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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Dumb things Mental Health Professionals say |
| karathedragon |
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Posted: 27 Aug 2020, 12:45 am
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Replies: 80
Views: 15,384
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“You can’t have autism—you have a great sense of humor!”
“I know it’s really popular to want to have autism right now because of the internet...” |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Anxiety About “Fun” Events? |
| karathedragon |
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Posted: 21 May 2020, 5:55 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 384
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| I’m wondering if you guys experience this as often as I do... When I have plans to do something big and exciting like traveling, or holidays, or whatever it may be that is supposed to be really fun, I get so anxious that I usually end up having a meltdown and sabotaging the plans right before they h... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: List the last time you had a shutdown or meltdown. |
| karathedragon |
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Posted: 20 May 2020, 1:10 am
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,045
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| My husband and I babysit my two young nieces (2.5 years old, and 7 months old) once a week. We don’t have children of our own. I’m great with kids but because they’re so little, sometimes I get overwhelmed trying to care for both of them if my husband is doing something else, in the other room, etc.... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Adults with Childlike Obsessions |
| karathedragon |
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Posted: 19 May 2020, 3:55 am
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Replies: 109
Views: 12,544
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| Yup! Legos, school supplies, barbies, Pokémon, sailor moon, children’s books (I have a whole shelf of them and don’t live with any children), certain children’s shows (I really like Franklin [the turtle]), butterflies, play doh, coloring, Spyro the Dragon, and all things Disney. Some of these obsess... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Awaiting Diagnostic Results |
| karathedragon |
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Posted: 06 Feb 2020, 6:24 pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,777
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| StarTrekker, yup. That's pretty much all the doctor said. I was not administered the ADOS which had initially pissed me off (before our follow-up) but my husband "reassured" me to trust the doctor. I just had my first individual therapy session since the day of the follow-up yesterday and ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Awaiting Diagnostic Results |
| karathedragon |
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Posted: 30 Jan 2020, 11:52 pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,777
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| Hi all, I've been really struggling since my follow-up appointment. My worst clinical fears were realized. The assessing psychologist deemed I was "nowhere near the ballpark of autism" which I know is absolute BS. She dismissed all of my lived experience, and the careful reports from my hu... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Awaiting Diagnostic Results |
| karathedragon |
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Posted: 24 Jan 2020, 12:53 am
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,777
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| Thanks for all the supportive replies! I'm really happy to be finally posting on WP after years of just reading other peoples' posts. I am so excited that my feedback appointment with the psychologist is tomorrow and I get to learn more about myself regardless of the results. I've had too much socia... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Most Aspie Friendly City? |
| karathedragon |
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Posted: 24 Jan 2020, 12:31 am
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Replies: 77
Views: 10,406
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| I may be biased but I agree that the pacific northwest is a great place for aspies. I would avoid the bigger cities like Seattle and Portland. Because of an extremely high level of gentrification they are ridiculously expensive places to live. So unless you land a really high-paying job in one of th... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Awaiting Diagnostic Results |
| karathedragon |
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Posted: 20 Jan 2020, 4:32 pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,777
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| CW: ABA Hi all, First of all, thank you to anyone willing to take the time to read this. I'm getting quite a lot off of my chest all at once. I am very anxious to be writing this. I have been following several forum discussions on this site for some time now, but I finally got the courage today to r... |
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