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Forum: Stats Topic: What country were you born in? |
| Valinbean |
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Posted: 25 Jul 2017, 11:37 am
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Just saw The Accountant; a few thoughts... |
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Posted: 25 Jul 2017, 9:36 am
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Replies: 30
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| I just saw the movie two days ago and I immediately did a google search of autism communities and found this place. I have not been diagnosed, but the more I learn about autism, and asburgers especially, the more convinced I am that I have asburgers. The Accountant portrayed it so well, and I assoc... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Just saw The Accountant; a few thoughts... |
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Posted: 24 Jul 2017, 9:42 pm
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| I just saw the movie two days ago and I immediately did a google search of autism communities and found this place. I have not been diagnosed, but the more I learn about autism, and aspergers especially, the more convinced I am that I have aspergers. The Accountant portrayed it so well, and I associ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Second guessing- Aspie or not? |
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Posted: 24 Jul 2017, 2:00 pm
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Replies: 18
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| The thing is, I never really had much interest in trying to socialize. The topics that others my own age were interested in were never really interesting to me so I mostly just kept to myself anyway. When I did socialize it was usually with adults, often elderly adults actually. Everyone I spoke to... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Second guessing- Aspie or not? |
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Posted: 24 Jul 2017, 1:03 pm
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| The thing is, I never really had much interest in trying to socialize. The topics that others my own age were interested in were never really interesting to me so I mostly just kept to myself anyway. When I did socialize it was usually with adults, often elderly adults actually. Everyone I spoke to... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Second guessing- Aspie or not? |
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Posted: 24 Jul 2017, 12:19 pm
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Replies: 18
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| The thing is, I never really had much interest in trying to socialize. The topics that others my own age were interested in were never really interesting to me so I mostly just kept to myself anyway. When I did socialize it was usually with adults, often elderly adults actually. Everyone I spoke to... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Second guessing- Aspie or not? |
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Posted: 24 Jul 2017, 11:43 am
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Replies: 18
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| The thing is, I never really had much interest in trying to socialize. The topics that others my own age were interested in were never really interesting to me so I mostly just kept to myself anyway. When I did socialize it was usually with adults, often elderly adults actually. Everyone I spoke to... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Second guessing- Aspie or not? |
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Posted: 24 Jul 2017, 11:31 am
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Replies: 18
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| All of those things you described could be ascribed to being on the Spectrum. Spectrum is the key word, as others have pointed out. You don't have to have all the symptoms to be on the Spectrum and the severity of any symptom will vary. Your approach is sensible. Keep working with a professional. I... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Second guessing- Aspie or not? |
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Posted: 24 Jul 2017, 11:01 am
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| All of those things you described could be ascribed to being on the Spectrum. Spectrum is the key word, as others have pointed out. You don't have to have all the symptoms to be on the Spectrum and the severity of any symptom will vary. Your approach is sensible. Keep working with a professional. I... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Second guessing- Aspie or not? |
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Posted: 24 Jul 2017, 10:51 am
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| I'm in the same boat right now. I think I am autistic, surely I must be, but I really have no idea other than that my parents say I'm "on the spectrum". I've always had sensory issues: my parents have stories of terrible tantrums as a child every time they tried to cloth me, especially wi... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Second guessing- Aspie or not? |
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Posted: 24 Jul 2017, 9:54 am
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Replies: 18
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| I'm in the same boat right now. I think I am autistic, surely I must be, but I really have no idea other than that my parents say I'm "on the spectrum". I've always had sensory issues: my parents have stories of terrible tantrums as a child every time they tried to cloth me, especially wit... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: scale of -10 to +10, how do you feel right now? |
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Posted: 24 Jul 2017, 8:36 am
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Replies: 35,877
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I was at 2 but then I went through this thread for a while to distract myself and now I'm at 3 which is probably about average for me in my current life situation. At least it's nice and cool outside this morning.
Sorry you're feeling bad Sly279  |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: scale of -10 to +10, how do you feel right now? |
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Posted: 23 Jul 2017, 2:05 pm
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| -5 I just pointed out how my reaction to a social situation my parents and brother were discussing was one very typical to asburgers and my brother responded by saying that asburgers doesn't exist and that every one on earth is exactly the same, implying that I was just being, I don't know, manipul... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: scale of -10 to +10, how do you feel right now? |
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Posted: 23 Jul 2017, 1:40 pm
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Replies: 35,877
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| -5 I just pointed out how my reaction to a social situation my parents and brother were discussing was one very typical to asburgers and my brother responded by saying that asburgers doesn't exist and that every one on earth is exactly the same, implying that I was just being, I don't know, manipul... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: scale of -10 to +10, how do you feel right now? |
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Posted: 23 Jul 2017, 11:54 am
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| 0 I'm about 0 now I think. I like going through this thread. I'm on page 6 and I would probably keep going to the end if I had more time but I need to feed goats. I'm still upset because of my family and I want to avoid them but I have to walk past them to go feed animals :| . My goats will make me ... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: scale of -10 to +10, how do you feel right now? |
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Posted: 23 Jul 2017, 11:05 am
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Replies: 35,877
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| -5 I just pointed out how my reaction to a social situation my parents and brother were discussing was one very typical to asburgers and my brother responded by saying that asburgers doesn't exist and that every one on earth is exactly the same, implying that I was just being, I don't know, manipula... |
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