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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: People staring at you in public places due to your Autism |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 11 Sep 2023, 4:55 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 903
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| People stare at me, I stare back or wave at them. They quickly jerk away. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Who Cuts Your Hair? |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 08 Sep 2023, 9:13 am
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Replies: 50
Views: 3,222
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| I cut my own. Just shave it down to the skin. I can't stand my hair being short. I think it reminds me of all the times as a child when I was forced to have it cut against my will because I couldn't "take care of it". Uh, I was five. I never knew NT five year olds who could take care of th... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does anyone have an issue describing their dreams? |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 08 Sep 2023, 9:03 am
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Replies: 22
Views: 854
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| I've had reoccurring dreams since childhood. |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Out of steam |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 07 Sep 2023, 5:57 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 8,681
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| Meerkat ,ugh, sorry it was so awful so early. I wanted "out" by age 8, but didn't discover the dysfunctional but effective "coping" mechanism you mention until 17. Then it was an especially rocky couple decades. In my support groups for adult ADS women, over 90% relate to this p... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: how did your autism show itself in childhood |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 07 Sep 2023, 5:32 pm
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Replies: 26
Views: 8,960
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| My biological mother was what at the time in the late 1980's-early 1990's considered "mentally ret*d". But probably really no one really just gave the poor woman a chance. She was a lounge singer at a local bar. She met a man there and apparently he raped her. 9 months later I come along. ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: BPD or Autism? |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 03 Sep 2023, 4:35 pm
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Replies: 27
Views: 5,985
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| I was once told by this psychiatrist that since I'm nothing like their 15 year old son with Asperger's (I was 25 at the time) that I don't have autism and that while I may have been autistic as a child I no longer am. I have borderline personality disorder now. All because I told him I was offended ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you think that if "Rain Man" had never been released... |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 02 Sep 2023, 2:23 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 518
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| Another movie would have just been released about an autistic person. Good or bad. I've always heard that Rain Man brought a lot of awareness to the fact autism was a thing...but at the time people still assumed it only affected males and people were only severely affected to the point they had to l... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Out of steam |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 02 Sep 2023, 2:21 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 8,681
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| I was homeschooled since the 5th grade because of how bad the bullying (not only from other children) was getting and the school refusing to do anything about it except punish me for defending myself. I was already experimenting with self harm and regularly expressed how I wanted to die just so I wo... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Characters whose autistic traits you relate to |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 02 Sep 2023, 2:14 pm
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Replies: 74
Views: 7,110
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| Ian Malcom from Jurassic Park Peter Quill from Guardians of the Galaxy Buster Baxter and D.W. Read from Arthur Ramona Quimby from the Beverly Clearly series Bell from the Disney animated version of Beauty & the Beast Elsa from Frozen Lilo from Lilo & Stich (Stich too) The entire Membrane fam... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: You need to widen your horizons |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 02 Sep 2023, 2:07 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 337
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| Reciprocation is my BFF listens to me go on about myself, concerns or special interest for however long and then I listen to her go on about herself, concerns or special interest for however long. For all I know Meerkat appreciates a friend who's passionate about owls or reciprocates in other ways.... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: You need to widen your horizons |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 02 Sep 2023, 9:11 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 337
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| There's a big difference between "I'm really interested in meerkats" and "I'm interested in animals, especially meerkats." Meeting someone interested in animals is quite likely. Lots of couples these days have pets instead of children. Your attitude comes across to me as "y... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: You need to widen your horizons |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 01 Sep 2023, 3:15 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 337
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| Narrow, restricted interests naturally pose a sharing problem. My interests are often pretty narrow, which probably helps explain why I don't have millions of friends. I guess it's a choice between the misery of loneliness and the misery of foregoing special interests and trying to take an interest... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Disney is dying (or already dead) and how to save it |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 31 Aug 2023, 9:25 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 4,291
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| Maybe make some original movies and concepts instead of making "live action" remakes of older films. Bring back traditional 2-D animation. |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Oppenheimer VS Barbie: Which One Would You Watch First? |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 31 Aug 2023, 4:46 pm
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Replies: 30
Views: 2,614
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| Only movie I wanted to see this year was Guardians of the Galaxy 3 and I was NOT disappointed. Barbie and Oppenheimer both seemed equally boring to me. |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: how did you fare in grade school? |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 31 Aug 2023, 4:35 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 10,868
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| It all depended on the teacher. Ones who liked me and were willing to work with me and choose their battles, it was great. Others who were on a power trip and probably were not so good. I wasn't really interested in making friends but occasionally I did have a few. Usually they had to be facilitated... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Toddler is scared of the robot vacuum |
| MagicMeerkat |
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Posted: 31 Aug 2023, 4:22 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,205
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| Maybe turn it off and let her examine it on her own terms? |
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