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 Forum: Love and Dating   Topic: NT looking for insights on the process of AS destressing

yd
Posted: 27 Jan 2014, 10:29 am 

Replies: 14
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I was married briefly before I was diagnosed. At the time I was still trying my best to act normal and I did not have a clear idea of what I needed to de-stress, so it was really hard on my husband. If I were ever to attempt being in another relationship I would spell out clearly what I need, which ...

 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: Wow, I never knew...

yd
Posted: 26 Jan 2014, 9:22 pm 

Replies: 9
Views: 920
Thank you all for the warm welcome. I just keep reading and laughing as I see topic after topic posted here that I could have written word for word. It gives me so much hope that maybe someday I'll find someone to connect with. I had figured I would just be alone. Which isn't bad! But, it shocking t...

 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: Wow, I never knew...

yd
 Post subject: Wow, I never knew...
Posted: 26 Jan 2014, 8:13 pm 

Replies: 9
Views: 920
My whole life I felt like I was completely unique and that no one else had a brain that worked like mine. After I was diagnosed as Asperger's at age 35, it made sense of the puzzle of my life, but I still didn't ever heard anyone voice my private thoughts. I can not describe how amazing it has been ...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Social interaction exhausting??

yd
Posted: 25 Jan 2014, 10:25 pm 

Replies: 37
Views: 3,301
RikkiK makes a really good point, because I think the extent of choice (and no choice) here is key: Perhaps you have more liberty in how long you spend socializing/ in what setting you socialize? I think the OP may find that perhaps it's the late-in-life diagnosed who experience the exhaustion beca...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: explain how autism feels in your own words

yd
Posted: 25 Jan 2014, 10:13 pm 

Replies: 46
Views: 3,334
I've spent much of my adult life training myself not to say what I think so that I will be appropriate in public. I've gotten good at seeming pretty "normal", but it can be exhausting. I still miss out on nonverbal communications like reading facial expressions and I never pick up on subtext or pass...
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