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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: WTF! does my coming off as intelligent scare people? |
| DeadalusRex |
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Posted: 27 Oct 2012, 1:56 am
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Replies: 27
Views: 6,334
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| Sounds like a good plan to me-- sorry, I guess I read my experience into yours, and I agree, "asking point blank" might seem a little harsh at this point if things are going okay. Good luck BTW |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: WTF! does my coming off as intelligent scare people? |
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Posted: 27 Oct 2012, 12:12 am
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| Hmm. welcome to the club -- I think a lot of us get some version of that "I thought you were a psychopath" from time to time-- or "I thought you were a total prick" which can be a version of the same thing. Partly for most NT's being "shy" means that you arn't likely to speak in class or do other th... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: I LOVE MEN!! ! but I am afraid of them!! ! |
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Posted: 13 Aug 2012, 12:21 am
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| Well of course its anxiety, but with all due respect to schizoid, I don't think pills would be a great solution, and if you don't experience that kind of reaction with people you aren't attracted to in that way it's probably not according to hoyle social anxiety. A lot of men have the same problem. ... |
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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: How Depression Shrinks the Brain |
| DeadalusRex |
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Posted: 12 Aug 2012, 11:07 pm
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Replies: 22
Views: 6,482
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| While obviously there are limits as far as recovery from catastrophic injury etc. are concerned, my understanding is that a number of studies have lately shown that mammalian brain cells do continue to divide throughout the life of an individual, contrary to the previous belief that brain cells stop... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: 3D movie - never again |
| DeadalusRex |
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Posted: 08 Jun 2012, 11:39 pm
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Replies: 21
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you feel your Aspergers gets more pronounced with age? |
| DeadalusRex |
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Posted: 07 Jun 2012, 12:13 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,487
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| I don't think the underlying issues change, but social demands in particular change dramatically depending on context and as we grow older those contexts change-- e.g a different work place may place more or different demands on you than a previous one.. In addition, one of the things that's said of... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: DSM V and aspergers |
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Posted: 09 May 2012, 11:58 pm
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Replies: 13
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| It could be a good thing insofar as it makes aspergers more of a pycho-educational/ social issue in the rather than a "mental disorder" in the psychiatric realm. It really comes down to what services one needs or desires. Not being according to hoyle autistic could reduce some of the problems folks ... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Why Are Some People Better at Drawing than Others? |
| DeadalusRex |
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Posted: 24 Apr 2012, 10:48 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,421
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| This isn't really news-- people have intuitively known about this for ages, but it is really interesting that scientists are empirically proving what artists have been saying and teaching for years. And while it may be easier for some people, one of the things that's really exciting about drawing is... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Improvised Bleding Sticks |
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Posted: 24 Apr 2012, 10:20 pm
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Replies: 3
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A Q-tip works great.
Although I do really like using an actual blending stump for dry media-- It gives you a lot more control than an eraser and you an re work the blended area as much as you want which you can't do if you use your finger because the oil from your hands gets mixed in. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Maybe I am not really autistic |
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Posted: 17 Apr 2012, 11:57 pm
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Replies: 10
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| There is a semi controversial diagnosis called Non verbal learning disability (NLD or NVLD) which may or may not make more sense for you Details here: http://www.nldontheweb.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonverbal_learning_disorder Some people are of the opinion that it's basically a subtype or ... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Not going to College straight after high school. |
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Posted: 17 Apr 2012, 11:32 pm
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Replies: 4
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| Sounds like you've got a gameplan, which means that taking a year of to get everything together might be time well spent. The only reason that would be a bad idea is if you don't use the time effectively-- if it means you have a chance to get into a better/more challenging- stimulating college it's ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What makes an interest a "special interest"? |
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Posted: 14 Apr 2012, 2:39 am
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Replies: 28
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| "But I've also seen people mention special interests like computers, video games, anime, film, maths, sharemarket, etc. and they don't seem particularly narrow or unusual or out of context." Exactly-- it's a question of what's adaptive and what isn't. There are a lot of people who have autistic char... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Why do I have to know everything? |
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Posted: 14 Apr 2012, 2:28 am
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| "It's always good to take an interest in continuing to learn stuff throughout your life. However, what you describe is obsessive compulsive behavior. Needing to learn all about every topic that becomes introduced to your mind is not normal. The attempt to learn EVERYTHING is doomed to failure" With ... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: So... I had a date tonight! |
| DeadalusRex |
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Posted: 12 Apr 2012, 12:29 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,442
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"Then he asked the dreaded question... you know, that one question you hope your date, or the person at the party doesn't ask? Yeah... about your obsession... the ONE question that's going to trigger the hypermouth"
Yup.. been there. That's an awkward one in'it?  |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Help - My dad doesn't believe in AS. Feeling invalidated. |
| DeadalusRex |
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Posted: 12 Apr 2012, 12:22 am
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Replies: 19
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| Yah this situation sucks. I think it's pretty common, though. Part of the problem is that your dad probably never sees you in the situations where you have the biggest problems, and the archetype image of AS people get in media/popular culture is of "low functioning" "kids" My dad has a lot of AS ch... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: When people don't follow through...Is this just an NT thing? |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2012, 11:56 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 3,445
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| I could be wrong but I'm thinking there are two distinct things going on there. One is simple forgetfullness/laziness/life getting in the wayness-- the case of the person not bringing the movie probably falls in that category, and I think folks on the spectrum are no more or less likely to do the sa... |
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