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13 Dec 2008, 12:29 am

capriwim wrote:

In terms of self-understanding, I find it useful to write down my thoughts and feelings every day. That puts my brain into some kind of order.


I think that is what WP is for.



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13 Dec 2008, 12:45 pm

Ticker wrote:
capriwim wrote:

In terms of self-understanding, I find it useful to write down my thoughts and feelings every day. That puts my brain into some kind of order.


I think that is what WP is for.


Yes, I guess that is one way of looking at WP. I see WP more as a place to realise that there are others who think like me, and to learn how different people deal with different things. A kind of support group, maybe. But when I write down my thoughts and feelings for self-understanding, I write a lot of unorganised stuff that eventually comes to make sense - it's not the sort of thing I would write here.



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14 Dec 2008, 5:23 am

It's good to come across anyone in the NT world who can relate to what an aspie - especially an adult aspie who's gone through the whole thing in ignorance - is trying to deal with. My best wins so far have been a social worker who's been conducting research into aspie problems and solutions for the last decade and a psychologist who's heavily into neurofeedback. Strange stuff, but the anecdotal evidence is that it makes a difference.

The hardest part of the whole sandwich to choke down though, is that nothing will make a difference to that fundamental absence of seeing what's going on around us.



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14 Dec 2008, 6:04 am

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The hardest part of the whole sandwich to choke down though, is that nothing will make a difference to that fundamental absence of seeing what's going on around us.


amen my dx at the age of 52, helped explain a lot about my confusing life- but i am still at a lose to figure how to deal with it from here.


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21 Dec 2008, 8:52 pm

I believe it can help to see someone for autism. I am currently seeing a master social worker who is an expert on Asperger's. After my formal diagnosis was complete, I decided to get some "coaching skills" from him. That's what he calls it. But it is a type of therapy---not aimed at changing me, but just helping me cope with some issues in my life. My wife is going with me, and my next therapy session will include our kids. I feel positive it is helping me. My wife said she could see a little difference in me already.



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02 Jan 2009, 1:00 am

glider18 wrote:
I believe it can help to see someone for autism. I am currently seeing a master social worker who is an expert on Asperger's. After my formal diagnosis was complete, I decided to get some "coaching skills" from him. That's what he calls it. But it is a type of therapy---not aimed at changing me, but just helping me cope with some issues in my life. My wife is going with me, and my next therapy session will include our kids. I feel positive it is helping me. My wife said she could see a little difference in me already.


Glider that sounds like you have a winner on your hands! I think its great you have found an expert in Aspergers because that means he will be comfortable being around you as an Aspie. I mean I've sensed among some therapists they do not like Aspie-ness. My current therapist told me "I'm not going to be treating your Aspergers as far as trying to change you what I'm going to do is help you with social skills to make your life a little easier".



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04 Jan 2009, 2:55 pm

It has helped my son a lot. He has anxiety and depression issues. His psychologist helps him put things in perspective, gives him relaxation techniques and helps him with social issues. Taking him to see a psychologist is one of the best things I have ever done for him. He has a person he sees here in our town and another in the town where he goes to college.


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