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Forum: School and College Life Topic: My AS cousin is heading to college - what do i get him? |
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Posted: 03 Jun 2009, 3:16 pm
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| 1/do stuff preferribly with CV/resume in mind 2/Women are in it for the money 3/Everyone is in it for the money (including you). 4/Do not drink as much as I did - and if you have to drink in first year go cold turkey after the first year binge. 5/Brown nose as much as possible - it is good training ... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: The Married Aspie Cafe Thread (discussion of marriage, etc.) |
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Posted: 28 Mar 2008, 4:39 pm
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| Woman are into relationships all the time. Men [me] read relationships columns when something goes wrong. Pre marriage I reckon I never developed relationships - why develop when everything is just fine. I never passed the 6 week threshold. [I cannot comment on my current marriage on pain of death] |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Inappropriate |
| totierne |
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Posted: 09 Sep 2007, 2:44 pm
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| Trying to point some blame away from myself. I was watching my son who was looking slightly precarious, my wife said to pick him up so I grabbed him and scratched his head while lifting him (bumping into the bottom of the keyboard drawer/extending thing of a computer desk) I am not at my best when I... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Currently not up to the job? |
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Posted: 16 May 2007, 4:24 pm
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| I reckon I have to work in a Computer Software related field - it is what I am least bad at. I will stick with my current line until I get fired, as I would have a probationary period else where. My own ideas on what might pay and not be too right wing would be done by a graduate with two years expe... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Currently not up to the job? |
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Posted: 13 May 2007, 3:54 pm
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| I work in Ireland and so I am slightly harder tp fire than in U.S.A. I just feel my capability slipping away and my only hope is to take some time off to gain some self respect and knowledge in some area. I work as a computer programmer, but it has got do diverse that my ability to be a control frea... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Friendship Board - Age 19 Onwards |
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Posted: 04 May 2006, 5:21 pm
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| From Dublin, Ireland. 36 y/o married man, wife expecting a kid in August 2006. Bipolar for sure and geekish if not full blown Aspergers, seeking similar to exchange lifes challanges. BA (Engineering) and MSc (Computers) , work as a java programmer in a database company. The more you have the more yo... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: male autistics vs female autistics |
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Posted: 03 Apr 2006, 5:36 am
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| My sister is on disability for Bipolar/Anorexia/Asperger's I am working as a programmer on Bipolar and suggested by a doctor (but not diagnosed) Asperger's I read somewhere that females who can't read emotions are treated as children. I suppose males with mood swings/reading situation problems get a... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: What's everybody's career? |
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Posted: 30 Mar 2006, 2:42 pm
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| Resume/CV good grades at school 1st year at medical school (bailed out as there was too much rote learning ahead and I had an engineering position open) Engineering degree [Electrical and Electronic] focused too much on the work/syllabus / had a bipolar breakdown [passed the course though] Masters i... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Manic Depressive, Geek, Aspergers suggested by Doctor (GP) |
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Posted: 17 May 2005, 11:34 am
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| Can I grill someone about aspergers, and or be grilled? What I have taken from what I have read does not amount to a hill of beans. A club to join, but I would not want to join a club that would have me as a mmber - Groucho Marx. Maybe I need to talk to someone young and opinionated who believes the... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Manic Depressive, Geek, Aspergers suggested by Doctor (GP) |
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Posted: 16 May 2005, 7:02 am
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| I have already ordered but not yet received: Songs of the Gorilla Nation: My Journey Through Autism by Dawn Prince-Hughes I thought something subjective may be more real, and I have aspirations to writing something down so seeing what someone with aspergers can get away with autobiographically... mo... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Manic Depressive, Geek, Aspergers suggested by Doctor (GP) |
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Posted: 13 May 2005, 11:53 am
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>But I do adore reading abnormal psych books, especially those about Autism.
Any "Good Stuff" worth sharing?
Regards,
Turloch
Symptom <-> method of dealing with
[Not to be minimized and/or disguarded]
[just my 2 cent] |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Manic Depressive, Geek, Aspergers suggested by Doctor (GP) |
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Posted: 11 May 2005, 3:29 pm
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... I force myself to read (pop?) psychology books even if it is a paragraph a day, believing, especially if it is false, that I can rebuild myself stronger for next time.
[This is in a low after a manic breakdown)
Your Mileage May Vary |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Manic Depressive, Geek, Aspergers suggested by Doctor (GP) |
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Posted: 11 May 2005, 1:20 pm
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| [I am new in these parts, came here through the slashdoted Bit torrent article.] Is there a standard questionare to fill out? Lots of text with little point leaves me cold, after the brief warming of I empathise but wait a second this leads nowhere.. What is the point of outing oneself, or being out... |
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