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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Eating the same thing for days... |
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Posted: 03 Mar 2015, 9:30 am
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Replies: 54
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| I go through phases too, eating the same things every day, then changing after a few weeks or months. It's partly because hey, I like whatever it is, so why not keep eating it; partly because I have a stupidly hard time with really irrelevant decisions (like which of the two or three things I have i... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Staying the night at other people's houses. |
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Posted: 06 Sep 2014, 6:40 pm
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Replies: 17
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| I hate staying at other people's houses too - like other posters, I feel uncomfortable not knowing the rules, and I can't handle the long period of socialising or the feeling that I'm not really free to do as I wish. I'm fine staying at hotels; it's the personal nature of staying at someone else's p... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Alcohol (ism) and AS? |
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Posted: 11 Aug 2014, 10:41 am
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Replies: 16
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RetroGamer87 wrote: From what I hear, they say you're powerless to change your friend/relatives bad behavior.
Well, that's true enough, and an important but difficult point to understand if you have an alcoholic in your life. But I'm not sure it takes an entire 12-step programme to get there... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Alcohol (ism) and AS? |
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Posted: 10 Aug 2014, 12:47 pm
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Replies: 16
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| It tastes like, well, bitter and nothing. Why would anyone drink the stuff??? I don't get it either - most versions taste horrible, and they make me feel dizzy and crap to boot. But apparently, it affects other people in a more enjoyable way... :roll: ^ Is that food free? Are non-alcoholics allowed... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Alcohol (ism) and AS? |
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Posted: 09 Aug 2014, 10:50 am
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| I didn't know that AA had ulterior motives. They want alcoholic people to believe in God to quit drinking? I don't think that's correct, though it's a widespread misconception. I'm not an alcoholic myself (in fact I'm teetotal :roll:), but I know a number of alcoholics, and among those several athe... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Jobs disappearing |
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Posted: 08 Aug 2014, 10:44 pm
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Replies: 19
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| Yeah, I have the same problem with not meeting my potential. It's a bit paradoxical, because it would be too stressful to meet my full potential, but if meeting my full potential is too stressful isn't that a sign that my full potential is less than it appears? I've always understood "full potentia... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Help, I have to start wearing glasses! |
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Posted: 11 Jul 2014, 11:35 pm
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Replies: 28
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| But with glasses, personally I find that I get very distracted between what I see through the glasses, and what my peripheral vision sees around the glasses at the same time. I have this problem with sunglasses and those crappy 3-D glasses you get at the cinema. I also can't seem to physically igno... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Dreading a Wedding |
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Posted: 04 Jul 2014, 9:50 am
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Replies: 5
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| I'm going to a wedding in August, and am dreading it for many of the same reasons you describe. (Including having somehow got too fat for what little vaguely formal clothing I own.) I'm consoling myself with the thought that surely it won't be as bad as I'm imagining, and with the fact that it's in ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Hard time telling left from right |
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Posted: 01 Jul 2014, 11:52 am
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Replies: 21
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| I have trouble translating the "right" and "left" words to actual sides. I need to think: right is the side of the hand I write, the side the pasager sits in a car(in my country) etc. Thats why I usually say "this side<points>", or "your side/my side", "like the orange house" instead of using "left... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspergers and watching fictional television as a child |
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Posted: 25 Jun 2014, 11:03 am
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Replies: 16
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| Although I think I always understood that TV characters were not "real," I always had an issue with seeing drama on TV as representative of healthy interpersonal relations. Definitely. Same for me. And I kept trying to apply the things I saw in tv/movies to real life. Yes! It took me into my 30s to... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: needles |
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Posted: 17 Jun 2014, 9:33 pm
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Replies: 28
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| Agony might be too strong a word in my case, but I certainly find needles very unpleasant and have no idea how some people claim they hardly hurt at all. Mind you, the last time I needed an injection, part of the fun was the doctor trying to find a vein they could actually get the needle into, so th... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How I was able to cope with my Aspergers and find a wife. |
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Posted: 10 Jun 2014, 2:27 pm
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| "how females work" sounds like BS to me. When I think of several women I know, they are each individuals with distinct personalities, interests and behaviors. Carol does not "work" the same way as "Linda" who in turn does not work the same way as "Catherine." Some selling an ops manual for "females... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Telephone phobia/difficulties? |
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Posted: 05 Jun 2014, 11:15 am
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| For me, it's mostly the unexpected intrusion into my solitude. I hate sudden noises, so phones ringing (and doorbells) are horrible for me anyway, and then there's the expectation that I be ready and willing to communicate with someone at the drop of a hat. I find that hugely stressful. I don't find... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Sensory overload headache? |
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Posted: 02 Jun 2014, 2:23 pm
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eggheadjr wrote: Yes - I can get a migraine from sensory overload.
Yep, me too.
If the headaches include dizziness, or nausea, or visual disturbances, they could be migraines. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: daydreaming/staring off into space |
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Posted: 26 May 2014, 11:39 am
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Replies: 44
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| I do this too - I seem to spend an awful lot of time just lost in my thoughts. I don't seem to do it when there are people around who might try and talk to me, though - then I'm more likely to be hyper-alert. So I don't remember it happening much in school or at work. But when I'm on my own, and esp... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Teeny tiny water drop feeling - does anyone else have this? |
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Posted: 26 May 2014, 11:01 am
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Replies: 16
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This happens to me too.
I've never thought much about it, I just assume that it's either a random drop of water from somewhere (if I'm outdoors) or nerves misfiring. I'm probably going to think about it way more now though, aren't I...  |
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