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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: a reintroduction... |
| Denali |
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Posted: 14 Oct 2009, 7:07 pm
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Replies: 4
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| Hi all. :) I'm not exactly new but it's been over a year since I posted here. A little about myself, I'm 28 years old and I'm a self-diagnosed Aspie. I would get diagnosed but it would cost $1500 and I don't have that kind of money. It's always been really hard for me to make friends...I do have one... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Are internet friends better than real life friends? |
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Posted: 22 Feb 2008, 6:51 pm
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Replies: 62
Views: 15,499
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| For me it would probably be Internet friends. I have an easier time communicating online rather than in real life, and it would be easier for me to make friends online. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Feb 20th Lunar Eclipse! Is it in your area?? |
| Denali |
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Posted: 20 Feb 2008, 10:31 pm
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Replies: 34
Views: 2,901
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| I've been watching it -- it's pretty cool. And beautiful too! |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: scale of -10 to +10, how do you feel right now? |
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Posted: 20 Feb 2008, 8:28 pm
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Replies: 35,872
Views: 2,042,704
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Had the day off today, and it wasn't too bad. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Can a person on the spectrum ever be socially confident? |
| Denali |
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Posted: 20 Feb 2008, 8:12 pm
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Replies: 27
Views: 3,787
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| I've often wondered about this myself. Will I ever be socially confident? I hope one day I will. My problem is I often don't know what to say to people, or how to respond when someone says something to me. It's like I have a brain freeze. Even online sometimes I get "stuck" and don't know what to sa... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Facial Expression Don't Match Emotions?? |
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Posted: 20 Feb 2008, 5:12 pm
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Replies: 72
Views: 17,332
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My facial expression almost never matches how I really feel.
People say I smile a lot. Which isn't a bad thing I guess -- but sometimes, even when I'm feeling sad or having a bad day, people say, "you must be really happy!" or "what a nice smile!" Maybe it's just a part of having AS? |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Cure for Autism? What the big deal? |
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Posted: 20 Feb 2008, 4:36 pm
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Replies: 26
Views: 8,298
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| I have mixed feelings about a cure. On one hand, I would really like to have normal life, go out and meet people and know how to converse with them, maybe have a family. On the other hand, I kind of like being different. I've been this way for almost 27 years now and I've sort of grown used to it. I... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How did you discover you had AS and what did you do about it |
| Denali |
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Posted: 20 Feb 2008, 9:55 am
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Replies: 25
Views: 3,308
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| My cousin was recently diagnosed with a mild form of autism, and my brother is studying to be a nurse and wants to help autistic kids -- it interested me so I started looking up autism on the Internet. I read an article about AS and it sounded exactly like me. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Housebound? |
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Posted: 20 Feb 2008, 12:04 am
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Replies: 43
Views: 4,546
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Callista wrote: A common cause of being housebound is having panic attacks... if you have those, then chances are it's plain-vanilla agoraphobia, unrelated to autism.
I don't have panic attacks. I just don't feel like going out and interacting with people. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do The Words "Out Of The Loop" Resonate With You? |
| Denali |
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Posted: 19 Feb 2008, 11:26 pm
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,417
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| I am never "in the loop". And for some reason, that doesn't really bother me. |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: This probably isn't helpful |
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Posted: 19 Feb 2008, 11:17 pm
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,064
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| I know exactly how you feel. I'm 26, will be 27 next month, and still living at home with my mother. I do have a job but it's a rather low paying one. I have no friends and never go out. I've never had a boyfriend or even been on a date. I'm also looking for my purpose in life -- some days I think I... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: What is this feeling? |
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Posted: 19 Feb 2008, 11:09 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,537
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Tim_Tex wrote: I try to make friends, but I feel like I connect with very few people.
Yeah -- I'm the same way. I feel like people just don't "get" me -- if that makes any sense.
I, too, feel some sort of empty feeling. Like there's something missing. Just don't know what it is. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: How am I going to get new interests? |
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Posted: 19 Feb 2008, 10:37 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,818
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| Try going to the library and looking for books about dragons and elves. I'm sure they have quite a few. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Housebound? |
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Posted: 19 Feb 2008, 10:08 pm
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Replies: 43
Views: 4,546
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| I would probably be writing stories. Maybe even a novel. I haven't written anything in years -- been thinking about starting back writing again -- even bought a notebook to write in. Just can't think of a good plot. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: 500 posts |
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Posted: 19 Feb 2008, 9:24 pm
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Replies: 41
Views: 2,887
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I've always loved the name Ashleigh.
In fact, I like to write stories and in one of my stories I had a character named Ashleigh. It's a cool name. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Best And Worst Usernames |
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Posted: 19 Feb 2008, 9:18 pm
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Replies: 70
Views: 33,432
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I've been on the Internet since 1997 and have had literally hundreds of screen names/user names on AOL, and various message boards. I can't even remember most of them.
I have to say I'm pretty happy using Denali right now. |
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