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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: When is it my turn to speak? |
| markrh13 |
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Posted: 13 Jul 2016, 7:40 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,112
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| Wow, so many of the comments here are just almost word for word what I was thinking. I think what doesn't help in my case is that my fiancée comes from a large, loud Irish family where interrupting is almost mandatory, whether as I'm an only child from a quiet, polite English family haha! It is a re... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: do u rewind |
| markrh13 |
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Posted: 13 Jul 2016, 7:27 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 684
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| I too rewind videos if needs be. I don't tend to need to for people speaking anymore since I just gave in and started watching everything with subtitles. I wasn't that I couldn't hear what they were saying, more just that for whatever reason my head wouldn't process it. Now I tend to just need to re... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Music jams or Open mics |
| markrh13 |
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Posted: 11 Jul 2016, 9:05 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 286
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| I recently got back into these. A few years ago I had two fortnightly ones that I would frequent - one was an open mic and the other was an acoustic circle jam, so I got a nice mix of both. I had to stop going when I moved further away though. I recently found a couple of much more local open mics t... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Any other Gamers out there? |
| markrh13 |
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Posted: 11 Jul 2016, 8:21 am
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,479
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| I got back into games a little bit last year when I treated myself to a PS3. Racing games have always been my favourites, and games with a story. I can't really play FPS games as they give me motion sickness. I recently replayed FF7, then played Heavy Rain which I found really fun and novel and am n... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: passing my theory test |
| markrh13 |
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Posted: 01 Jul 2016, 7:20 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 315
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| There is a DVD from the DVSA that has loads of mock tests on it and also several practice tests for the hazard perception. It has some other useful stuff on too. You can get it off Ebay for about 5 pounds. The good thing with that DVD is it records which ones you get right and wrong, and you can cho... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: First big social events since discovering AS |
| markrh13 |
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Posted: 24 Apr 2016, 7:02 pm
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Replies: 0
Views: 269
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| Hi everyone. So this week has been the first time I've been significantly out of my social comfort zone since discovering that it's very likely I have AS. The first was Thursday, when I went to an open mic night. I love playing music and I used to do a lot of these, but always with the same people. ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What does not understanding body language mean? |
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Posted: 10 Apr 2016, 11:23 am
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,289
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| I seem to remember it was in a context that it meant that, rather than all the time. I think if they were smiling or grinning with it? Or Jupiter is in retrograde, something like that... I shall return to Google and see if I can find the section of article I found before, to clarify it! |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What does not understanding body language mean? |
| markrh13 |
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Posted: 10 Apr 2016, 11:13 am
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Replies: 28
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| This is one of those areas I never twigged I had issues with until I started to reexamine things through my new knowledge of AS. Example 1: on my first date with my now fiancée, at the end we spent nearly an hour sat next to each other talking. She later revealed to me that she spent that whole time... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: little sounds bother me why? |
| markrh13 |
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Posted: 10 Apr 2016, 10:01 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 663
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| I definitely do notice small sounds (unless I'm properly immersed into something in which case I probably wouldn't notice the house falling down). I wouldn't necessarily say they annoy me though, apart from some specific sounds. For example, just now while writing this, a door was shut next door. I ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: When social issues are *not* the primary problem/difference? |
| markrh13 |
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Posted: 10 Apr 2016, 9:51 am
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,095
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| I can relate to what you're saying. For me, when I first discovered AS and that I most likely have it, a lot of the other symptoms jumped out and seemed more relevant first. It was only when I started delving deeper that I realised that many of the social coping strategies others were talking about ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I smile when I'm angry? |
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Posted: 12 Mar 2016, 7:33 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 4,037
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| Not when I'm angry - but I do find that in moments of extreme stress my default reaction seems to be to want to laugh. I make sure I don't, as it would be horrendously inappropriate, though. For example, a few years ago, my nephew (who was 2 years old at the time) fell off a swing and hit head first... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is it common for other aspies to daydream and fantasize? |
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Posted: 12 Mar 2016, 7:10 pm
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Replies: 60
Views: 3,257
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| +1 to the daydreaming crew lol! A lot of the time if I know I will have to have a specific conversation about something with someone, I find I will end up imagining how it will go over and over in my mind first, slightly different each time - almost as if I'm rehearsing for every possible outcome ah... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Poor hygiene but don't care and see no reason to change |
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Posted: 04 Mar 2016, 9:01 pm
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Replies: 66
Views: 5,954
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| I have always found that if for some reason I go a few days without a shower, I don't tend to feel any different, unless it's really hot weather and my hair's gone greasy and I feel sticky. But even if I feel the same - once I've had a shower I can definitely tell the difference! I do still have to ... |
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Forum: WrongPlanet.net discussion Topic: This CAPCHA makes it impossible to post |
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Posted: 04 Mar 2016, 8:33 pm
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Replies: 20
Views: 840
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| I had this just now and also on my first ever post here (have only been a member a few days). Spent about 1/2 an hour writing out a reply today, clicked submit, then got asked about some street signs and when I clicked OK on that, I just got taken back to the "post reply" page without my t... |
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Forum: Off the Wall: Forum Games, Quizzes, Roleplaying, etc. Topic: Post A TV Show, Replace A Word With Cat |
| markrh13 |
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Posted: 04 Mar 2016, 7:39 pm
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Replies: 1,507
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Musician from the UK here! |
| markrh13 |
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Posted: 28 Feb 2016, 4:01 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 546
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| Hi LimboMan! I joined just yesterday - also from the UK, also a music lover :) I'm a guitarist personally - my interest does tend to focus into that more than music overall. Generally prefer playing/creating than just listening a lot of the time, but equally happy to be tweaking/optimising/cleaning ... |
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