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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does this happen to you? :-/ p4 |
| Danusaurus |
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Posted: 03 Aug 2020, 1:25 am
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Replies: 3
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| Do you ever have trouble telling if you're hot or cold? I sometimes feel hot but I'm cold and I get sometimes sweaty but I don't feel hot. I know someone mentioned earlier something to do with inaccurate sensory information but unless I ask a question exactly as I think it the information back is ki... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does this happen to you? :-/ p3 |
| Danusaurus |
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Posted: 02 Aug 2020, 11:18 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 446
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| If I feel engaged in a project, eating and drinking are distractions, and block the extra focus of a body going into emergency mode. Long ago, I learned to keep track of my water intake, because if I get dehydrated I just get depressed and can't figure out what the problem is for a day or so. Latel... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does this happen to you? :-/ p3 |
| Danusaurus |
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Posted: 01 Aug 2020, 11:54 pm
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Replies: 11
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| Thanks for your replies. Nice to know I'm not the only person who experience these things and good to have a space to be able to ask people without being made to feel like a loser or put down. In real life i wouldn't ever dare to ask or mention these feelings or thoughts because I'm ashamed. I'm lea... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does this happen to you? :-/ p3 |
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Posted: 01 Aug 2020, 8:44 pm
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Replies: 11
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| Anyone else find it difficult to figure out if you're like, actually hungry and weather or not you actually have to go to the bathroom or not. I'm not sure if it's food allergy related but I'm probably the only person in the world whom their hunger button and toilet button doesn't work the best. I t... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Does this happen to you? :-/ |
| Danusaurus |
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Posted: 22 Jul 2020, 8:31 am
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Replies: 12
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| abused alcohol and drugs for many years. wasn't until I got sober that I realized I was depressed, really depressed. so yeah, they made me feel better. much better. much more social too. i actually had "friends" back then too. obviously they weren't really friends, just people I drank and... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Does this happen to you? :-/ |
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Posted: 22 Jul 2020, 3:43 am
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Replies: 12
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| How many people have experienced substance abuse issues, alcohol etc and what did and or does for you. ? I am trying to keep family friendly in mind so I apologise if this isn't a topic anyone else discusses or forum breaches. Though I know it's not just me who falls into this category.. I just woul... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: I Wish I Had a Friend Group |
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Posted: 22 Jul 2020, 12:12 am
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Replies: 6
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| Interacting with someone one on one is doable for me, to an extent, because I can talk about real things or discuss ideas or whatever, and also I'm not expected to be entertaining. Not that I have a lot of that. But being part of a group of friends is a very different skill set. Friendly banter amo... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: I Wish I Had a Friend Group |
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Posted: 21 Jul 2020, 7:25 pm
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Replies: 6
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| I have friends now, which I'm grateful for, but not a friend group. I usually only hang out with people one on one. If I'm in a group outing, it's because a friend invited me, and they are my conduit to that group. When I have a falling out with a friend, I lose access to that friend group. It seem... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Conversation and relating to random people Advice needed |
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Posted: 21 Jul 2020, 12:33 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 758
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| I too find it exhausting and difficult to have conversations. There is so much to keep track of. First I have to listen to what they are saying and try to understand it, while also getting the tone so I can make appropriate responses, like laughing if they are trying to make a joke or looking conce... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Conversation and relating to random people Advice needed |
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Posted: 21 Jul 2020, 12:28 am
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Replies: 16
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| I found conversation with NTs to be quite easy. I just sit there and listen. Most times I do not say a word. But when I wish to interject something into the conversation that is where I find difficulty. NTs will discuss something for a short period of time and then switch to a different subject. If... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Conversation and relating to random people Advice needed |
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Posted: 20 Jul 2020, 7:27 am
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Replies: 16
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| Yes, I think I've lived long enough to store a library of how people react to things and what certain phrases mean. I'm almost 40. I don't bother joining group conversations unless it's with people I know really well. I find if people are engrossed in talking to each other they really can't be both... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Conversation and relating to random people Advice needed |
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Posted: 20 Jul 2020, 5:17 am
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| My Jedi force is to keep my appearance of understand NT's and attention is just to rhyme in my head as it seems the only way to retain information. Let alone trying to absorb the confusion and trying to keep on track talking . I seem to find I annoy people if I seem uninterested in talking but I liv... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Conversation and relating to random people Advice needed |
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Posted: 20 Jul 2020, 5:07 am
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| I think I understand what you mean by boring. I don't have any friends who have the same interests as me. Is this what you meant by boring? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Conversation and relating to random people Advice needed |
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Posted: 20 Jul 2020, 4:41 am
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Replies: 16
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| I mean like I feel like conversations seem metaphoric to me but I'm not sure how to describe it. Maybe it's my interpretation that seems jumbled up or if I just can't seem to follow conversations with others. And how do you find timing with jumping in on an already in progress conversation. If that ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Conversation and relating to random people Advice needed |
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Posted: 20 Jul 2020, 4:02 am
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Replies: 16
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| How do you find relating to random people and being able to follow a conversation with NT's ?? Anyone else find it exhausting engaging in conversation with people ? Does anyone else feel exhausted? Like especially when you feel aware that not making eye contact is rude so you kinda force your self t... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does this happen to you? :-/ |
| Danusaurus |
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Posted: 18 Jul 2020, 10:38 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 486
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| Thanks heaps.. I kinda get it. Tbh I'm lost for words that someone actually understood what I wrote. Blessed. Thanks again. |
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