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22 Apr 2009, 4:50 pm

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I also make up songs on the spot, replacing the lyrics of an existing song with random ones related to something I've just seen or am doing.


I do that all the time, I made it into a hobby a few years ago. So now my computer is full of rewritten songs.


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22 Apr 2009, 7:13 pm

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One-sided conversation was a symptom of AS I had read that now connects with me in a bad way.

God, I'm a jerk and selfish! No wonder I have no friends.


You are not a jerk, or selfish topic

I do what you do except 1a.

And I hand flap when I am excited and a bit manic. Sensitive, caring people will not judge you.


Sartresue, i have come back to share something related that I had previous overlooked.

In the first minutes of this video presentation, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAfWfsop1e0 The AS diagnosed David talks about how when he controls conversation he doesn't have to focus on body language and such as much.

this is a big guilt relief for me, 20 adult years of it. whew.



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25 Apr 2009, 10:13 am

Not sure if I posted this one...

But I rub my head constantly. And I used to beg my wife do it while driving when I was tired at night. She would comment to me "how can you have your head rubbed when tired at night, it would put me to sleep!" - and I explained to her it was stimulating.

In the book "Alone Together: Making an Asperger Marriage Work" (Katrin Bentley) - page 109 discussed how the NT spouse figured this out with her husband!

This book tells of a marriage where they did not figure out his AS for 17 years! He was 37 at the time of their discovery.



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25 Apr 2009, 10:25 am

Most aspies stim, me included.



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25 Apr 2009, 12:52 pm

speaking of stimming, I just caught myself biting my hand in a weird stimmy way lol.
I'm alwasy biting/chewing something


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25 Apr 2009, 1:27 pm

TobyZ wrote:
I think lots of obvious slimming behaviors is going to get you diagnosed or considering autism a lot more than those who do not so obviously stim.

Funny... I stim a lot (I'd think it'd look pretty obvious)... yet, I wasn't diagnosed until the age of 15/16/17 (those years blur together, so not sure exactly which one it was.). Go figure. :roll:

And I've thought most aspies stim... I seen it talked about a lot in various aspie online communities and such.
That's why I thought it odd when I realized I've only seen my cousin's boyfriend stimming once...


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