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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: Do all men ''have'' to be and look muscular ? |
| BillyTree |
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Posted: 14 Oct 2023, 3:38 pm
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Replies: 39
Views: 6,276
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| Men don't have to be muscular, thin, fat or have any other body shape unless they want to. To be "attractive" I think the most important thing is to be yourself without making any apologies. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Sister invited me to live in a shed in her backyard |
| BillyTree |
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Posted: 14 Oct 2023, 3:19 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 10,066
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| Best of luck. I hope "the shed" actually turns out to be a small house that provides you with decent living conditions. I think you as soon as possible should ask her to elaborate what kind of "shed" she is refering to. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Email |
| BillyTree |
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Posted: 14 Oct 2023, 7:13 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 768
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| I use email socially. I usually reply within an hour or at the very least the same day. When someone doesn't reply the same day on my emails I start to think that maybe they got irritated by something I wrote. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: What are appealing traits of autistic people? |
| BillyTree |
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Posted: 14 Oct 2023, 7:07 am
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Replies: 27
Views: 13,228
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| Many autistic people have the "No BS. No lies. Just getting the job done"-attitude. I find that very appealing. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: One thing I find odd about NTs... |
| BillyTree |
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Posted: 14 Oct 2023, 6:58 am
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Replies: 26
Views: 4,521
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| For NT in general it's a top priority to be accepted by the group. If they have to choose between to do the right thing or go with the group they choose to go against their own belief. Besides that, a psychologist once explaned my autistic personality to be on the opposite side of the spectrum from ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: It's hard to say the right thing |
| BillyTree |
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Posted: 14 Oct 2023, 6:22 am
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,775
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| I find phrases like "Everything's fine?" or "How are you?" extremely hard not to answear like genuine questions. I know it's just an opening line and not a question and the right thing is to say "Fine! And everything is fine with you?" Problem is I get a strong negative... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Autistic son orgasm |
| BillyTree |
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Posted: 13 Oct 2023, 12:31 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,025
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MagicMeerkat wrote: Only let him do it in private such as the bathroom or his bedroom.
I think that is the way to go. Tell him it's something to do only in private instead of just saying "no, you can't do that!" |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: There's no one way to be autistic |
| BillyTree |
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Posted: 13 Oct 2023, 12:23 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 5,878
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| When someone explains how autism presents in girls/women it makes me think it is in fact how it presents in late diagnosed people regardless of sex. That "typical" trainspotting, unemphatic example of a male autistic that can't see the forest for all the trees and with a big meticulously o... |
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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: Uncomfortable to go to a gym in gym wear |
| BillyTree |
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Posted: 13 Oct 2023, 11:45 am
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Replies: 13
Views: 4,347
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| For many years I felt uncomfortable going to a gym and tried to instead exercise at home. I didn't get much results from that. Then I decided to buy a membership card to a gym. I started to work out 4 times a week - to get my money's worth. For the first 6 months I had a lot of social anxiety about ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Imagining Autism in the future |
| BillyTree |
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Posted: 13 Oct 2023, 11:15 am
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Replies: 31
Views: 7,783
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| science is finally recognizing that autism can not be trained out of us, that it is neurological in nature and not behavioral. I hope that soon DSM guidelines will be updated to stop the nonsense about "autistic people don't look you in the eye" and the things about social struggles, comm... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hello! |
| BillyTree |
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Posted: 13 Oct 2023, 10:54 am
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Replies: 19
Views: 4,648
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| Hi! I have only been here for about a week myself. Welcome! |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: An other newcomer singning in. |
| BillyTree |
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Posted: 13 Oct 2023, 10:50 am
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,287
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| BillyTree it sounds like you are doing a massive effort in getting back to near normal. Exercise and sleep are really important in recovery and you are utilizing these tools well. Thank you! Yes. For the last 3 years I have put a lot of effort into trying to rehabilitate myself after my bout with c... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Imagining Autism in the future |
| BillyTree |
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Posted: 12 Oct 2023, 5:47 pm
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Replies: 31
Views: 7,783
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| there`s zero biological evidence that autism and Asperger's are the same causes. I thought Asperger's was a sub category of autism. Something to distinguish autistic people with average or higher intelligence and high social skills from people with classic autism and intellectual disabilities. Like... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspie Quiz version 5 |
| BillyTree |
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Posted: 12 Oct 2023, 5:10 pm
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Replies: 98
Views: 4,961
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| Your score: 77 of 200 93% probability of being typical (neurotypical) I trust my official ASD diagnosis more than this test. I did an early version of this test a couple of years ago and got a similar neurotypical result. On-line tests and personality quizzes usually don't work for me. I view questi... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Info on autistic intelligence please |
| BillyTree |
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Posted: 12 Oct 2023, 3:46 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,410
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| My strenghts are understanding and logic. My weakness is a bad working memory and that I can't remember any facts unless I see them as relevant. Pointless information is lost on me. For a long time I thought it was due to my "bad memory", that I had to prioritize to remember the essential ... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: another "NewHere" |
| BillyTree |
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Posted: 12 Oct 2023, 3:02 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 595
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