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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Afraid of eye contact? Click here for advice |
| bertas |
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Posted: 29 Nov 2009, 11:59 am
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Replies: 33
Views: 9,359
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| I try to maintain good eye contact, but if the conversation's going fine without it my eyes can roam halfway across the room while I'm still talking. I just prefer conversation without it, but I've been getting better at using it with new people and important conversations, for example. Sometimes I'... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Calling people |
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Posted: 29 Nov 2009, 11:52 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,477
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| I don't use the phone for talking to friends; actually, I sometimes talk to a friend who lives too far away from me to visit, but that hasn't happened lately. I know what you mean though, perfectly. I'm paranoid my friends don't even really like me and simply tolerate me because I put in the effort ... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: overly emotional voice |
| bertas |
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Posted: 29 Nov 2009, 11:43 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,473
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| I agree with zer0netgain. If I'm in an emotional mood, my voice can definitely reflect that and I'll seem really over-emotional to my friends (we've had conversations where they've told me to calm down-- definitely not like me, usually). If I'm in a normal mood, my voice is normal (of course xD), an... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Do you find it difficult to explain yourself? |
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Posted: 29 Nov 2009, 11:37 am
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Replies: 18
Views: 12,335
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| I have a hard time explaining myself a lot not only because I have to think about how to word my answer sometimes, but I get nervous about even saying anything. Like in art class, my teacher once got frustrated with me and as she walked away, I simply decided not to try explaining at all because it ... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Anime Conventions and young women |
| bertas |
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Posted: 27 Nov 2009, 10:18 pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,706
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| A lot of my friends or people I know (like at my school's anime club) that like anime may have something like ADHD. And most are female that I know personally, but the anime club is about even with males and females. I'm not sure if I like anime too much to go to a convention, but cosplaying sounds ... |
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Forum: Adolescent Autism Forum Topic: How do you usually dress? |
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Posted: 26 Nov 2009, 10:39 am
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Replies: 179
Views: 35,284
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| My school's dress code pretty much changed the way I dress even out of school. (Except for collars. I hate them.) I love wearing turtlenecks, flats, and my black converse. I love converse, I have more than a few pairs. :) It really depends on the day. I love dressing comfortably, but I'm also comfor... |
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Forum: Adolescent Autism Forum Topic: What label do other teens slap on you? |
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Posted: 26 Nov 2009, 10:29 am
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Replies: 408
Views: 64,017
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| Some of my friends will call me 'the teacher.' (Based on the way I dress sometimes) Sometimes I still get "that girl who threw a pencil at the teacher in 3rd grade" (another story...before I switched schools for 'special ed' classes); that's usually with people I barely know, and it's rare to hear n... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: How strict is your school's dress code? |
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Posted: 25 Nov 2009, 10:12 pm
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Replies: 43
Views: 12,962
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| My high school dress code is okay: You have to wear a collared shirt or turtleneck (any color or stripes/plaid only) and non-jean-material bottoms. Until you get to high school there is an actual uniform: green/white polo shirts and khaki bottoms-- hideous. Our school also has this tradition of havi... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Questions about you |
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Posted: 25 Nov 2009, 8:51 pm
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Replies: 5,809
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| What is your first name? Ashley. Age: 15. Location: A Pennsylvanian suburb. Hobbies and Interests: Art (drawing, painting, everything creative really), Writing (rarely), reading, wasting my time on the internet and youtube, other things... Why are you here? Because I can relate to the things on this... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What are your most hated sensations |
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Posted: 25 Nov 2009, 8:30 pm
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Replies: 582
Views: 62,790
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| Some sensations I can't stand: -My ankles touching. I'm squeamish just thinking about it. -The sound of a pencil being scraped extremely heavily against paper. I heard this mostly in my elementary school days. D: -Things like heavy desks and furniture being dragged against carpet. It makes a very th... |
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