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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Can someone help me figure out why she blocked me? |
| Ettina |
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Posted: 18 Jul 2022, 5:13 pm
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,364
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| From my experience, when you meet a girl and she’s in a relationship already, you will never wind up dating this girl, even if she breaks up with her boyfriend. I have never been successful with chasing girls who had boyfriends when I met them but broke up afterwards. And yes I chased them after th... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: What Would Your Dating Life Have Looked Like If You Were NT? |
| Ettina |
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Posted: 18 Jul 2022, 5:06 pm
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Replies: 70
Views: 3,596
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| I feel like an NT with the same highly unique sexual preferences as me (kinky grey-asexual with an unusual and fairly exclusive kink) would have similar dating troubles. My biggest problem is that there's probably only like 100 people in the whole world who are actually sexually compatible with me, ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: My nieces and nephews |
| Ettina |
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Posted: 18 Jul 2022, 5:00 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,229
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| One of my nieces is only 19 months but can say a lot of words and can even count. She'll probably be reading next. Does this mean she's going to be gifted, or just extroverted? Her development seems to be coming along extremely fast and early. Could this cause autism? I read that autism can occur i... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: When your parent is worse than you. |
| Ettina |
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Posted: 18 Jul 2022, 4:55 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,304
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| I'm certain I have it, because I do feel an impulsive urge to defy people.. It's not like they say it is though where you do it just to defy.. It's related to OCD, in that way where when you really feel you need to say something, it's hard to stop yourself, or stop yourself from repeating yourself ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Considering disowning your child? |
| Ettina |
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Posted: 18 Jul 2022, 4:48 pm
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Replies: 34
Views: 6,492
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| My parents haven't disowned my adoptive siblings who sexually molested me. They kicked them out to protect me, but still care about them and are open to contact with them (my dad is Facebook friends with one of them). So if sexually molesting children isn't enough to lose my parents' love, I don't t... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: ASD parent of 3 non verbal ASD kids |
| Ettina |
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Posted: 18 Jul 2022, 4:39 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,662
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: How do/would parents feel about a "perfect" child? |
| Ettina |
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Posted: 18 Jul 2022, 4:29 pm
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Replies: 42
Views: 2,701
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| I wouldn't enjoy the "perfect child" you described. The unquestioning obedience is something that my dog shows, and while it's useful sometimes, it also gives me anxiety because I know if I mistakenly tell her to harm herself, she will. (For example, she sat on a thistle once because I tol... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Autism cure |
| Ettina |
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Posted: 18 Jul 2022, 4:19 pm
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Replies: 54
Views: 11,771
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| However, if I'm wrong and a cure can be developed, it's not my place to say if someone should or shouldn't take it. I certainly wouldn't shame someone who felt that their ASD was a burden to them because everyone has different experiences with their own autism. I've worked with autistic kids whose ... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Is being psychotic part of being neurodivergent? |
| Ettina |
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Posted: 18 Jul 2022, 4:16 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,710
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| I think of neurodivergence as innate, biologically based differences in brain function, and many causes of psychosis qualify. However, psychosis is a symptom, and there are psychotic people I wouldn't consider neurodivergent. For example, someone who is high on LSD is psychotic, but only temporarily... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Enuresis-could it have been a trauma response? |
| Ettina |
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Posted: 18 Jul 2022, 4:10 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 972
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| I've heard enuresis is more common in abused kids, but a lot of the studies don't properly separate cause and effect (some parents abuse kids to punish them for enuresis). I had enuresis, but I have no idea if it's related to my autism or my CSA victimization. Stress can also make enuresis worse, I ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Can you be Aspergers and schizophrenic at the same time? |
| Ettina |
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Posted: 18 Jul 2022, 4:01 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 627
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| The reason there's doubt about whether you can have both is because many of the symptoms of autism (atypical nonverbal cues, lower sociability, poor social understanding, weird mannerisms, executive dysfunction, etc) are also symptoms of schizophrenia. The main differences are age of onset (though s... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Was it better to be unaware of your own autism? |
| Ettina |
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Posted: 18 Jul 2022, 3:55 pm
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Replies: 77
Views: 4,436
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| I'm really glad I wasn't diagnosed before age 10, because my first school was terrible in a way that meant they'd have absolutely loved ABA. Also, the way they talked about the possibility of me having ADHD made me extremely resistant to the concept of ADHD as a valid and meaningful diagnostic categ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Therapy Options for HF Tweens/Teens |
| Ettina |
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Posted: 05 Jun 2022, 12:00 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,408
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| Occupational therapy can be helpful for sensory issues and self-care skill delays. |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: I love my son so much |
| Ettina |
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Posted: 05 Jun 2022, 11:55 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,256
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| My newborn is soft and snuggly and really fun to cuddle. And it's really neat to see her looking at things and trying to figure them out. |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Why SHOULD you have a child sooner rather than later ? |
| Ettina |
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Posted: 31 May 2022, 11:10 am
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Replies: 109
Views: 6,892
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| Biologically, having a child is easier when you're young. But economic resources and emotional maturity both give older parents an advantage. I know in my case, if I'd had a child 6 years ago, I'd have a lot more difficulty coping with looking after her, because I wouldn't have had those 6 years to ... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Is not making an effort a reason for me being single ? |
| Ettina |
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Posted: 31 May 2022, 10:55 am
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,887
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| Whoever is telling you " you'll find love when you stop looking for it " is most likely a woman, because this advice generally speaking, only works for women, who have the luxury of simply waiting for guys to approach them. Remember, women have a COMPLETELY different dating experience com... |
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