-called "neurotypical" - we're all a little crazy, and some of us are very crazy. I... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Here we go again..... |
| AtticusKane |
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Posted: 19 Jul 2013, 12:12 am
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,961
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| Non-chalant is good, but don't try to be TOO aloof. Just text her or call her, I know it sucks to initiate but that's what ruined so many of my chances in the past: they thought I didn't care, when in reality, I cared so much that I overanalyzed everything until I became paralyzed and ended up doing... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: HOW TO BE IN THE MOMENT |
| AtticusKane |
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Posted: 18 Jul 2013, 3:18 pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,170
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| Everything disappoints me. Like you said, the memories are mostly happy, but if I really think hard I can remember that most of those times were definitely marked by mixed emotions. So I think it's just a matter of everything isn't what it's cracked up to be. Only through the act of cherishing past ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Taking things literally, figures of speech, etc. |
| AtticusKane |
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Posted: 16 Jul 2013, 2:35 am
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,406
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| I'm terrible with poetry! If you want to say something, just say it. Does it always have to be in some code that only other poets can understand? A friend of mine in college had the same problem with poetry. She was in an advanced English class one semester, and they were studying poetry. In one po... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Traits that bring complaints |
| AtticusKane |
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Posted: 16 Jul 2013, 1:02 am
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,823
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| Wow, you know, I've done that my whole life and never even thought about it. Never seemed to bother anyone much, but it has gotten me a reputation for being forgetful even though I'm really not at all, for most things. Didn't even consider that it might be part of AS. I guess it does bother people a... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Job readiness? |
| AtticusKane |
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Posted: 11 Jul 2013, 12:51 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 769
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| Well, I was basically the same way when I was 17. I feel like i probably could have done either, I just did not want to at all. It might have helped me, actually, since working has helped me find ways to deal with people and learn social skills. But then, I was pretty socially disconnected at that a... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Screw Working, and Screw the DSHS |
| AtticusKane |
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Posted: 11 Jul 2013, 12:29 am
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Replies: 1
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| Figures. Seek help, only to immediately confront ignorance and BS. There is a lot of that in this world. I guess you ought to find another opinion, or two or however many it takes. I imagine the psych industry is as subject to personal bias as any, so finding someone that seems competent and sincere... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Train De-railment |
| AtticusKane |
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Posted: 09 Jul 2013, 2:31 am
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,511
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| It does seem pretty sketchy. Maybe sabotage even? Been hearing about a couple of chemical plant and oil explosions in North America lately.... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Reassurance needed please |
| AtticusKane |
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Posted: 09 Jul 2013, 2:29 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 15,836
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| From your description, your son sounds a lot like me - even more capable and experienced than me when I was 18, and I was taking crazy bus-train trips and flights across the country by myself by then. I was kind of terrified at first that I'd get myself lost or miss the last train or something, but ... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: I will never be HEARD or loved,anyone disagree? |
| AtticusKane |
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Posted: 09 Jul 2013, 2:17 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,302
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| Hey man, I get you. It seems like almost everyone I meet are selfish most of the time, and can't help themselves from being sh***y to anyone they can get away with it to. The exceptions I know convince me that there's still hope for the world, but it does get tough when people just give in to their ... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Do you watch talk shows? |
| AtticusKane |
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Posted: 28 Feb 2013, 1:17 am
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,492
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| Craig Ferguson. The best by far. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Neurological Research on Autism |
| AtticusKane |
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Posted: 28 Feb 2013, 1:09 am
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Replies: 1
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Your opinions on this? |
| AtticusKane |
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Posted: 27 Feb 2013, 6:44 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 634
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| Absolutely true. People need to stop thinking in terms of mental illness and disease when it comes to autism and schizophrenia and bipolar and... you know... the rest. Evolution thrives on diversity. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Apathy |
| AtticusKane |
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Posted: 25 Feb 2013, 2:04 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,622
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| Apathy is as valid an outlook as any other. Like you said, instincts and emotions come from chemicals and electricity. We are derived from a very long chain of impossibly tiny and innumerable interactions like that, from the beginning of time. To me, though, that makes life seem like something a bit... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: I don't have Aspergers? |
| AtticusKane |
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Posted: 14 Sep 2012, 2:18 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,568
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| I know for me, when I try to communicate my subjective experience of symptoms and brain anomalies, some major part always seems to be lost in communication. A psychiatrist may want to diagnose you in some specific way but, and scientists have done recent research on this - the brain just doesn't wor... |
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