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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: A compensation claim (UK) |
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Posted: 27 Aug 2011, 4:29 pm
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Replies: 5
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| Firstly, I do appreciate replies, but I am going to reiterate the most important thing I wrote above: THIS IS NOT ABOUT LEGAL ACTION - I have agreed to accept a 'goodwill' payment from a banks customer complaints department - after turning down the branch managers offer of £50. I understand there ar... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: A compensation claim (UK) |
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Posted: 12 Aug 2011, 5:44 pm
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Replies: 5
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| I am about to make a complaint about high-pressure sales against a certain financial institution who "mis-sold" to me (this however, has nothing to do with PPI). Basicly I told them I didn't want it, they offered an "incentive", some rather inaccurate details and then screwed me over. I do believe t... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Can anyone relate to this kind of distress? |
| sam_wi |
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Posted: 01 Jul 2011, 7:56 am
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Replies: 7
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| yes - I'll be interested to hear if you have an responses from males too - but for me, it is linked to oestrogen cycling. I get "PMT" sort of thing, mid-cycle, rather than when most girls would. Mid-cycle would be when oestrogen is highest....but its not every month, after 15 years or so, I'm pretty... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: SAVANT TEST |
| sam_wi |
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Posted: 30 Jun 2011, 1:06 pm
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Replies: 59
Views: 11,139
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I got 1/5 first time - with the reminder being within 10
2/5 second time - with the remainder being within 10
.....after a few attempts I was getting 3/5
Hubby (NT) got 1/5
Son (NT) got 1/5
....they both got bored before trying again though  |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Diagnostically a puzzle; your opinion? |
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Posted: 30 Jun 2011, 9:16 am
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Replies: 34
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| Then you have ICD-10, or here in the UK AAA, possibly others worldwide, all loosely similar, but subtle differences are enough to result in different labels - not to mention that our symptoms vary form day to day, our ability to describe our symptoms may be impaired, and the criteria are somewhat su... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Trust issues |
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Posted: 29 Jun 2011, 4:29 pm
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Replies: 6
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| "I trust too little because I have a hard time seeing when someone is trustworthy". This is absolutely true. I have worked in the military, and short of knowing someone will lay down their life for me - and I for them - I don't see trust. I was brought up by a probable-Aspie dad, who didn't trust. a... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Trust issues |
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Posted: 29 Jun 2011, 12:01 pm
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Replies: 6
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| yeah - maybe a bit of both I think. I have really got a reasonable grip on perfectionism when it comes to others - at least I thought - but perhaps not as good as I hoped.... and I guess that is one way of looking at it. - not so much trust - as flexibility in the degree that the other person has to... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Trust issues |
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Posted: 29 Jun 2011, 8:28 am
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| Do others here have trust issues? and how do you deal with trusting someone - in particular I mean learning how to trust someone who genuinely ought to be trustworthy, and hasn't done anything at all to misplace that trust, but also hasn't managed to win my trust. I am asking because I think trust i... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: I lost it at physical therapy! |
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Posted: 29 Jun 2011, 4:48 am
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| Your story reminds of one time when I 'lost it' - in my case it was at a train station; a lot of things happened that day, a bit like you describe, there was a build up of stressors which individually I probably could have handled, but together culminated in me losing it when a guard blew a whistle.... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: will the arguments ever end? |
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Posted: 29 Jun 2011, 3:58 am
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Replies: 9
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| sorry to butt in Phil - but I feel this way too. Farkle - that helps! You have explain exactly how I feel - I feel attacked almost all the time by things my partner says, and therefore constantly stressed. And also I am stressed as a result of other things unrelated to my partner, which then cause m... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Does this bother you? |
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Posted: 26 Jun 2011, 6:03 am
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Replies: 27
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| A few people 'tease' me about how my grammar is perfect, even in a text message....I don't mind "u" for you, and "2" for to, or obviously two - but it kind of bothers for for too (because I think the person writing didn't understand the difference between to and too, and it seems wrong). I don't lik... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: talking and acting like a kid |
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Posted: 26 Jun 2011, 4:00 am
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Replies: 34
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| It's compounded by the fact that the meltdowns occurred when my girlfriend was being verbally abusive, ganging up on me with her friend I despise, and then hitting me when I told her I couldn't go to work because I almost got in a car accident over the whole meltdown. There are wonderful, kind and ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What is highest frequency you hear in the following link? |
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Posted: 26 Jun 2011, 3:43 am
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Replies: 80
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| I'm 19 and I can hear up to 19 kHz, but my guinea pig sitting on my shoulder can hear up to 21 kHz. This conjures up a wonderful image in my head of you chatting away to your guinea pig..."hey I found this weird website, can you hear this..." -Despite the fact I know exactly what you mean, because ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Have I missed out / screwed up? |
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Posted: 24 Jun 2011, 10:42 am
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Replies: 8
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| You're 18 right?.... you have a lot of life left, you can't possibly have missed out yet. My personal experience was that my late 20s was the most 'interesting', 'productive', 'rewarding' period of my life. I achieved an awful lot in that 5 years....but I'm only 35 now, and I've still got years ahea... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How should I handle this? |
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Posted: 24 Jun 2011, 5:23 am
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Replies: 7
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| Realize that Michelle is a batty old crank who can't say anything right if her life depended on it. Then ignore her with disdain for the rest of your life. This is such good advice......but I know myself I find it hard to just ignore people once they have got to me. I completely agree that Michelle... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What is highest frequency you hear in the following link? |
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Posted: 24 Jun 2011, 4:29 am
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Replies: 80
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| Interesting - I am under the impression I have near-perfect human hearing (due to regular employment-based hearing tests) ....despite going to a few too many loud concerts in my teen years!.... I am 35 & using headphones, set the the volume I like to listen to music at, I can hear what I'm suppo... |
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