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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Asperger's and Health Anxiety/Hypochondria |
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Posted: 14 Feb 2014, 1:17 pm
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Replies: 4
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| Do you think there's a link or a tendency to be more health anxious among people with AS? I know since I was young I've been obsessed with all things health related and with the human body. But only to the degree that things could go wrong. I'm not interested in how things work or anything of the so... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Asperger's and eating disorders |
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Posted: 05 Sep 2012, 6:02 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 6,097
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| I'm currently on my quest to get officially diagnosed with AS and have been doing a lot of thinking about some of the difficulties I've had in life that have always been chalked up to some sort of psychological illness. (Bipolar, Schizoaffective, Borderline Personality Disorder etc.) Based on my and... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Asperger's misdiagnosed as Schizoaffective Bipolar type. |
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Posted: 05 Sep 2012, 4:31 pm
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Replies: 17
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| I would say that is definitely part of my phobia issue. Once I read something, it's there for life and reading is a visceral experience for me. I have a similar experience with language like you described as well. So naturally, my phobias are also very real to me. They ebb and flow with time but hav... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Asperger's misdiagnosed as Schizoaffective Bipolar type. |
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Posted: 03 Sep 2012, 11:13 am
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Replies: 17
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| I do feel like some of my troubles have been because I am female and "people in the field" are either A.) reluctant to diagnosis or even entertain the notion of a diagnosis of AS in a female patient or B.) are ignorant to the signs and symptoms of AS in female children. I feel for my mother as well ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Asperger's misdiagnosed as Schizoaffective Bipolar type. |
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Posted: 02 Sep 2012, 9:47 pm
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Replies: 17
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| Before I begin, I'm sure this subject has been discussed before and if it has, I apologize. Today as my mother was cleaning out some old files she came across some papers from some of my psychological tests as an adolescent and other various papers from some of my residential psychiatric hospitaliza... |
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Forum: LGBT Discussion Topic: Do I look like a lesbian? |
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Posted: 16 Jun 2012, 10:02 pm
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Replies: 22
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| I'll say this, you don't look like a "Stereotypical Lesbian". I'm a lesbian with fairly accurate gaydar and I would not have thought you were a lesbian. People are weird with their assumptions though. People are always shocked and astounded when they find out that I'm a lesbian. But in general peopl... |
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Forum: LGBT Discussion Topic: Being gay isn't genetic |
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Posted: 16 Jun 2012, 9:26 pm
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Replies: 40
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| Well, from my own personal experience in life, I feel that I was born this way. I grew up not even knowing what gay was, it wasn't talked about when I was younger and then when I was clued in I was under the impression that it was something that only affected men. The reason I wasn't privy to the re... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Anyone else attempting to write their memoirs? Advice needed |
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Posted: 09 Jan 2012, 1:43 pm
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| So I've been trying to write my memoirs for about 5 years now. Honestly, I haven't even written the first chapter, Partially because pinning down just one main idea to write an entire 200+ page book has been terribly difficult for me, hell writing this post and making it make sense is difficult for ... |
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Forum: LGBT Discussion Topic: Gay girls and Asperger's |
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Posted: 08 Jan 2012, 11:20 pm
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Replies: 44
Views: 18,784
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| I was just having that same thought, that gay aspie girls are a minority of a minority. This also makes me feel that the proverbial deck is stacked against us for some of the reasons you mentioned. I've recently given up on dating and relationships ( Partly because of coming to some of your same con... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Asperger's and chronic disorganization |
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Posted: 18 Nov 2011, 1:39 pm
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Replies: 21
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Thanks alot for posting that link. That really sums up my life and I just laughed (with some crying in there too, why, I don't know) so violently that the person sitting next to me just asked if I was ok and looked at me like I was on drugs. |
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Forum: LGBT Discussion Topic: Dating advice for aspie lesbians? |
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Posted: 18 Nov 2011, 1:23 pm
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Replies: 2
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| So I've been wondering what the hell is up with me and dating lately. Despite the fact that the nature of having AS keeps me severly introverted and socially restricted, I want a girlfriend to love and to love and accept me in return, as well as be an active and supportive figure in my daughter's li... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Asperger's and chronic disorganization |
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Posted: 18 Nov 2011, 12:44 pm
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Replies: 21
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| For the record, I've been diagnosed with damn near everything under the sun, psychiatrically. I can't help but associate ADD with "crazy" despite the fact that I probably do have some componets of it. I was bullied mercilessly growing up for having ADD. So I tend to shy away from the ADD explination... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Asperger's and chronic disorganization |
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Posted: 18 Nov 2011, 11:23 am
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Replies: 21
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| I haven't known that I've had AS for very long (a month almost) but I do know one thing, I've been chronically disorganized (and sometimes just downright messy) since preschool or before. I've just recently been reading about the connections between AS and being chronically disorganized and it expla... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: People saying "You haven't got aspergers" |
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Posted: 08 Nov 2011, 10:48 pm
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Replies: 21
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| I get that alot too. Most people around me just kind of accepted it when "professionals" said I had Borderline Personality Disorder and ran with that. So everything I say is just something crazy or a "Borderline thing". My ex girlfriend has been the most receptive/open in the end, she has eventually... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: New here with some questions |
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Posted: 13 Oct 2011, 9:03 pm
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Replies: 2
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| I've been "odd" all of my life. This goes without saying. but recently as I get older I've done some researching and have begun to wonder if my problems are truly what's wrong with me. To date I've been diagnosed with Bipolar,ADD, ADHD, Anxiety and phobia disorders, OCD, depression, Borderline Perso... |
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