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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Being Alone vs Being Lonely |
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Posted: 15 Sep 2015, 4:44 am
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Replies: 47
Views: 1,926
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iliketrees wrote: I like being alone and never feel lonely when I am. I do however feel lonely when I'm not alone. The only times I feel alone is when I'm around people. I don't know how to explain it.
There is nothing to explain here. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: what is on your nightstand? |
| paolo |
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Posted: 09 Sep 2015, 9:16 am
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Replies: 23
Views: 774
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| A lamp and many books I will never be able to read. |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Having no friends |
| paolo |
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Posted: 17 Nov 2014, 10:57 am
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Replies: 3
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| Detachment, dropping "friends": if I put "friends" in quotation marks it is because I really have no real friends. Ffriendship, as I define it now, is the desire,or better need , to protect someone,possibly being reciprocated. When I came to this new city where I live now, leaving the city where I h... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Newb -- Hi -- Clicky Clicky on me |
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Posted: 19 Oct 2014, 9:31 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,567
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| I live in a soap bubble. I can live only inside it. Each outing leaves me davastated. Going back to my bubble, I find it destroyed, it takes time fo reconstruction. And I realize that my self outside the bubble has been a fraud, a performance, a constant lying. I did not reproduce, nor I have meanin... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Suicidal Ideation--10x as likely if you have Asperger's? |
| paolo |
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Posted: 13 Oct 2014, 2:27 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,196
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| Not surpising: especially for old undiagnosed AS. |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Newb -- Hi -- Clicky Clicky on me |
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Posted: 13 Oct 2014, 9:02 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,567
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| I found this beautiful and correct: "How is it that we can be so gifted, Yet so challenged at the same time? We see the details others don?t, Yet can?t seem to find the right wordsOr ever be sure of what to say, Sometimes, because of this, Life becomes nothing but a struggle. Whether it?s a struggle... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Newb -- Hi -- Clicky Clicky on me |
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Posted: 12 Oct 2014, 8:59 am
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Replies: 10
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| I am bipolar and de facto autistic: I also am 81 and completely alone except for a dog and and instrumental ralationships (shop keepers) .I was moved by your post . I would like to be helpful. And put down my story but perhaps later. Today, being Sunday, the worst day of the week, I am in bad shape.... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Oldest Aspie |
| paolo |
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Posted: 20 Aug 2014, 8:16 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 992
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| I am over 80 (81 next month). I am scared to tell it. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are you more of a forgiving or vengeful person? |
| paolo |
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Posted: 19 Aug 2014, 8:32 am
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Replies: 41
Views: 3,947
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| I am not forgiving, but I withdraw totallly and remain resentful. |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Franz Kafka |
| paolo |
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Posted: 25 Apr 2014, 5:58 am
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,295
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| Read The Burrow. A fantastic description of the autistic condition-. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Has anyone heard the term 'Refridgerator Mother' before? |
| paolo |
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Posted: 16 Jan 2014, 11:38 am
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Replies: 32
Views: 4,442
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| It should be taken into account that being autism hereditary or anyway genetic, it's very likely that one or both parents are or were autistic. So the autistic person may have suffered neglect or difficult relationship in their family. It is also easy that in this context vicious circles develop wit... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does "Mild Aspergers Syndrome" exist? |
| paolo |
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Posted: 15 Jan 2014, 11:01 am
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Replies: 40
Views: 4,541
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| I was disturbed while posting my post. That explains my triple repetition. I hope with this to be reinstated in this thread. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does "Mild Aspergers Syndrome" exist? |
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Posted: 15 Jan 2014, 9:34 am
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Replies: 40
Views: 4,541
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| I think that the term "mild" wich runs even in dictionaries is very deceptive, An Aspie suffering may be ferocius and deerives from the capacity of a "mild" autistic ti fake some sort of fake integration in society, carving for himslef some marginal job, like Bartelby in Melville story or K. in Kafk... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does "Mild Aspergers Syndrome" exist? |
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Posted: 15 Jan 2014, 9:28 am
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Replies: 40
Views: 4,541
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| I think that the term "mild" wich runs even in dictionaries is very deceptive, An Aspie suffering may be ferocius and deerives from the capacity of a "mild" autistic ti fake some sort of fake integration in society, carving for himslef some marginal job, like Bartelby in Melville story or K. in Kafk... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does "Mild Aspergers Syndrome" exist? |
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Posted: 15 Jan 2014, 9:27 am
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Replies: 40
Views: 4,541
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| I think that the term "mild" wich runs even in dictionaries is very deceptive, An Aspie suffering may be ferocius and deerives from the capacity of a "mild" autistic ti fake some sort of fake integration in society, carving for himslef some marginal job, like Bartelby in Melville story or K. in Kafk... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Has anyone heard the term 'Refridgerator Mother' before? |
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Posted: 14 Jan 2014, 10:11 am
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Replies: 32
Views: 4,442
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| Normally a general pratictioner doesn't know a thing about Asperger. Same for even a minimally literate person. |
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