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Forum: The Haven Topic: Getting older sucks |
| Dreamslost |
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Posted: 23 Apr 2012, 2:15 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 630
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| Dont feel bad i am trying to avoid thinking about turning 60 in October. My depressions are worse, other issues continue but i want to stuff being stuck with still unresolved Aspie issues down public throats to realize that as testing gets better they are going to find that we may be 18% of populati... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Rants |
| Dreamslost |
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Posted: 23 Apr 2012, 2:09 pm
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Replies: 9,252
Views: 642,227
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| I wish I wasn't completely alone when it comes to descision-making >< I need input and for someone else to make the choices sometimes. Trying to get some piece of advice from my husband is like pulling teeth from a chicken. He has no practical knowledge about anything and doesn't even seem to be ab... |
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Forum: LGBT Discussion Topic: Straight but want to crossdress |
| Dreamslost |
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Posted: 13 Apr 2012, 12:00 am
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Replies: 21
Views: 10,683
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| I feel like i was born into the wrong body but i like women so technically i am a lesbian trapped in a male body and i make love much as lesbians do. Some love, others do not, but i feel very at home among all of the LGBT community since in mind and online i can be woman, an with understanding women... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Say something positive about yourself. |
| Dreamslost |
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Posted: 12 Apr 2012, 2:10 pm
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Replies: 2,644
Views: 290,736
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| Through persona i created in virtual worlds i have made enjoyment easier for many by being a mentor one on one in that place but helping others does come back eventually and for me it was seeing name on published book in acknowlegements. Look at the acknowledgements by Gini Koch in her newest book a... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: ways of coping with your depression and building self esteem |
| Dreamslost |
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Posted: 12 Apr 2012, 2:04 pm
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Replies: 355
Views: 228,743
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| Self esteem boosts can be unexpected too if that happens its huge boost. Mine was last week when online author friend's latest book came out beginning of the month and my name was on the acknowledgement page and she told me in a message it was the first book she had space to put a thanks in. When i ... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Help - My dad doesn't believe in AS. Feeling invalidated. |
| Dreamslost |
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Posted: 12 Apr 2012, 1:50 pm
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Replies: 19
Views: 3,171
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| Sadly your dad sound like mine of 40 years ago but at that time aspie was still an unknown and things parents did to try to help, didnt help at all because it was still a huge unknown of the 50s and 60s and even 70s. Tell your dad that a 59 year old aspie says he needs to listen or at least look at ... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: I feel like I want to cry all the time... |
| Dreamslost |
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Posted: 12 Apr 2012, 1:34 pm
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,610
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| I cry because of all the issues and problems i have had and still have that may have been mitigated by getting a diagnosis in the 50s or 60s when i was kid and first having huge problems. So now i am crying because of late diagnosis, lack help as adult, lack of support other then nice women on phone... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: How many of you live on your own? |
| Dreamslost |
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Posted: 02 Apr 2012, 1:28 am
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Replies: 84
Views: 30,918
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| I have been living on my own since separated and divorced. The separtion, then divorce kept me from everyone |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Getting old gracefully |
| Dreamslost |
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Posted: 31 Mar 2012, 3:55 pm
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Replies: 29
Views: 5,434
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| I am so glad we have found wrong planet and love my sister view of our minds are just different operating systems and we all try to connect as we can with an often incomprehensible world on all sorts of levels but best of all these forums help with feeling less alone, just separated in space. |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Getting old gracefully |
| Dreamslost |
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Posted: 30 Mar 2012, 6:04 pm
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Replies: 29
Views: 5,434
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| I get fright for my life when i think about oldage. Atleast now i can take a walk down the mall or checkout the market....but what will i do in oldage.. i definitely dont want to live a empty, alone, sad lonely old age just like my youth. Often i imagine sitting in a house, far away with just a cat... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: 40+ Something L & D - Where to Locate/Find (2/10) |
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Posted: 30 Mar 2012, 6:13 am
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Replies: 33
Views: 12,008
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| I do not know if being older makes me odder in that i find all of the online date things just a bit creepy to how i function. It may be my age and more then likely the limitations of living on disability. |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Advantages from late diagnosis? |
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Posted: 30 Mar 2012, 6:04 am
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Replies: 37
Views: 16,850
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| I am self diagnosed through personal research and online testing. My sister also told me she believed I have Asperger's, before she knew that I had found out about it. I am in my early 50s and first learned about Asperger's Syndrome about 8-10 years ago in a magazine article. I immediately saw myse... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Resulting problems from late diagnosed Aspergers |
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Posted: 30 Mar 2012, 5:49 am
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Replies: 47
Views: 18,012
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| I wonder how other Aspies ... fare even after they learn their difficulties are physiological not something they have chosen. We are still battered by other people's expectations that make no sense to us, and we still have inflexible ideas about what others should do. However, at least we now have ... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Older aspies and social cues |
| Dreamslost |
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Posted: 30 Mar 2012, 5:19 am
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Replies: 37
Views: 7,780
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| I am like others and can be an introvert from comment of old friend of 40+ years, and my mother said i missed some social cues and i may have missed many a cue from opposite sex that may have had an interest in me. So needless to say i am often clueless, some things i read that are obvious like smil... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: H.R. 2288 - No Autism Assistance For Retired Military? |
| Dreamslost |
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Posted: 30 Mar 2012, 4:50 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 979
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| Sadly covererage has a whole lot of gaps, its worse for adult autism sufferers. I disagree with that policy methods of evaluation. And i support bills, but i support help for everyone with ASD and i will speak, but sadly being aspie i am afraid i may say the wrong thing because gee, all the help for... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Another Autistic Teenager Killed |
| Dreamslost |
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Posted: 29 Mar 2012, 11:34 pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,102
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| Th article no matter when posted was relevant in pointing out wrong methods used by law enforcement with autisitics. All of these situations with autistics could bed solved without any weapons at all. knowing defense against armed with things other then guns helps and there are many disarming techni... |
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