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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: living with housemates |
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Posted: 03 May 2012, 11:49 am
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| I had a long conversation with one of them last night. Two of us live there right now, and a third was moving some stuff in last night. We helped him carry his boxes in, and then I asked if he needed any more help and he said no, it was all right, so I went back to my room and closed the door. The ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you consider yourself disabled? |
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Posted: 03 May 2012, 11:34 am
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Replies: 81
Views: 13,084
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| I require considerable accomodations in order to cope with society's expectations, so within the context of this society I am disabled. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What social faux pas did you do today? |
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Posted: 03 May 2012, 9:04 am
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Replies: 104
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| I haven't made any faux pas today because I am being a hermit for three days, until 20.15 tomorrow evening. Maybe being a hermit for three days is a faux pas. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Pretending to be NT |
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Posted: 03 May 2012, 8:18 am
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Replies: 25
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| For me, pretending to be NT means exactly what you just said, hiding your aspie traits and trying to act "normal". I did that until a few years ago. Like you, I was trained as a child not to stim in public places and so on. Eventually, I tried to suppress my aspie traits so much that I emotionally ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Pretending to be NT |
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Posted: 03 May 2012, 7:42 am
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| I just came across the expression "pretend to be NT" on another thread and realised that it annoys me, because I don't know what it means, The only way I can get my head round it is by thinking of the unusual behaviours I have that I try to hide. What is meant for you by "pretending to be NT?". OK. ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The Decision to Stop Hiding |
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Posted: 03 May 2012, 6:51 am
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Replies: 35
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| I'm not sure what pretending to be NT or hiding one's aspie traits means. Does pretending to be NT mean trying to be like the average person? I think most people try to appear more normal than they are, simply to fit in with everybody else and avoid being singled out as different. That said, I don't... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Sensory overload and anger |
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Posted: 02 May 2012, 10:11 am
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Replies: 40
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| I didn't realise the things mentioned in this thread were the kinds of things meant by sensory overload. I thought sensory overload was due to autistics having heightened senses in one or more modality and therefore experiencing things more intensely than NTs. Anyway, I notice I am much more prone t... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspergers and sociability |
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Posted: 02 May 2012, 9:46 am
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Replies: 6
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| If being schizoid is simply defined as social withdrawal then presumably becoming schizoid is one of the possible outcomes of having AS, namely when social interaction becomes too frustrating or unrewarding over a long period of time. But I think that the official criteria for schizoid personality ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspergers and sociability |
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Posted: 01 May 2012, 5:11 pm
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Replies: 6
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| That's intresting. It's sounds a little bit schizoid (social withdrawal because there is no felt need to interact with others). I once thought I was schizoid until I did a lot of research on it and also hung around schizoid forums....I came to realize that I was not like that at all. I do like to h... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Therapy without a diagnosis |
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Posted: 01 May 2012, 2:24 pm
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Replies: 21
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| Thanks for the welcome. :) I have very mixed feelings right now about all those years of therapy. You're right, the support was something I desperately needed, and she gave me that, and I know that she did help me to process a lot of the dysfunction and trauma from my childhood (emotional and sexua... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspergers and sociability |
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Posted: 01 May 2012, 1:27 pm
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Replies: 6
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| I was just looking at the German AS forum aspies.de and saw the results of a poll about liking being with other people. Of the respondents 82% said that they only rarely liked being with others or not at all. I was surprised that the figure was so high because I was under the impression that a lot o... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autisitic vs Non-autistic Motor Stereotypies |
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Posted: 29 Apr 2012, 4:18 pm
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Replies: 16
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| That is why we have specialists, they know what to separate and what causes what. I am not sure if things I do is actually autistic stimming or if it's just OCD or anxiety or ADD or actually normal. I pace, drives people crazy. I rock back and forth and my body movements drives my husband crazy. Bu... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autisitic vs Non-autistic Motor Stereotypies |
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Posted: 29 Apr 2012, 3:01 pm
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| I watched videos of non-autistic complex motor stereotypies. The children were watching TV and started and stopped with the movements eberry few seconds. On, Off, On, Off, On, Off. That is not how autistic stimming works for me. My stimming is much more rhythmic and constant. I rock back and forth ... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Therapy without a diagnosis |
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Posted: 29 Apr 2012, 2:38 pm
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| I'm pretty new to the forums (been lurking and reading for a week or two) and just saw this thread. I am in a somewhat similar situation. I'm 56 and self-diagnosed after stumbling on some info about Asperger's in children and realizing how much it described how I was as a young child, based on my v... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autisitic vs Non-autistic Motor Stereotypies |
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Posted: 29 Apr 2012, 1:16 pm
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| Very few things annoy me more than when people say, "Everybody stims!" or claim that stimming is exactly the same thing as tapping your pencil on a desk or bouncing your leg. "Stimming" is what happens when your repetitive movements exceed what is considered "normal" for your developmental level an... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Personality Disorder Test |
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Posted: 29 Apr 2012, 12:02 pm
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Replies: 81
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| A test with so few questions for so many major personailty disorders is completely silly. But I did it anyway. Schizoid: Very High Obsessive Compulsive: High Narcissistic: High Avoidant: Moderate Schizotypal: Moderate Everthing else: Low Actually, I'd agree with the result completely, so maybe the t... |
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