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 Topic: Staying single for.. EVER? |
UnLoser
Replies: 58
Views: 3654
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 Forum: Love and Dating Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 6:18 pm Subject: Staying single for.. EVER? |
| That sounds pretty asexual to me. There are many variations on the theme, anyway--people who masturbate and people who don't; people who want romance, cuddling, and kissing versus people who don't. So ... |
| Topic: Get the impression I don't mean much to anyone? |
UnLoser
Replies: 7
Views: 450
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 12:14 pm Subject: Get the impression I don't mean much to anyone? |
| I have the same thing going on right now. My best (only) friend never really bothers to contact me. I'm always the one who initiates everything, even though I don't do it all that often. But he has AS ... |
| Topic: Prom |
UnLoser
Replies: 19
Views: 573
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Forum: Love and Dating Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 12:45 am Subject: Prom |
Funny how everyone who didn't go to prom felt compelled to post in this thread. I'm not criticizing, I just found it was funny! 
I'm pretty sure I won't be going to prom either, BTW. |
| Topic: Would you want to be cured if you could? |
UnLoser
Replies: 76
Views: 2112
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 12:40 am Subject: Would you want to be cured if you could? |
| Yes. I really don't feel like I'd be losing anything of myself if I were "cured". I don't consider my mental shortcomings to be fundamentally a part of me. How could I, when I desperately want to be r ... |
| Topic: Empathy myth |
UnLoser
Replies: 82
Views: 2445
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 12:27 am Subject: Empathy myth |
I think some of y'all are confusing empathy and sympathy when you take that test. They are completely different concepts.
What, exactly, do you consider empathy? You talk as if it's a well-defined ... |
| Topic: can an nt therapist truly help an aspie? |
UnLoser
Replies: 21
Views: 1125
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 12:09 am Subject: can an nt therapist truly help an aspie? |
Yes, absolutely.
I've been seeing an NT therapist for quite a number of years, and I think he's pretty helpful. He specializes in working with autistics, so he has a good understanding of how we wo ... |
| Topic: Biting Yourself |
UnLoser
Replies: 41
Views: 1458
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2013 11:57 pm Subject: Biting Yourself |
I'll often lightly chew on my finger, my shirt, a piece of string, my cheek, or my tongue.
Sometimes, when I feel very stressed or upset, or am trying to clear my head of perseverant/OCD thoughts, ... |
| Topic: Rambling = annoying? |
UnLoser
Replies: 15
Views: 483
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2013 3:25 pm Subject: Rambling = annoying? |
| Just for the sake of not pissing people off, it would be good to try to keep your rambling under control. You say you don't care much about seeking human contact, so luckily, you don't have to worry a ... |
| Topic: Empathy myth |
UnLoser
Replies: 82
Views: 2445
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2013 2:43 pm Subject: Re: Empathy myth |
Well, you can see for yourself.
My therapist basically gave me this test when I was being tested. I never learned how I scored, but I just took it and got 32, which is the high end of "low"
Su ... |
| Topic: Empathy myth |
UnLoser
Replies: 82
Views: 2445
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2013 2:39 pm Subject: Empathy myth |
I think empathy is often used to mean giving the right response to a particular situation
This is what NTs are good at - they wheel out the right response and in my opinion there often isn't any re ... |
| Topic: Most human socialising is insane. |
UnLoser
Replies: 13
Views: 849
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 5:48 pm Subject: Most human socialising is insane. |
I disagree. Most socializing is innocuous, and even well-intentioned.
If you break it all down to the lowest level, everything we do is motivated by selfishness. Even altruism is motivated by self ... |
| Topic: Help me defend myself |
UnLoser
Replies: 46
Views: 1554
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 5:00 pm Subject: Help me defend myself |
I fully support a person's right to use physical aggression in self-defense, no matter the gender of the attacker or victim.
Men are still the heavier hitters though so a man hitting a woman is sti ... |
| Topic: Low muscle tone? |
UnLoser
Replies: 25
Views: 867
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:22 pm Subject: Low muscle tone? |
| Here we go with the "didn't play competitive sports as a child" nonsense. Or currently? How many NT's do? I've had all sorts of things blamed on that; it wasn't muscle tone, but there were other thing ... |
| Topic: I Can Understand Metaphors And Use Them |
UnLoser
Replies: 66
Views: 1827
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:08 pm Subject: I Can Understand Metaphors And Use Them |
| I find the meanings of metaphors to be pretty easy to understand, and I can often infer the meaning of a metaphor through it's context. Deciphering metaphors is not that difficult, this is what I thin ... |
| Topic: Low muscle tone? |
UnLoser
Replies: 25
Views: 867
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2013 11:32 pm Subject: Low muscle tone? |
| I believe that the "low muscle tone" thing in reference to AS does not refer to musculature, but rather hypotonia, which is more of a neurological condition where your muscles do not automatically ten ... |
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