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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Compensation by overpoliteness? |
| Brennan |
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Posted: 14 Jul 2010, 2:59 am
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,834
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| I am usually overformal in my interactions to the point where I feel I seem stiff and wooden. But when I try to drop the formalities I become rather blunt and rude. It seems that I don't know how to find a comfortable middle between the two. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Labeling of Autistics ('HFA', 'LFA', and even Aspergers) |
| Brennan |
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Posted: 14 Jul 2010, 2:57 am
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Replies: 25
Views: 3,247
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| I'm not comfortable with labelling people, but it would worried me in terms of services, support, therapy etc if everyone on the spectrum was labelled as just autistic. I am able to live independently and hold down a full-time job therefore my needs are extremely different to someone who can't do ei... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Your cellphone is the mirror of your social life. |
| Brennan |
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Posted: 14 Jul 2010, 2:47 am
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Replies: 59
Views: 4,456
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| The only people who call me are my parents and my grandparents and to be honest, I'm okay with that as I hate talking to people on the phone. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Religion (or lack thereof) and Autism/Asperger's? |
| Brennan |
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Posted: 08 Jul 2010, 2:26 am
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Replies: 369
Views: 51,537
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| I'm one of those types who only goes to church on rare occasions like Christmas, Easter, or some family obligation such as a wedding, funeral, or christening. I only put a religious preference on Facebook because agnostics and atheists are judged negatively. If someone is going to dislike me becaus... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspie symptoms causing issues, advice? |
| Brennan |
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Posted: 08 Jul 2010, 12:52 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,248
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| With regards to forgetting things I strongly suggest you get a calendar (either pen& paper one or an online one) and write down everything you need to do and when you need to do it by. Look at your calendar every day. I live by my calendar as well as writing down To Do notes everything I need to... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Telling family about ASD |
| Brennan |
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Posted: 07 Jul 2010, 11:44 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,393
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| I still haven't told my parents about my diagnosis. I was given the perfect opportunity to do some when my mother describe her fathers' personality in an almost textbook description of AS, but I totally chicken out. I just really don't know which is the best way to tell them something which they wil... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Religion (or lack thereof) and Autism/Asperger's? |
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Posted: 07 Jul 2010, 11:36 pm
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Replies: 369
Views: 51,537
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| God made a rule that he would not interfere with free will, man chooses to sin. Im sure God does not approve of hilters actions, but the earth is satans domain. satan loves to cause trouble up here, and that will continue until judgement day. So why, if God chooses not to interfere with free will &... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspergers and Fatigue |
| Brennan |
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Posted: 07 Jul 2010, 2:15 am
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Replies: 48
Views: 11,371
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| I suffer fatigue or what I call burn out quite easily and need to have quite a large amount of down time to be able to cope with doing my job. It is just who I am and I have come to learn that I need to take care of myself and have this down time or else I just don't cope. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Living Abroad (as a Coping Mechanism) |
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Posted: 07 Jul 2010, 2:05 am
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Replies: 70
Views: 9,656
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| Brennan, if you think you're up for the task and have adequately researched where you'd like to go, you should definitely give it a try. It's certainly possible to find things like English-teaching jobs in different places or if you have a bit of cash on hand, you could always find a country or mor... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Asperger's and Good Handwriting |
| Brennan |
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Posted: 07 Jul 2010, 1:28 am
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Replies: 112
Views: 29,731
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| When I was in grade school, my handwriting (print) was so bad that I failed handwriting in the 4th grade and had to take remedial classes. When it came to learning cursive, it just got worse. Today, I can write very neatly if I sit and concentrate on forming each letter but this way of writing is ex... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Living Abroad (as a Coping Mechanism) |
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Posted: 06 Jul 2010, 12:28 am
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Replies: 70
Views: 9,656
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| I would love to live abroad simply to experience a different culture. I never thought that living in a different culture may make things easier in terms of my AS. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: My thoughts on therapy and counseling. |
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Posted: 06 Jul 2010, 12:21 am
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Replies: 62
Views: 6,771
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| I went to a therapist who specialized in Aspergers. He diagnosed me and then completely ignored my AS diagnosis and wanted to blame all my problems on my relationship with my mother (it wasn't a good one when I was growing up). It was a complete waste of time and he provided no helpful tips for deal... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How Long Can You Go Without Human/Animal Contact? |
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Posted: 05 Jul 2010, 11:32 pm
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Replies: 33
Views: 5,909
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| Considering communicating via text is my preferred method of communication I would be fine not seeing anyone face to face for quite some time. However, not having my dogs around would mean I would feel lonely within hours. The house feels very empty when they aren't there. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Religion (or lack thereof) and Autism/Asperger's? |
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Posted: 05 Jul 2010, 9:06 pm
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Replies: 369
Views: 51,537
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| people DO need authority, people are"modifying their moral code" in dangerous ways. look at abortion! if murder is damaging to a species, why is ok to kill viable members of that species? So we should do things like they did in the times of the Bible shall we, have the unwanted kid and then bash it... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Religion (or lack thereof) and Autism/Asperger's? |
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Posted: 05 Jul 2010, 12:59 am
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Replies: 369
Views: 51,537
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| I am the opposite, i find most sciences to be utterly without merit, i take the Bible as the ultimate history book. i cant understand how our world got here without divine influence. the odds are just too long that earth "just happened" there had to be an intelligent creator, there is no way around... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: How do you pass the time on weekends? |
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Posted: 01 Jul 2010, 11:44 pm
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Replies: 67
Views: 21,577
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| Weekends are my downtimes to recover from the week. If I do too much on the weekend, I go back to work completely stressed out. Usually my weekends consist of going to marital arts training, grocery shopping, housework and then doing as little as humanly possible. |
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