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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Suddenly very easily startled |
| Stupidcat |
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Posted: 29 Jul 2014, 9:29 pm
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| After some set backs at University, I moved back home with my parents. I definitely feel less stressed here but for past two months I've noticed that I'm very easily startled. If someone knocks on the bedroom door I jump. If someone flushes the toilet I startle. If the shower turns on I'm shocked an... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Say something positive about yourself. |
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Posted: 29 Oct 2013, 8:41 pm
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auntblabby wrote: Stupidcat wrote: I'm mostly recyclable!  hello fellow organ donor 
Organ donation for the win.  |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Say something positive about yourself. |
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Posted: 29 Oct 2013, 8:40 pm
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Replies: 2,644
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| I'm mostly recyclable! |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Depression |
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Posted: 25 Oct 2013, 8:03 pm
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Replies: 8
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| Could the bad time most evenings have something to do with how and when you take the medication. Is that maybe when it is running out in your system? I take mine split in two doses to try and keep at a certain level rather then all at once. I also take mine in two dose, one in the morning and one i... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Should I live on campus? |
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Posted: 25 Oct 2013, 7:59 pm
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Replies: 9
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| I lived on campus of a small to medium university for my undergraduate years. My first experience with a roommate was not a good one but the school was quick to move me elsewhere as soon as I asked. My second roommate I lived with for four years. I loved living on campus! Everything was so convenien... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Say something positive about yourself. |
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Posted: 25 Oct 2013, 6:22 pm
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| I'm good at working with kids with disabilities. |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Depression |
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Posted: 25 Oct 2013, 6:20 pm
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Replies: 8
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| I've suffered from anxiety most of my life and for as long as I can remember. I had my first major episode of depression when I was 18, right before and after graduating high school. My depression and anxiety were well controlled by Zoloft for about four years but with time it stopped working and I ... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Anticipatory Anxiety about Class |
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Posted: 09 Oct 2013, 3:34 pm
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| I have class tonight and I'm having a lot of anxiety over it. Enough anxiety to the point that I'd rather not go. There's nothing to be afraid of though. The class is a lecture format so you just sit and listen. The material isn't particularly hard and the professor is a nice guy. My classmates aren... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Financial Aid |
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Posted: 23 May 2013, 1:27 pm
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| Thanks for telling me that. It gives me more hope that my own appeal will be successful. I've all ready gotten in touch with my GP and she's going to provide a letter attesting to the depression. Hopefully this works out for me like it did for your friend. |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Financial Aid |
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Posted: 22 May 2013, 11:52 pm
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| I'm in my second semester of graduate school and I go to school on financial aid. After a semester of battling unchecked depression and anxiety, my grades took a big hit and I'm no longer eligible for financial aid because of my GPA. I have the opportunity to appeal and I'm going to but I just can't... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What's wrong with you? |
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Posted: 06 Jul 2009, 8:01 pm
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Replies: 19
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| I really get tired of it when my roommate says it to me. Mostly because she's got social anxiety disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder. If I don't do things the way she wants them done she says things like, "That's just how you are" or "Its cause of AS right?" She's as nutty as a fruit bat but ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Pet theory to help autism/AS |
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Posted: 06 Jul 2009, 7:56 pm
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| http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=833416 have a look at the video in this link, be sure to let the add pass before the report starts. im thinking about getting a dog now. maybe it'll help me. what do you all think about this as a form of treatment? has anyone got any case scenarios... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: does aspergers mean we get the short end of the stick? |
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Posted: 06 Jul 2009, 7:26 pm
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| now that i think about it that was a horrible question...i've been asking alot of whys as to autism and trying to convince myself there are positives in it but when someone throws a short end of the stick comment (therefore saying our lives are less than the majority of the population) it gets me a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: does aspergers mean we get the short end of the stick? |
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Posted: 06 Jul 2009, 6:40 pm
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| What do they mean by "the short end of the stick"? Not literally speaking. I'm confused about what exactly are we not getting that someone else is because of AS? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Subtitles on movies and TV |
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Posted: 16 Apr 2009, 6:20 pm
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Replies: 47
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| I have always and forever loved to have subtitles on when I watch anything. It bugs the heck out of my family but it really helps me understand what's going on. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Truly unable to connect |
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Posted: 20 Feb 2009, 12:05 pm
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Replies: 70
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| I've learned how to fake it over the years. I can close that gap socially most of the time when there's not a large group around. For the most part people believe what they see and I can fool just about anyone. Closing the gap emotionally, however, isn't something that I've learned how to do. |
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