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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: husband doesn't like touch or touching me made progress but |
| greentigress |
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Posted: 10 Feb 2014, 6:54 pm
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| My husband Anthony is very touch phobic or touch sensitive He is aspergers, has special interests and doesn't like sports We are matched in so many ways, but I have schizophrenia and a slightly atypical form of aspergers. I frequently get a lot out of exercise and am fairly highly sexual After a lot... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: 2d/4d Digit Ratio: Aspergers and Androgyny |
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Posted: 11 Aug 2013, 8:23 am
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Replies: 40
Views: 13,276
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I might be being thick but I'm confused
Aspie female .995
So what does that mean? |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Anyone have an Alcoholic blaming their drinking on you? |
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Posted: 29 May 2013, 12:24 am
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Replies: 13
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my sister is alcoholic
when she drinks she shouts for an hour then goes to the pub on her own, then comes back and shouts more
I have just confronted her in an email
i hope it goes ok
maybe i should find an alcoholism forum |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Rejections |
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Posted: 29 May 2013, 12:05 am
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Replies: 5
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| it's not really athletic ability - i've only been ok with stuff which is a lone thing - i hate to actually compete (except i loved organised races lately as an adult where i didn't mind so much coming last) - at school i was the worst at everything - nothing has really changed but i have changed my ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Identifying ourselves as a certain thing? |
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Posted: 28 May 2013, 11:54 pm
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Replies: 9
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| Hi I have always kind of thought to myself (well as far as i can remember - from teens) had this kind of thing where i identify to myself like 'i'm a Hippie' (as a drug using teen) 'I'm Schizophrenic" (when i was diagnosed) I'm going to be 'an accupuncturist' or 'an artist' as an art Student I'm now... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Rejections |
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Posted: 28 May 2013, 2:05 am
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Replies: 5
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| Thanks so much - very considered thoughtful answer I think the Darwinian aspect was something i didn't consider all that much or at least not in those terms - so it does make sense myself i have rejected others over time such as two different people both with Aquired Brain Injuries and basically i f... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Rejections |
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Posted: 27 May 2013, 3:30 pm
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Replies: 5
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| Hi It is a bit embarrassing to ask this question. I just figured out by thinking about my husband and I And our differences in a social sense My husband is autistic 1 and has really done well in stable full time work Although he has problems is socially adept now really I am also autistic 1 And at t... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I sleep on the sofa / stay up all night? Aspie thing or? |
| greentigress |
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Posted: 07 May 2013, 11:07 pm
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| HI I read in one of the books i read up on Asperger's in Love or something like that that in a relationship with an Aspie Guy you would have to make it ok for yourself to realize that sometimes he will sleep on the couch and would continue to do this throughout the course of the relationship I am ju... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Can drugs trigger Schizophrenia when it should be AS? |
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Posted: 01 May 2013, 4:52 am
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Replies: 30
Views: 5,111
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I think I found that one bad acid trip plus all the dope triggered it
I don't think I could have lived any other way really |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Can drugs trigger Schizophrenia when it should be AS? |
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Posted: 24 Apr 2013, 1:03 am
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Replies: 30
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MusicalWonders wrote: My best friend has Schizophrenia and was thought to have Aspergers but then they discovered she was diagnosed wrong. Maybe one of the meds she was taking affected this? Not sure.
I know I have aspergers and paranoid schizophrenia
Neither are going anywhere |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: schizoaffective? |
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Posted: 15 Apr 2013, 12:13 am
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Replies: 20
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| I have been told on this forum that schizophrenia or schizoaffective are not possible diagnoses for people with Asperger's / Autism I've also read BS like this. Like autistics would be immune against schizophrenia...! :roll: There are some opposites, but also a high overlapp of symptoms. This combi... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Can drugs trigger Schizophrenia when it should be AS? |
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Posted: 15 Apr 2013, 12:06 am
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Replies: 30
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| Yes It is difficult to know with aspie and para schiz which symptom is which There are levels of social withdrawal that may not even be explained by aspergers Unless puberty made me paranoid and selective mutism gave me NO ONE LEFT to talk to That could easily be some sort of prodrome But prodrome ... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Photography |
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Posted: 14 Apr 2013, 4:24 pm
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are all Aspies hypersensitive to sound? |
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Posted: 14 Apr 2013, 11:43 am
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Replies: 18
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Ganondox wrote: No. Hyposensitivity is also a trait.
I hadn't realised that
I am hypo sensitive to sound then!
I have wondered because I thought that was me not being very aspie
Oh yes
Forgot to say my husband is Aspie and is sensitive to sound! |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Relatives with AS symptoms |
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Posted: 14 Apr 2013, 11:02 am
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Replies: 18
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My cousin is autistic
My sisters and mother are dyslexic
Dint know if dyslexia is linked
I explain aspergers as social dyslexia sometimes to her |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Family Members Who Don't Believe Diagnosis |
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Posted: 14 Apr 2013, 8:13 am
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Replies: 45
Views: 14,906
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| my mum's first response to my diagnosis of Asperger's was Not in words... Great! Now you can know where the problem is and learn to be normal in words ... it seems like since you had that diagnosis you've given up yes - i was coming to terms with it and was playing on it a little I now just accept t... |
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