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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Keeping people happy |
| Moriath |
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Posted: 05 Aug 2018, 6:21 pm
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Replies: 2
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| I have had my mum staying with me for a holiday as i live near the sea. So is nearly 70 and i 45. I am married and was dx about 10 years ago. My wife has a lotof traits but no dx. Its so hard balancing my wife and mum so they dont argue and upset each other. My wife is less able to make small talk a... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Pros and Cons of being diagnosed Aspie over age 40? |
| Moriath |
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Posted: 05 Aug 2018, 6:14 pm
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,808
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| Was diagnosed around 35. After a childhood of rarely fitting in and the struggle of holding everything together for work. 10+ years of going to work every day feeling sick, of sleeping most of a weekend to recover and start again. It enabled me to make the choices I have done to alter the way I work... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How bad is your social isolation? |
| Moriath |
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Posted: 24 Sep 2016, 8:01 pm
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,849
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How bad is it? I live with my wife. I work from home. I see no one but my wife and the people at the supermarket most weeks.
I dislike it but know that being in the office. Or doing more social stuff will wear me out and i will want to be alone. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is Every Life truly worth living? |
| Moriath |
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Posted: 24 Sep 2016, 7:56 pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 742
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| No one should be judged better than anyone else. Therefore there is no one to say one life is more worthy than another. However i think that the way modern medicine is that some are kept alive that might have died in previous generations just because we can. Not because we should. We treat animals b... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How bad is your social isolation? |
| Moriath |
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Posted: 23 Sep 2016, 5:51 am
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,849
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| No friends to talk off. A few work colleagues. But i find that i want friends but when i get them for short periods the novelty wears off and i feel claustrophobic. So cant win. Now at 43 think i just given up. Wife has friends she goes to visit. I just stay at home. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are you unemotional? |
| Moriath |
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Posted: 20 Sep 2016, 6:39 am
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Replies: 104
Views: 4,631
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| I have killed a squirrel baaby that was in my loft cause it kept making so much noise and i didnt have any emotion about it. I often think i wouldnt have an issue killing someone emptionally it wouldnt be an issue. But i dont have a compulsion to do it. And wouldnt like the socially enforced consequ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: appearing normal |
| Moriath |
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Posted: 13 Sep 2016, 12:16 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 540
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I spent 36 years trying to fit in. Teaching myself through trial and error to blend in with normal people.
It does however mean any prolonged interaction is exhausting for me |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Who are the autistic adults? |
| Moriath |
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Posted: 13 Sep 2016, 12:06 pm
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Replies: 53
Views: 4,312
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| Yes. At uni i could be myself have my own schedule and sleep when i need to etc. Now i just feel lonely and isolated. ...Do you mean that life was painful from 10-35 except for the three years of uni. Born in 73. Didnt get dx till i was 36 or so. School was painful without any real friends. Just bla... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What were you like as a kid? |
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Posted: 13 Sep 2016, 12:03 pm
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Replies: 66
Views: 2,688
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| As a kid in the 70s and 80s before aspergers was known. Never fitting in and kids incescent mickey taking. I thought it was cause my last name was a little unusual. But just turned out it was me when my younger brother had all the friends and social status. No friends outside of the school day just ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Angry you were born? |
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Posted: 13 Sep 2016, 11:57 am
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,590
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Not angry i was born. Pissed off at the card i been dealt. And i made the choice early that i didnt want my own biological kids cause i didnt want to give s**t to them.
Even though it does make me sad sometimes that i dont have kids |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Who are the autistic adults? |
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Posted: 12 Sep 2016, 7:24 pm
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Replies: 53
Views: 4,312
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| Born in 73. Didnt get dx till i was 36 or so. School was painful without any real friends. Just blamed it on my slightly off last name. Till i saw my brother coast through with no issues. Had big problems when i got a job after uni at the age of 25. Can see now it was stress anxiety and change. Bull... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Have you ever had a nervous breakdown? |
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Posted: 05 Sep 2016, 9:14 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 5,103
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| I have had three or so during my life and each time they took longer to snap out of. When i was at school and changing between primary and secondary it all got too much and i was in hospital with sickness and all because of it. Then when my dad was terminal arpund sixteen years ago my head just shut... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Facebook support group for UK |
| Moriath |
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Posted: 05 Apr 2015, 1:23 pm
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Replies: 0
Views: 488
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| Hope it's ok from the site admin. But took a leap into the unknown and made a group called. Understanding differences UK. for those who identify, sympathise or support people with mental differences. I haven't done this before so if The admin dislikes this please let me know. But if you want to cont... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: (UK) Are off the record psychiatric appointments possible ? |
| Moriath |
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Posted: 19 Dec 2012, 10:01 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,678
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| Go private and stipulate what yr there fore at the start |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Need advice on how to survive Christmas break. |
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Posted: 11 Dec 2012, 8:38 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,053
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: SSRIs and Autism. |
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Posted: 09 Dec 2012, 7:47 pm
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Replies: 22
Views: 5,815
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| I'm on citalopram but also stemetil to help with the psychosis that can occur with people on the autistic spectrum when on ssri. As I couldn't take the ssri on its own it screwed me up but both together I am a lot better |
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