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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: A word that I hate: "overcome" |
| Karilyn |
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Posted: 16 Apr 2012, 7:36 pm
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| Did the doctors and psychologists confuse autism with sociopathy? I know there myths about this. Unlikely considering I was diagnosed around age 3. It's more likely that the psychologists I was working in had a background in behaviorism. As you are aware, behaviorism assumes that if it cannot be pe... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: A word that I hate: "overcome" |
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Posted: 16 Apr 2012, 3:52 pm
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| “rather abusive therapy as children” what was it? Uh, pretty standard stuff for anybody who was diagnosed in the early 90s. The one which was the most devastating probably which still affects me is essentially. Well, psychologists at the time believed that Autistic people did not have thoughts or f... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are your facial expressions either absent or exaggerated? |
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Posted: 16 Apr 2012, 7:27 am
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| I dunno, I can't see it. Look in the mirror. Ask your family I find I can't do it in a mirror. I think it's somewhat akin to no matter what you do, you can't observe your pupils in your eyes not staring directly at the mirror, even though I'm certain aware that I can make my eyes shift and move in ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: It's not the eyes, it's the muscles around them. |
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Posted: 16 Apr 2012, 7:15 am
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| FYI and all, It's a visual processing problem in autism, and the more complex the structure (not many things more complex than the human face), the harder it is to look at, so "we" look away. Easy to replicate and test by looking at 2D images and video of people, which don't cause the discomfort th... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: It's not the eyes, it's the muscles around them. |
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Posted: 15 Apr 2012, 7:59 am
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| Sorry, I've have been trying to follow along. But do you mean "microexpressions" as in: https://face.paulekman.com/face/default.aspx ? I was under the impression that most NTs were not perceptive of those. That wasn't what I meant, and I do not believe it is what Peterd was referring to either. By ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are your facial expressions either absent or exaggerated? |
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Posted: 15 Apr 2012, 6:13 am
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| My natural state is the blank expression. But over the years, I've studied neurotypicals extensively and put a lot of effort into mimicking their expressions, in order to aid them in their understanding of the thoughts and feelings that I am having internally. I understand that there is a lot of pri... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: It's not the eyes, it's the muscles around them. |
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Posted: 15 Apr 2012, 5:50 am
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| As I understand it, when NT eyes are doing their thing, the rest of their facial muscles are playing along, so that the social dance between people continues. For us, that doesn't happen. Even if we're paying attention to the eyes, the responsive micro expressions don't work. This is my opinion a w... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: A word that I hate: "overcome" |
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Posted: 15 Apr 2012, 5:38 am
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Smartalex wrote: Karilyn, I'm exhausted. I tried to read all that you just wrote. I'll come back to you later, it's not that I'm not interested it's just a lot.
No problem. Respond whenever, I'm subscribed to the thread and am more than willing to try and explain things. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: A word that I hate: "overcome" |
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Posted: 14 Apr 2012, 3:16 pm
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| Dude, the drawing was amazing! None of the EGO is underwater? Occasionally will a wave hit it? I understood amazingly and I never have really grasped this before. Thank you. I can't say if 100% is underwater, but I can't necessarily find any in my own mind; I just sorta didn't want to redraw the li... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: A word that I hate: "overcome" |
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Posted: 14 Apr 2012, 11:36 am
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| Autistic people operate the majority of what Neurotypicals do unconsciously on a conscious logical level, which allows them to have a deeper self-awareness than Neurotypicals. I wanted to emphasize something... I perform better when people have higher expectations for me. See what I mean? They have... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: A word that I hate: "overcome" |
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Posted: 14 Apr 2012, 10:51 am
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| PT Somorrow, I'm an NT and I'm hoping to do special ed. I have an aspie girlfriend. I'm trying my best to understand Aspie life and and perspective. Know this, if I don't talk/communicate with YOU PT Somorrow I will NEVER understand when I am figuratively stepping on your feet. I am going to be a s... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Sex from the female standpoint? |
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Posted: 12 Apr 2012, 3:02 pm
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| Yeah. It will get better, I just have to get more comfortable with it and stuff. I just get soo tight it doesn't wanna let him in nicely unless I'm on top. His member is a bit curved soooo that's probably part of it... >.< There's no shame in using a lubricant. KY-Jelly is the baseline cheap but ef... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Sex from the female standpoint? |
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Posted: 12 Apr 2012, 2:26 pm
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| I think you say good things, Karilyn, but it depends on the woman, too. I (a woman) like the physical sensation of penetration a lot, and I have no problem orgasming that way. I dub you lucky. I don't think I've ever orgasmed from penetration, unless I was simultaneously receiving clitoral stimulat... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Sex from the female standpoint? |
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Posted: 12 Apr 2012, 2:05 pm
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| Well...I haven't had the greatest experience. My ex was horrible and sweated all over me. Ewww. >.< My current bf is better buuuut we haven't been able to find a position for him to be on top without it hurting me. Even when I'm on top...meh. It's not the greatest thing for me. I pretty much do it ... |
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Forum: LGBT Discussion Topic: If there's one thing I am not approving of... |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2012, 12:27 pm
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| stuff about how there won't be a single gay gene, even though there is genetic predictability to homosexuality. Stuff like this is both nice and bad at the same time. Good: Homosexuality is something people are born with Good: Homosexuality can't be cured because it's tied into too many genetic tra... |
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Forum: LGBT Discussion Topic: Trans-aspies, do you bind/tuck/other? |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2012, 8:30 am
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| I'm an MtF who's been full-time stealth for the past 6 and a half years. I am still pre-op though unfortunately. It's so expensive that it leaves me very frustrated. 1. I tuck so ridiculously hard, and have been doing it for so many years that it basically never comes untucked. If I WANTED to (not t... |
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