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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is getting a job a real struggle for ASD folk |
| htfu |
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Posted: 11 Jul 2018, 3:33 am
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Replies: 35
Views: 1,142
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| i have problems with the whole job/work thing. i find it very hard to deal with the interview process, telephone interviews are usually ok-ish. it is the face to face interviews that i find problematic, but it depends on which "me" turns up. the nervous/anxious version tends to do poorly w... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Wearing certain clothes |
| htfu |
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Posted: 26 Jun 2018, 4:44 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 917
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| black baggy cargo pants, black skate shoes, 1 or 2 long sleeve merino wool top(s), black hoodie, black wooley beanie - every winter day same as above but sometimes replacing the cargo pants with knee length black mtb shorts - every summer day only change what i wear when the clothes are unusable and... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Music for sensory overload? |
| htfu |
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Posted: 11 Jun 2018, 8:29 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 552
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| yes, i've got some tracks that i use when i realise that i'm dealing with a shutdown/potential shutdown. it can help, but depends on how early i realise what is happening or how far down the rabbit hole i have already gone. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Weird Drinking And Eating Habits |
| htfu |
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Posted: 08 Jun 2018, 10:03 am
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Replies: 39
Views: 1,772
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green0star wrote: htfu wrote: i eat once every 2-4 days, what i eat is a whole different conversation that rarely ends up positive for me or others Umm??? So you're fasting to some except or another???
correct, i fast a lot as it helps me in many areas of my life. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Weird Drinking And Eating Habits |
| htfu |
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Posted: 06 Jun 2018, 8:43 am
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Replies: 39
Views: 1,772
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| i eat once every 2-4 days, what i eat is a whole different conversation that rarely ends up positive for me or others |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Who keeps a blind closed when their in their room ? |
| htfu |
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Posted: 05 Jun 2018, 5:26 am
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Replies: 15
Views: 555
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| i used to keep my room/environment as dark as possible all the time. this changed about a year ago as i found that even though i find sunlight/glare hard to deal with, the consequences for my general health of not getting proper sun exposure has made me more able to cope with it. make no mistake i w... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you have difficulty hearing the words in Songs? |
| htfu |
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Posted: 04 Jun 2018, 11:56 am
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Replies: 38
Views: 26,341
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| yes, hearing lyrics has always been problematic for me. gets worse in louder environments (obviously) and when i am stressed/tired/distracted. i have similar issues with conversations in noisy/loud environments/when i can't partially lip read. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Alexthymia test -How do you score? |
| htfu |
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Posted: 19 Feb 2018, 7:58 am
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Replies: 42
Views: 2,115
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| 157 here, looks like i need to do some more reading on this ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I'm hated |
| htfu |
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Posted: 09 Dec 2017, 7:45 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 561
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| i've been in the same situation my whole life, it has taken me that long to realise the following : - stop caring about what others think, do things that make you happy - in the long term it is better for you as you will have done stuff you enjoy - hanging on for other people to notice you never wor... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Separating thoughts - Work/School from Home |
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Posted: 09 Dec 2017, 7:39 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 171
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| i still suffer from this issue, the only things that i have tried that work are the following : - stop caring about what any of the bullies say or do, no reaction removes the primary reason for bullying ie getting a reaction from you - preemptively take the piss out of yourself, this also removes th... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Life Hacks to Make Life Easier |
| htfu |
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Posted: 17 Nov 2017, 11:17 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 740
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| https://candidlyautistic.tumblr.com/post/161958508905/to-my-friends-on-the-spectrum-let-me-explain-to ^^ this will definitely make certain interactions less confusing. i also find that sometimes someone just wants to rant to get it off their shoulders rather than get potential solutions from you. bo... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Afraid of Facebook/social media? |
| htfu |
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Posted: 09 Sep 2017, 10:30 am
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,319
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| not really afraid, more like super wary of them. no social media accounts, don't trust the people who run them and i'm a grumpy, reclusive git. they just remind me of a playground popularity contest and i want nothing to do with it. i'll go do more interesting things ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Repetition in terms re-watching |
| htfu |
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Posted: 04 Sep 2017, 5:59 am
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Replies: 27
Views: 978
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| i re-watch almost everything i like and have difficulty committing to watching new things (watch one episode = watch all episodes). getting to the end of something i like (series, film, activity) causes me quite a lot of distress. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Did a bad school experience make you more reclusive? |
| htfu |
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Posted: 04 Sep 2017, 5:55 am
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,340
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| school definitely made me more reclusive as every interaction with others end badly/awkwardly. i way preferred being alone to do whatever i wanted to at the time. if it had not been forced on me i may have been able to develop better coping mechanisms over time. in retrospect this was not possible a... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Trying to live without obsessive interest |
| htfu |
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Posted: 04 Sep 2017, 5:42 am
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Replies: 14
Views: 722
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| yeah, if i'm not interested in something i cba with doing anything related to it. if it is something required to function in society i will delay/put it off as long as possible to avoid doing it. people think i am dismissive of their interests, which is not really true ... i am just not interested i... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What triggers sensory overloads in you |
| htfu |
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Posted: 04 Sep 2017, 5:37 am
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Replies: 13
Views: 682
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| What triggers your overloads? Does length of exposure make a difference? Does a trigger one day have little impact the next? How much time do you need to recover? sensory overload, number of people around me, ability to escape, level of intoxication, anxiety, auditory hallucinations are the immedia... |
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