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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What's the right answer to "how are you?" |
| goodwitchy |
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Posted: 24 Mar 2012, 7:40 pm
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Replies: 135
Views: 13,957
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I don't like when most people ask how I am because I know most people don't expect or want the truth.
I either answer with the expected fake response, or I just make a noise and fake a smile, not really answering them but acknowledging their question. |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Is ball lightning real? |
| goodwitchy |
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Posted: 24 Mar 2012, 7:06 pm
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Replies: 24
Views: 3,706
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| I saw ball lightning during a violent storm, many years ago before I knew what had appeared in front of me. My sister and I used to love to look out the window watching storms; especially the ones with sky to ground lightning. (I still like watching storms). Through the bedroom window, this lightnin... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: No Arms, No Legs and No Worries |
| goodwitchy |
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Posted: 23 Mar 2012, 4:18 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 895
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| Thank you for sharing that. |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: uncontrolled emotional reactions |
| goodwitchy |
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Posted: 22 Mar 2012, 9:34 pm
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Replies: 18
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| I also can't watch conflict/tension on tv it makes me highly anxious... anyway of others do have these sorts of things, I wondered how you deal with it. I am generally a control freak and like to 'be in control' of myself all the time :-) thanks This is just like me too. I get extremely tense and I... |
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Forum: Off the Wall: Forum Games, Quizzes, Roleplaying, etc. Topic: Post Here When Your Number of Posts Are Same Number |
| goodwitchy |
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Posted: 22 Mar 2012, 12:29 am
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Replies: 1,931
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Forum: The Haven Topic: People with depression |
| goodwitchy |
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Posted: 21 Mar 2012, 10:25 pm
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Replies: 37
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| JNathanK, it sounds like you're just frustrated because you want to help them, but they're not seeming to let you help them. It's sometimes hard to "let others in" when one is very depressed. But, please try not to judge them. Please know that no one wants to feel that way. If you're around them and... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: People with depression |
| goodwitchy |
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Posted: 21 Mar 2012, 10:05 pm
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Replies: 37
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| I think it's more like the opposite of egoism - or the opposite of self-love, self importance, and self preservation. It's more like self-hatred and/or a loss of self awareness. I just mean there's an extreme obsession with how bad and awful they feel. To me, that seems self obsessed, because there... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: People with depression |
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Posted: 21 Mar 2012, 9:15 pm
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Replies: 37
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| I think once someone gets to the point of clinical depression (and to the point of realistically considering suicide), they really aren't able to think and reason in the way you might like so that you might be able to help them. When all coping mechanisms are overwhelmed by extreme depression, this ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: My HFA Son ALWAYS wears the SAME THING? |
| goodwitchy |
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Posted: 21 Mar 2012, 8:37 am
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Replies: 46
Views: 8,832
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| I wear black tees almost everyday... hey, it's easy to match and I don't have to think much about what to wear :wink: I've created my own layered style. A men's black tee under an open shirt or jacket. When I finally found the perfect black men's tees, I bought several - exactly the same. They're so... |
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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: Excuses for Being Overweight |
| goodwitchy |
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Posted: 19 Mar 2012, 8:41 pm
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Replies: 53
Views: 7,821
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| My weight has been up and down my entire life, but there was a span of time that I was healthy and very thin, and that was when I had a personal trainer and was lifting weights. Lifting weights can change your body shape and speed up the metabolism. I don't know if this would be true for everyone, b... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: God most likely does not exist |
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Posted: 19 Mar 2012, 3:15 pm
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Replies: 90
Views: 8,255
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| But how did anything exist in the first place? Impossible to know. Or, could it be argued that " Energy cannot be created or destroyed; it can only be changed from one form to another. ", so perhaps the universe always existed and has only changed in form? Maybe it's impossible for the human mind t... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Agenda 21 United Nations - George Soros |
| goodwitchy |
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Posted: 19 Mar 2012, 10:03 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,518
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| I don't see why "sustainability" in moderation should be vilified, but, taken, for example, to the level of the population recommendation of the "Georgia Guide Stones" and lowering the population of the Earth to 500,000,000 is extreme and insane. Who gets to decide who lives and who doesn't? Man (hu... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Executive Dysfunction Inferno |
| goodwitchy |
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Posted: 19 Mar 2012, 8:56 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 882
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| I came across this reply while reading through the forum at a thread called "Anyone here have trouble taking showers": I used to have a lot of problems with this, because I was always reluctant to get wet , so I could never decide whether to go for it or not. [...] , and made a vow to have a shower... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Stock Market Special Interest |
| goodwitchy |
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Posted: 18 Mar 2012, 8:12 pm
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Replies: 19
Views: 3,849
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It was in a TV interview with Michael Burry that I first heard about Asperger's and began my journey.
Yes, I think if the market is a special interest, it would be possible to make money. For me, the market is only a light interest, but probably still more so than anyone else I know personally. |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Human Reproductive Cloning |
| goodwitchy |
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Posted: 18 Mar 2012, 2:10 am
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Replies: 3
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| But just because an entity is genetically exactly same, it doesn't mean that the personality or individuality of the original entity which developed over time through life experience would be the same in a clone. I am for stem cell research and medical procedures that use stem cells for therapy, but... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Aspie manager of an Aspie employee -Dilemma |
| goodwitchy |
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Posted: 18 Mar 2012, 12:12 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,571
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| Okay, I'm going to make a speculation here, so I may be way off base, but in the slight chance that this is helpful - You mentioned that you filled his management position after he was demoted, so he may not have the proper respect for you, or may resent you, even subconsciously. If he has absolutel... |
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