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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Friends |
| Nepsis |
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Posted: 27 Dec 2018, 10:47 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 724
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| I don't think text frequency has anything to do with friendship quality. My best friend of 15 years and I text about once a month, and see each other just a few times per year. We hung out all the time when we were younger, but he's moved away and has a wife and son now and is very busy. But we both... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: What’s it like to have friends as adult? |
| Nepsis |
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Posted: 27 Dec 2018, 10:39 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 819
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| It's hard as an adult. It depends on your country and culture too. I'm in Minnesota, where we tend to be very friendly on the surface, but most people are hard to "really" get to know, and usually have for closest friends people they met in youth. I have a couple very close friends, but on... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Should males be circumcised? |
| Nepsis |
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Posted: 18 Jul 2018, 9:46 pm
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Replies: 57
Views: 559
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| I'm circumcised and fine with it. I think it's sad and unnecessary when threads like this come up and some people start trying to make circumcised guys feel bad, like they were barbarically mutilated or something. The organ still performs all its functions fine, and obviously with enough sensitivity... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: What am I doing wrong?? |
| Nepsis |
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Posted: 18 Jul 2018, 9:33 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 594
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| Ever look around and see all these people getting into relationships and hitting all the usual steps in life and wonder, "What am I doing wrong?" I'm 33. I think I'm okay looking, pretty average. I have a decent job. Some friends. I think I'm nice but not a pushover... Why can't I get into... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What is your favorite food? |
| Nepsis |
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Posted: 18 Jul 2018, 9:24 pm
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Replies: 101
Views: 2,481
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| Ribeye Steak and Mashed Potatoes |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Balding Prematurely |
| Nepsis |
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Posted: 26 May 2015, 12:06 pm
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Replies: 30
Views: 9,672
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| I started losing my hair at 18. In my high school senior pics, I still had a full head of blond hair; by the end of the year it was already sparse, and I'm pretty much bald on top now that I'm 30. You can try different things now...rogaine, rosemary oil in your shampoo, etc. But if you're like me an... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: What did you want to be as a kid |
| Nepsis |
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Posted: 26 May 2015, 11:59 am
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Replies: 434
Views: 37,819
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I wanted to be a teacher; then I wanted to be an astronomer...then I thought I could teach astronomy. 
Instead I make just above minimum wage.
But I still look through my telescope every once and a while and think about how it could have been. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Self harming when angry? |
| Nepsis |
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Posted: 26 May 2015, 11:34 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,559
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| You are not dumb and alone. I do this too. And I think you're right that at some point we learned how important it is not to lash out at others, so for some reason we take it out on ourselves. If I am really angry, I will slap myself against the side of my head, punch myself in the arm, punch the wa... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you have shutdowns/crashes? |
| Nepsis |
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Posted: 06 Apr 2015, 3:41 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,009
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| I have shutdowns, though not quite as viscerally physical as what you describe. Mine usually come on after a long day of having to be seriously "on" socially, e.g. at a family gathering or event of that nature. Other things trigger them, too, though. It's rather hard to describe, but I ent... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Ripping tags off of clothing |
| Nepsis |
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Posted: 06 Apr 2015, 3:31 pm
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,421
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| Can't stand stiff tags on shirts. Don't really care about them on pants, but tags on underwear...drive. me. crazy. I tear those suckers right off! |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: High Functioning Autism: Is term worth using? |
| Nepsis |
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Posted: 19 Feb 2015, 12:04 pm
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Replies: 30
Views: 2,467
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| I don't like it because the term "functioning" can be too vaguely defined and lead to misunderstanding. Social functioning? Physical functioning? Mental functioning? And the unfortunate conclusion is that if some people are "high functioning", are others "low functioning&quo... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Did you have stereotypical hobbies? |
| Nepsis |
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Posted: 16 Feb 2015, 9:42 am
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,086
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| Yes and No. When I was little, I was really into dinosaurs, drawing and legos. As a teenager my hobbies were more along the lines of video games and comics. I liked Star Trek, but never quite to "Trekkie" status...I didn't own the series on video or anything. My hobbies became more non-ste... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: trouble socializing bc lacking knowledge of certain topics |
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Posted: 30 Apr 2014, 12:07 pm
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,047
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| As much as I like retro video games, I don't see how it's so much deeper of a topic than sports. Obviously you like video games more, but almost anything can be a deep topic. Certainly I would agree with you about celebrities or popular tv shows but that's simply because I don't care about those th... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: trouble socializing bc lacking knowledge of certain topics |
| Nepsis |
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Posted: 29 Apr 2014, 3:55 pm
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,047
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| I also have the problem where I'm overly self-conscious concerning the things I actually enjoy because I'm afraid of people around me not validating me by showing interest/enthusiasm. The result is I don't even talk about "my stuff" and try to connect solely by bringing up things I think others wan... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Religion and Aspergers |
| Nepsis |
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Posted: 28 Apr 2014, 9:55 pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,044
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| Religion and/or spirituality is one of my "special interests". I am fascinated by various religions and trying to grasp truth and God. I would say my own spirituality is affected by my being an aspie in that I go through periods where I feel a need to completely and totally understand the religion I... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Are aspies Jews in Egypt? |
| Nepsis |
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Posted: 28 Apr 2014, 3:36 pm
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Replies: 30
Views: 1,664
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| Fascinating topic. As a Hebrew teacher at a local synagogue (though I was not raised Jewish, I just know the language) and also fascinated by religions and spirituality, I've researched Judaism quite a bit and have pondered at times that Judaism is indeed a rather autistic religion in some ways. It ... |
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