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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: You Might be an Aspie if... |
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Posted: 01 Mar 2010, 6:54 am
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| YMBAAI you have to constantly pretend to laugh when people joke because very few people are actually funny and yet everyone tries. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are there some things you just can't grasp? |
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Posted: 08 Feb 2010, 5:18 am
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| 2. "Important papers". From the bank, insurance company or something like that. Just seeing it makes me stressed. And when I read it it's all mumbo-jumbo. My typical reaction is; "WHAT DO THEY WANT FROM ME?!" 3. How to make friendships or relationships. The process contains lots of social codes tha... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are there some things you just can't grasp? |
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Posted: 08 Feb 2010, 4:57 am
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| There are probably lots of things I don't understand, but one which bugs me and always has done, is why people a. say things they don't mean and b. speak in an over-elaborate way instead of just saying what they mean. That drives me nuts. I tend to 'switch off' when people do that. I know what you ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is it really just me? |
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Posted: 08 Feb 2010, 4:22 am
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| Am I really the only person who would find it incredibly fascinating to see someone getting eaten alive from the inside by trillions of nanobots? Am I really the only person who has a blast spending an entire day researching the Philadelphia experient? Am I really the only person who spends hours da... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: ADHD or aspergers? |
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Posted: 04 Feb 2010, 8:31 am
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| Well I can tell you what it means for me in my life. Acting quite a lot younger for your age (but when feeling good, when focused outwards, acting a lot older and 20 years wiser like one of my ex-gf noticed), lots and lots of depression (since I was 12), real philosophing since I was 6, thinking a ... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Weird And Funny Customer Stories-Share 'Em |
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Posted: 04 Feb 2010, 8:10 am
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| I worked at a discount bookstore. I had a customer come in and ask "do you have such & such on DVD?" I didn't really hear his request other than the DVD part and we only sold books, no DVDs, so I said "no, we don't sell DVDs". He said "but Dymocks sell DVDs". I couldn't help myself... slapped hi... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does anyone get a fright when they realise they "exist& |
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Posted: 04 Feb 2010, 7:39 am
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| I'm very familiar with tuning out, and I'm very familiar with dissociation, but I never get the two at the same time... It is strange to me that others relate the two. I experienced a lot of dissociation when I was suffering depression. You stop really feeling. You only experience. You start viewing... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: ADHD or aspergers? |
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Posted: 04 Feb 2010, 7:13 am
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| Anyway... Could anyone tell me what are the main things that characterise their aspergers? Could somebody explain what the symptoms mean? Coming from the horses mouth, how are they experienced? I realise everyone is different, but what are the defining characteristics? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: You Might be an Aspie if... |
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Posted: 04 Feb 2010, 7:03 am
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Kaizer wrote: lol i like this
You maybe an aspie if you have a constant running commentary with yourself running in your head but when its your turn to talk to another human being you have nothing to say
lol sounds like my experience with ADHD |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: ADHD or aspergers? |
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Posted: 04 Feb 2010, 4:29 am
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| Taking jokes literally and not being able to read body language are traits of ADHD, but I've noticed that people with ADHD will work on bettering their social skills whereas people with AS just give up. They rather stay at home than go through all the stress of socialising. You can have both ADHD a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: ADHD or aspergers? |
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Posted: 04 Feb 2010, 4:08 am
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| I'm a 20 year old male diagnosed with Innatentive ADHD. As a bit of background, ADHD, aspergers, bipolar and depression all run in my family. My behaviours which are supposed symptoms of ADHD are as follows: I tune out a lot. I feel like there is so much interesting stuff to think about, so its hard... |
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