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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Totally unable to think visually |
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Posted: 13 May 2010, 8:00 pm
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Replies: 23
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| I know that as a group we're much more likely to think visually than NT's, but I'm just the opposite; I'm almost totally incapable of seeing anything in my head, even things or people that I'm extremely familiar with. The best I can manage is a brief, dark, vague flash of the desired image, even if ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Praise and Compliments |
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Posted: 12 May 2010, 7:48 pm
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Replies: 41
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| HikariOkami, I'm sure you have many things that are validly praiseworthy, but you bring up an interesting point: NT's have an annoying habit of noticing something negative and then reflexively giving a compliment on it because they can't think of anything else to say (and they assume you saw them lo... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: can you be late for something? |
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Posted: 11 May 2010, 8:38 pm
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Replies: 35
Views: 2,807
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| I often find myself sitting there in the car with all the kids for half an hour, waiting for his slow behind to get out of the house Tell him that you and the kids will be driving away at time X, with or without him. After he misses a few events, or has to drive himself and arrive late to the deris... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Praise and Compliments |
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Posted: 09 May 2010, 3:56 am
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Replies: 41
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| However, I've heard some people on the spectrum say that praise, and compliments don't influence them at all, and they couldn't care less about what others think. How is it for you? Does it feel good, bad, or indifferent for you? Indifferent. Praise is just words, and words don't benefit me. If som... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How clumsy are you? |
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Posted: 09 May 2010, 3:30 am
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Replies: 67
Views: 7,176
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| I'm clumsy, I have poor eye-hand coordination, poor fine motor skills, poor spatial relations, poor depth perception... my physical interface with the world is just BAD. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: if you talk to yourself... |
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Posted: 09 May 2010, 3:27 am
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Replies: 29
Views: 3,122
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| I often repeat things out loud when no one else is around. Like sometimes I'll read the content of my posts aloud to get an idea of what it sounds like to the readers. If I'm bored and alone I'll talk out loud to myself in conversation format, usually narrating my thought process. Me too. I'll also... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Inappropriate Attachment to Objects |
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Posted: 09 May 2010, 3:10 am
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Replies: 33
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| I have a brush, a pen, a jar of petroleum jelly, a nail file, and a choke chain with me pretty much at all times. Some of these things I bring with me to whatever room I'm going to be in. I have copies of them in my purse, and when I leave the house I can't be separated from that purse, not even at ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do people on the spectrum have good memories? |
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Posted: 08 May 2010, 6:37 pm
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Replies: 56
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| I have an almost freakish memory for facts, conversations and things I've read... except for names of any kind. My short term memory is starting to weaken a little, though; I'd be out to sea without Google Calendar. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do ýou find competitions distasteful? |
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Posted: 08 May 2010, 3:26 pm
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Replies: 26
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| Competitions that are judged subjectively are overwhelmingly influenced by the looks, personal magnetism, previous successes/failures, and social/political connections of the competitors. And then there's whatever ridiculous current standard the judges have for what the "right" or "best" way to do s... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Taking things literally! |
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Posted: 08 May 2010, 2:10 pm
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Replies: 83
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| I'm very literal. My husband complains about it all the time, in part because he says things that are meant to be joking or sarcastic but neglects to use a joking or sarcastic tone and thus I take him literally; he says so many illogical things in all seriousness that I can't assume he's joking like... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are you like a little kid sometimes in this way?? |
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Posted: 07 May 2010, 6:46 pm
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Replies: 37
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| I can get so excited over things that I get a head rush and get overwhelmed; I often need to sit down away from the action and catch my breath and get my blood pressure out of the quadruple digits. I might yell, cheer, squeal, bounce, and tell anyone within hearing distance about the exciting item/e... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are you sometimes accused of not caring about anything? |
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Posted: 05 May 2010, 9:04 pm
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Replies: 32
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| When I was a kid, my mother would furiously accuse me of being "cavalier," as if it was a choice I'd made or something I could change. When I eventually got a shrink, she described me as having 95% of my emotions "numbed." Anger and anxiety/panic I can feel easily enough, but the rest is spotty at b... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Lonely, but peopled out |
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Posted: 05 May 2010, 7:22 pm
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Replies: 36
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| ... wishing I had community and friendship... but the idea of being around people, having to interact with them, and sort through enough to maybe find some folks who like me just gives me the shudders... I get frustrated and bummed out rather than shudders per se, but other than that I'm right with... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Who has a good way to come down from an overload? |
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Posted: 03 May 2010, 5:25 pm
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Replies: 18
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| I put loud music on, sit on the floor and rock. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Abnormal signature |
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Posted: 30 Apr 2010, 7:45 am
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Replies: 23
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| When I created this thread, I was just sorta hoping that 1 or 2 people might have something similar, which after a lifetime of never seeing a non-signature like mine would've been huge; to see that MOST respondents don't have regular signatures is mind-blowing. And of course now I'll spend the next ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Fake people NT's think are nice! |
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Posted: 29 Apr 2010, 7:19 pm
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Replies: 42
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| Eventually after sometimes years of condensending behavior and insults, I may talk back and when I do, I'm being outcasted, told off and treated like I had no right to fight back or even say anything back. This is one of the things that outrages me the most about NT behavior. Why is it ok for an at... |
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