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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Newbie reporting for duty |
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Posted: 10 Jan 2014, 11:08 pm
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Hart wrote: Haha, love the subject heading. Welcome aboard 
Well, you know, each of us is an army of one, like it or not. By that standard, we have 'em outnumbered easily ...  |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Newbie reporting for duty |
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Posted: 07 Jan 2014, 10:56 pm
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| Hey all, thanks for the welcome. Well, I am just not so sure about the fishbowl. I have never been one who likes center stage or be observed. I'd much rather work in the wings or backstage, so I'm not so sure about me and a fishbowl are gonna get along. Altho' looking back out at the world with thos... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Newbie reporting for duty |
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Posted: 04 Jan 2014, 11:11 pm
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Thanks for the welcome.
I do like the actors' description.That works quite well too. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: When a personality type maxes out your nervous system |
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Posted: 30 Dec 2013, 12:57 am
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Replies: 40
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| I have a real problem with authoritative types. I don't mean to put anyone down who served in the armed services, but the type I am talking about is the ex-marine drill sergeant type. Comes down to it, I have a real problem with anyone who says to me, "You will do this!" Oh boy. My immediate respons... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Anybody heard of Verbal Dyslexia? |
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Posted: 30 Dec 2013, 12:41 am
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Replies: 5
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| I do this at times, not frequently but often enough that I have developed a sort of habit of doing it deliberately as a form of joke so that when it is unintentional, no one else but I knows for sure it wasn't meant. Plus I have always had a sort of warped sense of humor, word puns and soonerisms an... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: how well are you adjusted? |
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Posted: 30 Dec 2013, 12:14 am
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Replies: 16
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| Well, I guess I would say pretty well adjusted. After all, I am 58 and still on the loose. I have been alone and on my own since I was in my early 20s, I can pay my bills, have worked long term at a couple of different places, 12 and 14 yrs respectively, I own my own place that pretty much keeps out... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Newbie reporting for duty |
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Posted: 29 Dec 2013, 11:14 pm
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Replies: 14
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Just want to say thanks for the welcome!  |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Should I take a nap or stay active after work? |
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Posted: 29 Dec 2013, 1:19 am
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Replies: 20
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| I worked retail sales for 14 plus years. I never did find anything worked well, but what did work well enough to keep me going was to find the ways that did recharge my batteries and spend as much time as I could doing those things. For me that involves a lot of reading, particularly science fiction... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Cognitive Dissonance... |
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Posted: 29 Dec 2013, 12:58 am
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Replies: 21
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| Dissonance to me implies a certain connection to me with harmonics, particularly in the area of feedback loops. You know, the infamous squeal when a microphone is brought too close to the amplifier. Most people operate in a feedback situation and never realize it. An example would be when you give a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Asperger's and IBS |
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Posted: 29 Dec 2013, 12:37 am
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Replies: 33
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| I have problems with acid reflux for some time now. A couple of years ago I had a terrible bout with psoriasis. I've had psoriasis for a long time, mild enough that I never realized what it was for the longest of times. Anyway the psoriasis went into a terrible flare. About eighty percent body cover... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Would you take a cure? |
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Posted: 28 Dec 2013, 11:47 pm
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Replies: 88
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| I am curious how many have read the book "The Speed of Dark" by Elizabeth Moon? It is a science fiction book about this very topic and to me, presented an interesting view on HFA. By the way, her son is autistic so it is not as though she doesn't have some familiarity with the subject. My thoughts a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: You know you're autistic when... |
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Posted: 28 Dec 2013, 3:38 pm
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Replies: 603
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| You know you are autistic when the light fixtures in the store are screaming out in pain and not one person around you notices. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Can you be too intelligent? |
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Posted: 28 Dec 2013, 3:30 pm
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Replies: 29
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| I think there can be a case made for being too intelligent if the knowing of too much stuff gets in the way of using what you know. A good mechanic doesn't have to know everything there is to know about cars, about all the models made, all the options they could be bought with, how much they sold fo... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The difference between genuine social skills and faking NT |
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Posted: 28 Dec 2013, 3:11 pm
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Replies: 34
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| I don't if it makes a difference as to when a person found out they were Autistic, but in some ways it seems like to me that it does. I went for the majority of my life knowing I was different, but not knowing the how or why. In order to fit in, in order to find a job, in order to survive I had to d... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Newbie reporting for duty |
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Posted: 28 Dec 2013, 1:51 am
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Replies: 14
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| Hello one and all. I am a new guy, 58, that has been struggling with this for as long as I can remember. I only recently started getting a handle on what is "wrong" with me. I am fortunate in that I am on the high end of things and most of my symptoms are mild. I have dealt with this long enough tha... |
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