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 Topic: Open Letter: Importance of Pets for an Aspie Child |
Aspie1
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 Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 12:49 am Subject: Open Letter: Importance of Pets for an Aspie Child |
Again, we're getting into the power debate  . It's something I got from Nietzsche. His philosophy states that all of human history is about power. Any wars, empires, colonies, feudal systems, king ... |
| Topic: Open Letter: Importance of Pets for an Aspie Child |
Aspie1
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 5:28 pm Subject: Open Letter: Importance of Pets for an Aspie Child |
| He literally would not be in the same room with her. Then a few years back he decided he might want to try again and we adopted a cat who had been declawed by her previous owner. He adores her and it' ... |
| Topic: Open Letter: Importance of Pets for an Aspie Child |
Aspie1
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Views: 327
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:12 pm Subject: Open Letter: Importance of Pets for an Aspie Child |
| I waited a little to see a least a small batch of responses before pitching in with my own; now seems to be a good time. It's good to see a lot of pet lovers on this thread. But I'd like to reiterat ... |
| Topic: Automated Phone System for a Relationship (mostly humor) |
Aspie1
Replies: 5
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Forum: Love and Dating Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:45 pm Subject: Automated Phone System for a Relationship (mostly humor) |
| Wow, looks like people are liking this system. It has a dual purpose: poking fun at how demanding people in relationships can be, and parodying those interactive phone systems that are replacing live ... |
| Topic: Open Letter: Importance of Pets for an Aspie Child |
Aspie1
Replies: 11
Views: 327
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:31 pm Subject: Open Letter: Importance of Pets for an Aspie Child |
Dear Parents of WrongPlanet:
I was pleased with the responses I got in my first Open Letter thread (the one about grocery shopping). The statements that were made showed that a lot of parents unde ... |
| Topic: Do you think a psychologist can help? |
Aspie1
Replies: 15
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 2:41 pm Subject: Do you think a psychologist can help? |
| Far too many of them don't do much beyond making you talk about your feelings (alexithymia, anyone?) and relive your traumatic experiences by sharing all the details about it. Hello! How will tellin ... |
| Topic: Cynical but Strangely Comforting Website |
Aspie1
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Forum: The Haven Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 1:09 pm Subject: Cynical but Strangely Comforting Website |
| Hey everyone. I found this website; it's a personal site someone wrote just for the heck of it, or to combat the sickly sweet cliches that society puts out. It's on http://www.lifesucks.info/index.h ... |
| Topic: Do you think a psychologist can help? |
Aspie1
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Views: 447
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 12:33 pm Subject: Do you think a psychologist can help? |
Talk therapy can be really counter-productive for Aspies, since often what the Aspie needs is some form of coaching, not hours and days and weeks of talking about their feelings to a stranger.
I have ... |
| Topic: Do you think a psychologist can help? |
Aspie1
Replies: 15
Views: 447
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:00 pm Subject: Do you think a psychologist can help? |
| I don't have much faith in psychologists. Far too many of them don't do much beyond making you talk about your feelings (alexithymia, anyone?) and relive your traumatic experiences by sharing all the ... |
| Topic: Breaks things for me to fix it? |
Aspie1
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Forum: Love and Dating Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 9:00 am Subject: Breaks things for me to fix it? |
"Hey boy! Sorry I turned you down, I'm just not ready for anything serious right now, ya know? I'm livin life freely. I hope that doesn't change the fact we are friends. You're a fun friend!"
"Fr ... |
| Topic: Do you see this as wrong? |
Aspie1
Replies: 17
Views: 429
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:37 am Subject: Do you see this as wrong? |
| I'd say it was kind of rude. Asking for a condiment is acceptable, but reacting like that when it's not available is bad manners. After all, steak tends to be expensive, and takes a lot of time and ... |
| Topic: Automated Phone System for a Relationship (mostly humor) |
Aspie1
Replies: 5
Views: 780
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Forum: Love and Dating Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 2:13 pm Subject: Automated Phone System for a Relationship (mostly humor) |
| I was using my aspie creativity skills, and came up with an idea. It's intended to save on maintenance in a relationship by delegating some of it to an automated phone system. My future girlfriend w ... |
| Topic: "Better than Nothing" |
Aspie1
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Forum: Love and Dating Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:02 am Subject: Re: "Better than Nothing" |
| I feel like I am the type of person that people just settle for when nobody else will show them any attention. Someone who is interested would not be thinking "This is the guy of my dreams". Rather ... |
| Topic: Yeast overgrowth.....treatment, PLEASE help !!! |
Aspie1
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:52 am Subject: Yeast overgrowth.....treatment, PLEASE help !!! |
We have pulled soy from our son's diet, btw, but that isn't a common problem as far as I can tell.
That's actually a smart idea. I read somewhere that it's bad for boys and men to eat a lot of soy p ... |
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