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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Eye Contact Scale |
| russiank12 |
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Posted: 10 Dec 2014, 7:26 pm
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Replies: 63
Views: 4,930
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I'm going to say
9 with strangers
7 with friends
5 if they're about 5 feet away and not looking at me
1 with my sister/mom |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Which emotion do you find hardest to identify? |
| russiank12 |
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Posted: 10 Dec 2014, 3:59 am
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Replies: 17
Views: 989
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In myself, anything not anger.
In other people,....I find happiness easy and everything else is equally difficult. I'm really bad at reading faces and emotions. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Your last aspie shutdown and its triggers |
| russiank12 |
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Posted: 10 Dec 2014, 3:30 am
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,258
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I'm just coming out of it right now, thankfully.
I have been studying non stop for about 9-12 hours per day for semester finals and then saw my friends who began to talking to me, all normal stuff, but the socialization + stress from studying and finals tipped me over the edge. |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Gotham - Edward Nygma |
| russiank12 |
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Posted: 05 Dec 2014, 4:41 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,078
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| Does Nygma seem autistic to anyone else? It seems really obvious to me and I would love it if he were because he's my favourite! |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Aspie movie characters |
| russiank12 |
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Posted: 05 Dec 2014, 4:39 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 773
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Lisbeth Salander - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Wednesday Addams - Addams Family films
The Duke of Devonshire - The Duchess |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How obvious are your obsessions to other people? |
| russiank12 |
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Posted: 05 Dec 2014, 4:35 pm
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,215
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| I'm known as the "movie girl" in school. I greet people by asking them their favourite movie and then list off all of the facts I know about it. I've come to recognize people by their favourite movie because..well, facial blindness. It's the only thing I talk about to people I don't know t... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are you consistent in your handwriting? |
| russiank12 |
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Posted: 05 Dec 2014, 4:25 pm
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Replies: 40
Views: 1,640
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| Not entirely relevant, but I saw THIS and thought of this post. It's pretty cool actually. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What does stimming feel like to you? |
| russiank12 |
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Posted: 05 Dec 2014, 4:21 pm
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Replies: 39
Views: 5,058
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| 1. Before I stim it feels like everything inside of me is going to explode and I can't take it anymore. - It feels relieving and I don't feel like I'm boiling inside. The extreme pressure that's building up inside of me subsides. 2. When I'm relaxed -It feels like pure goodness. I can feel all the l... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How you think? |
| russiank12 |
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Posted: 05 Dec 2014, 4:14 pm
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,454
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| I just started this because I was curious about the way other autistics think. I've heard that many of you think In numbers, pictures, or sounds. I haven't found a name for the way I think. I think in visual words. Like, when someone's talking, I see the words that they are saying right in front of... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Worst book-to-movie adaptations |
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Posted: 05 Dec 2014, 4:10 pm
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Replies: 54
Views: 3,409
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The Cat in the Hat (2003)
The City of Ember (2008)
The Great Gatsby (2013)
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: American Behavior Or NT Behavior? |
| russiank12 |
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Posted: 05 Dec 2014, 4:09 pm
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,306
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| I'm Russian and have lived with Russians my whole life. I was born in America, but didn't meet an American till school and didn't learn good English till 3rd grade. I don't think that's like Americans at all. OF COURSE there are some rude ones, but I love Americans because they're generally so nice ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you stim? How? |
| russiank12 |
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Posted: 05 Dec 2014, 3:59 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,187
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I have many:
Rocking back and forth/side to side
Skin picking (lips, around nails)
Foot tapping/bouncing/rubbing
Rubbing soft/smooth things on my lips
Listening to the same song
Sometimes I had flap
Bouncing
Looking at sparkly things
Tapping this specific beat with my fingers
Hand wringing |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do people ever want to be your friend just because you're au |
| russiank12 |
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Posted: 05 Dec 2014, 3:54 pm
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Replies: 25
Views: 912
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| I don't tell people I'm autistic until I get to know them very well, but I've never known anybody who has...? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Imagine: Autism |
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Posted: 05 Dec 2014, 3:53 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 616
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| 1. I'm a college student an need $$$, so yes. Plus, what does it feel like to be NT? 2. YES PLEASEEEE. This is my biggest problem and would love to have it gone or at least not have it be so painful. I could finally go to a club or wear my hair up (I wear bright coloured ear plugs and they're very n... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hi I'm Levi |
| russiank12 |
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Posted: 05 Dec 2014, 3:45 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 383
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Yo, sup? |
| russiank12 |
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Posted: 05 Dec 2014, 3:44 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 281
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| Welcome! I have some interest in art, literature, and mythology. What types do you like? |
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