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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Are friends necessary? |
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Posted: 21 Apr 2013, 2:10 pm
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Replies: 16
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| It's always been a struggle for me to make friends, yet I've ended up with several whom I enjoy. I don't need a lot of socialization, though, and if it were entirely up to me we'd only talk once a week. After thinking about this, I wonder, do friendships serve a purpose? I chalk it up to the fact th... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How do you think - visual / verbal / patterns / other |
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Posted: 21 Apr 2013, 2:01 pm
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Replies: 69
Views: 6,809
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| I think primarily through patterns. I notice first and foremost the connections between things. I remember things through rhythm. However I also think in words quite a bit. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Has anybody ever done or heard of this stim? |
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Posted: 20 Apr 2013, 12:39 pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,527
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| I used to that. I still do sometimes. |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Do you hate school bathrooms? |
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Posted: 20 Apr 2013, 12:36 pm
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Replies: 42
Views: 22,600
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| Yes. I avoid them as much as possible. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I do certain things in an inflexible, repetitive way. |
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Posted: 20 Apr 2013, 8:43 am
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Replies: 3
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| The way I understand it is that some people with autism have to have a certain routine in place or else they just can't do anything. Perhaps an example is that someone always wants to eat their vegetables before they eat everything else on their plate. If this someone is at another person's house, a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you feel emotions strongly? |
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Posted: 20 Apr 2013, 8:34 am
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Replies: 14
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Cafeaulait wrote: Borderline?
No, I don't have any symptoms of that. To my knowledge, if I did, I would be feeling strong emotions all the time and they would change frequently with little provocation. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Passive Aggression |
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Posted: 20 Apr 2013, 8:33 am
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Replies: 12
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| I can only detect passive-aggression if it's kind of obvious, and even then I sometimes can't. If it's anything that could be perceived as insulting, it's probably meant to be. Usually if someone is passive-aggressive toward you, they are envious of something you do. I would just be nice to the pers... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you feel emotions strongly? |
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Posted: 20 Apr 2013, 8:26 am
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Replies: 14
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| Emotions very rarely cloud my judgement, and sometimes I get accused of being "unfeeling," but when I do have an emotion it's usually very intense. For example, when something makes me sad I usually have to cry and will remain sad for hours or sometimes days (excluding depressive episodes). Do feeli... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Crying? |
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Posted: 22 Aug 2012, 2:36 pm
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Replies: 15
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zxy8 wrote: It would depend on the situation. Is this person a friend of mine? Do I know them? Or are they just a random?
A friend...if it's a random person, usually they have a friend to comfort them. xD I hope I can be like that someday... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Crying? |
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Posted: 22 Aug 2012, 9:15 am
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Replies: 15
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| What do you do when people cry? It makes me so uncomfortable when people start to cry, but I don't know how to make them stop... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Alone, but not lonely? |
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Posted: 18 Aug 2012, 4:25 pm
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Replies: 15
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Yes, most of the time.
On occassion, though, it's good to share ideas with people, even if you have to go through the boring ones first... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: How do you deal with people saying you need to get out more? |
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Posted: 17 Aug 2012, 12:12 pm
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Replies: 11
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| My family means well, but they often say things like "you need to spend more time with people." Why is it so hard for them to understand that I'd rather be by myself than talk about something boring with someone who won't let me do the same? How do you handle people saying these things? |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Interests that you CAN'T talk much about... |
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Posted: 16 Aug 2012, 8:50 am
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Replies: 47
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I love analyzing 19th century literature, but few people around me have read any. If they have, the odds of them wanting to discuss it to the depth I want is nil.
Also, quantum physics. No one ever wants to talk about physics. :/ |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: What if you go to the same place all the time and never talk |
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Posted: 16 Aug 2012, 8:47 am
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Replies: 4
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| I find that if you smile and nod when making eye contact with various people, they'll assume you're just "shy" and either approach you or leave you alone (usually the latter.) |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Trying to prove superiority? |
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Posted: 14 Aug 2012, 8:29 pm
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Replies: 9
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| It's human nature, just more obvious in NTs. In evolution, the best are those that survive...so we all want to be the best, and feel threatened when we are not. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: How do you "let someone down" easy? |
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Posted: 14 Aug 2012, 10:21 am
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Replies: 11
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| There's this guy I know, and I think he wants to have a physical relationship with me...but I don't want that, at all. I tried the body language thing-you know, turning your body elsewhere-but it didn't work. I don't want to say "I have no interest in you" because I don't want to hurt his feelings. ... |
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