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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Missed out on so many milestones |
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Posted: 07 Jul 2016, 2:44 pm
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| The problem is you are standing at the crossroad and now it will take you to make a decision. This is the hard one and you know if you don't do it everything will just continue as it is. Nothing will magically drop from the sky to fix what is missing in your life. Only you know what it is, only you ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: okay so what just happened to me? |
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Posted: 07 Jul 2016, 1:46 pm
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Replies: 14
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| You just have to make a decision that you won't let it escalate. Do what you did when it did escalate but before it escalates; breath, take a walk, get away from it. The problem is there isn't really a place to act like that where it is acceptable. It also can turn into a habit...no one around so wh... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Asperger's is not a Dessert Topping, but a Mental Condition |
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Posted: 22 Nov 2015, 2:58 pm
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Replies: 11
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| Yeah not exactly a fun little interesting twist in a personality. It is in every minute. We live in a world that dictates not to focus too much on anything...move on...let go...find the way to let it roll off. Those are foreign concepts and I am forced to be/act outside of my natural state [aware of... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Years of fear and hopelessness |
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Posted: 01 Sep 2015, 11:27 am
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Replies: 3
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| Nothing changes until you take action, :( I understand how difficult it is to take action when you feel fearful and hopeless. But you wrote the post so now you can find a tiny bit of courage and hope there is a chance this could be different. I think you can get your GED online now and community col... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What would your life be like if you were never autistic? |
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Posted: 17 Mar 2015, 2:41 pm
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Replies: 49
Views: 2,647
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| I think that asd has overall increased my quality of life. I have internalized that we are by definition actually always alone. I think people trick themselves into believing they have had a shared experience...or something is better when you share it, but honestly every experience of my life is min... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: ASD & PTSD |
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Posted: 17 Mar 2015, 2:24 pm
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Replies: 69
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| I definitely have ptsd symptoms from some exceptional life changing incidents. But I have a trillion small traces in my brain of avoidance tendencies from my asd. As the years go on my world has gotten much smaller. I am always on guard because of all the 'unspoken' ... 'unknowns' that are inherent ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What do you mean when you say AS is part of who you are? |
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Posted: 19 Feb 2015, 10:04 am
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Replies: 45
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| AS is the connecting thread in my life, it is the answer to the 'why(s)'. My reaction here; decision there...why something fits or why it is repelled. When I look back and recreate the steps, almost back to my first memories, AS is this cloak over everything. I see it/feel it differently today but I... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What thoughts bring you peace? |
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Posted: 14 Feb 2015, 2:31 pm
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Replies: 12
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| When I looked at your list I didn't see anything on the list that wasn't dependent on some action from a source outside of yourself. Many things are by nature dependent on an outside action but what brings me true peace is learning to get the full experience with no dependence on anyone or anything.... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Anyone like listening to the same song over and over? |
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Posted: 14 Feb 2015, 2:09 pm
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Replies: 114
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I had an upsetting visit with someone and on the way home [10 hour ride] listened to only one song. I felt much better when I got home.
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Navigational skills - huh? |
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Posted: 04 Apr 2013, 7:40 am
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,092
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| This isn't an issue if I do the 'overkill' technique. I study the area. If I'm traveling I study the route, the topology, the weather; 10 day forcast, precipitation probabilities and the temperature ranges. I drill it down to clickable maps of road construction or in the city I look at street level ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does anyone know if any Aspie "Houses" were ever s |
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Posted: 04 Apr 2013, 7:18 am
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Replies: 25
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| First of all get ready there is no network of adult services for those on the spectrum unless you are in the 'developmentally disabled' end of the spectrum. I personally think Sheldon would be a dream roommate, no ambiguous issues to figure out. I hate having to figure out someone who has no idea of... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you have "fun"? |
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Posted: 04 Apr 2013, 6:28 am
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Replies: 15
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| I'm not so much interested in 'fun' as it not being torture. Whatever isn't torture is like fun. Like someone else said; "enjoyable" is stellar. I do have fun but it is rarely around other people. There is alot of social pressure to be doing 'fun' things, the more you do of 'globally designated fun ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: My special Interests |
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Posted: 12 Jan 2012, 7:47 am
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Replies: 5
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| mine are public transportation systems in large cities [ but I hate to travel] |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I scored 99 percent on an ADHD test |
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Posted: 12 Jan 2012, 7:27 am
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Replies: 35
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| I'm frustrated when I hear the two are put together. I feel they are opposite. I over focus on everything. For some reason the people that devise the criteria for diagnostics are compelled to come up with lists, top ten symptoms. It is all subjective. What looks like one or the other on any given da... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What is the final fate of people with Asperger syndrome |
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Posted: 29 Nov 2011, 10:29 am
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Replies: 55
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| I think the best thing about a late diagnosis is no one cared 'why' I was this way and it forced me to find my own way. By all outward definitions my life is a tragedy, today and all the days I've been alive. But I observe the world and regardless of the outward 'picture' I have found that very few ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspies who travel a lot |
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Posted: 29 Nov 2011, 10:00 am
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Replies: 38
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| :oops: This is such a mystery to me. There isn't enough room here to write out the list of why I can't stand to travel. I would never think I'd see so many responses here that people 'love' to travel. Even thinking about traveling makes me anxious. I would be fine never having to travel anywhere, ev... |
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