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 Topic: Women are not mind readers! |
Matt62
Replies: 43
Views: 2502
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 Forum: Love and Dating Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 8:27 pm Subject: Women are not mind readers! |
Unfortunately for males, especially ASD males, they assume that WE ARE telepathic ourselves! Not true & I'm only 30% joking. Its an annoying trait of the sex, at least in the NT population!
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| Topic: I decided to "come out" to my blog readers... |
Matt62
Replies: 9
Views: 684
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 8:21 pm Subject: I decided to "come out" to my blog readers... |
I got an "Invalid ID" msg. I am assuming it is because I have a FaceBook Acount & did not use my normal name.
Maybe..
Matthew |
| Topic: This is bugging me... |
Matt62
Replies: 15
Views: 1107
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Forum: WrongPlanet.net discussion Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 8:14 pm Subject: This is bugging me... |
| I am considering getting rid of my old internet files. I am strongly suspicious that they are causing this. Now I have to remember how I do that with Vista. I REALLY, REALLY miss XP was a much better ... |
| Topic: Does anyone feel like they have two personalities? |
Matt62
Replies: 45
Views: 3408
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 8:09 pm Subject: Does anyone feel like they have two personalities? |
Donna went on to name her two public persona. Others have also done it, but I wonder if this degree of compartmentalization is more true of classical autism, and less developed in Aspeerger's.
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| Topic: I decided to "come out" to my blog readers... |
Matt62
Replies: 9
Views: 684
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 11:56 am Subject: I decided to "come out" to my blog readers... |
I tried to reply through the link, but a No GO. Anyway, that took courage and I hope you get some good responses for doing it.
Sincerely,
Matthew |
| Topic: How to Explain my AS Properly to Others |
Matt62
Replies: 10
Views: 735
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 11:50 am Subject: How to Explain my AS Properly to Others |
For myself, starting with a falsehood, no matter how small, is a NO-GO.
I seldom lie, and I'm not going to start with something that is related directly to me. I only disclose to people who have a n ... |
| Topic: This is bugging me... |
Matt62
Replies: 15
Views: 1107
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Forum: WrongPlanet.net discussion Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 11:44 am Subject: This is bugging me... |
Well, I tried to upgrade Internet Explorer because FaceBook suggested it, but the download didn't work. It wants some added plug-ins. I thought I knew which ones, but I guessed wrong.
That f ... |
| Topic: Am I on the spectrum? Should I try to know? |
Matt62
Replies: 5
Views: 513
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 11:41 am Subject: Am I on the spectrum? Should I try to know? |
I'd say with issues like that, and the family history, there is a high probability that you are on the spectrum..
I'm in a similar situation. I have decided to go ahead and get evaluated myse ... |
| Topic: would you recomend sunglasses? |
Matt62
Replies: 28
Views: 1695
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 11:37 am Subject: would you recomend sunglasses? |
Fortunately, I have transistions lenses for indoors/outdoors. But I wear polarizing sunglasses outdoors, even on cloudy days.
I'm extremely light sensitive, as discussed on another post relati ... |
| Topic: Has anyone ever tried to destroy the social urge in AS? |
Matt62
Replies: 19
Views: 1359
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 11:34 am Subject: Has anyone ever tried to destroy the social urge in AS? |
Some apparently do so..
And get labeled schizoid for it. I agree loneliness is a horrid emotion, but that longing is for human interaction. If you lose it, you will be giving up part of your humani ... |
| Topic: This is bugging me... |
Matt62
Replies: 15
Views: 1107
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Forum: WrongPlanet.net discussion Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 11:29 am Subject: This is bugging me... |
As welcome as I feel here, the interface between WP & my home is driving me absolutely into a psychotic episode. Or a seizure..
Sensory overload at bare minimum!
What am I talking about? ... |
| Topic: Does anyone feel like they have two personalities? |
Matt62
Replies: 45
Views: 3408
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 1:56 pm Subject: Does anyone feel like they have two personalities? |
| If you read some ASD autobiographies, you will find that EVERYONE of them did this to one degree or another. Donna Williams completely surpressed her real personality, almost to the point of dissasoci ... |
| Topic: Do I sit upon the spectrum?: First Post |
Matt62
Replies: 27
Views: 1860
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 1:51 pm Subject: Do I sit upon the spectrum?: First Post |
Also, be aware than not everyone with AS will have every symptom of it.
As a child, though, I came very, very close. More than enough to qualify.
Like your self, I await a formal diagnosis fo ... |
| Topic: Does anyone feel like they have two personalities? |
Matt62
Replies: 45
Views: 3408
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 11:34 am Subject: Does anyone feel like they have two personalities? |
Hmm, there are at least three "MEs" living in this body..
The Clown, the Angry Matthew, & The Scientist.
Actually, there are more, but these are the usual ones. I call them masks which is ... |
| Topic: Anyone else diagnosed as an adult? |
Matt62
Replies: 46
Views: 2802
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 11:28 am Subject: Anyone else diagnosed as an adult? |
So far, self-dxed at 49. Working on making it official now, at 50.
But I've known I'm on the spectrum, really, since 1994 after reading Donna William's "NObody, Nowhere" which answered a lot of que ... |
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