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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: The UNHAPPY period thread |
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Posted: 22 Nov 2017, 9:24 pm
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Replies: 41
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| I've started to have uncomfortable periods again since I reached my 30s, at a time when I thought they'd be milder, especially seeing as I'm on the pill. They used to be heavy and I always got bad cramps when they first started (age 11-12) but then they eased off not long after, particularly when I ... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Women and autism TEDx talk |
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Posted: 22 Nov 2017, 9:14 pm
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Replies: 11
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| I very much enjoyed your talk, I found it most engaging :) The bit that particularly gave me "the feels" was when you said that autistic women are likely to associate a normally pleasant thing such as relationships with trauma. That's certainly the case with me, I'd definitely consider mys... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: What do you want to do? Nothing. |
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Posted: 21 Nov 2017, 11:50 pm
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Replies: 18
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| Unfortunately, I'm genuinely starting to want to do nothing with my life other than bum around, after years and years and years of trying my hardest to achieve something, namely a career of some kind. I'm just burnt out and want to stop caring for a change. I've still got just barely enough of a sen... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: early diagnosis but no help? |
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Posted: 19 Nov 2017, 5:30 pm
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Replies: 3
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| I realise that's very true, and indeed my own understanding of Aspergers has come on a massive amount over the years. Indeed one of the main reasons I rejected the diagnosis for so long was the pervasive idea that Asperger people lack empathy, which I took at the time to mean that I was being diagno... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: early diagnosis but no help? |
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Posted: 19 Nov 2017, 5:11 pm
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Replies: 3
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| I hear that the overwhelmingly "typical" process for diagnosis in women is that they often only get it much later in life, thereby missing out on many opportunities for resources. But has anyone else, like me, actually been diagnosed at an early age but still had no access to resources tha... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: tried to go on a trip today, ended up going back home |
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Posted: 07 May 2017, 3:12 pm
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| So annoyed with myself, I decided to get out the house for a while (there's been a rare stretch of sunny warm weather where I'm from) and go camping for the first time in ages, and the first time ever on my own. It took a long time to work myself up to doing it, preparing what I needed to take, the ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Can an autistic get a driver's license? |
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Posted: 23 Apr 2017, 2:20 pm
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Replies: 38
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| In theory, yes. In practice, it depends on how severely it affects you. I'm positive that under the right circumstances I could easily pass my test and make a good driver, it's just that I've never yet encountered the right circumstances. I attempted "normal" driving lessons twice, once fo... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: getting irrationally angry at tiny things |
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Posted: 23 Apr 2017, 2:12 pm
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Replies: 24
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| I've always been very sensitive to specific noises and yeah I'm the same with "mouth stuff" too. That sigh people make after taking a drink is intolerable :? There's no manager or landlord for this building, I'm pretty sure everyone owns their property outright so no mediation is possible.... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: mid-life diagnosis make you feel cheated? |
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Posted: 19 Apr 2017, 5:33 am
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Replies: 49
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| I feel sort of cheated but not because of a late diagnosis but - on the contrary - an early diagnosis which was painfully blunt and stereotypical in its approach, basically trying to lump me in with those who were nothing at all like me. This was back in the day when asperger's was still a caricatur... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: getting irrationally angry at tiny things |
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Posted: 19 Apr 2017, 5:11 am
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Replies: 24
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| Over the past couple of years or so I've noticed my tolerance levels for things markedly decreasing, and now really small things can tip me over the edge. I've had an upstairs neighbour for the past six years who used to make noise intermittently, such as a lot of thumping and creaking in the middle... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: I'm sure I have more than ASD |
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Posted: 12 Jan 2017, 12:03 pm
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Replies: 7
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| Weirdly I know a lot of AS people online (never meet them in real life) most of whom claim to have a co-morbid personality disorder, it usually seems to be borderline personality disorder and a fair few also have bipolar. I can understand there's a fair bit of overlap between ASD and avoidant person... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: I'm sure I have more than ASD |
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Posted: 09 Jan 2017, 9:07 am
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Replies: 7
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| That seems to be the common issue, ASD being the "evasive" diagnosis, so I'm probably an outlier in that regard. However this is a feeling I've had for my entire life, all the treatments on offer just never seemed to feel suited to me at all and the more I read around online the more convi... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: I'm sure I have more than ASD |
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Posted: 07 Jan 2017, 7:10 am
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Replies: 7
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| Recently I've become increasingly convinced that I have something other than ASD which has been causing me so many difficulties in life. I've been looking up avoidant personality disorder and several online tests are pretty conclusive that I have it. The only problem is that so many of the visible &... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: As an autistic woman I feel ... |
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Posted: 28 Dec 2016, 3:42 pm
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Replies: 47
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| Like if I'd been born a few hundred years ago I'd almost certainly have been accused and even executed for being a "witch" - I even have a type of birthmark which would have pretty much sealed my fate :? Lack of an immediate threat of execution notwithstanding, not sure things are much eas... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: I'm either overreacting or I've messed up big time |
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Posted: 12 Dec 2016, 2:34 pm
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Replies: 12
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| I've never been the best at standing my ground, or indeed even knowing whether I'm really in the right or the wrong in the first place. The whole situation just felt "off" to me, but it's all over and done with now. From now on I'm just going to keep things simple and only go to events whe... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: I'm either overreacting or I've messed up big time |
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Posted: 12 Dec 2016, 5:38 am
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Replies: 12
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| You're right in that this will most likely happen again, in some form. Although judging by the (lack of) reception I got to my RSVP I'm thinking I've done something to really piss them off I'm as yet unaware of or they simply don't care anymore whether I show up to anything. In either case it's bein... |
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