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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: "You don't have autism because I met someone w/ autism once" |
| TechnicalAmateur |
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Posted: 07 Dec 2016, 10:35 pm
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Replies: 46
Views: 3,166
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| for this reason, I procrastinated even on telling myself that I have autism. |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: AP Courses? |
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Posted: 22 May 2016, 8:50 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 493
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| I took advanced comp (the non-traditional high school version of AP) and while it was a college-level course, I still had an A+ average in the class. Be ready for a lot of analytical reading, and be ready to think outside the box. Also, you'll have to seriously tighten the organization of any writin... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Can anyone give me advice about college? |
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Posted: 17 May 2016, 12:29 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,320
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| I got a sweet deal from the university I'm attending so I'm going to end up paying less than 2.5k per semester for a school that would normally be 15.5k per semester. Does anyone have bad social experiences that still haunt you? I'm not even sure if I want to make friends sometimes. Too many bad pas... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Can anyone give me advice about college? |
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Posted: 13 May 2016, 10:11 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,320
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| My advice is to try to be more social and get out of your comfort zone a bit. In my freshman year, I didn't push myself at all. After I went to class and did my work I gave myself much more downtime than I needed, and now I regret not trying to make friends with that time. Even if you don't want to... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Can anyone give me advice about college? |
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Posted: 12 May 2016, 10:58 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,320
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| I'm gonna be a freshman in college this year and I'm more than a little scared. Not of the academics, I know I can handle college-level work, but I'm scared of the new dynamics and whether or not I'll be able to make friends, assuming that I decide I actually want friends. |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Tired of arguing with people... |
| TechnicalAmateur |
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Posted: 07 Apr 2016, 10:48 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 478
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| My sentiments exactly. Arguments are too often done with a goal of determining who is right, rather than what is right. I'm all for discussion, but both parties have to be open to the idea that maybe, just maybe, they're not the one who's right. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: hello |
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Posted: 03 Apr 2016, 11:01 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 307
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| Find a song that calms you down and listen to it. Sometimes just having earbuds in or headphones on helps too, even if you can't handle music playing through them at the time (sometimes I can't handle having music playing through them.) Try to avoid heavily processed foods. I find that when I keep m... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: What are some things you do that you know bother people? |
| TechnicalAmateur |
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Posted: 16 Feb 2016, 10:34 pm
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Replies: 58
Views: 4,034
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Talk too fast, talk about stuff no one else cares about, talking in general, been told I'm pretentious so there's probably something there, say "oh that's easy is that all" when it's apparently not easy I guess...
My modes of existence seem to tend towards bothering people. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What kinds of things do you do to avoid people? |
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Posted: 16 Feb 2016, 10:30 pm
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Replies: 49
Views: 2,847
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| I once went around wearing earbuds even though there was no music playing. It kept most people from talking to me, which was good because if I notice someone talking to me I literally can't ignore them; I'm hardwired that way from years of my parents scolding me for ignoring people talking to me. I ... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Calculus: Is it Really That Hard? |
| TechnicalAmateur |
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Posted: 15 Feb 2016, 10:07 pm
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Replies: 69
Views: 5,232
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I've had a whole semester and a quarter of calculus.
I find it to be easier than precalculus and more fun than algebra, but I get told over and over again that I'm a math geek (and I can't argue with that.) |
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Forum: Adolescent Autism Forum Topic: How to stay positive? |
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Posted: 15 Feb 2016, 9:58 pm
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Replies: 4
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| I swim. If I don't swim I slowly lose it completely until I end up crying myself to sleep for many consecutive days. Honestly I recommend trying to reconcile yourself with the darker parts, it's easier when you can say "This is who I am and yeah I'm not always okay with that but it's a fact of ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The worst thing a bully has done to you |
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Posted: 15 Feb 2016, 9:55 pm
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Replies: 433
Views: 68,313
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| I can't pinpoint any one event and say "that's the worst one." It wasn't about the discrete events. It wasn't the spitballs, and it wasn't the names, and it wasn't lifting my skirt with a meter-stick and laughing at my underwear, and it wasn't the exclusion from games, clubs and events. I... |
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Forum: Adolescent Autism Forum Topic: Does anybody else like maths |
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Posted: 30 Jan 2016, 10:07 pm
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Replies: 26
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| I hate school because I love math and all my classmates are of the "I-hate-math-and-let-me-tell-you-why-that-makes-me-superior-to-math-people" sort. Has anyone noticed that the same people who claim to be more creative than math people can't seem to wrap their minds around the fact that ma... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What do People not Understand About You? |
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Posted: 24 Jan 2016, 9:45 pm
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Replies: 61
Views: 2,583
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| people don't understand my deep fascination with seemingly small things in general I just don't connect well with a lot of people. There's this disconnect and it's kind of unsettling. I used to be a social person and then the disconnect started showing through more and I decided I'd had enough of pe... |
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Forum: Adolescent Autism Forum Topic: Bed Times |
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Posted: 24 Jan 2016, 9:42 pm
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Replies: 44
Views: 5,743
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| I don't have a designated bedtime as long as I sleep for more than an hour. My mother's words, not mine. Last night I stayed up until about 1:30 am, and the night before about 11:45-ish. It varies. On a similar vein, my mother doesn't care how late I stay up as long as I'm asleep before she wakes u... |
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Forum: Adolescent Autism Forum Topic: friendships have expiration dates? |
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Posted: 24 Jan 2016, 9:35 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 769
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I don't make friends easily to start with, but it feels like most of my friendships that do happen tend to slowly deteriorate until the relationship is either nonexistent or mutually harmful.
Anyone have similar experiences? |
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