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 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: I have a high pain tolerance, no one believes me

DavidForthoffer
Posted: 20 Jan 2012, 8:04 pm 

Replies: 46
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ocdgirl123 wrote:
...I am worrying that people think I am like her.
Prediction: If you worry about things like that, you will spend your whole life worrying.

My advice (from an old fart): Live your life—not theirs or hers.

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: The perils of self-diagnosis

DavidForthoffer
Posted: 11 Jan 2012, 9:40 am 

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Views: 3,004
Follow the money, you will find those supporting these financial institutions and instilling their coercion to spend $$$ on quacks I am a big fan of personal responsibility and self-improvement. I have lost a lot of time and money on "professionals" who contributed little or nothing. Sure, professi...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: The perils of self-diagnosis

DavidForthoffer
Posted: 11 Jan 2012, 12:42 am 

Replies: 20
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Anyway, since there (as far as I have read) is no treatment for autistic personality traits, what is the peril? I had definite autistic personality traits, which I successfully treated myself. One of the biggest mistakes of my life was, after finding out I had a genius IQ, not trying things I might...

 Forum: Random Discussion   Topic: Do you find facebook a challenge?

DavidForthoffer
 Post subject: It's easy!
Posted: 11 Jan 2012, 12:00 am 

Replies: 36
Views: 2,975
Facebook is easy for me. Every month or two I log in, look for something truly interesting, find nothing, and close the brower...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: I have a high pain tolerance, no one believes me

DavidForthoffer
 Post subject: Autism and pain tolerance
Posted: 10 Jan 2012, 11:43 pm 

Replies: 46
Views: 9,296
A connection between autism and pain tolerance is interesting. Although I don't have autism, a particularly traumatic event as a 3-year-old plunged me into an autistic-like state that I didn't start coming out of for twenty years. After another twenty years, it is behind me. Somewhere along the way,...
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