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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The Top 5 Worst Careers for people with Aspergers |
| drchcat85 |
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Posted: 08 Mar 2016, 3:24 pm
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Replies: 179
Views: 97,361
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1. Manager
2. Surgeon
3. Policeman
4. Football player
5. Sales |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Too emotional? |
| drchcat85 |
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Posted: 04 Mar 2016, 4:14 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 583
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| New theories on autism says that spectrum people have a high affective empathy but lower cognitive empathy |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What was Your Biggest Special Interest? |
| drchcat85 |
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Posted: 26 Feb 2016, 6:58 am
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Replies: 78
Views: 4,810
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How do you know you have issues picking up social cues? |
| drchcat85 |
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Posted: 22 Feb 2016, 5:51 am
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Replies: 41
Views: 10,617
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| Me too! I don't have trouble picking up social cues. In fact I'm too sensitive to facial expressions, but I have trouble in responding accordingly to others subtle emotions. I discovered that others feel many subtle emotions that I'm not capable to feel. I feel only the intensive and primary emotion... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: theory of mind test online |
| drchcat85 |
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Posted: 15 Feb 2016, 3:27 pm
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Replies: 47
Views: 24,344
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| I did last year this test and I scored 80 % ToM 100 % control. Now I scored 100 % on ToM. This improvement is due to logical reasoning. I think if I would have done this test at 10 I perhaps would have failed it. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Stimming in your mind |
| drchcat85 |
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Posted: 15 Feb 2016, 1:39 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 383
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| When I'm boring or I'm stressed I repeat a word in my mind until I calm down. When I'm happy I imagine myself in a train and stimming with the sound of wheels on railroad |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you ever get tired after social situations? |
| drchcat85 |
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Posted: 15 Feb 2016, 1:16 pm
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Replies: 36
Views: 8,031
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| I get seriously tired after social gatherings, or being in a crowd of people I don't know. Its like all the energy has been sapped out of me, to the point where I feel more or less dead... Its a horrible feeling and the only way to shift it is to sleep or lie down for about an hour. Does anybody ge... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What are physical health problems that go with Asperger's? |
| drchcat85 |
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Posted: 12 Feb 2016, 2:44 pm
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Replies: 173
Views: 61,771
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I have some physical issues along with ASD:
-some sensory issues, sometimes sensory overload
-enlarged liver
-gastro-esophageal reflux
-chronic fatigue
-a slight deformity of pelvic bones.
-some immune system issues (common colds more severe than usual) |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Asperger's and the Myers-Briggs |
| drchcat85 |
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Posted: 12 Feb 2016, 2:18 pm
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Replies: 124
Views: 38,384
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| I test usually INFP, with extreme scores on N and F |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you have an auto-immune disease too? |
| drchcat85 |
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Posted: 16 Jan 2016, 3:36 pm
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Replies: 33
Views: 2,345
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| I have chronic fatigue syndrome. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Can you deal with confrontation / How |
| drchcat85 |
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Posted: 15 Jan 2016, 3:11 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 736
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| I can't. I become very quickly panicked and overwhelmed. I tend to avoid all the conflictual situations. |
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Forum: Español, Nederlands, Deutsch, Français Topic: Romanian aspies? |
| drchcat85 |
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Posted: 14 Jan 2016, 2:53 pm
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,460
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Nu esti chiar singurul  Si eu sunt suspect de Asperger si m-am simtit dintotdeauna ca un extraterestru. Am fost la psiholog unde mi-a făcut testul ADOS modulul 4, care mi-a dat scor pozitiv, in spectru. |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Does you mention you Asperger during medical exam for job |
| drchcat85 |
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Posted: 09 Jan 2016, 6:03 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,045
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| In my new job, in radiology, a coworker asked me that I'm autistic because I speak in an different manner, but I lied him, telling that I don't know. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are there any Aspies without motor skill problems? |
| drchcat85 |
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Posted: 09 Jan 2016, 5:02 pm
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,636
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| I think I have good fine motor skills because I had never problems with handwriting and I enjoyed Lego buildings, maps or another technical drawing since childhood. But I think I have some gross motor and balance deficits because I'm bad at football, basketball, skating, and I always need to hold th... |
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Forum: LGBT Discussion Topic: Trans and genderqueer autistics and sexuality |
| drchcat85 |
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Posted: 02 Jan 2016, 5:33 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,428
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| I'm androgynous. I exhibit traits both feminine and masculine, but I hate fitting in a gender stereotype. I'm heterosexual, I'm attracted to girls, l like company of girls and when I very happy, I tend to elevate feminine traits. Sometimes I imagine myself like a girl. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Subconscious Verbal Thought Process - talking to self, |
| drchcat85 |
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Posted: 02 Jan 2016, 1:24 pm
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Replies: 23
Views: 4,540
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| I read Temple Grandins book, "Thinking in Pictures". She said that autistic individuals have different ways of thinking. They have any of the three thinking (pictures, patterns and words) or combinations of them. She said that individuals on spectrum think with the subconscious, hence anyt... |
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