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 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: The difficulties of being 'a good person'

Illmetbymoonlight
Posted: 08 Feb 2016, 10:21 am 

Replies: 14
Views: 809
There are so many rules out there whether or not they're phrased as rules, but some show up so often that even I pick up on them. There are rules for what entails being 'good' in whatever society you have been born into, and I've always found those rules refreshingly simple. I grew up surrounded by ...

 Forum: The Haven   Topic: Seeing professional life-planning help

Illmetbymoonlight
Posted: 07 Feb 2016, 8:14 am 

Replies: 4
Views: 296
Did you do it? Did your life coach work out? I ask because I'm considering the same thing.

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Navigating with a new "reasonable"

Illmetbymoonlight
Posted: 06 Feb 2016, 7:52 pm 

Replies: 4
Views: 335
I don't understand how this can be fair. I acknowledge that I may not be thinking clearly about things, but if no one tells me how am I supposed to know? I'm supposed to be an adult and self-determining, but if I can't see "reasonable" how can I act on it unless someone tell me?

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Navigating with a new "reasonable"

Illmetbymoonlight
Posted: 06 Feb 2016, 5:09 pm 

Replies: 4
Views: 335
I grew up exclusively with NTs, and something that drives me up a wall is the idea that there are "reasonable" expectations and that everyone knows what they are. I know my brain doesn't work like theirs, so I often wonder if "reasonable" is something I can even pick out or if it...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Is anyone else super sensitive?

Illmetbymoonlight
Posted: 06 Feb 2016, 4:53 pm 

Replies: 29
Views: 1,710
Before I'd ever really heard of autism, I was convinced that the explanation for my abnormal traits and behaviours was that I was a "highly sensitive person" (a clinical term coined by Dr. Elaine Aron which impacts about 20% of a population, of many different species, not just humans.) I ...

 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: Hi, I'm new and I'm exploring

Illmetbymoonlight
Posted: 06 Feb 2016, 9:40 am 

Replies: 5
Views: 557
My name is Anna and I'm 34. I only started seriously considering that I might have Aspergers about three weeks ago so I'm still trying to figure out if the shoe fits, so to speak. My psychologist "doesn't like labels" and "doesn't want me to limit myself" so I don't know what I a...
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