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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Hundreds of Lurkers Vs. Dozens of Posters |
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Posted: 14 May 2017, 4:49 pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,010
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| I'm usually a lurker on any forum I happen to visit. I don't keep up with this forum as if it were a social network (I don't keep up with those either), so when I come here I'm either looking for specific information or just browsing for entertainment. Most of the time I don't have anything to add t... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: A question for the non/self diagnosed |
| invisiblesister |
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Posted: 03 Mar 2017, 4:40 am
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,774
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| I swing wildly back and forth between "look how autistic I'm acting today" and "I'm just an introvert, I'm making this all up." It turns into perseveration, really; an anxiety-fueled loop of thoughts and feelings, which I can only get rid of by practicing mindfulness or otherwise... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Please Explain The Thought Process Involved With Eye Contact |
| invisiblesister |
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Posted: 18 Jan 2017, 12:18 pm
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Replies: 32
Views: 1,634
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| For myself there is not a conscious effort not to make eye contact, however there is a conscious effort to make it when someone is talking to show I'm listening. (The reason I was told that I need to do it) When I'm speaking my eyes are all over the place, because I'm immersed in the thought/subjec... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I look like a mentally disordered person |
| invisiblesister |
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Posted: 18 Jan 2017, 11:25 am
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Replies: 13
Views: 908
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| People on the autism spectrum sometimes see a distorted image of themselves when they look in the mirror. A monster or an impossibly ugly person, or just someone they don't recognize. I have that problem. I do too. Every time I look in the mirror it's like I see a different person. When I was a tee... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Thoughts on Rain Man |
| invisiblesister |
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Posted: 11 Jan 2017, 6:38 pm
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,431
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| I watched this today with my younger sister and brother, who I haven't told about my suspicions that I have autism. It was a much better movie than I was expecting. Obvious enough now... Why else would there be widespread stereotypes based on it? I actually liked the movie itself and its message. Th... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How to tell parents about suspected autism? |
| invisiblesister |
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Posted: 22 Dec 2016, 3:41 am
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Replies: 2
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| I'm 21 years old and have never been diagnosed with autism, or with any other mental condition. I've never seen a psychologist. I suspect that I might have autism, but I haven't talked with anyone about it IRL. The only people I'm really close to are my family and my boyfriend. I've been thinking ab... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does anyone else feel sad when plants die? |
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Posted: 22 Dec 2016, 2:24 am
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Replies: 26
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| I had a job for a few months merchandising the plants in a store. The dead ones had to be thrown out every week, which made me unhappy. I would put it off for a long time, hoping people would buy the plants, but eventually they all had to go. Occasionally a customer would comment with more empathy t... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: After diagnosys life - what changed? |
| invisiblesister |
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Posted: 20 Dec 2016, 1:35 am
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,887
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| RIGHT?! I am 31 and undiagnosed. I have a four year old son who was diagnosed in August. In researching ASD while seeking his diagnosis, I realized that I AM THE ONE THAT NEEDS A DIAGNOSIS! I've explained it to people like this: It feels like someone told me I'm purple. I reached out my arm to say,... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Is it even possible to work while sick? |
| invisiblesister |
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Posted: 27 Nov 2016, 7:23 pm
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Replies: 7
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| I've only been continuously employed for a year, and I don't get sick very often. But now I'm having a lingering flu or cold or something, and I've barely been at work for 3 weeks. I just can't handle being around people or trying to act fine and work anyway, even though that's the socially acceptab... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: New, undiagnosed, and unsure |
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Posted: 07 Nov 2016, 12:41 am
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Replies: 8
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| Thank you all for the welcome. :) I'm doing NaNo too... its a big struggle for me but I really want to get a book published one day. Well, good luck! I'm behind myself, but I've still written far more than normal, and that feels good. I hope you're having fun with it. It's a hard transition, from th... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: New, undiagnosed, and unsure |
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Posted: 05 Nov 2016, 6:29 pm
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Replies: 8
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| Hiya folks. It's pretty wonderful finding a group of people who understand what's going on in my head, and nice to finally know I'm not the only one who makes "sound effect noises" all the time and why we do that. Recently, I stumbled across Sarah Craft's checklist of female Asperger's tra... |
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