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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Mass shooting at Nashville Christian elementary school |
| colliegrace |
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Posted: 30 Mar 2023, 7:40 pm
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Replies: 75
Views: 12,628
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| I dislike the framing of mental illness as something that makes people violent. That only fuels stigma. "Mentally ill" is a broad category of things. Lots of people have depression and anxiety, up to 20% of the population or more, and these illnesses alone do not make someone violent. That... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: face blindness - can you be partially face blind? |
| colliegrace |
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Posted: 27 Mar 2023, 10:07 am
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Replies: 33
Views: 2,938
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DuckHairback wrote: I do also wonder how much of this is down to avoidance of eye contact. Do I not know what people look like because I don't look at them much?
I wonder the same |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Opinion on furries |
| colliegrace |
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Posted: 24 Mar 2023, 8:51 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,119
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| I'm a furry. It's just a fun hobby. |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: I have a question about being aromantic |
| colliegrace |
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Posted: 23 Mar 2023, 7:18 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,086
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catpiecakebutter wrote: I find some men hot but that does not mean I want to date them.
Sounds aromantic to me. |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: I have a question about being aromantic |
| colliegrace |
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Posted: 23 Mar 2023, 7:03 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,086
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| Grey-aro asexual lesbian here. There are multiple types of attraction. You might be attracted sexually but not romantically or romantically but not sexually. Or you might be attracted platonically but confusing it as romantic or sexual attraction. Or you might be attracted only aesthetically, which ... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: unsure how to handle impending crash (work-wise) |
| colliegrace |
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Posted: 22 Mar 2023, 9:47 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 281
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| Trying to keep the explanation simple. I live with my mom. Plan to stay. Mom has multiple disabilities. I have multiple mental disabilities. We both work. Mom will eventually not be able to work anymore, she's getting older and her health problems are beginning to seriously pile up. This is not sust... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: what are sensory issues like for you? |
| colliegrace |
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Posted: 22 Mar 2023, 9:37 pm
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,332
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| For me, noise sensitivity is actually a more recent thing. It started in 2020. That said.... I'm beginning to think that I had more mild signs of it before, as I recall there being times where I'd feel kinda lightheaded or kinda sick. I was reminded of this today when spending a lot of time in an ai... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Honest question: Is 'woke' culture a problem? |
| colliegrace |
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Posted: 18 Mar 2023, 10:41 pm
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Replies: 66
Views: 4,174
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| The problem is "woke" is a poorly defined buzzword. The instance in which we have an actual legal definition of "woke": Woke is defined by the DeSantis administration as "the belief there are systemic injustices in American society and the need to address them." I don't... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: is christianity a religion for neurotypicals? |
| colliegrace |
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Posted: 18 Mar 2023, 10:37 pm
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Replies: 106
Views: 7,058
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| Christian here, possibly converting Catholic. Religion is for everyone, even if common practices might have been influenced unintentionally for specific groups or neurotypes. (Or even if straight-up discrimination developed somewhere along the way. Ya gal here is very religious but also very much qu... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I'm beginning to think my mother is autistic as well |
| colliegrace |
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Posted: 18 Mar 2023, 10:29 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 529
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| I do think my grandmother could have been neurodivergent based on things I've been told. (I only got to see her a few times before she passed away, we lived many states away.) For example apparently when my mom and her sisters were growing up she was constantly misplacing things and things like she'... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I'm beginning to think my mother is autistic as well |
| colliegrace |
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Posted: 18 Mar 2023, 9:58 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 529
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| So earlier in the day my sister (who is neurodivergent for certain but not yet diagnosed with anything) was telling my mom to please not talk for a while. My mom thought it quite rude, so on the way home from work I decided to bring up that sis wasn't intending to be rude, she was just having a bad ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: face blindness - can you be partially face blind? |
| colliegrace |
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Posted: 18 Mar 2023, 7:44 am
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Replies: 33
Views: 2,938
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| I CAN recognize faces as familiar or even identify people sometimes. But most often I'm not sure who is who and I often get people who know me but I don't know them and have to either fake it til I make it or just straight up tell them hey I don't know you please tell me who you are. Is this a degre... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Being round strangers |
| colliegrace |
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Posted: 18 Mar 2023, 7:42 am
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,526
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| Bring a video game or something. Or maybe a fidget toy if you plan on interacting. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Special interests |
| colliegrace |
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Posted: 17 Mar 2023, 4:14 am
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Replies: 47
Views: 2,914
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| For me it was dogs. For the first 16 years of my life, all I thought or talked about was dogs. I was an expert on dog issues among people who knew me. Once my teacher asked, after a history lesson, "any questions?" I raised my hand and said "do dogs have dreams?" None of my inte... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Joe Exotic for President? |
| colliegrace |
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Posted: 16 Mar 2023, 9:13 pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 716
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| Wow, that just might be a winner for "Would be a worse President than Trump" |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What made you anxious today? |
| colliegrace |
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Posted: 16 Mar 2023, 6:20 pm
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Replies: 173
Views: 9,099
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| Was taking notes from training at work. Coworker who was teaching me said my notes sucked and I need to rewrite them. Luckily they helped me with that. |
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