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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Sex and why it makes me uncomfortable |
| Edna3362 |
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Posted: 07 Sep 2024, 1:58 am
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Replies: 18
Views: 180
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| I got over the childhood conditioning very quickly. Even after my own mom caught me touching myself; all I learned is that it's private. But yeah, watching porn feels awkward to me too if someone tries to tell me it's entertainment. So when I watch porn, it's like watching a documentary of how human... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What's on your mind right now? |
| Edna3362 |
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Posted: 07 Sep 2024, 12:13 am
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Replies: 43,580
Views: 1,254,007
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| Not realizing I got overs-scheduled again. Not necessarily work, but this 'needing to get up early' scheme. May explain why I'm planning to go and help out at 6am, but it's already 1pm despite that I already ate and dressed. Need to tweak schedules further. Need to track and determine if something c... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autistic Myths. |
| Edna3362 |
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Posted: 06 Sep 2024, 11:57 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 267
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| Well, yeah. I can see how introversion and social anxiety can be mistaken for autism. Whether onlookers looking at 'shy kids' or teenagers and adults relating to autistics stories on social struggles, rejection, trauma, bullying and abuse... I can say the say with being alexithymic and it's external... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What was your first Special interest? |
| Edna3362 |
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Posted: 06 Sep 2024, 11:44 pm
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Replies: 121
Views: 4,304
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| It's either music or boxes. I recall having it both at the same time at age 5 or so. |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: AI's solution to the 'Cocktail Party Problem' |
| Edna3362 |
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Posted: 06 Sep 2024, 11:36 pm
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Replies: 1
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| Eh, I'll take it. My life could be a little easier with it. Hopefully nothing heavy to wear if it's realized. Though, I may also need more than just solving the entire receptive-sensory auditory input since I also have another layer of communication issue, past the external interferences and sensory... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Any ethnic Chinese here? Tell me about autism stigma |
| Edna3362 |
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Posted: 06 Sep 2024, 11:20 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 223
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| I'm not Chinese -- but met plenty of ethnic Chinese and Chinese directly from Mainland China. There was a belief within business circles that an offspring with intellectual disabilities is considered good luck -- sort of like a pass from misfortune and karma. Thus an autistic with ID could be consid... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Autism as Transgenerational Trauma - a hypothesis |
| Edna3362 |
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Posted: 06 Sep 2024, 9:13 pm
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Replies: 21
Views: 613
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| well, there are a few ways that people get autism: One is where there are genes for autism in the family, so they have a high polygenic risk. Usually something environmental or epigenetic has to turn on enough of those genes for the person to be autistic. Many of us here can see autistic traits run... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Wrong Answers Only |
| Edna3362 |
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Posted: 06 Sep 2024, 11:48 am
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Replies: 5,237
Views: 103,797
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Humans are not flies.
Instead, we are the ultimate mammalian bi-pedal walks.
Why fly when we can teleport and skip in time forward into chosen destination, or warp time and space? |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Why do I try too hard to fit in with everyone else? |
| Edna3362 |
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Posted: 06 Sep 2024, 11:26 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 303
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| I can give you a layered answer; only you can tell and decide which answer is more true. - You want something to affirm your ego that you're not some freak or less than - You're lonely deep down, you want to matter, you want someone to pay attention to you and who thought that you matter - You fear ... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Autism as Transgenerational Trauma - a hypothesis |
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Posted: 06 Sep 2024, 11:05 am
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Replies: 21
Views: 613
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| Eh. My parents were the types that ended up being breadwinners to their siblings for being older than them. Let's see... My family, both sides, do not have war stories to tell. Nor they have religious complexes. Nor are the impossibly high standards super achievers. Nor the toxic conformism and imag... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you get along well with other neurodivergent people? |
| Edna3362 |
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Posted: 06 Sep 2024, 10:10 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 799
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I can be.
But I've yet to see how much of it because I never met other NDs of my own age. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How do you think? |
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Posted: 06 Sep 2024, 10:06 am
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Replies: 21
Views: 437
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| In an abstract and conceptual like patterns within patterns, that had to be painstakingly translated into words or pictures and vice versa. Else I do utilize visualization, auditory inner monologues, and imaginary visceral and spatial nonvisual-nonauditory sensations. I'm also able to zoom into the ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What ASD traits do you NOT have? |
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Posted: 06 Sep 2024, 10:00 am
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Replies: 65
Views: 5,286
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| I don't experience anything related to heightened anxiety states on a regular basis -- intolerance to uncertainty, unwillingness to take risk, not going nonlinear, heightened sense of fear or phobias, constant worry, intrusive negativity, avoidance, some forms of rigidity like disliking spontaneous... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Post a random fact about your room :-) |
| Edna3362 |
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Posted: 06 Sep 2024, 7:05 am
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Replies: 868
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| In humid months, may need a 800ml or so tub of disposable dehumidifier every about 5-7 weeks. .. Also this means I should never let an ice cold drink, anything something similar that sweats or open water that will very much evaporate stay in my room. At least a set of 3 tubs from the hardware store ... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Ever considered becoming vegetarian? |
| Edna3362 |
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Posted: 06 Sep 2024, 7:00 am
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Replies: 33
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| Hmm... I may consider going pescatarian for health reasons. And it's entirely doable within my entire household to do so. My mom may need it, too, and I can see how I can convince her; especially it's a type of diet with all the stuff that she really likes. My dad, too, if he ever comes. My sister c... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What is y'all comfort food |
| Edna3362 |
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Posted: 06 Sep 2024, 5:15 am
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Replies: 12
Views: 154
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Chocolate, chocolate pastries and something crunchy and salty.
 I really need to tone it all down. |
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