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Message |
 Topic: dont like "hanging out" with people |
Nereid
Replies: 18
Views: 1428
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 Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 8:47 pm Subject: dont like "hanging out" with people |
I dont have enough in common with a vast majority of people to substantiate hanging out with them for hours and hours. Occasionally it happens, but more and more rarely with age, it seems  . Even w ... |
| Topic: Talking too much |
Nereid
Replies: 15
Views: 843
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Forum: Random Discussion Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 4:51 am Subject: Talking too much |
| When someone tips off to a topic I am very interested in or know a lot about, I can feel my excitement build up and I start talking at 1,000 miles an hour. Even if I'm self-aware enough at the time to ... |
| Topic: Should I tell my friends about my AS? |
Nereid
Replies: 10
Views: 837
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 4:39 am Subject: Should I tell my friends about my AS? |
| In my experience "coming out" with Aspergers, especially with self-diagnosis, can be met with a lot of criticism. I told one of my bffs from childhood, boyfriend, and mom. Each of them didn't want to ... |
| Topic: Do aspies reject other people? |
Nereid
Replies: 41
Views: 4845
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 4:34 am Subject: Do aspies reject other people? |
| Yes, I have. There's the saying "beggars cant be choosers", but even with my limited selection of folks who want to be around me I have sent a few packing. One girl just started acting like we were cl ... |
| Topic: Bad at Math, Good at English? |
Nereid
Replies: 74
Views: 7449
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 4:52 pm Subject: Bad at Math, Good at English? |
| Anyone here been diagnosed with Dyscalculia? It's the mathematical equivalent of dyslexia. For some reason people widely accept dyslexia as existing but scoff that someone cant keep track of numbers i ... |
| Topic: Say a really random word |
Nereid
Replies: 2209
Views: 33990
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Forum: Off the Wall: Forum Games, Quizzes, Roleplaying, etc. Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 4:04 am Subject: Say a really random word |
| Prandicle. So obscure its no longer listed in the dictionary. I adopted it online and promised to use the word. It means a small meal. I.e. I had a most delightful prandicle of Pringles and string che ... |
| Topic: Women's Magazines - Possible Rant |
Nereid
Replies: 36
Views: 4605
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Forum: Women's Discussion Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 11:49 pm Subject: Women's Magazines - Possible Rant |
| When you describe women's magazines like that, yes, I suppose they do seem rather appalling. I guess its been so long since I've bought a women's magazine I haven't given it much thought. But yes, it ... |
| Topic: loneliness |
Nereid
Replies: 50
Views: 8367
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Forum: Women's Discussion Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 11:38 pm Subject: loneliness |
| I have a social paradox. I want to be around people and have close relationships, but very few people even appeal to me enough to make that effort, and those I do it either backfires or they aren't in ... |
| Topic: Aspergirls |
Nereid
Replies: 44
Views: 6321
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Forum: Women's Discussion Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 11:26 pm Subject: Aspergirls |
| Yes I own a copy. I saw the Aspergirls girl throwing her arms up on the cover of another book so I find it kind of funny they chose to use a stock image for the cover. I noticed the book tends to high ... |
| Topic: Do you dress like a guy? |
Nereid
Replies: 54
Views: 8736
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Forum: Women's Discussion Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 11:24 pm Subject: Do you dress like a guy? |
| I dressed more boyish when I was 12-13, and then kinda switched to jeans and tee mostly, non baggy. I've alternated throughout my life through dressing more girly v. boyish, although usually kinda fru ... |
| Topic: Friendship and losing you |
Nereid
Replies: 8
Views: 996
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 10:57 pm Subject: Friendship and losing you |
| I can relate. Not so much about rape/cops but certainly about drugs and alcohol and other debaucherous activities. So many people like to wear their bad deeds like a badge of honor. Seems so contrary ... |
| Topic: How to explain your condition to friends? |
Nereid
Replies: 14
Views: 858
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 12:30 am Subject: How to explain your condition to friends? |
| Believe it or not, they won't believe you. It's horrible, I know, but it's true. They'll say they don't know what Asperger's is. When you tell 'em it's a form of autism they'll just look at you like y ... |
| Topic: Aspergers vs. the "Highly Sensitive Person"? |
Nereid
Replies: 12
Views: 2526
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 4:51 am Subject: Aspergers vs. the "Highly Sensitive Person"? |
I hadn't heard of this before, but several of the symptoms overlap Aspergers. Are the two independent conditions or do all Aspergers people fall under this category? Video I came across link here.
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| Topic: Am I invisible or do people genuinely not see/hear me? |
Nereid
Replies: 28
Views: 3489
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 3:57 pm Subject: Am I invisible or do people genuinely not see/hear me? |
| Sometimes I have trouble controlling the sound level of my voice. Do you too? How far away are you when you yell out hello? Have you already greeted them earlier in the day? What is the personality ty ... |
| Topic: The Irony of Aspie v. NT Messaging |
Nereid
Replies: 20
Views: 2037
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 3:47 pm Subject: Re: The Irony of Aspie v. NT Messaging |
| Yes that is a good point that NTs want to imitate other NT's and use the same abbreviated text. When NTs communicate via the iphone or cell phone they use abbreviated text and not sure if they would ... |
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