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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Catch 22. Help me, please. I have nowhere else. |
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Posted: 30 Oct 2013, 4:16 am
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Replies: 8
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| Strangely, I've never lost hope that I'll find that special someone to be my partner through it all, for me to help and care for and who will help and care for me in return. Sure, it seems extremely unlikely, but I guess I just want it so ridiculously badly that I can't let myself give up on it, de... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Lack of emotional comprehension and empathy. |
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Posted: 29 Oct 2013, 7:49 am
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Replies: 54
Views: 3,082
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| I have no idea how people don't live in the moment. This causes me problems with planning ahead or learning from consequences but at the same time I am free of worry of the future or dwelling on the past. Its another topic I cannot relate to people who don't always live in the moment. Isn't the mom... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: New to forum - needing some support! |
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Posted: 29 Oct 2013, 4:24 am
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Replies: 4
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| I know no one can give answers for me, but it helps just to get it off my chest. Thanks! Um, I used to really end up angry at my child and it was not good. What I did was learn a way to provide him perspective. If you know about autism/aspergers, there is a train of thought suggesting people on the... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Fear of being poor |
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Posted: 28 Oct 2013, 11:06 pm
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Replies: 37
Views: 3,791
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| That all changed after my mother passed away and I was left on my own. First hunger, then depression. I didn't have the mind or patience to go to college so I ended up taking whatever work I could: Once you've known how sweet life can be for NT's why would you want to stick around and make myself i... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I can't stop...! |
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Posted: 28 Oct 2013, 6:20 am
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,389
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| I had a bad experience about 3 years ago and I can't stop thinking about it and not even writing those ppl who were involved in that situation. I don't want to talk about it right now, I just want to know how I can stop? :? I think of the texture of my favorite bread. Not just any bread but my abso... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Fear of being poor |
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Posted: 28 Oct 2013, 5:48 am
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Replies: 37
Views: 3,791
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| I was a very good student in primary school, but I was sick a lot and had migraine headaches. It didn't really become a problem until I was H.S. and my drive along with my grades sunk to barely passing. It wasn't until that I was 21 and at work that one of my supervisors seen that I was having a ha... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The unstoppable force meets an immovable object. |
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Posted: 28 Oct 2013, 2:49 am
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Replies: 2
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| Sometimes I feel like that is the case with me. Often times when I really want to work on something I tend to put just about everything into it. But other times I've had were no matter how hard I try, I just feel like I cannot be bothered to do it. This often happens when I've had to write essays f... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are NTs as good at reading people as we think they are? |
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Posted: 27 Oct 2013, 6:29 am
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,926
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| Mostly the actions that many NTs display toward AS and the like is because they can't identify with us, or interpret our behaviour as though we are one of them. We actually make this same mistake. You know loosewheel, I don't think your wheel is loose and that you understand me pretty well. Actuall... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are NTs as good at reading people as we think they are? |
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Posted: 27 Oct 2013, 5:45 am
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Replies: 25
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| Off topic: Would someone be kind enough to explain to me what is wrong with being nervous? Is it not a normal human emotion sometimes and why should one feel embarrassed about it please? Evaluations at work make me nervous and if affects my performance. For example, my mouth gets dry then the pace ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are NTs as good at reading people as we think they are? |
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Posted: 27 Oct 2013, 5:40 am
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Replies: 25
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| The most useful - and the most simplest - one I ever read argued that you had to understand yourself properly before you could read anyone else with enough accuracy. This I hold to. I completely agree. That is what I do. I base my reading off of how I am. This of course doesn't always work because ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are NTs as good at reading people as we think they are? |
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Posted: 27 Oct 2013, 4:46 am
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Replies: 25
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| Anyway this whole thing has made me question if NTs are really as good at reading people as I've been lead to believe. Any thoughts guys? No I can't read minds... I can basically tell how people are feeling from a fleeting expression, or tone in their voice or guestures/posture. I have a sense of h... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is there anyone like me out there? |
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Posted: 27 Oct 2013, 2:57 am
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Replies: 27
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| I was probably a pretty bright child. I started talking when I was 6 months old, knew the alphabet when I was 2 years, could read when I was 3.5 years old and by the time I was 2 you could talk to me as if you were talking to a child much older than me. There is a person in this house who was readi... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How can I reject female company in particular circumstance? |
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Posted: 26 Oct 2013, 7:42 pm
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Replies: 27
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| If she asks to go out on a drink with me and her friends, how can I turn her down without a) outing myself as a freak or b) upsetting her? I want the rejection to be as positive as possible. So what do I do? Ask her: "What if I am from another planet"? "What if I am too drunk"? "What if I am just a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Pissing Other People Off |
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Posted: 26 Oct 2013, 5:22 pm
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Replies: 40
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| This cost me €5000, so I'm not going to sit around for weeks and listen to the other students complain and do nothing about it. In the end I had to show the lecturer the prospectus where it was written in black and white. Now my course co-coordinator seems pissed off with me. Anybody else experienc... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Pissing Other People Off |
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Posted: 26 Oct 2013, 5:18 pm
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Replies: 40
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| I got told off by an OU lecturer regarding my online posting style. My contribution to an online theoretical debate was too knowledgeable so I was told to cool it off or post less as a result. Apparently the other students were intimidated by my level of ability and complained about it. I left the ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I hate Asperger's |
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Posted: 26 Oct 2013, 4:58 pm
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Replies: 105
Views: 14,973
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| I hate it because of the social problems. I had been with friends a lot but my best friends moved and after the cool ones moved it basically went down hill from there. There was the worst kind of bully who moved in ,the ones who get you thinking you are hated and your friends are really just people... |
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