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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspies with Borderline Personality Disorder? |
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Posted: 30 Jun 2013, 12:11 am
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| yes and yes and YES I am a walking textbook case of BPD; its so obvious to even rookie 1-st year psych students the AS in me is harder to detect and always has been b/c my eye contact is intense and direct. never had the issues w/ eye contact most Aspies seem to However : I have strong Asperger trai... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Why aren't you smiling???! ! |
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Posted: 29 May 2012, 12:01 am
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Replies: 63
Views: 12,188
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Yes, this means faking it, if for example the person's talking about something good that happened only to HER, or if you really don't find the person that funny. We NTs do a lot of acting.
what are you doing on this site ? acting like you have autism ???  |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Why aren't you smiling???! ! |
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Posted: 28 May 2012, 11:52 pm
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Replies: 63
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sarek wrote: Its funny to read this because just the other day I read a thread on personality café where the question was why INFP's often appear so serious even when they are supposedly happy.
WTF is a INFP ???? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Smiling/"friendly" people |
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Posted: 28 May 2012, 11:29 pm
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Replies: 41
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| Does this get to anyone else? Unless I am sharing an enjoyable moment with someone I know well, I feel like it is an offense, or like I am being manipulated. It irritates me. your lucky you dont live in VA, and have to put up w/ total strangers smilin at you in public....WAY the hell annoyin i got ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Smiling/"friendly" people |
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Posted: 28 May 2012, 11:26 pm
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Replies: 41
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Hexagon wrote: Friendly people scare me. Happy people bore me.
THATS FUNNY, i agree whole-heartedly w/ the 1st part, the 2nd part is also true ; unless i'm tipsy or high on weed =D |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Smiling/"friendly" people |
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Posted: 28 May 2012, 11:23 pm
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Titangeek wrote: People that are always smiling immediately make me suspicious. What emotion are they trying to hide?
WORD ! !! |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Different perspectives/theories on eye contact |
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Posted: 27 May 2012, 2:42 am
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Replies: 42
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| Hi, I'm either a starer or a look-awayer..;it depends. If I'm being asked difficult questions about feelings (like with my therapist) I have to look away. It's like it's hard to feel when concentrating on looking/translating what the "other" is saying. So to try and understand what the other person... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: "Intense gaze" |
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Posted: 27 May 2012, 1:59 am
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Replies: 24
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| well, truth be told....ive ALWAYS had intense eye contact.....eye contacts never been an issue for me, rather : i make waaay too much of it ; without really being conscious of it... when i was yet little my elders would constantly reprimand me for "staring" and my peers often got upset w/ me like wa... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Facial hair, anyone? |
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Posted: 08 May 2012, 4:21 pm
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Replies: 58
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| i used to explain it away ( to my own self ) by sayin its cuz i'm south asian and most south asian / central asian / middle eastern women ARE in fact overly hairy, but its in "acceptable" places like arms, armpits and legs i have random hair coming out of my twin peaks, on my chin and growing on my ... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: YOU ARE NOT ALONE ! !! |
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Posted: 08 May 2012, 4:16 pm
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Replies: 15
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| sorry that two ppl out there feel the need to diss me or doubt me. what i wrote was sincere ; and just so yall know : i'm not selling ANYthing except the idea that we are obligated to love and accept ourselves knowing that God created us this way and wont give us challenges we can't over come |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: YOU ARE NOT ALONE ! !! |
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Posted: 08 May 2012, 1:14 am
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Replies: 15
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| ASPIES & HFA's ! * do you feel lonely, shafted or gypped ? * YOU ARE NOT ALONE ! i'm <aspicious> a "GEN-Y" aspie female and i wrote the following to reach out to others like me - - - may you find peace, love and inspiration in these words ! please do feel free to copy / cut & paste or otherw... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: YOU ARE NOT ALONE ! !! |
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Posted: 08 May 2012, 1:07 am
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| ASPIES & HFA's ! * do you feel lonely, shafted or gypped ? * YOU ARE NOT ALONE ! i'm <aspicious> a "GEN-Y" aspie female and i wrote the following to reach out to others like me - - - may you find peace, love and inspiration in these words ! feel free to copy / cut & paste or otherwise forwar... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: A few questions about AS. |
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Posted: 08 May 2012, 12:39 am
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| greetings from the commonwealth of virginia ! you are definitely on the autistic spectrum & my guess is that you have AS ( asperger's syndrome ) ; as opposed to actual 'conventional' autism those who are purely autistic have severe speech & language delays as well as cognitive impairments go... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspergers Mistaken For Tourettes |
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Posted: 15 Feb 2012, 7:17 pm
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| i can def. identify with all the stuff youve outlined as far as your behaviors and your compulsive need to "perform" tics ! !! i also relate to your discomfort and distaste for meeting new / unknown people - as i am the same way ~ ~ ~ EVEN with friends of friends.....hell even w/ RELATIVES of good f... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: female aspies with perfect eye contact and body language? |
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Posted: 25 Jan 2012, 1:16 am
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Replies: 23
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| i do the hand-flapping thing......mostly in private but to excess. i also move my head in a upwards bizarre fashion ......many times over.....but do that just about exclusively in private OR when i think no-one is watching it has a calming, tranquilizing effect on me. i hate myself for doing it.. sa... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: female aspies with perfect eye contact and body language? |
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Posted: 25 Jan 2012, 1:11 am
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Replies: 23
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| OKaaaay ; i'm not sure why some folks are on this forum to fight each other - or rock the boat.....arent we all in the "same boat" here ??? i'm an adult female ive been on my own for over a decade. ive NEVER had a problem w/ eye contact ie with making it....though ive been told persistently that som... |
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