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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Still Looking for Senior Aspies! |
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Posted: 08 Jun 2015, 7:36 am
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Replies: 9
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| I'm just now rounding the corner on 50, but I remember well growing up in the 60s. One of my aunts seems pretty clearly on the spectrum, and my mom had a hard time growing up with her in the 40s and 50s. She was basically her caretaker all throughout childhood, making sure she was safe and taken car... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hello friends I am Rudin! |
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Posted: 08 Jun 2015, 7:26 am
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Replies: 6
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Hi Rudin,
Welcome.
I'm still on Win XP -- it works. For the time being, anyway.
But I have a Mac PowerBook, as well as an Android tablet, and I use Win7 Pro at work. I've been known to use Ubuntu, and may go back to it when XP blows up on me.
Cheers
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: hi. any other hikikomori/hermits/reclusive types? |
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Posted: 08 Jun 2015, 7:23 am
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| Hi Bill, Yep, "hermit/reclusive" applies to me. Although not always in my house -- I do like my time in the woods, away from other people and the demands of social interaction. The worst thing is when someone passing me on the hiking trail stops to chat. Happened yesterday. Buzzkill. I've ... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hello again - back after a number of years |
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Posted: 07 Jun 2015, 2:52 pm
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Replies: 2
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| Hello again. I was a semi-regular visitor to WP, back in '08 (if I recall correctly), and I really got a lot out of this community. I have been very narrowly focused on recovery from a concussion I received, and my attention has been trained on sorting out that particular mess. Don't recommend it. A... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is alcohol overrated? |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2008, 7:15 pm
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Replies: 31
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Drinking is waaaay overrated.
Expensive.
Sloppy.
Not very healthy in many ways.
Puts you around people who like to lose control and misbehave and not take responsibility for their words and actions. It also makes people violent.
Overrated? Yes |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is there any non-medicated way to break an obsession? |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2008, 7:13 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,627
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Check out this book:
Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior
by Jeffrey M. Schwartz (Author), Beverly Beyette (Author)
Key Phrases: intrusive urges, refocusing your attention, orbital cortex, Four Steps, True False, Brain Lock (more...) |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Empathy problem? |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2008, 7:11 pm
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Replies: 33
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| I'm a bit of a mix, myself -- I do feel things very intensely, so when I hear sad news, I actually "wait and see" to kind of balance my response. I get so bent out of shape about loss and change and tragedy, I have to pick and choose my attachments, or I spend all my time in tears and emotional turm... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is it possible for autism symptoms to get worse as you get o |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2008, 6:59 pm
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Replies: 6
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| You may want to check into other neurological issues. I don't know about the regression business, but my AS set me up for lots of physical (including head) injuries over the years. It complicates things, but it is something that can be dealt with. Also, consider that hormonal changes can trigger neu... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: I HATE PEOPLE. |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2008, 6:56 pm
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Replies: 11
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| What Daewoodrow said. This is assault (no matter what your age). It is illegal and IT MUST BE STOPPED. You don't have to put up with it, nor should you. It's against the law. I spent my youth being bullied and hounded by total as*holes, assaulted, injured -- permanently in some cases, and in ways th... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Should I be creeped out or flattered? (Guys can respond too) |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2008, 2:00 pm
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Replies: 42
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| Actually... neither You should be neither offended nor flattered. It could be that the gentleman you were interacting with was completely surprised by your stepping past him, and he said the first thing which came to mind -- "Beautiful". He may have done it on reflex, and when you took another look ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I don't mean to be insensitive. This is what annoys me. |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2008, 11:25 am
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Replies: 16
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| Chimchar - I'm someone who's guilty of going on about my own experience, when asked for advice. Personally, I have a hard time knowing just what to tell others. And I get most of my information from watching others going about their business, so my hope is that others will benefit from my experience... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Good with Children? |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2008, 11:13 am
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Replies: 41
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| Kids seem to like me, but I really don't know how to interact with them for extended periods of time. I get tired, then I need to pull back. My nieces and nephews love me a lot, but I have a hard time connecting with them, or feeling like I am. My parents were really on a babysitting kick, when I wa... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you have irrational fears? |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2008, 11:03 am
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Replies: 45
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| No... all my fears are well-founded in solid logic and empirical inquiry! ;) After all, if I go swimming in the ocean, knowing what I do about riptides, sleeper waves, and shark activity in the Atlantic in <3 feet of water, there's a very good chance that I may come to some sort of harm.... and when... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How High-Functioning are you? |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2008, 7:36 am
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Replies: 70
Views: 9,836
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| Hi There - I feel your pain... believe me. I'm there, myself, working through trying to get a valid DX from folks who frankly don't believe me when I tell them how much trouble I've had my entire life. Even (especially!) the people closest to me don't want to consider the possibility that I may have... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: OK... what now? |
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Posted: 27 Feb 2008, 10:29 am
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Replies: 5
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Yep, it sounds like I need to just check in with the neuro. That, and keep collecting data, which I'm doing assiduously.
Thanks for the tips!
K |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: OK... what now? |
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Posted: 27 Feb 2008, 8:25 am
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Replies: 5
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| Greetings everyone - I'm new here, new to the idea of AS, new to a lot of ideas. I've been tracking down the source(s) of some pretty intense neuro-psychological issues I've been having over the past year, when I was thrust into the primary caregiver role for my partner who had some intense health i... |
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