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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How "easy" is it to get an autism diagnosis? |
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Posted: 07 Apr 2021, 11:28 am
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| Hi, I haven't posted in years but the topic of autism has once again become relevant in my life, so hello again all. I am going to be assessed for autism later this year by my university, after my mother refused to acknowledge my concerns for the entirety of my teenage years, which is when I first t... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Seeing people as puzzles |
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Posted: 17 Aug 2017, 12:29 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 686
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| When I'm lucky enough to make a friend, I see their mind's inner workings and slowly put together the pieces of their unique puzzle, so that I know what makes them happy, sad, or anything in between, so that I can try and be a good friend to them. I also work out their emotions, experiences and opin... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Heat & Anxiety |
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Posted: 08 Jul 2017, 9:30 am
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Replies: 24
Views: 878
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Claradoon wrote: I can't take heat at all. I'm so grateful when it snows.
Me too! |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How often should someone message a friend? |
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Posted: 08 Jul 2017, 9:25 am
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Replies: 1
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| I recently made my first ever online friend, as I don't talk to anyone when I'm not at school so getting to know people online helps my loneliness tremendously. I also find that I can form sentences a lot more fluently and clearly online than in real life, and they're less random/weird/socially unac... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Speaking in front of several people |
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Posted: 04 Jul 2017, 10:45 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,068
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To speak in front of a group, what I do is convince myself that I'm someone else, preferably someone powerful that has/had an influence on others. It gives me a lot of confidence. Plus, if I make a mistake, it's not really 'me' that's made a mistake, it's someone else...  |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Can Asperger Syndrome be triggered by stressful events? |
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Posted: 03 Jul 2017, 12:24 pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,202
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| Well, there is a condition called complex PTSD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_post-traumatic_stress_disorder that could possibly mimic Asperger. But it's equally possible that much of what you experienced was caused by Asperger not the other way around. While medical conditions and death of ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Can Asperger Syndrome be triggered by stressful events? |
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Posted: 28 Jun 2017, 12:22 pm
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Replies: 17
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So there aren't any conditions that could resemble an ASD that are caused by stress?
Would it be more likely that stress causes autism to become more noticeable? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Can Asperger Syndrome be triggered by stressful events? |
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Posted: 28 Jun 2017, 11:30 am
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Replies: 17
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| First thing, I haven't posted on here in ages, but I'm back again now! :) Secondly, background information. I was seen by a psychiatrist and they are putting me on the waiting list for an autism assessment, as they "strongly suspect" I have an ASD (after 6 weeks of seeing me). In the 15 ye... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does anyone else find that they don't miss people? |
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Posted: 14 Nov 2016, 2:58 pm
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Replies: 39
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| I don't think I've ever really experienced "missing someone". |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are people just pretending to be interested in your interest |
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Posted: 14 Nov 2016, 2:56 pm
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Replies: 10
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| I think people pretend to be interested in my interests and then I get really excited because I think they are genuinely interested, and I go on and on about them until they walk away and then I realise they weren't actually interested at all. I can't tell if someone's genuinely interested or not. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Which is your obsession? |
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Posted: 14 Nov 2016, 2:44 pm
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,643
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Obsessions:
Germany (learning German)
Iceland (learning Icelandic)
Finland (going to learn Finnish when I'm fluent enough in German and Icelandic)
The grim reaper
Friedrich Nietzsche
Radiohead
Sigur Rós
Chernobyl disaster and nuclear physics |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Whistling as a stim |
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Posted: 04 Nov 2016, 12:59 pm
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Replies: 1
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Today I whistled constantly for about an hour, but it wasn't a tune, it was lots of long notes that went up in pitch, it sounded almost like screaming 
Anyone else stim by whistling? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: what is this SPAM? |
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Posted: 27 Oct 2016, 2:56 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 674
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It's so annoying, I wish someone could sort it out!  |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Anyone else have language learning special interests? |
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Posted: 25 Oct 2016, 3:45 am
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Replies: 20
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| Who else here uses duolingo.com ? (It's the best free site for languages) I use duolingo, but only to reinforce the German that I've already learned. I don't use it to learn new languages because I don't think it's the best way, and the speakers on it sound very robotic and unnatural. I prefer to u... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Disorientation When Interrupted? |
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Posted: 24 Oct 2016, 2:00 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 768
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I totally relate to this!  |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Repeating a word/phrase over and over |
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Posted: 24 Oct 2016, 1:57 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 792
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I often repeat words or phrases out loud for hours before I can stop. I don't know why I do it but I'm the only person I know of that does it.
My most recent word (a few days ago) was "scythes".
Anyone else do this? |
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