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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Your list of mental maladies - 2016 edition |
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Posted: 26 Jul 2016, 12:57 pm
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,124
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Autism (Diagnosed)
Depression (Diagnosed)
Trichotillomania/Dermotillomania (have lived with this for years and hidden it)
PTSD (Diagnosed)
Anorexia (Diagnosed, recovered) |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: When people don't believe in you |
| shortcircuit3 |
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Posted: 14 Jan 2016, 9:42 pm
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,411
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| Have you ever had anyone tell you you'd never do something because of your autism or another disability? How did you (or do you, present tense) cope with people not believing in you? Especially when you know you're capable of more, especially if accommodations are present? How do you cope with low e... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: How to Battle loneliness? |
| shortcircuit3 |
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Posted: 07 Jan 2015, 10:30 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 951
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| I'm abysmally lonely. My social interaction, sans inanimate objects like math books, amounts to my mom, in the evening, and my pet bird. I go hours upon hours without talking during the day. I haven't even got any online friends. Im dealing with several medical issues that complicate my ability to g... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Got Anything Random To Say |
| shortcircuit3 |
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Posted: 08 Dec 2014, 1:35 am
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Replies: 124,868
Views: 4,903,043
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| I wish I lived in Alaska. |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Ohio autistic boy tricked into being covered in body waste |
| shortcircuit3 |
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Posted: 04 Sep 2014, 8:55 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,753
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| Some people just have no conscience. That's sick.. I don't understand how anyone could do something like that. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Looking For Biographies |
| shortcircuit3 |
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Posted: 10 Jun 2014, 5:43 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 806
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| Can anyone here recommend some biographies written by people on the spectrum who aren't savants or geniuses turned successful public figures? I'm looking for someone to talk about their experiences and struggles, especially the sensory/independence component of things, but the books I'm most aware o... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Am I stupid? |
| shortcircuit3 |
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Posted: 28 Apr 2014, 11:30 am
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,382
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| No; from what I've read of your posts, not at all. Your carer, however, is extremely ignorant. |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: I'm scared of posting here... |
| shortcircuit3 |
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Posted: 05 Mar 2014, 11:07 am
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Replies: 31
Views: 1,871
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| i don't post very frequently and i doubt i even register on the radar here. but i enjoy reading your thoughts and insights; i hope you won't grow shy in your contribution. don't obsess too much over offending people. i think even conservative neurotypical people familiar with the finer points of int... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Dismayed By Lack of Adult Support |
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Posted: 05 Mar 2014, 12:18 am
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Replies: 57
Views: 16,425
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| i liken having this diagnosis as an adult to being a chicken in a hen house filled with adorable baby chicks everyone wants to rescue, while waiting to be sent off for the slaughter. it's a crude analogy but then - it's a cruel reality (insert shrug). the entirety of services is unilaterally focused... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: "Gifted" Education |
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Posted: 04 Mar 2014, 3:37 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,743
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| meh, gifted education didn't meet my needs as a student anymore than general education did. it felt like a poorly funded warehouse where children with specific designations (based on narrow definitions of intellect - and demonstrable talent, rather than latent talent) milled about aimlessly three ho... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How many aspies here want children/family? |
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Posted: 01 Mar 2014, 11:37 am
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Replies: 61
Views: 9,226
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no interest in it. although in my particular case, given how much trouble i have caring for myself, i feel it would be irresponsible, unless something major changed.
i have younger cousins and a godson. my therapist and i are looking into a service dog for me. that's good enough for me. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: "You're so smart , you can't have a neurological disabi |
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Posted: 25 Feb 2014, 6:02 pm
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,128
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| When people say this, it makes as much sense to me as if they said "You have such a great throwing arm, your legs can't be crippled". The brain, like the body, has many different functions, and you can be brilliant at some things and terrible at others. Why is this something that many people have t... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Borderline autism |
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Posted: 24 Feb 2014, 1:21 pm
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,830
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| what does borderline autism constitute? can someone offer an example or hypothetical profile? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are you photogenic? |
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Posted: 24 Feb 2014, 1:15 pm
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Replies: 56
Views: 3,906
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspergers and the 'look'? |
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Posted: 21 Feb 2014, 11:00 pm
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Replies: 24
Views: 5,450
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| anytime someone joins the words "you look like you" to reference a behavioral diagnosis, they're almost always coming from a place of narrow-minded preconceptions that might be true in two case, false in ten others. and even in the case of the two — unless they're androids their behavior will hardly... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Feeling terrible about writing. |
| shortcircuit3 |
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Posted: 19 Feb 2014, 2:13 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 565
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| ignore them. the best talent is always divergent, imo. |
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