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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Matchmaking and Love On The Spectrum |
| LilyMoon |
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Posted: 15 Nov 2025, 8:24 pm
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Replies: 26
Views: 831
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| Anything is better than a dating site making a profit. The algorithm to generate more money involves preventing you matching anyone close enough to meet, and censoring phone numbers and addresses to force you to continue using the service. Exactly! Actually, that sort of explains why there are very... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Got anything random to say: Autistic style |
| LilyMoon |
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Posted: 14 Nov 2025, 9:18 pm
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Replies: 242
Views: 13,855
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There's the ever-present fear of being called out for not getting social cues right that is constantly fighting with the ever-present temptation to pull out a kazoo in church and hum a Black Sabbath tune while dancing like a clown down the aisle to the entrance. Or something like that.
Just me? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: not being able to physically speak in some situations |
| LilyMoon |
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Posted: 14 Nov 2025, 8:43 pm
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Replies: 19
Views: 441
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| Mutism when I was young... ...sister and grandma tricked me every time I opened my mouth and thought it was funny to make me cry, so I'm safe if I don't speak. Mutism in adulthood... ...I've been in this situation before. I can see the trap. I feel the other shoe is about to drop, no matter what I s... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Sensory Processing disorder |
| LilyMoon |
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Posted: 14 Nov 2025, 8:35 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 68
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| Quiet time is needed. Self-care. Start keeping a journal and write down what happened before you felt triggered or stressed. Sometimes its certain people. Sometimes its certain situations. Find ways to get your energy back to center. My kid used to blow up a lot when she was overwhelmed, so when she... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: panic/crisis |
| LilyMoon |
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Posted: 14 Nov 2025, 8:25 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 81
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I don't know if this will help but maybe it will make you laugh. When I was waiting two weeks for surgery, I was not dealing with the anxiety well, so I started watching Gadgetman because Richard Ayoade's voice is so non-emotional, it's soothing.
Hope you're feeling better. |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Matchmaking and Love On The Spectrum |
| LilyMoon |
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Posted: 14 Nov 2025, 8:07 pm
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Replies: 26
Views: 831
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| My point is that somebody should set up a matchmaking service like this for people on the spectrum in real life (instead of TV). Ok, hear me out for a sec. Yes, but... the algorithms never work right on any dating website because they are way too simple. I've got these skills, these analytical skil... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Autism and the Ignorance of 'Expertise' |
| LilyMoon |
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Posted: 14 Nov 2025, 12:16 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 234
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| A diagnosis is just a tool for understanding the hurdles we face. It isn't all-encompassing. It doesn't inhibit us from becoming more. I think that frightens a lot of practitioners and parents. We are a hell of a lot of work when we are young. So many struggles, but we grow up and learn and thrive i... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Talking about sex |
| LilyMoon |
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Posted: 13 Nov 2025, 9:48 pm
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Replies: 40
Views: 413
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| I've never understood why people talk about sex. I guess, I've always given that part of my life the reverence of sacred space. I know most people don't, but words just make something so wonderful seem so mundane. I used to be in a role playing guild in an MMORPG and I was participating in a group..... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: On being an elder |
| LilyMoon |
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Posted: 13 Nov 2025, 9:21 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 197
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| Now that we’ve racked up some experience in navigating planet Earth, how do we show our empathy with the rest of the inmates? I design learning environments for people who don’t thrive in conventional classrooms. What do you do? Wow, I would have loved that when I was a kid. That sounds really awes... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Wondering about Schizophrenia, is all |
| LilyMoon |
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Posted: 13 Nov 2025, 9:05 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,893
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| i've always butted heads with people generally whether autistic or not but it really just gets to me whenever i get on the bad side of someone else who's autistic, i could never formulate why it happens so much other than schizo stuff being tied in (typically i am the only schizophrenic in the room... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why is moving so difficult? |
| LilyMoon |
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Posted: 13 Nov 2025, 8:48 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 285
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It's really hard to move when you've lost someone.
Question: When you think about getting up and moving, do you feel physically weak? Like you almost want to lie down and take a nap instead? |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Autistic @ 80 |
| LilyMoon |
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Posted: 13 Nov 2025, 8:21 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 129
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Just being yourself is lovely. And scary sometimes.
Hope you feel at home here. |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Mellow Greetings and Salutations |
| LilyMoon |
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Posted: 13 Nov 2025, 8:19 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 105
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| My dream is more complex. Put simply, I dream of places like Xavier's School for the Gifted, where us NeuroSpicy folk, ALL ages, can be educated and encouraged by other spicy individuals, to reach our true potentials whilst fighting the ill-fitting clothes that come with living on the wrong planet.... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: What Are You Watching, or About to Watch, Right Now |
| LilyMoon |
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Posted: 26 Oct 2025, 6:29 pm
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Replies: 423
Views: 3,514
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pcgoblin wrote: LilyMoon wrote: My all time favorite MST3K Werewolf Vat? wurewolf? It is a classic! MARVEL and the multitude of hair changes!
The first time I saw this, I nearly passed out for laughing so hard.
Werwolf, "rawwwr!"
Voice from the front row, "Sorry I chewed your shoe!" |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Question: Romantically attracted to older men? |
| LilyMoon |
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Posted: 26 Oct 2025, 4:51 pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 298
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| Er... sigh. I considered this angle when I was younger. I was looking for someone who was mature enough to understand me better, to value me for my mind, not just my service (yes, that is a euphemism). I had seen men of my father's generation showing honor and integrity and steadfastness toward each... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Being in love, what does it really mean? |
| LilyMoon |
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Posted: 26 Oct 2025, 4:11 pm
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Replies: 27
Views: 259
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| It means something different to everyone. Love is balance. Reciprocity. People giving equally. People giving differently but equitably. People not giving, but getting equally high off the chemistry. But these are ideals, not realities. We don't assure equality in our relationships. We don't self-ass... |
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