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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: I do I stop letting all my opportunities slip by? |
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Posted: 27 Sep 2019, 11:25 pm
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| I'm not sure how much of this would apply to you, but part of anxiety for me was looking for the "right" or "perfect" response, which really doesn't exist. Having to perform socially and having something to prove. So it creates an impasse that inevitably results in withdrawing b... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Will disabled people in general understand my Autism? |
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Posted: 19 Sep 2019, 11:48 pm
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Replies: 6
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| I think you should go, but I do have a few things to say. First, I do think there is significantly more autistic women than the world thinks there is, they just get different labels slapped onto them. If you want to seek out such women, look for mental health groups, the disabled group would likely ... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: I do I stop letting all my opportunities slip by? |
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Posted: 19 Sep 2019, 10:19 pm
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| I've come to find that most my social difficulties come not from direct symptoms of autism, but from social anxiety. My anxiety is like a gate - when it's closed, it acts as a wall, but once someone opens the door I pass right through. I'm probably very socially awkward, but from experience I've tha... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: If it's Metal post it! |
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Posted: 26 Aug 2019, 5:26 pm
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Replies: 637
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Favorite Guitar Solos |
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Posted: 26 Aug 2019, 5:25 pm
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Replies: 64
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| https://youtu.be/vAKheilC4fg https://youtu.be/_FrOQC-zEog https://youtu.be/LgD12JZuKNk Always, lovely the insensity and emotion that the guitar brings to the whole package. I was just coming to post Comfortably Numb. So, I guess instead I'll post a Pink Floyd-esque Tarby song: http://www.youtube.co... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: If it's Metal post it! |
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Posted: 08 Jun 2019, 11:17 pm
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Replies: 637
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By far the best deathgrind song ever written. |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Working on a Novel |
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Posted: 08 Jun 2019, 11:14 pm
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Replies: 4
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Kraichgauer wrote: Is she an alien, or a mutant, or a Cthulhu spawn?
None of the above. She's what's called a chromopula, though I guess it's not entirely wrong to say she's an alien or a mutant. |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Working on a Novel |
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Posted: 29 May 2019, 12:44 am
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Replies: 4
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kraftiekortie wrote: Haven't seen you in a while....welcome back!
Good luck with the Octopus!
I never really left, I just gradually stopped frequently the site as I no longer felt the need to. |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Working on a Novel |
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Posted: 28 May 2019, 12:14 am
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Replies: 4
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| I'm working on a novel where the main character is an autistic octopus girl. I've finished the first draft for the first part. I'm wondering if anyone is interested in being a pre-reader. That is all. |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Favorite Metal Bands? |
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Posted: 27 May 2019, 11:58 pm
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Replies: 23
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| Here's a tangent all of us probably have a worthwhile opinion about; what defines metal? What criteria do you use to drawn the boundaries between metal vs. punk rock, alternative rock, progressive rock and hard rock or other guitar based music you feel metal overlaps with? If OP would like, I'll cr... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Favorite Metal Bands? |
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Posted: 13 Mar 2019, 1:50 am
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Replies: 23
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| Iron Maiden System of a Down In Flames Dir En Grey Judas Priest Disturbed Tool Astronoid Tarby Oathbreaker Pain of Salvation Savatage Death Amorphis Nightwish Sabaton Deftones Alice in Chains Periphery Killswitch Engage Mastodon Black Sabbath PrinceWhateverer Devin Townsend Project Rishloo Sleep Tok... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Favorite Guitar Solos |
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Posted: 13 Mar 2019, 1:45 am
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Replies: 64
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This one is even better than the other Dinosaur Jr. one:
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Set of scientific tests related to Autism Spectrum Disorders |
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Posted: 15 Oct 2018, 5:47 pm
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Replies: 800
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| Is there any other tests like Mind in the Eyes that target other specific skills? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Mild intellectual disability or ASD lvl 1 - what is worse? |
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Posted: 15 Oct 2018, 5:44 pm
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Replies: 23
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| I think the autistic person is simulanously more gifted and more disabled. They can go much further, but may also be more restricted in other areas. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Automated Assessment Tools For Various Attritbutes |
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Posted: 15 Oct 2018, 2:27 am
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Replies: 3
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| The following ones are a waste of time in trying to see "Improvement in" (In order from most to least); Maintaining eye contact (This is often painful or overwhelming, and isn't necessary. If anything, faking may be useful.) Repetitive patterns of behavior (Extremely important for showing... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Automated Assessment Tools For Various Attritbutes |
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Posted: 13 Oct 2018, 8:43 pm
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| One other thing I forgot to mention, if anyone knows of any games that can help with "Awareness about sensitive subjects" or "Social etiquettes" that would also be helpful. |
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