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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Losing passion in everything |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: 03 Oct 2008, 9:11 am
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Replies: 21
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| I got that way a long time ago. I read something in a novel about a dog chasing a cat, the author remarked "I envied that dog's enthusiasm" - just how I felt. It was constant, I just couldn't feel arsed to try anything, couldn't enjoy a single piece of entertainment. Even when good stuff happened to... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Horrid at describing appearances? |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: 03 Oct 2008, 8:00 am
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,677
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| I have another(?) problem like that. I know what people look like, I can even draw them too. But I can't describe most of what they look like with words. I guess that must mean you must look at people quite well in the first place. I try to look but my mind is mostly taken up with trying to measure... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspies & University: Do they mix? |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: 03 Oct 2008, 6:27 am
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,923
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| I never went - I anticipated that it would in all likelihood be the death of me. School had been getting increasingly difficult, much easier to fall by the wayside and not get spotted. So I figured university would be even worse. Also had a steady girlfriend and a few friends who treated me well, an... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Memorization and Numbers |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: 03 Oct 2008, 5:42 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,197
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| Usually I can't be arsed to remember strings of numbers, and I can even forget my own phone number. I do better with words. I have to learn song lyrics for my music performances. I never try to remember them as a conscious effort, I just keep trying to sing them until it's there. We used to have to ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: introversion can be simmilar to aspergers |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: 03 Oct 2008, 5:30 am
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Replies: 28
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| Great - now all we need is a list of differences between introverts and Aspies. Discomfort in their own bodies, stimming, strange tic-like movements? How would you tell the difference? It'd be a good question to ask a shrink who was testing for AS - how do they allow for intraversy? In spite of bein... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Not talking = withdrawn? |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: 03 Oct 2008, 4:51 am
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,901
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| ...my boss remarked once that if I "chose not to join, I would be making life hard on myself" or some such thing. I responded, "CHOOSE to join? Oh no, no, I don't choose anything. It's not up to me." I almost never speak at meetings and avoid them whenever possible. I don't compete for airtime, mos... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: This is getting annoying, really annoying. |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: 02 Oct 2008, 4:07 pm
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Replies: 152
Views: 11,590
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| ^Could possibly lead to lying though... That's the fatal flaw in an otherwise mighty plan :( It all boils down to trust in the end, and there will be some liars and some confused people whatever we do. I just avoid the problem by not claiming to be anything. If anybody wants to look, they can see. |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Dating and Religion (or lack thereof) |
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Posted: 02 Oct 2008, 3:54 pm
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Replies: 31
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| christians are so easy to get the love from, their entire mindset is based on fear. very easy to exploit, for positive or negative reasons. if you have no misconceptions about females and religion, landing christian women is like shootin fish. all you have to understand is how the religion works an... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: This is getting annoying, really annoying. |
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Posted: 02 Oct 2008, 3:43 pm
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Replies: 152
Views: 11,590
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| I agree. What really annoys me is people who are so dead-set on wanting to have Asperger's that they do not listen to actual professionals who tell them they do not have it. They think that the professionals are being unfair to them by not giving them the diagnosis they want. I think those people j... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Dating and Religion (or lack thereof) |
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Posted: 02 Oct 2008, 3:17 pm
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Replies: 31
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| Thanks for those thoughts, ToadOfSteel. I know surprisingly little about my wife's religion, so I hope the following covers your questions reasonably well. In the early days I asked a few questions but she seemed disinterested in the theology and unable to describe the structure of the thing. In pra... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Not talking = withdrawn? |
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Posted: 02 Oct 2008, 12:11 pm
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,901
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| Well... I didn't want to talk about that... Pretty much everyone missed the point of my topic ... What 99.9% of people on this board don't realize is that not talking and communicating with others is being withdrawn. No talking, no verbal response does not equate to not communicating ! That's what ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: This is getting annoying, really annoying. |
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Posted: 02 Oct 2008, 11:01 am
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Replies: 152
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| It would be nice and courteous if everybody always qualified their declarations of having AS or not, but I agree it's not going to happen. I've taken to simply clicking on the poster's name when they've mentioned having any NT-like ability, to see if they're diagnosed - if they are, it adds some wei... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Not talking = withdrawn? |
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Posted: 02 Oct 2008, 10:35 am
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Replies: 27
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| One of the things that made me doubt my partner when she suggested I had AS was that I did very well at my first school, and had no memories of feeling left out. But I read later that it can go that way. Nonetheless I pondered a lot about why I'd done so well, and came up with this: My father had ta... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Not talking = withdrawn? |
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Posted: 02 Oct 2008, 9:36 am
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Replies: 27
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| Quiet people are well able to look after themselves Irish Proverb There is more hope for a stupid fool than for someone who speaks without thinking. Book of Proverbs - Bible SPEECH IS SILVER, SILENCE IS GOLDEN - "The value placed upon saying less, rather than more, as reflected in this proverb can ... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Dating and Religion (or lack thereof) |
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Posted: 02 Oct 2008, 7:16 am
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Replies: 31
Views: 3,986
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| I'm atheist, happily married to a Pentecostal Christian. We declared our beliefs before getting serious with each other but weren't put off. I think it's better to reveal myself and risk losing a few potential friends or lovers through religious prejudice. After all, I'd think twice before letting a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspies, do you lack empathy? |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: 02 Oct 2008, 4:46 am
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Replies: 84
Views: 11,796
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| It's not so much a lack of empathy as not reacting to the same things as some people. For example, in an office, when somebody leaves, I'm the only one not crying. This has happened so many times. But she's only going to work a block away, we've got all her phone numbers, what's to cry about? But I... |
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