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23 Feb 2018, 7:43 pm

cathylynn wrote:
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^ you're not homeless though.
You have a steady job, which many people on the spectrum don't have.


It's still not a job I enjoy. It also takes up a good portion of the day and once I am out of it, I am mentally drained from constantly thinking about how I am so far behind my peers, my dreams are unreachable, and I am stuck in a rut until I exit.

I don't even try to engage in my hobbies anymore. I sometimes think I should just throw away my guitar and trash my drawing supplies because I am past the age where I can actually develop talents in them.


you are NOT too old to learn. i'm not sure why you persist in espousing that idea. many of us countered it last time you posted it. and, if it's fun, why worry if you're picasso or segovia or clapton?




My mind just won't let me think I am not too old. It's constantly reverberating with the thoughts I have and refuses to quit. Whenever I try to formulate a new thought pattern, the old ones block it from circulating.



sounds as if cognitive behavioral therapy might help.


I just lost my therapist and she used to try that with me. :(


could a different agency without that clueless supervisor offer you a counselor?


Clueless supervisor?


didn't the supervisor think you somehow didn't fit their profile of an appropriate client?


It was my medical insurance provider. They refused to reimburse my therapist.

The last college class I took (Dropped it soon after) the instructor put on a monologue by David Foster Wallace and a line in it was the reason why people who shoot themselves in the head when they commit suicide is because they are angry at their own brains. I later found out he himself committed suicide. I feel like this will be my fate.



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23 Feb 2018, 7:44 pm

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I'm very full. I had a big bowl of noodles and cheese sauce for supper.


Do you like Pho? My mom makes it homemade.


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23 Feb 2018, 7:51 pm

^No, but I do have miso soup on rare occasions.


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23 Feb 2018, 7:52 pm

Your mother is pretty eclectic.

I've had similar soups to Pho---but not Pho itself.

I like New England Clam Chowder myself.....



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23 Feb 2018, 7:58 pm

Marknis wrote:
cathylynn wrote:
Marknis wrote:
cathylynn wrote:
Marknis wrote:
cathylynn wrote:
Marknis wrote:
cathylynn wrote:
Marknis wrote:
Raleigh wrote:
^ you're not homeless though.
You have a steady job, which many people on the spectrum don't have.


It's still not a job I enjoy. It also takes up a good portion of the day and once I am out of it, I am mentally drained from constantly thinking about how I am so far behind my peers, my dreams are unreachable, and I am stuck in a rut until I exit.

I don't even try to engage in my hobbies anymore. I sometimes think I should just throw away my guitar and trash my drawing supplies because I am past the age where I can actually develop talents in them.


you are NOT too old to learn. i'm not sure why you persist in espousing that idea. many of us countered it last time you posted it. and, if it's fun, why worry if you're picasso or segovia or clapton?




My mind just won't let me think I am not too old. It's constantly reverberating with the thoughts I have and refuses to quit. Whenever I try to formulate a new thought pattern, the old ones block it from circulating.



sounds as if cognitive behavioral therapy might help.


I just lost my therapist and she used to try that with me. :(


could a different agency without that clueless supervisor offer you a counselor?


Clueless supervisor?


didn't the supervisor think you somehow didn't fit their profile of an appropriate client?


It was my medical insurance provider. They refused to reimburse my therapist.

The last college class I took (Dropped it soon after) the instructor put on a monologue by David Foster Wallace and a line in it was the reason why people who shoot themselves in the head when they commit suicide is because they are angry at their own brains. I later found out he himself committed suicide. I feel like this will be my fate.


did insurance give a reason for denial?



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23 Feb 2018, 8:21 pm

^ no.


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23 Feb 2018, 8:25 pm

I avoid certain mature subjects [swearing, sex, alcohol, drugs, and so forth] because it's just common sense for me to do so and not even think about it.

Is that what you meant?


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23 Feb 2018, 8:32 pm

^ do you find those subjects frightening?


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23 Feb 2018, 8:34 pm

^Often, yes. [And in the case of sex, absolutely repulsive.]


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23 Feb 2018, 8:38 pm

^ Would you prefer to have never known about them at all?


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23 Feb 2018, 8:41 pm

No, I don't believe autistic people should be deliberately shielded from the world.

Being shielded, I believe, causes at least some of the problems which autistic people face in relating to people.



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23 Feb 2018, 8:51 pm

^^I don't know.


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23 Feb 2018, 8:54 pm

^^ I agree.

It can even put some people in danger, such as children who are not taught about what is appropriate regarding sexual behaviour can fall prey to sexual predators.


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23 Feb 2018, 8:56 pm

I'm sorry for bringing up the subject. I should be more reserved about these topics as they do tend to be disturbing. I really don't mind being shielded.



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23 Feb 2018, 8:57 pm

I think it's good to talk about the nitty gritty, but we do have to respect other's feelings.


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