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Sakhmet
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10 Mar 2008, 8:55 pm

9CatMom wrote:

First of all, I am only self-diagnosed and secondly, I think my problems stem from not reaching what I believe is my full potential. I should just concentrate on where I am now, which is really a good place."

You are "only" self-diagnosed? That doesn't mean that you aren't on the spectrum, or that it means less somehow because someone "official" hasn't put their "stamp of approval" on it. So please stop feeling almost gulity about being here... Liane Willey Holliday was "only" self-diagnosed when she wrote "Pretending to be Normal", and she didn't let that make her feel guilty...

Okay, back to the topic...

Not always wondering if they've done or said the right thing - or the wrong thing...

Not living in a constant state of confusion...

Not having to hate the fact that children / people younger than they are more insightful and capable of doing certain things in the real world than they are...

Not having to struggle every minute just to make it through a regular day, and being completely exhausted at the end of it...

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10 Mar 2008, 9:11 pm

being able to read people is one of the most important
being able to do things like cartwheels
have a fluid conversation with someone about something and anything
not stressing about little meaningless things (i also have an OCD)
their face and body matching their emotions, i hate when people are like "y are u sad?" and im actually happy or trying to focus. XD

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10 Mar 2008, 9:31 pm

Everything.

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11 Mar 2008, 12:13 am

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They use art, technology, cultural achievements and science to further their personal and professional lives.

Yes, they actually advance in life. They're not eternally back at square one like me.

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11 Mar 2008, 12:38 am

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Being able to access their community,without it setting off headbanging and flesh biting,severe crippling sensory and information overload setoff meltdowns with seizures,sensory scrambling [losing eyesight because of other strong sensory input],being able to communicate verbally with everyone else in their community and not having to relie on others to do it,and then- not being treated like a toddler for it,not having to wear earplugs and eardefenders ontop everywhere.

Being able to cope with change,without MDs and seizures,head banging and flesh biting etc.

Being able to go in any shop no matter what overload shops have going on.

Having showers or baths [water on their skin] like it is nothing.

Being able to go to the hair dressers,and get their hair cut.

Being able to cope with noises such as fireworks or lawn mowers,or stay in the same building as switched on hair dryers,hoovers etc.

Being able to cope with processing more than one instruction at a time.

Could come up with a load more but it's all bad stuff which don't want to think about.
All humans probably have something easy and natural to them,like breathing which some find nearly impossible.

I can handle noisy/busy stores - Hollister, Costco, Safeway at 4 in the afternoon, and Fry's. I can handle the water just fine - unlike a cat.

I just have problems forming relation/friendships and functioning well socially.

I envy how normal people can form relationships, friendships, and their circle of friends painlessly.

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11 Mar 2008, 8:55 am

I had a cat who loved water, but she was Siamese, and they are different from other cats. Siamese and Abyssinians, I read, tend to love water.

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11 Mar 2008, 9:00 am

CockneyRebel wrote:

Being able to give perfect eye-contact.

This is the only one I can think of that I could relate to. It's a minor issue sometimes.

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11 Mar 2008, 1:35 pm

9CatMom wrote:

I had a cat who loved water, but she was Siamese, and they are different from other cats. Siamese and Abyssinians, I read, tend to love water.

Our domestic shorthair HATES water - he put a fight when I had to wash some Advantage off him.

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11 Mar 2008, 3:07 pm

They don't have to worry all the time that you offended somebody without meaning to. They also don't have to be scared of losing everything they've worked because of their babbermouth.

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12 Mar 2008, 12:10 am

...that their issues are not therapy-resistant, that if they work on their issues that are holding them back in life, they can overcome them.

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12 Mar 2008, 12:28 am

Ignorance, mental inactivity. The bliss of not analysing every situation and worrying over the implications.

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12 Mar 2008, 2:09 am

- Being able to read people (social cues)
- Being able to conversate and be social (mind not going blank)
- Can make many friends (not being lonely)
- Not being the oddball in the group
- Not being nervous or have anxiety in public situations
- Having creativity
- Not walking weird
- Can make eye contact well
- Having a personality that's not boring (aspies sorta mimic other people)
- Can gather information without having trouble hearing/understanding it
- Not lacking emathy and other types of feelings

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12 Mar 2008, 5:48 am

Not spending all the time wondering if they are acting appropriately

Being able to concentrate on their work without being distracted by all the noise & movement going on around them

Not constantly feeling invaded because people are looking at them

Being able to integate into any situation without even trying

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12 Mar 2008, 2:25 pm

I think NTs as a group take stimulation for granted. They don't ahve social anxiety so they can go into any place and make friends and get a party going.

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13 Mar 2008, 6:53 am

9CatMom wrote:

I had a cat who loved water, but she was Siamese, and they are different from other cats. Siamese and Abyssinians, I read, tend to love water.

Turkish van cats like swimming.

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13 Mar 2008, 7:51 pm

Yes, Turkish Vans, along with Siamese and Abyssinians, are the water loving kitties. Ocicats should love it too, since they are a mix of Siamese and Abyssinian.

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